Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 265

26401

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Each moment we can perform

A thrill of magic

If we abide by the soul’s dictates.

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26402

```

If we have a oneness-breath

With God’s Will,

There is nothing that we cannot do

For the betterment of humanity. ```

26403

```

Blessed are those

Who know how to smile at God’s Eye

And how to weep at God’s Feet.

```

26404

```

My Lord, use me

If it is Your Will.

Do not use me

If it is Your Will.

Do freely exercise

Your Will. ```

26405

```

What is love?

It is something that has

Infinite possibilities

To enlarge and expand. ```

26406

```

If you cannot conquer your ego

Altogether,

At least keep it at the lowest profile,

So that you can make

A small amount of progress.

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26407

```

Do not think of retiring,

Even when you think your duties

Are all done.

Retirement and enlightenment

Can never be found together.

```

26408

```

What do you see

When you look at yourself?

If you see yourself

As an exact prototype of God,

Then you are perfect.

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26409

```

The mind actually does not know

How to smile self-givingly.

It only pretends to smile.

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26410

```

How I wish I could change

The habits of my mind

Once and for all

To please my Lord in His own Way. ```

26411

```

Until you stand in front of God Himself,

How will you know correctly

How great and good you actually are?

```

26412

```

If you are a self-enamoured

God-seeker,

You will only sink and sink.

You will never rise. ```

26413

```

Obedience

Is the foundation

Of my heart-home.

```

26414

```

If you are a stranger to persistence,

Then excellence will never knock

At your door.

```

26415

```

When you open your heart-door,

You must realise that you are opening it

For the Eternal Now to come in

And not for the distant future. ```

26416

```

If you cannot have implicit faith,

Then at least cultivate positive thinking

To give joy to yourself and joy to others.

```

26417

```

There is no speed limit

On the road

To perfection.

```

26418

```

God embraces us.

He does not believe in shaking hands,

Or even saying hello to us.

```

26419

```

Optimism is indeed a subject

That is being taught

At God’s Perfection-School.

```

26420

```

I find two new worlds:

One inside the Forgiveness-Heart

Of my Lord Supreme,

And one inside the Compassion-Eye

Of my Lord Supreme.

```

26421

```

If you pay attention

To the disapproval of others,

Your progress-life

Will immediately stop. ```

26422

```

God is truly fond of

A sincere seeker’s

Budding devotion.

```

26423

```

We must pour out our heart

To our soul

To give our life the fastest speed.

```

26424

```

Poor God does not know

How to justify Himself,

But we all know

How to justify ourselves. ```

26425

```

A blossoming divinity

Is the sign

Of an awakened heart.

```

26426

```

If you have a single-minded

Yearning for God,

Then nothing can stand in your way.

```

26427

```

The intensity of devotion

Is of paramount importance

To make the fastest progress.

```

26428

```

Heaven itself is at a loss

When I do not want to become

A conscious Heaven-lover.

```

26429

```

May I remain

A ceaselessly hospitable soul

Every day and every hour

Of my life. ```

26430

```

The temples of the skies

Are not afraid of our impurity-minds,

But they are afraid of

Our unwillingness-hearts. ```

26431

```

God does not live

On my proud opinions.

He lives on my humble devotion.

```

26432

```

Everybody may be capable

Of God-lectures,

But how many are capable

Of listening to a Lecture

Of the real God?

```

26433

```

A sincere seeker feels

That he is in big trouble

When he is even a few inches away

From his purity-heart. ```

26434

```

My mind has to be guarded

At every moment

From the hostile attacks

Of self-doubt. ```

26435

```

My Lord Supreme has many, many

World-illumining plans for me.

But I am satisfied only when my life

Is above all, alas. ```

26436

```

The indifference of the mind

And the insolence of the vital

Take us two giant steps

Towards our own self-destruction. ```

26437

```

My Lord,

I do not take the trouble

Of saying even “Sorry” to You

When I fail repeatedly

To obey You.

```

26438

```

Alas, the more God’s Hopes

For my aspiration-dedication-life increase,

The more I disappoint Him!

```

26439

```

When we live in the mind

And we live for the mind

With our anthill-height

In spirituality,

We feel as high as the Himalayas.

```

26440

```

A man of exorbitant pride

Sincerely feels

He is another God.

```

26441

```

God is not suffering so much

From our lack of love for Him,

But He is suffering

From our total indifference to Him. ```

26442

```

No matter how insincere,

How weak or how stupid I am,

I know only one thing:

I must never befriend depression

If ever I want to become truly happy.

```

26443

```

We do not want to mould our life

According to God’s Vision-Light.

We are only satisfied in begging

Or forcing God

To tolerate our self-chosen way of life.

```

26444

```

If you do not want to become

Your pride-destroyer,

Then you will never be a real

Joy-creator

In your life and for your life.

```

26445

```

My Lord,

You do not have to take my side

When my spiritual height is low.

If You use

Your Tolerance and Patience-Light,

I shall regain my spiritual height. ```

26446

```

Every moment God visits

My body, vital, mind and heart.

My heart smilingly and lovingly

Welcomes God,

But the rest of the members of my family

Remain fast asleep

When God visits my inner home.

```

26447

```

Alas, if we count how many days a month

We do not pray and meditate,

Our sincerity-heart will be

Unimaginably shocked. ```

26448

```

What is obedience?

Obedience is our sincere belief

That God cares for us

And is doing everything

For our fastest progress

And brightest smile. ```

26449

```

Today my mind is parched

For inspiration-light

And my heart is parched

For aspiration-delight. ```

26450

```

When the forces of nature

Become destructive,

We can overcome them

On the strength of our purity-prayer

And divinity-meditation.

```

26451

```

O my mind,

It is you who have stranded yourself

On the island of uncertainties.

```

26452

```

In our spiritual life,

We must not expect anything

Good, divine, illumining and fulfilling

From our iron-cast, stubborn mind. ```

26453

```

A sprinkle of God-Light

And God-Delight

Is enough to give us

Abiding satisfaction. ```

26454

```

My Lord tells me

That when He illumines my mind

With His Justice-Light,

He is more satisfied

Than when He illumines me

With His Compassion-Height. ```

26455

```

At each moment

I enjoy the Beauty and Fragrance

Of God’s Compassion-Heart.

```

26456

```

My mind blindly sports

In demonic play

Which is utterly self-destructive.

```

26457

```

No more shall I allow myself

To be suffocated

In the dust and sand of the past.

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26458

```

We definitely do not know

And we do not want to know

That we are all part of

God’s Master-Plan. ```

26459

```

We enjoyed the desire-feast,

But alas, we are starving.

We will always starve

Unless we can satisfy God

With the right thing,

And that right thing is our aspiration-cry. ```

26460

```

Alas, I do not know

When the hour will strike

When I will be able to enjoy

The rainbow-dawn of my desire-free life. ```

26461

```

My Lord, do give me

One sleeplessly self-giving seeker

To make You happy

Instead of letting me enjoy the minds

Of useless disciples and admirers.

```

26462

```

My prayer-life is not my duty.

My prayer-life is not my responsibility.

My prayer-life is my supreme necessity

To please God the man in me. ```

26463

```

I do not want to waste my time

Thinking of my endless

Future progress.

I want to start making progress

Right from here and from now on.

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26464

```

If clarity in the mind

Is visible,

Then life’s purification

Can make fast progress. ```

26465

```

I really doubt

If the closed mind-closet

Contains any real love for God.

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26466

```

My Lord tells me that my birthday

Is when I spend all my time

Going within my surrender-being.

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26467

```

God does not hide

His Secret-Hour from us.

Unfortunately we do not know

What God’s Hour is. ```

26468

```

Divinity is always ready

To enter into the portals

Of my mind’s hell.

But I do not give Divinity the permission. ```

26469

```

Austere and rigid intellectuality

Will always remain

Farther than the farthest

From spirituality. ```

26470

```

If we really love the inner silence,

Then the inner silence

Will definitely reveal its hidden treasure:

Satisfaction-delight. ```

26471

```

A spiritual Master is he

Who is bound to guide humanity

Through the darkness-years ahead.

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26472

```

We are on the brink

Of a new millennium.

Are we ready to welcome

The new millennium

With the newness of our mind

And the fulness of our heart?

Alas, no, no, no!

```

26473

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My Lord, no matter how hard I try

To please You more,

I fail and I fail.

Please show me the way. ```

26474

```

I must bring back my devotion-eye,

I must bring back my devotion-heart,

I must bring back my devotion-breath,

So that once more I can heartily smile. ```

26475

```

Where is the real universe?

The real universe is not outside

My existence-reality.

It is inside my own

Aspiration-blossoming heart.

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26476

```

Humility can be achieved very fast.

Humility can be made very vast.

Humility can give us

What nothing else can give us:

Inseparable oneness

With God’s Delight. ```

26477

```

I do not know what will happen to me

If or when God stops listening

To all my grievances.

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26478

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It is not necessary to be first

In the outer race.

It is not necessary to be first

In the inner race.

But it is absolutely necessary

To have the race-speed

To arrive at the destination.

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26479

```

The secret and sacred language

Of all God-lovers

Is ceaseless and unconditional surrender.

```

26480

```

O my mind,

How do you consider yourself

To be always imperial?

God’s Compassion-Flood

In and through me

Will before long overpower you. ```

26481

```

O my vital,

Tell me one thing:

Are you not sincerely and totally ashamed

Of your daily disloyalty

To our Lord Supreme?

```

26482

```

God does not make

His Victory-Predictions.

It is the bounden duty of God-lovers

To do it. ```

26483

```

It is your loss, O my dry mind,

And not God’s,

When you fail to appreciate

God’s infinite Beauty in nature. ```

26484

```

Every day I get three wake-up calls

From my Lord Supreme:

The first time

I get His Inspiration-Call,

The second time

I get His Aspiration-Call,

The third time

I get His Dedication-Call,

And then, happily and proudly,

I wake up! ```

26485

```

My mind’s readiness

And my heart’s willingness

Are as powerful as ocean waves.

```

26486

```

A heart of genuine devotion

Will sooner or later

Reach the summit-heights of purity.

```

26487

```

A genuine aspiration-heart

Is always apt to compose

Universal oneness-songs.

```

26488

```

My God-searching mind

Was horrified

By unexpected, cascading doubts.

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26489

```

God is nurturing

My aspiration-heart

In my

Prayerfulness-fecundity-soil. ```

26490

```

Sometimes I wonder

Whether thoughts are made of misery

Or misery is made of thoughts.

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26491

```

This world of ours

Wants to live by lawless might

And not by lawful light.

```

26492

```

Everything is meaningless and useless

To the universal whole

If we do not dare to accept spirituality,

Which is God’s Heart-Breath. ```

26493

```

Alas, I did not realise

That I would be so ruthlessly tortured

By my mind’s desire-night.

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26494

```

Is there any day

When our life and death

Do not borrow necessities

From each other? ```

26495

```

It is absolutely unnecessary

To be certain of tomorrow.

What is of absolute necessity

Is our ever-blossoming oneness

With the Eternal Now.

```

26496

```

We have spoken ceaselessly

And unreasonably.

Now let us allow poor God

To have His turn.

He has been wishing to speak

For a long time. ```

26497

```

If you want to receive God-Glory

From God Himself,

Then do not run away

From the God-paved road. ```

26498

```

Each time I have a deep meditation,

My entire being beams

With the beauty of inner tranquillity.

```

26499

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If you can place your God-given talents

In the service of God,

Then God will give you what He has for you

And what He is to you:

His Infinity’s Love and Infinity’s Pride.

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26500

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When I quote the messages

Of my soul accurately,

I make my life beautiful, cheerful

And perfect. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 265, Agni Press, 1998
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