God is ever ready
To move Heaven and earthTo see me smiling
With utmost sincerity. ```My Lord tells me that
My soulful smileIs by far
My best achievement. ```My inner courage
Is a most illuminingAnd fulfilling assistant
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```Oh, the suffering I caused
For my Lord SupremeIs far beyond
My imagination-flight! ```There was a time
When I obeyed GodOut of fear.
```There was a time
When I obeyed GodWith utmost reluctance.
```There was a time
When I obeyed GodWith a very deep sigh.
```I now obey God
With my life’sEver-blossoming joy
And my heart’sEver-increasing gratitude.
```If anybody asks me
What I am doing,I shall only say
That I am trying every dayGod’s Patience.
```May, my Lord,
I do everything,Everywhere and every day
The way You want me to do. ```May my gratitude
Be as sure asMy Lord’s Protection-Shelter.
```Every day
I make it a special pointTo avoid
All disobedience-holesOn the way to my Lord Supreme.
```When I do not pray and meditate,
The undivine forcesForce me to become friends with
Gloomy thoughts and cloudy skiesIn my inner life.
```Nectar-bliss-songs
I sing only whenI am able to place myself
At the FeetOf my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```O my silence-mind,
You are my heart’sSweetest fountain-delight.
```To become a superlative seeker,
We must not allow our aspiration-heartEver to sleep.
```As long as I find any dispute
Between my God-searching mindAnd my God-crying heart,
I shall never be ableTo become happy.
```When I live inside my heart-garden,
Deep I drinkThe music of sweetness
And soulfulness. ```My Lord Supreme is helping me
Every day to getMy hope-flower-beauty and fragrance
In vaster quantities. ```No human being can ever scale
The mountain of God’s WillWithout the flood
Of God’s Compassion-Eye. ```A Compassion-Breath
From my Lord SupremeHas destroyed
The limitless lengthOf my ignorance-night.
```My Lord Beloved Supreme,
May each single wish of YoursBe my supreme Command.
```My Lord,
I do not know whenMy giant ego
Is going to be dissolvedIn Your Compassion-Eye.
```In spiritual communication,
Mental telepathyIs the beginners’ course.
```O seekers,
Do not lose courage!Do not lose hope!
The saints of todayWere not saints yesterday.
```The Lord Supreme treasures us
Only when we show HimOur genuine eagerness
To take part in His Cosmic Game. ```God forgives all our shortcomings
Save and exceptOur indifference to humanity.
```Goodness
Is the flowering blossomsOf our world-oneness-heart.
```God wants us
Every day to enjoyAn aspiration-feast.
```The doubt-suspicion-telephone line
AlwaysRemains busy.
```My Lord, I want
My doubting mind to expire,My strangling vital to retire,
My heart’s aspiration-cry to inspire. ```A negativity-mind
Is a most deplorable failureIn the spiritual life.
```Devotion-tears
Are made ofCelestial beauty.
```The temptation-vital knows first
How to attract,And then immediately
How to attackHuman beings.
```God does not want
Our heart’s aspiration-cries to hide.He wants our heart’s aspiration-cries
To come to the foreAnd fight against ignorance-frown.
```If it is at all
A Godward race,Then we needs must have
A lightning-speed. ```Nobody can fulfil
His soul’s manifestation-promisesUnless an unconditional Grace
Descends from Above. ```A heart consumed with devotion-tears
Will definitely reach the God-DestinationSooner than any other way.
```The dictionary of a hero supreme
Will never house“Impossibility”.
```May my life kneel
Devotedly and soulfullyAt my Lord’s Feet
Every morning and every evening. ```My Lord Supreme eagerly awaits
My surrender-lifeWith His all-embracing Arms.
```If the mind has enthusiasm
And the heart has eagerness,Then we can fly in the skies
Of the ever-transcending Beyond. ```O world-critics,
You need a totally different worldTo enjoy your lives!
```Each positive thought
Rightly deservesTo be multiplied and magnified.
```Nobody can wrestle
With the teeming crises of his fateUnless God’s special Concern
Comes to his rescue. ```May my God-realisation-hope
And promiseEvery day give me
A new awakening,A new, fulfilling message.
```If you do not have
True love of God,Then you cannot be inspired
At every momentTo please God in His own Way.
```Obedience
Has to be repeatedCeaselessly and self-givingly.
```Gratitude-tears
HaveNectar-flooded bliss.
```How beautiful
Is the openness of the mind.How fruitful
Is the fulness of the heart. ```Each time your Master thinks of you
With his compassion-heart,He gives your heart
A tangible progress-push. ```A heart of sincerity
Is always clothedIn purity-light.
```God is always ready
To meet with meAt His Obedience-School.
```Again and again
God asks my aspiration-heartIf it is all ready to take
World-transformation-dictationFrom Him.
```The obedience of my mind
And the gratitude of my heartHave become my life’s
Two God-partners. ```Each time I offer my life
To my Lord Supreme,He immediately smiles at me
Reassuringly, unreservedly. ```No self-giving life
Can ever be lostIn the quagmire of the world.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Is always readyTo lighten all the burdens
That attack our lives,But we do not give God the chance.
```We must be sleepless
Plus ruthlessIn our fight against the troublemakers
Of our inner life:Doubt, anxiety, fear,
Jealousy and insecurity. ```O my mind,
I really do not knowHow you can be always so inhospitable
To thoughts divine. ```My mind’s indifference-eye
To the world-communityIs my life’s
Himalayan blunder. ```May my life-boat always ply
BetweenGod the Compassion-Shore
AndGod the Satisfaction-Shore.
```The worries and anxieties of the mind
Are always apt to take us awayFarther than the farthest
From our Lord Beloved Supreme. ```There is only one way
To fulfil ourselves most satisfactorily,And that is
Our constant God-service-commitment. ```May my heart take messages
From the ever-transcending BeyondThe way my soul has been doing
From time immemorial. ```There can be nobody
As proudly lavish in praiseAs our Inner Pilot Supreme.
```In no way am I better
Than a meaningless zeroIf I do not fulfil the Command
Of my inner Hero Supreme. ```Doubt is an age-old habit.
We must break this old habitFor our inner progress-flight
And our outer success-march. ```Whenever I have an interview
With my Lord Beloved Supreme,He asks me to spend
Only quality timeAnd not quantity time.
```May my life enjoy
Unbreakable bondsOf Mother Earth-affection.
```Every new second
Is the thresholdOf a new, inspiring beginning.
```My heart is looking for a place
Where it can imagineGod’s Lotus-Feet
Most prayerfully. ```Each morning
My soul teaches meHow to wing
Far beyond the horizons. ```God the Power
Is the fear-producerIn my life.
```God the Love
Is the satisfaction-giverTo my life.
```Asceticism cannot be
The fully perfect wayFor God-realisation.
```My Lord,
May my gratitude-heartBe a sea of tears.
```The parents of the mind
AreStupidity and audacity.
```Unlike the mind,
The heart is always eagerTo be the partner of the mind.
```My heart is fond of
Unity.My mind is proud of
Diversity. ```My Lord wants me to be with Him
Only when I am sincerely readyTo spend quality time.
```My mind,
Your aspiration-dedication-houseNeeds transformation
Or at least a major repair. ```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Quietly and proudlyBeckons my aspiration-heart.
```A frustration-mind
And an aggression-vitalHighly speak of each other.
```My heart’s compassion-tears
Meet withMy Lord’s proudest
Satisfaction-Smiles. ```My aspiration-vacation
My Lord SupremeNever approves.
```Nothing can be better
Than a self-giving oneness —Nothing!
```My Lord,
Do take awayAll my time,
For You, only for You. ```God is all ready
With His open Arms,But alas,
Where is my surrender-life? ```My heart kneels
At God’s Feet,Not for His Satisfaction
But for His Compassion. ```God wants my life
To live betweenEnthusiasm and eagerness,
And nowhere else. ```Everything else I find,
Save and exceptThe breath of silence.
```Anything the Master touches
Immediately becomesA God-satisfaction-instrument.
```A reasoning mind
Is the most deplorableNavigator.
```A heart of poise
Meets with God’sThunderous Applause.
```Our hearts
Pray to GodSelf-givingly.
```Our minds
Betray GodUnreservedly.
```If only for a brief moment
I can sit at the FeetOf my Lord Supreme,
My life’s taskWill be accomplished.
```Each individual must develop
A supremely passionate questFor the Absolute Truth.
```My Lord,
I beg of You to bless meWith Your moonlit Compassion
And not with Your sunlit Power. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 269, Agni Press, 1998
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