Remember your first and foremost
Promise to God,That you will become at once
The breath of God’s CryAnd the life of God’s Smile.
```Don’t argue with God.
Why do you forgetThat He is much older than you
And thereforeHe has much more experience
Than you have? ```Even if you are a late arriver
At God’s Blessing-Feast,God does not mind.
You must always joinGod’s Blessing-Feast
When you are invited. ```If you are
Completely awakened,Then for you
There is but one way:God’s Way,
Only God’s Way. ```God will amaze you
By doing everything for youUnconditionally,
And you will amaze GodJust by telling Him
That you will do one thing for HimUnconditionally.
```At long last
Wisdom-light has dawnedIn my aspiration-heart:
I shall make my Beloved SupremeMy conscious and constant
Decision-Maker. ```How much
Have I humbly done for God?I do not know
And I do not want to know.How much
God has compassionately doneFor me
God does not want to knowEither.
```Happiness left his heart
Because his mindDeliberately embraced
The sighs of loneliness. ```My Lord,
I have not been ableTo please You,
True.But I tell You
In all sincerity,I have been all along
Meaning to please You. ```Alas,
I am waiting for the inevitableRealisation-day
Without giving a peak performanceIn my aspiration-dedication-world.
```Do you think only you
Are entitled to changeYour mind?
What is wrong if God alsoWants to change His Mind?
```Consciously ally yourself
With God.You will see
That God’s Compassion-EyeWill end the eclipse
Of your heart. ```My heart has such compassion
For my mindThat it never criticises my mind
Even when it is totally out of tuneWith my heart’s God-songs.
```When God visited you last night,
How is itThat you forgot to ask Him
To grant youA flood of surrender-light?
```He is competing
For his self-transcendence-trophiesAfter he has educated himself
At the university of surrender. ```If you are not obedient
To your concentration-coach,You will never be able
To reach your destinationAs a victor.
```Unless you have faith
In abundant measure,Someday you may be paralysed
By suspicion-phantoms. ```Alas,
I really do not wantTo shuttle
Back and forthFrom a mind of sound
To a heart of silence. ```If your mind is anchored
In an agnostic abyss,How will you ever be able
To bathe in the seaOf gnostic light?
```A self-giving heart-flower
Neither withersNor perishes
With the passage of time. ```God has created
His Excellence-Delight in you.How is it
That you are not using itFor yourself?
```A bigger problem
Than the mind’s non-acceptanceOf light
Is not visible on earth. ```God hears
The soulful prayers of a seekerNot only with great Readiness
But also with immediate Oneness. ```The things that I do not know,
My Lord Supreme knows for me.The things that He wants me to know
Are more than enough for me. ```You do not need
A long preparationFor God the Peace
To enter into you.Just cheerfully claim Him
As your ownAs soon as He enters.
```God’s silence-messengers
Are thoseWho are commissioned
By God HimselfTo manifest Him most powerfully
On earth. ```You will be defeated
In the battlefield of lifeUnless you stop
Groaning and moaningIn your self-styled
Ignorance-sleep. ```God will show you
The map to Heaven.Just cease to be
A talking mindAnd become
A self-giving heart. ```I love your soul’s
God-entrusted promises,But I never like your life’s
Opportunity-craving compromises. ```I surrender to the Supreme
Not because I feel I am helpless,But because I feel
His Oneness-Delight is somethingI have all along been craving
In my own life. ```A very sad case of unpreparedness
Tortured his entire beingWhen God came and stood before him
Uninvited. ```You are slow
In turning to God.I tell you,
This can never beYour real capacity.
```He who is a God-lover
Has already been entrustedWith faster-than-the-fastest speed
By God the Supreme Beloved. ```To realise God
In His transcendental Heights,Each seeker must have
A very long-rangeAspiration-programme.
```If you do not break down
Your mind’s resistance-wall,Then yours will be
A dry and dust-filled life. ```Good news for God:
Man loves Him.Good news for man:
God needs him. ```A life of failure
Is an oft-told story.Neither God’s Compassion
Nor man’s aspirationWants to hear it.
```If you have failed
In your heart’s gratitude-run,Remember
That there are other races to run.Why not try
Your life’s surrender-runImmediately?
I am sure you will win itTriumphantly!
```You may see the sun set
On your yesterday’s failuresIf you want to.
But you must see the sun riseOn your today’s determined effort.
```God’s Compassion
Only hires,And even His Justice
Does not fire. ```If you allow your vital and mind
To be hypnotised by desire-life,There is nobody on earth
Who can liberate youFrom this deplorable hypnotism.
```Yes, it is true
That God is always busy.But He is never too busy
To listen to your heart’s cry. ```My Lord,
My outer promotionsHave taken away all my aspiration.
Please give me an inner promotionSo that my aspiration and I
Will never part. ```If it is really God’s Road,
Then the Road itselfWill help you to run on it
Instead of standing or walking. ```Alas,
My impurity-mindIs always overweight.
Alas,My gratitude-heart
Is always underweight. ```If Heaven is not ready
To give you its blessingful love,Then how do you think
Earth will be readyTo give you its powerful appreciation?
```Because of your soul’s
Oneness-surrender to God’s Will,God has allowed your soul
To cash His Satisfaction-Checks. ```My life is homesick
For Heaven.My heart is homesick
For God.And I am homesick
For silence-sea. ```There is still time
For my stupid mindTo unlearn
And for my sleeping heartTo learn.
```If you scatter indecision-dust
Before you,How can you speedily run
Towards your satisfaction-destination? ```Because of your disobedience
Your mind cannot separate itselfFrom guilt.
Because of your disobedienceYour heart feels
That God lives without it. ```You are your sick mind.
Therefore, you do not realiseThat you are living
In the inferno of sweltering pride,And nowhere else.
```God’s Compassion-River
Never runs dry.This is a common experience
Of each and every passengerIn God’s Golden Boat.
```Desire-road
Is full of dead-end signs.Aspiration-highway
Does not believe in a speed limit. ```My mind’s doubt-car
Had a very serious collisionWith my heart’s faith-train.
```The shadow of sorrow
Descended upon his lifeRight after he entered
Into a turbulent vital-sea. ```In human life
Self-pity-prison-experienceIs common and universal.
```If you have to whisper
In God’s Ear,Then whisper only one thing:
That you are going to please GodUnconditionally.
```The human mind is scared to death
When it is askedTo tune in to God’s Silence-Station.
```If you really want to succeed
In your outer lifeAnd proceed in your inner life,
Then keep your life’s dedication-doorWide open.
```He was a favourite hero-soldier
Of the Supreme.Therefore, he was invited to come
To Heaven’s palaceThrough Heaven’s back door.
```There shall come a time
When humanity’s prideWill be dwarfed
By its humility-giant. ```Since the day I increased
My willingness-mileage,God has given me the capacity
To completely ignoreIgnorance-glance.
```Although he started
His spiritual journeyWith a very poor background
In self-giving,Now constant self-giving
And his lifeHave become synonymous.
```A gratitude-heart
Is only a very short distance awayFrom God-Victory.
```An uncertainty-mind
Is immediately followedBy its worst possible failure-foe.
```Because you trust God
In everything that you do and say,You have God the Treasure
And God the TreasurerAt the same time
At your disposal. ```The length of God’s Smile
Shall always remainAn uncharted Vision-Reality
In God’s GardenOf Heaven-free Delight.
```Remember your promise!
You are determined to breakYour mind’s resistance-wall.
```Soulfully you must step
Into your new future,Where your expectation-life
Has completely surrenderedTo God’s Satisfaction-Delight
In God’s own Way. ```God’s commitment is to give you
Everything that He has and isProvided you and your heart
Become prayerful longings. ```What can the poor human life do
When the death-hour arrives?It has to lie hopeless and helpless
Before death’s door. ```You are waiting for God
To arrive.But do you not think
That by going to God yourselfYou can give God
A great surprise? ```The ancient world’s
Silence-lightIs still guiding the modern world
Of sickening suspicion-night. ```How can you forget
That your life came to nothingBecause you treasured blindly
Your limitation-life? ```If you are not well-prepared
For God’s arrival,No harm!
Just keep your heart’s doorWide open.
God will be satisfied. ```Each God-thought
Eventually awakens a God-seekerTo God’s transcendental Vision.
```You have simply no idea
How sad you have made GodBy allowing yourself to be hit
By the torpedo of self-doubt. ```You can buy God back
With only one gift,And that gift is
Your heart’s gratitude-flower. ```The hardest thing
For man to give upIs his conscious feeling
Of his life’s insecurity. ```Now that you have learnt
To be occupied spiritually,Nobody will see you floundering
In the outer life. ```Any good thing,
Any divine dream,Can never be hidden
From humanity’s big eye. ```I shall definitely
Cease to be sad,For my sadness
Makes my Beloved Supreme mad. ```Can I ever do this?
Can I ever say that I liveOnly for God’s Life
And God livesOnly for my heart?
```The soul is all compassion,
But when it seesThat the mind has become
Total unwillingnessAnd the heart has become
Total cheerlessness,Then the soul complains to God.
```Nobody will accept you
In his aspiration-dedication-boatIf you are going to carry with you
All your ignorance-baggage. ```If I cannot feel you on earth
Inside my heart,Will I ever find you in Heaven
With my soul? ```You have an outstanding mind.
But from your outstanding mindI am not going to get
Anything soulful.You have an astounding heart.
From your astounding heartI shall not only get
Everything soulfulBut also everything fruitful.
```If you sow gratitude-seeds
Inside your heart,Then definitely you will see
Dedication-flamesThat will grow up and up
And eventually grow intoA perfection-sun.
```Your soon-to-be-successful life
Will before long beThe only cause
Of your destruction-death. ```In God’s God-Manifestation-Army
Everybody hasA cheerful, powerful and fruitful
Volunteer-force. ```Deliberately you have allowed
Confusion to stab you,So it is absurd for illumination
To try to befriend you. ```A God-realised life
Is the only satisfaction-fruitOf God’s Promise-Tree.
```Why have you allowed your mind
To play host to uncomely thoughts?Can you not see now
That ignorance-princeIs intimidating you
To make you his intimate friend? ```Imperfection’s overdressed
Self-indulgence-egoHas capsized his life-boat
Long before it was dueTo reach its destination.
```Humanity’s thickening
Unwillingness-webIs saddening the compassion-willingness
Of divinity. ```If you are assisted
By your soul-assertion,Then the complete revelation
Of your inner lifeCannot remain a far cry.
```How can you ever wear
Victory’s crownWhen you keep your enthusiasm-flag
At half-mast? ```Because you do not have
An iota of love for God,Your future happiness-hope
And your mental hallucination-realityWill always go together.
```One thing I ask God:
Am I not His?One thing I tell God:
I am all for Him. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 42, Agni Press, 1984
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