Every morning
God asks me to give HimMy aspiration-report.
Every eveningHe asks me to give Him
My dedication-report. ```My Lord Supreme,
If You really love me,Then kidnap my heart
Here and now! ```Every God-aspiration-attempt
Will eventually grow intoA God-satisfaction-fulfilment.
```The modern world
Desperately needsThe beauty, purity and divinity
Of hermitage. ```God is both
The Ideal and the Real.When I am in my mind,
He is the Ideal Divine.When I am in my heart,
He is the Real Supreme. ```May my mind become
An aspiration-student,A dedication-teacher
And a surrender-professor. ```You may quarrel
With your desiring mind,But never quarrel
With your aspiring heart,For your aspiring heart
Is treasured by God Himself. ```Worldly fame
Is nothing but a fleeting flickeringOf the restlessness-eyes.
```I am sure my Lord is there
Inside my heartTo wait compassionately
Until I come. ```God showers His choicest Blessings
And PrideUpon those who have
Happiness-wings-hearts. ```My soul wants me
To run the fastest.Therefore, it is extremely sorry
To see that I have keptMy inner life
Always under construction. ```Our faith in God
Has to be indomitable.Then only do we not have to stop
At the doubt-fear-hesitation-roadblocks. ```There was a time when I was
An aspiration-army-soldier.Now my Lord Supreme
Wants me to volunteerFor His Divinity-manifestation-army.
```The beauty of peace
And the fragrance of silenceAre not only interdependent
But also inseparable. ```God asks me
To count the daily BlessingsThat I receive from Him.
My mind wants meTo count all the frustrations
That I treasure every day. ```God’s Compassion-Eye
Has dried all my tears.Now He expects from me
A beautiful, powerfulAnd sky-soaring smile.
```Alas, by nature
The human mind is proneTo a deception-life of ease.
```Alas, so often my doubting mind
And my aggressive vitalBring disgrace
To my aspiring heart. ```My Lord Supreme,
Do bless me with the SmileOf Your Compassion-Eye,
So that I can liberate myselfFrom the ruthless doubt-prison.
```If your life is only
For God-Satisfaction on earth,Then you can heroically and easily
Stand against overwhelming odds. ```The seeker who has nerves of iron
Can transformHis abysmal abyss-fate
Into God-Satisfaction’sHighest heights.
```My Lord Supreme,
Every day I shall beg YouFor a new favour.
For today, do free my mindFrom stark world-illusion-temptation.
```Because the human mind
Does not aspire,It is always burdened
By uninspiringAnd unnecessary questions.
```If we can prayerfully
And self-givingly clingTo God’s Nectar-Feet,
Then we can easily communeWith the Ineffable.
```Each individual
Has come into the worldTo cross beyond the snares
Of limitation,And each individual
Will eventually succeed. ```An excellent God-instrument
Is he whose every breath on earthIs a God-fulfilment-promise.
```If you want to run unaided
Towards your Goal,Then yours will be a blunder
Of Himalayan heights. ```No desire-prompted action
Will ever be able to please GodIn His own Way.
```He has received
From the Lord SupremeHis most coveted Prize:
Satisfaction. ```If perfection is what you need,
Then God-Satisfaction will one day beAt your disposal.
```The outer education
Is for the mind.The inner education
Is for the heart.The soul needs no education,
For the soul has always beenIn perfect union
With God’s Will. ```I have come to realise
That as long as I walk insideMy mind-jungle,
God is not going to walk insideMy heart-garden.
```When God comes to us,
He immediately looksFor the silence of our heart,
And nothing else. ```The real aspiration-heart-sun
Can never, never set.It is always on the rise.
```If the name of your life-boat
Is obedience,Then God will bless you
With His ever-blossoming Smile. ```Those who come to God
As a last resortWill have to cover a very long distance.
```Gratitude-prayer-garland
Is made ofSweetness-heart-flowers.
```Your brooding heaviness-mind
Will never findThe all-clearing Light
To show you the wayTo your satisfaction-goal.
```Our heart-garden is the only place
Where we proclaim the first thing first:God for God’s sake only.
```My Lord,
As long as I haveYour Compassion-Eye
In front of me,I shall never lose my way.
```Every day
Invariably we make friendsWith frustrations.
Therefore, every dayWe are drowning
In a whirlpool of frustrations. ```There is only one freedom-road
That my life has,And that road is my constant oneness
With God’s Will. ```I have only one goal,
And that goalIs to climb up
My God-obedience-summit. ```Alas,
There is always a tug-of-war going onBetween man’s frustration-mind
And God’s Compassion-Eye. ```What my soul expects from me
Is nothing unusual.It is something absolutely normal
And natural:My selfless love for God.
```Self-admiration-disease
I have.God-adoration-medicine
I need. ```If we settle for less than the highest,
The human in us may be satisfied,But never the divine in us.
```My life-boat plies between
God the Compassion-Eye-ShoreAnd God the Forgiveness-Heart-Shore.
```The modern world needs
The simplicity of the ancient mindAnd the purity of the ancient heart.
```To be happy and perfect,
I must look at myself lovingly,And I must not only look at
But also enter intoMy Lord Supreme self-givingly.
```To be sleeplessly self-giving
Is to reach the summitOf all virtues.
```The human mind
Is nothing short ofA God-unwillingness-rock.
```If I am in my mind,
I am forced to acceptThe cross of life.
If I am in my heart,I am invited to be part of
The sweetness of life. ```There is nothing as sweet,
Beautiful and fruitfulAs losing ourselves
In the very Compassion-Heart of God. ```No more shall I enjoy
The raging torrentsOf depression and frustration.
From now on, I shall enjoyThe loftiest victory
Of my inner faith. ```Each human mind,
Either knowingly or unknowingly,Is a humour-rumour-columnist.
```What you need
Is a converted mind.What you need
Is an unconverted heart. ```Every day
God comes down to blessingfully offerHis Pride-Reward
Only to those who rightly deserve it. ```No matter how long it takes,
My aspiring heartIs ready to stay in darkness
While it is waiting for God. ```God’s Compassion-Eye says:
“Give more, give more, give more!”Man’s receptivity-mind says:
“No more, no more, no more!” ```The highest world cannot ignore
Even one dropOf man’s self-offering love.
```Have patience, my seeker-friend!
To expect anything goodIn the twinkling of an eye
Is nothing but utter stupidity. ```Only for the genuine God-lover
Is the Nectar-HeartbeatOf Heaven.
```The very nature of the mind
Is to vehemently resistGod’s Arrival.
```I am absolutely certain
That God suffersFrom my careless neglect,
Although He never tells me. ```Alas,
It seems that the desert-daysOf my aspiration-life
Know no end. ```My Lord,
Can You not seeHow sincerely I am praying to You
To save me from my shallow living? ```God does not wait,
Even for a minute,To announce my unconditional love
For Him. ```To limit God
Only to the scripturesIs the height of our stupidity.
```At long last,
My Lord Supreme has rescued meFrom my blinding and binding mind.
```Only he who surrenders to God
UnconditionallyCan enjoy the beauty and fragrance
Of God-life. ```Most human beings
Find it extremely difficultTo lose even one pound
Of ignorance-weight. ```The beauty
Of our hope-dreamsCan never be fathomed.
```The fragrance
Of our promise-realitiesCan never be measured.
```For years and years
I have been trying to listenTo my Lord’s
Compassion-Sweetness-Whispers. ```Every day
I soulfully meditateTo strengthen my love-bond
With my Beloved Supreme. ```No matter what happens in my life,
I shall always steer my life-boatTo the God-Heart-Shore.
```There was a time when I was lost
In a world of depression.Now that world
Is a perfect stranger to me. ```At long last,
I have caught the unhappiness-thievesRed-handed!
```No joy can equal
The joy that is inFull aspiration-swing.
```Alas,
How desperately I am tryingTo enter into my heart’s faith-cottage
Once more. ```There is always time
For a genuine seekerTo bury his ignorance-pleasure-life.
```Solid and abundant happiness abides
Only when we are surroundedBy beautiful inspiration
And powerful aspiration. ```The spiritual life
Is nothing other thanSuccessive attempts
At God-satisfaction. ```Every day
I simply die forThe affection-flooded Compassion-Eye
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```To avoid
My aspiration-heartAnd suspicion-mind-collision,
I always pay extra attention. ```I must examine my life
Only through the BeautyOf my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.
```My Lord Supreme,
Every day do save meFrom the narrow confines
Of my stupid absurdity-mind. ```Each soulful meditation
Is, indeed,A Heavenly host of delight.
```We are all eager to receive
Our realisation-diploma from God.Our Lord of Compassion tells us:
“My children, just wait a while!” ```Each spiritual Master of the highest height
Is a flag-bearerOf a fast-approaching new generation.
```Each illumining and fulfilling meditation
Has the capacityTo unlock the door of our heart-shrine.
```O my mind,
How can you ever be satisfiedBy betraying the immortal will
Of my all-illumining soul? ```My happy heart is, indeed,
The secret and sacred signOf my Lord’s Affection infinite.
```O my mind,
Your stupidity knows no bounds!Every day you are exaggerating
The torture of your impurity-struggles. ```Alas, quite often
Our human life likes to satisfy itselfWith the intrusion
Of the confusion-mind. ```O seeker, be careful!
Darkness knows how to growInside your heart
Unnoticed. ```Nothing can be
As hurtful or destructiveAs the tyranny of the suspicion-mind.
```God’s Joy knows no bounds
When He hears the blissful voiceOf a seeker’s prayerful devotion.
```There is no prayer
In God’s entire creationThat can never be answered
When our life becomesThe beauty and fragrance
Of sleepless tears. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 250, Agni Press, 1998
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