A genuine God-lover
Has to be a dynamoOf endless energy.
```My aspiration-heart
Is now being adornedBy my soul’s rainbow-smiles.
```To walk hand in hand with God,
First you must kiss the dustOf God’s Feet.
```I need
A God-searching mindThat never bargains.
```I need
A God-loving heartThat never complains.
```How to illumine darkness?
Offer your heart’s aspiration-cryTo your God-representative-soul.
```If you want to play
Your mind-supremacy-gameOn the world’s stage,
You will never be able to removeThe veil of your ignorance-night.
```Alas, the golden days of the heart
Are so briefThat before we can overcome one obstacle,
They disappear. ```Vow and vow
To reach your soulHappily and sleeplessly.
```If you live in your mind,
You will see not only the birthBut also the death of your decisions
Before you achieveWhat you wanted to achieve.
```A gratitude-heart
Is the sunOf a seeker’s life.
```My heart’s tears
Have given wayTo my soul’s
Ever-illumining cheers. ```May I spend my life between
The beautyOf my mind’s imagination
And the fragranceOf my heart’s aspiration.
```Desire has blinded me.
Alas, who will give me a new eye,Who?
```Confusion of the mind
Always comesIn profusion.
```Faith-mountain
And surrender-mountainEach seeker has to climb up.
```Ancient dreams
And modern realitiesWill never be able to establish
A loving and fulfilling oneness. ```May each second of my life
Become the beautyOf a blossoming promise.
```Let us accomplish everything
On the strength of our faith,Long before the birth of doubt.
```My Lord,
Do give me the capacityTo give You my all
At every moment. ```Hope-light grows
From promise-power.Fulfilment-delight glows
In promise-power. ```May my inner sun,
In its inner effulgence,Never, never set.
```God’s own Melody
Is irresistible,Right from the beginning to the end.
```Patience is
A most extraordinary virtueThat we embody.
```Obedience is
By farThe fastest Heavenward competitor.
```The superlative outer ideal
Is power-autocracy.The superlative inner ideal
Is peace-ecstasy. ```One thing that God
Does not joke aboutIs my God-surrender-smile.
```O truth-seeker and God-lover,
I assure youThat the land of nothingness-futility
For you is non-existent. ```The symphony
Of life-giving heartsHas infinite notes.
```A dry mind
And a barren heartCan only produce
A lifeless tree. ```I have many, many possessions.
My Lord has only one possession:The smile of my gratitude-heart.
```Truth-seekers
And God-loversCan never, never clash.
```If a student of peace
Has eagerness and enthusiasm,Then easily he will be able to manifest
God’s Transcendental Light on earth. ```Self-discovery
Can only be founded onSelf-conquest.
```God delights only in one thing:
The inseparable onenessOf His children.
```A heart-sprinter
Can easily far surpassA mind-marcher.
```Never be insecure.
It mars your God-givenInner effulgence.
```Truth-seekers of the world:
Where are you?God-lovers of the world:
Where are you?Why are you delaying so much
Your perfect union? ```My heart’s peace-dreams
RevealMy life’s satisfaction-tree.
```God came down
With a very special Message.Nobody cared to listen
To His Message.No, absolutely no one!
```Finally I have chosen today
To let my ego-birdFly away.
```God will never shorten the distance
From my mind to His Kingdom.On the contrary,
He will lengthen the distance,For my mind is all the time
Enjoying disobedience. ```God does not give my desire
The satisfactionOf touching His Feet.
```In vain my heart begs my mind
To hoist togetherThe aspiration-sails.
```I awake every morning
With my life-blossomingGratitude-heart.
```If enthusiasm is missing,
If eagerness is missing,Then we shall always find ourselves
At the very, very bottomOf our aspiration-ladder.
```God tells both Heaven and earth
To stop disputing over their supremacy.He tells them that both of them
Must meet each other on equal terms. ```My heart, my life and my life-breath —
All I have placed beneath the dustOf my Lord’s Will.
```Be careful, O seeker!
At any momentYou can be trampled underfoot
By your brooding doubts. ```I have abandoned myself
Not to God’s Smiles,Not to God’s Tears,
But to God’s creation-feeding Breath. ```If you are wise,
Then at every momentYou are going to question
Not only your outer life,But also your inner life,
For your own self-discovery. ```Every day
My soul teaches my heartHow to have
God-pleasing smiles. ```My soul every day reveals to me
The sweet notesOf a new delight-song.
```If we do not nourish our life-tree
With compassion, concernAnd oneness-smiles,
Then our service-life will never haveBeauty and fragrance.
```I am afraid
Of my mind’s narrowness.I am afraid
Of my heart’s vastness. ```I try so hard every day
To be in the sweet PresenceOf my Lord Beloved Supreme
Inside His Heart-Garden. ```If you were
A truly God-dedicated man,Then by this time
God would have made youA God-liberated soul.
```What are you doing, my seeker-friend?
“I am building and buildingAn aspiration-heart-home for myself.”
```Aspiration-requirement
Always comes firstIn our Godward journey.
```A doubt-dominated mind
I was.A faith-blossomed heart
I am. ```Do not worry!
If not today, then tomorrowYour vital will break
All its earthly bondages. ```There shall definitely come a time
When our mind’s attachment-nightsWill either be illumined or disappear.
```Do not be worried
But be extremely happyThat God is going to interview
Your heart today.I am sure your heart
Will do extremely well. ```If you show your eagerness to God,
Then only will God make PromisesIn and through you.
```Like God’s Compassion,
Our gratitude alsoShould not need
A wake-up call. ```Between our heart’s tears
And our mind’s doubts,There can be no real contest.
The heart is bound to win. ```What is present-day humanity?
Present-day humanityIs nothing short of
The violence-nature of an animal. ```Our minds crave
Self-aggrandising opportunities.Our hearts long for
Self-giving opportunities. ```Living a God-enamoured life
Is quite possibleFor any sincere God-lover.
```It is high time for me
To wake upAnd not to neglect any more
My heart-garden. ```May my heart become every day
A beautiful harvestOf God-gratitude.
```You must chide your mind
If it dares to interrupt GodWhen God wants to speak
To your heart. ```O seeker, a speedy ascent
Is not only necessaryBut of paramount importance.
```If your mind plays
Ping-pong meditation,How will you ever have illumination
In your mind and vital? ```God never asks you
To hide your head in humiliation.He always asks you
To bring to Him a humility-headSo that He can give you
His infinite Blessing-Light. ```Heaven’s rest-resort
Will definitely be thereFor those who try their utmost
To manifest God here on earth. ```Insecurity is in secret collusion
With miseryTo torture our life.
```All God wants
Is my sleeplesslySelf-giving heart.
```To reach our destination,
Every day we must smooth and paveThe inner road
With hopes and promises. ```O seeker,
The hour has already struck!You must close as soon as possible
Your insecurity-mind-umbrella. ```Only a heart that is inspired
By genuine loveIs embraced by God Himself.
```If you have
Immense and intense enthusiasm,Then you will succeed
In everything that you do for God. ```O my heart, if you do not go
With your God-obedience-companionWherever you go,
Then you will fail. ```O my vital, be careful.
Try to see the lightAnd listen to the truth.
Otherwise, you will sufferLifelong God-disobedience-damage.
```O my Lord Beloved Supreme,
Every day I need YouTo clear my mind-jungle
And purify my vital-tornado. ```Indeed, everybody’s soul
Is a crusaderFor world-peace.
```If you can surrender
Happily and cheerfullyYour life to God,
Then only can you haveA perfect grasp of spiritual matters.
```I am so happy
That I am starvingFor God’s Forgiveness-Smile.
```It is quite common and natural
For the unaspiring mindAnd the unruly vital
To have a very strong relationship. ```Challenge at every moment
The authority of your mindIf you want to succeed
In your spiritual life. ```A self-giving heart
Is definitely the epitomeOf angelic sweetness.
```Every morning my Lord Supreme
Asks me to ring my inspiration-bellAnd strike my aspiration-gong.
```Unlike my mind,
My heart is always filled to the brimWith soulful truth.
```In no time,
God Himself comesTo bless our souls
When they knock at God’s Temple Gate. ```Quite often
When our stupid mind rejoices,Our wise heart weeps.
```Row, row your aspiration-boat,
If you want to arriveAt your golden Destination.
```Let the world ridicule
Your aspiration-attempts.God Himself appreciates and admires
All your aspiration-attemptsAt God-realisation.
```All the riddles of our life
Can be solvedBy singing a God-surrender-song.
```How beautiful a day can be
When we allow our compassion-heartTo touch it.
```We are always guided by an unseen Hand.
But that unseen Hand can be seen,Can be touched, can be felt
And can be claimedOn the strength of our oneness
With God’s Will. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 257, Agni Press, 1998
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