Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 31

3001

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Now that you have surrendered

Your life to God,

You have at least one Person

Who will listen to you,

And that Person is God Himself.

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3002

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Are you a thief

That you have to enter

Into God’s Heart-Room

On tiptoe? ```

3003

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Always carry your soul-map

With you

If you really want

To reach Heaven. ```

3004

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Nobody wants to know

Your mind’s expert opinion.

Everyone wants to have

Your heart’s perfect union. ```

3005

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You are afraid

That God does not speak

Your language.

But God does speak

Your heart-language.

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3006

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Something in my heart tells me

That I shall not only realise God

In this lifetime

But also manifest God on earth

Far beyond my expectation.

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3007

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His wisdom-life

And his ignorance-death

Are fighting all the time

Inside his heart. ```

3008

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God’s Fountain-Love

Is not above

My division-head

But deep inside

My oneness-heart.

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3009

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You may not know,

Perhaps you will never know,

That you are not only

Humanity’s hope

But you are humanity’s only hope.

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3010

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Enthusiasm is energy.

Energy defeats

Failure-life.

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3011

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There may not be

Any place for God

Inside you,

But inside God’s Heart

I am sure there is always

A place for you. ```

3012

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Your vital attachment

Has totally destroyed

The heart-plant

Of your inner beauty. ```

3013

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If you are

God’s chosen instrument

On earth,

Then do not take anything

For granted.

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3014

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If you surround yourself

With purity,

Heaven’s divinity will

At every moment

Shake hands with you.

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3015

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It is not

His fear of death

But his fear of life

That has separated him

From human society.

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3016

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It happens all the time

That when God sends for me

I am unavailable.

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3017

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One song

I shall never forget:

My Lord’s

Daily Forgiveness-Song. ```

3018

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I want to complete

The last page of my life’s book

Only with my heart’s gratitude-tears

And my life’s surrender-cheers. ```

3019

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If you blow

Your ego-trumpet,

How do you expect God

To keep you

Inside His Compassion-Net?

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3020

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Your confidence-light

You must feel

At this very moment

And not leave

To the distant future.

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3021

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To speak to you

About your heart’s surrender-life

Is more useless

Than talking to a brick wall! ```

3022

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Do not try

To imitate perfection.

Your very attempt

Will end in a sad fiasco. ```

3023

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Each individual

In his own clever way

Thinks he can easily have

A cloud-free aspiration-cry

If he wants to.

```

3024

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So much I owe

To God the man!

I really do not even dare

To think of it. ```

3025

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If you want to repeat

Anything in your life,

You can do so,

Except for one thing:

Do not repeat

Your life’s repeated defeats. ```

3026

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Your heart’s purity-bird

Has flown away

Because your mind

Has totally destroyed

Your life’s beauty-nest.

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3027

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If you have a soul,

Which you have,

Then you must ask your soul

To show its victory-light

Inside your body-room.

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3028

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God’s only question

To humanity:

“Children,

When will you start

The victory-voyage

Of life?” ```

3029

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Only a purity-pilgrim

Has the right

To walk on the soul’s

Perfection-road. ```

3030

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You are not the only one

Who suffers from

The infectious doubt-disease.

Doubt-disease has covered

The length and breadth

Of the world. ```

3031

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It is now high time

For you

To gather together

All your heart’s

Immortal treasures:

Affection, purity, love

And oneness.

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3032

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God the Justice

May not wait

At the end of every road.

But God the Compassion

Will definitely wait

At the end of each and every road. ```

3033

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Even his eyes

Do not have

Any trace of desire,

Not to speak of

His heart.

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3034

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The outer world

Does not want to claim him

Because the inner world

Does not trust him. ```

3035

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If your mind knows

How to confine your life,

Then your heart knows

How to pine for liberation

And also

How to dine with God-Satisfaction. ```

3036

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God does not want you to have

A hermit-heart.

He wants you to have

His own Emperor-Heart. ```

3037

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His mind enjoys

Only one thing:

Constant confrontation

With God’s Compassion. ```

3038

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Your heart’s cheerful willingness

To obey God

Will wash away

Your mind’s ignorance

Of millennia.

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3039

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I sing my God-songs

Only for God

The Listener.

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3040

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Poor God

Has no time for Himself.

He uses all His time

To listen to humanity’s complaints

Against Him.

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3041

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You may be helpless,

But never, never think

That you are hopeless,

Absolutely hopeless. ```

3042

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You can boast

Of your desire-fire

Only until

God the Fireman arrives. ```

3043

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His heart was surprised to see

That his mind

Had totally collapsed

Owing to its unwillingness

To obey the soul.

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3044

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His lack of enthusiasm

Has helped him

To build his own

Failure-prison. ```

3045

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Tell God your troubles.

If you do not tell Him,

He will spend all His time

Listening to others’ troubles,

And you and your troubles

Will remain inseparable. ```

3046

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God does not command you.

It is you

Who command your life

To be disobedient

To God’s Will.

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3047

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Your body, vital, mind and heart

All want to play with God.

But God plays only

With your heart

And its purity.

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3048

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God did not want you

To give up.

He just wanted you

To give in

To His Immortality’s Will.

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3049

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If you see

A sincerity-landmark,

That means

That secretly an angel-heart

Is leading you

On the right path. ```

3050

```

Now that you have stepped down

From your ego-pedestal,

God is not just walking,

But running

Towards you.

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3051

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Your body

You cannot expand.

Your mind

You cannot expand.

But your heart

You can definitely expand.

What for?

To embrace God’s universe. ```

3052

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Nothing can change him.

No, not even the threat

Of imminent death!

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3053

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Are you walking

Beyond the borders

Of an unbounded time?

Then you are bound to have

A new Companion:

God. ```

3054

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What do you want?

Do you want

God’s two strong Arms

His one Silence-Heart?

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3055

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His mind forgets

That he has not made

Many attempts.

It only remembers one thing:

No success.

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3056

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I do not want to be

A tennis ball,

But I really want my life

To be as perfect

As the surrender

Of a tennis ball. ```

3057

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They say

Man is evolving

And progressing.

Alas, what do I see?

Barbarian behaviour

Is the order of the day! ```

3058

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Why does God refuse

Man’s desires?

Is it because He is

Incapable?

Or is it because He is still

Compassionate to mankind?

Aspiration-lovers and desire-lovers

Have different answers. ```

3059

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Every day

When I pray soulfully

And meditate peacefully,

God provides me

With a new heart-room

To work on my life’s ideals. ```

3060

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God’s Compassion plays

With the broken hearts.

God’s Satisfaction chats

With the chosen lives. ```

3061

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A willing God-servant

Always loves mankind

Not only unreservedly

But also unconditionally. ```

3062

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There is always

A terrible fight

Between false hope

And real success. ```

3063

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A self-giving moment

Has the giant capacity

To move a chain

Of ignorance-mountains. ```

3064

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In the morning

I pray to my Beloved Supreme

To shut my mind-gate

Against uncomely thoughts.

In the morning

I meditate on my Beloved Supreme

To grant me the capacity

To come out of the deep cave

Of blind darkness.

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3065

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The death

Of your devotion-life

I cannot believe —

I cannot even imagine! ```

3066

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If you want to run a race

Every day,

Then I advise you to run only

Your life’s cheerfulness-race. ```

3067

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Humanity’s unfulfilled

Desire-sorrow

Is no match for

Humanity’s fulfilled

Desire-joy.

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3068

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Alas,

His heart is totally defenceless

Against his mind’s

Unexpected doubt-invasion. ```

3069

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Did you ever imagine

That you would be so pure

That you could see God’s Eye

And be at God’s Feet? ```

3070

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You have taken upon yourself

An impossibility-task:

To forge God’s

Blessing-Signature. ```

3071

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Everything that you have

Is undivine.

Even inside your humility

What looms large

Is your pride.

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3072

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An impurity-heart

Is a loveless heart.

A loveless heart

Is a God-Visionless heart. ```

3073

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One good decision

Leads to another:

“I shall realise God...

I shall become perfect.” ```

3074

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I will fail God:

This is a secret

That I do not want

Under any circumstances

To be divulged.

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3075

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A mind of suspicion

Needs a heart of purity

For its newness-illumination

And vastness-perfection. ```

3076

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You want to know

Who will be the keeper

Of my heart-castle.

God the Lover

Has graciously agreed

To do the job

Unconditionally.

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3077

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His hope-tree

Was shattered

The day his mind’s doubts

Replaced his heart’s faith. ```

3078

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Each life must cultivate

Every day

A green newness-field

To collect a bumper crop

Of aspiration.

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3079

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Your ceaseless thirst

For purity in God’s world

Will someday

Definitely be quenched. ```

3080

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My mind enjoys

Isolation,

My heart enjoys

Consolation

And I enjoy

My Lord’s Compassion. ```

3081

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Make up your mind!

Do you want God to please you,

Or do you want God’s infinite Blessings

To please God? ```

3082

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Do you want to serve God?

Then you need more

Heavenly credentials

And you need no

Earthly experience.

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3083

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God is your

Open Admirer.

Can you not

At least try

To be His secret admirer?

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3084

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Your heart’s gratitude-bird

Flies away

Quicker than your mind’s

Imagination-bird. ```

3085

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The gratitude-heart

Of your meditation-life

Earns God’s most powerful

Silence-Smile. ```

3086

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God does call

Your heart’s aspiration-name

All the time.

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3087

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When you talk to God about me,

It is not just

Between you and God.

I must also know

All about it.

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3088

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Your heart has to be

Always

A patient pilgrim

On your inner path. ```

3089

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Insecurity is a contagious disease

That one sufferer receives

From another deplorable sufferer.

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3090

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I always wanted

To be tall in the inner world.

I always wanted

To be strong in the outer world. ```

3091

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Do not miss a moment

If you do not want to leave

Any room for regret

In your aspiration-life. ```

3092

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Destruction-mountain

Lies right on top

Of depression-land.

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3093

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One peaceful word of Yours

Has awakened my heart.

One powerful word of Yours

Has illumined my heart. ```

3094

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Who can appreciate stupidity?

Not even the man

Who possesses stupidity

In abundance! ```

3095

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You will not be able

To recognise God

Unless you admire

God’s selfless Dedication-Army. ```

3096

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You are yearning

For an extra-special love.

What you actually need

Is an extra-fruitful awareness. ```

3097

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What you need

Is not desire-deprivation.

What you need

Is desire-illumination. ```

3098

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My body revolts

Against my heart

Every day.

My heart does not know

And does not want to know

How to revolt

Against my body.

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3099

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He who indulges in cynicism

Thinks that there is nothing good

On earth.

But the Absolute Supreme

Knows that there is nothing not good

Either on earth or in Heaven. ```

3100

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My Lord,

This heart is Yours.

Even if You do not forgive me,

I shall not forget

The Compassion-Beauty of Your Heart.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 31, Agni Press, 1984
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