To my heart’s extreme joy,
My life has completely blendedWith the shadow
Of my Lord’s Feet. ```My Lord asks me every morning
To sing only one song:My surrender-life-song.
```I have been begging my Lord
To make me once moreThe child of His Dream.
```At times it is more difficult
To embrace the waves of joyThan to confront the surges of pain.
```O my heart’s aspiration-flames,
You are meant to climb upAnd not to allow yourself
To be extinguished. ```Let the memories of miseries
In my aspiration-lifeDrop dead here and now!
```My mind-disobedience
And my ignorance-prideLive together, play together
And dine together. ```If your spiritual life is not
Powerful and bold,Then your inner progress
Will be extremely, extremely slow. ```I have sung my soul’s
Manifestation-song.I have sung my heart’s
Surrender-song.I have sung my mind’s
Disobedience-song.I have sung my vital’s
Arrogance-song.I have sung my body’s
Lethargy-song. ```My heart feels
All the sorrows of the world.My soul activates
All the joys of life. ```My heart’s surrender-joy
Is feedingMy Lord’s Compassion-Eye.
```My Lord Supreme wants me to deliver
All His Peace-Dream-MessagesTo every aspiration-heart-home.
```I never thought that my soul
Could be so tangible,And always available.
```When I sing my Lord’s
Compassion-Heart-Song,I feel that I do not have to
Go to Heaven,For I am already in Heaven.
```The ingratitude of the mind-world
Is desperately trying to destroyThe gratitude-heart of the world.
```There is only one thing
I would like to see.I want to see my heart’s
Peace-dream-horizonAll the time rising and rising
And rising. ```My Lord, either You sing for me
Or allow me to sing for You.If not, my heart will surely die
Shortly. ```Prayerful is my heart-sky.
Doubtful is my mind-sky.Powerful is my life-sky.
And alas,I am my own uncertainty-sky.
```No matter how sincerely I try,
I am always crippledBy the jungle-confusion
Of my mind. ```Although we can start our life-journey
With self-doubt and God-doubt,Eventually we will reverse the game
Completely.We will have faith in God
And in ourselves. ```May my heart at every moment
Sing God-surrender-songsTo perfect my life.
```This time I am determined
To spend all my timeIn my heart-garden
And not walk throughMy desert-helplessness-life.
```Each and every heart
Must have a soulful, tearfulAnd blissful prayer-life.
```If my meditation-heart and prayer-life
Cannot please God,Alas, then I have nothing
That can please my Lord Supreme,Either in my own way
Or in His own Way. ```My Lord,
Will there be a dayWhen I shall be able to surprise You
In any way?“My child,
Definitely there will be,And that day is fast approaching!”
```Only a rank fool
Comes to conclusionsAbout God’s Activities.
```My Lord,
Will I ever beOne of Your Heart-Satisfaction-Songs?
“My child,
You have already become one.” ```My Lord,
What is neededTo be a permanent passenger
On Your Boat?“My child,
You need to haveThe beauty and the fragrance
Of a child-heart-rose.” ```O my Master, I do not mind
If you have the longest road for me,As long as you remain my guide,
Only guide. ```My Lord,
To swim in the sea of ecstasy,What do I need?
“My child,
You need your heart-intimacyWith My Heart.”
```I cannot run as fast as my heart does,
But when my heart runs the fastest,My entire being is inundated with delight.
```You play your role:
You work hard, very hard.God will also do His Work:
He will give you extraordinary results —Far beyond your expectations!
```My Lord, if ever You grant me
The opportunity to come and visit You,I assure You,
I shall not allow my desire-tigerTo accompany me.
I shall allow only my aspiration-deerTo accompany me.
```My Lord Supreme,
You have allowed me to doAnd You have allowed Yourself to do
Many things for me.One more thing I need from You:
To allow me, out of Your infinite Bounty,To recognise You —
Who You are and what You are. ```My Lord, I am desperate to love You
In Your creation.Do give me one more opportunity
To please You in Your own Way. ```My partnership with God
Does not depend on my capacity.It depends on God’s Compassion-Eye
And His Forgiveness-Feet. ```Although the mind is higher
Than the vital,The vital does not find God-satisfaction
To be an impossible task,The way the mind does.
```Let me realise the stupidity
And absurdity of my mindBefore it becomes too late.
```Every day God gives me
New lessons.Today’s new lesson is:
God only for God’s sake! ```My Lord, the more You expect
Humility from my mind,The more You receive
Audacity’s absurdity from my mind. ```My Lord, I have no objection,
And I mean it,To whomever You want to love.
Love whom You want to love.Only give me the capacity
To love You only. ```My Lord,
Do You ever get disheartened?“No, My child,
Because I never expect.” ```To my great sorrow,
I have allowed my mind to guide meFor so many years.
Now I see that my mindHas not guided me at all,
But has only misguided me. ```I did not know what I actually needed,
But now I do know what I need.I need only my Lord’s blessingful Feet
Inside my heart-garden. ```My Lord, do You ever
Get really angry with me?“My child, what is wrong,
If that is the only way leftFor Me to perfect you?”
```God wants you to tell Him
What price you are going to payTo study the God-realisation-course.
```I shall prove to God time and again
That His Love is the only thing I need,Not only in my heart-garden
But also in my mind-jungle. ```My Lord, You have been kind to me
For so many years.Now it should be my turn
To be kind to You,To be affectionate to You
And to fulfil You in Your own Way. ```My Lord,
Why should You be responsibleFor the utter stupidity in my life?
“My child,
Since I have taken responsibilityFor the wisdom in your spiritual life,
I feel that I am under obligationTo be responsible for your stark stupidity
As well.” ```My Lord,
When I quarrel with You unnecessarily,What do You think of me?
“My child,
I think of youThe way I have always thought of you —
As another God-representative —And I still love you and need you
Unmistakably,Lovingly, plus necessarily.”
```May my life be completely transformed
Into a readiness-songAnd a willingness-dance.
```If a garden-flower can look at the sun
And offer its gratitude to the sun,What is wrong with me?
How is it that my heart-flowerDoes not look at my inner sun
With ceaseless gratitude? ```My Lord,
I have spoken so much about the soulAt Your express Command.
Alas, my disciple-worldMisunderstands me badly.
How I wish You to either come directlyOr to send
Your direct representative on earth,The soul,
To convince my disciple-worldThat what I have said about the soul
Is absolutely true! ```My Lord, do You know at times
Why I deny You?I deny You precisely because
I need more love for You,And I also expect You
To take more love from me. ```My Lord, my happiness
Is Your immediate Satisfaction.But why is it that Your Happiness
Is not my satisfaction? ```My Lord Supreme,
When I think of leaving You,Can You not increase Your Love for me?
“My child, I do, I do!
Just because I increase My Love for you,You are still with Me.”
```My Lord,
What does my joy do to You?“My child,
Your joy makes Me feelThat I am absolutely perfect,
According to you.” ```My Lord,
What does my sorrow do to You?“My child,
Your sorrow makes Me feelThat I am imperfection incarnate,
According to you.” ```My Lord, do tell me
What You wanted from me,What You want from me
And what You will want from me.“My child, only one thing
I wanted, still wantAnd will always want from you:
Your satisfactionIn My own divine Way.”
```My Lord,
You are so kind to me.You are so compassionate to me.
All my heart’s sorrowsAnd all my heart’s smiles
You have allowed to findTheir perfection-satisfaction-home
Inside Your Heart. ```O seeker, be careful!
At any moment your spiritual lifeMay be destroyed
By a violent emotion-explosion.Always pray to God for protection!
```Victory and defeat
Every day in our spiritual lifeWe must accept with equal equanimity.
```Definitely we can arrive
At the supreme height of the supreme TruthOnly by the Grace
Of the Absolute Lord Supreme. ```There shall come a time
When there will beNo country-boundaries,
And it will be in the near future,Not the remote future.
```If you have a breathless urge
To speak with God,God will definitely give you a chance.
```Our gratitude-heart
Is the best dwelling placeFor our Lord Supreme.
```When the outer eyes are blinded
And wrong, undivine forces are not seen,It is so easy to go away from
One’s own divinity. ```Self-indulgence-days
Do not last for long.This is what we must always learn.
```Our spiritual life becomes precious
Only when our aspiration-heartBecomes consciously spacious.
```We must never give up our ascent
To the highest peak of perfection,For that is what
We all have to ultimately reach. ```Everything is beautiful in life,
But one thing is most beautiful,And that is our prayer-tears.
```Each important figure on earth
Has to be well preparedTo face the trials and tribulations
Of this world. ```Try to see yourself as a seeker
With no deplorable past.Indulge not in the past,
Good or bad.Only run towards the golden future.
```O my vital, your arrogance-ignorance
Has played its role.Now I want you to play the role
Of dynamism-oneness in my life. ```There can be no heart-garden
Where there is no light.A heart-garden is always inundated
With Divinity’s Light. ```You believe in your own inadequacy
All the time.But from now on,
You must try and succeed in havingAn unmistakable belief
In your own adequacy. ```First you have to ascend
And reach a certain goal.Only then will you get the inner message
To transcend and transcend. ```O seeker, you should be happy and proud
And not sadThat God has appointed the world
To crush your ego.It is all for your ultimate victory
And infinite joy. ```The natural quality of the heart
Is to turn towards GodAnd hasten towards God.
```In the spiritual life,
The speed of eagernessFar surpasses the speed
Of everything else. ```Centuries of slumber
Our earthly life has enjoyed.Now it is high time for human beings
To open their heartsTo Divinity’s supreme Light.
```Ecstasy’s fleeting second
Can make us feelThat God is not only for us
But He is also with us,In our living breath.
```When will God come?
God will comeWhen my gratitude and surrender
Are playing all the timeInside my heart-garden.
```Have a heart-smile!
Your smile is the powerOf your outer success.
Your smile is the lightOf your inner progress.
```Love-devotion-surrender-seekers
And loversAre indeed very, very rare.
```Something that never wants to change:
Our unwillingness to be a memberOf God’s world-transformation-game.
```Before the touch
Of ruthless sorrow,Can we not go and touch
God’s Forgiveness-Feet? ```Life came into existence
Not only to see and feel peace,But to distribute peace
All over the globe. ```Give God a soulful smile.
To your wide surprise,He will come
And dry all your tears. ```Every day
We must empty our mindOf expectation-stupidity.
```If we can believe in the capacity
Of our all-illumining soul,Then our soul will teach us
How to sailEven through the treacherous seas
Of ignorance-night. ```I do not want anything in my life
To play the role of a scholar.I want to remain an eternal student,
Even in my God-surrender-life. ```God does not want us to be
Desire-prisoners.He wants us to be
Aspiration-distributors. ```The incredible wonder
Of my worldIs my tiny aspiration-heart-cry.
```I have been longing for many years
To return to my true religion.My true religion
Is my Lord’s only Satisfaction. ```How can I reach You, my Lord?
“My child, start climbing!I shall be there to help you.”
```If depression has found its home
Inside you,Then you will always be deprived
Of God’s Attention. ```I am not alone on my heart-pilgrimage.
God’s Compassion-Eye-SmilesI devotedly and proudly carry
With me. ```My Lord,
Do tell me one thingThat I must never forget.
“My child,
You are My Eternity’s bloom,You are My Infinity’s blossom,
And you are My Immortality’sDream-fulfilling reality.”
```Do you want to see miracles
Performed by God?Your sleepless love,
Your breathless devotionAnd your fulness-surrender —
What are these,If not three great miracles
Performed by God HimselfFor you to watch?
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 260, Agni Press, 1998
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