God unconditionally loves
Each and every human being.Indeed, this is a divine mystery
That no human mind can ever fathom. ```Death will not delay its arrival.
ThereforePlay your cosmic game
And complete it as soon as possible! ```My Lord is thinking of me more
Because my love for HimIs now flawless.
```God has not chosen
Your doubtful mindTo serve Him.
He has chosen onlyYour aspiring heart
To love Him,Serve Him
And fulfil Him. ```How long
Will you allow your heartTo remain discouraged?
Can you not energise your heartTo run faster than the fastest?
```Do you seek none but God?
Then definitelyGod loves you most.
```God is sad
When He hears that you feelThere are divine things
In His creationWhich you cannot attain.
```First you need the strength
To be faithful in your heart.Then you need the strength
To be perfect in your life. ```Alas,
My earthbound mindIs suffering
From my heart’sIngratitude-life.
```You have strengthened
Your confidence in God.That means
Your life has visibly becomeGod’s Satisfaction-Light.
```To please God in my own way
I go to God with empty hands.To please God in God’s own Way
I go to God with an empty heart. ```Opportunity
Is going to touch your feetIf you are ready
To remain stationed carefullyIn God’s Heart.
```He is his heart’s
Secret tears.He is his life’s
Sacred mind. ```You have been invited
To attend a cosmic danceIn Heaven.
That means you are far aboveThe attack of ignorance-lance.
```When will the world-heart smile,
When?The world-heart needs illumination.
When will the world-mind cry,
When?The world-mind needs purification.
```If you ceaselessly seek
A simplicity-lifeAnd a purity-heart,
You will definitely expediteYour God-journey.
```Never be disappointed
If you see that your first stepsIn your spiritual life
Are feeble. ```Alas, he no longer appreciates
His aspiration-course.Alas, he is completely obedient
To his false inner messages. ```I live
Where Love divine lives,And that is inside
My purity’s heart-garden. ```A doubting mind
Is an undevelopedAnd unevolved state
Of consciousness-reality. ```An aspiring life
Never forgetsGod’s Compassion-Light
And never regretsIts past failures.
```When I think of God,
I feel that God’s Love for meIs His unconditional Guarantee.
```Do you not see
That your vital is more insistentThan a swarm of insects
In disturbing and ruiningYour heart’s poise?
```God can be seen
Even by the poorest fool,But not by the self-styled,
God-arguingIntellectual giants.
```If you do not have the courage
To be sincere,How can you expect God
To be the WriterOf your life-story?
```God is not going to pass through
The thick wallOf your disobedience-mind.
No, never!You may wait for Eternity,
But all in vain. ```True, your aspiration-elevator
Has come downAnd touched the ground floor.
But you can easily bring it upOnce again
To the top floor. ```God’s biggest Headache
Is not my desire-lifeBut my unwillingness to accept
The aspiration-life. ```I agree,
You can easily scaleMy heart’s aspiration-height.
But I tell you,You can never scale
The whole heightOf my soulful life.
```Hell speaks
Through your suspicion-mind.Heaven speaks
Through your aspiration-heart. ```Since you are drowning
In luxury-sea,How can you be found
In God’s Ecstasy-Ocean? ```If you are a great God-lover,
Then every dayYour aspiration-heart
Needs a tune-up. ```Wherever your heart goes,
Do not allow your jealous mindTo follow,
For your mind can do great harmTo your soul’s perfection-beauty.
```You have travelled far
And you have found nothing.Why?
Because you have walked along the pathOf your doubting mind.
```You fool!
Why are you still draggingYour lifeless and useless
Vital-tigerAlong your soul’s sunlit path?
```My Lord Supreme,
May my heart’s surrender-lifeBlossom every day
At Your Compassion-Feet. ```God has given me a new task.
He wants me to measureCarefully and impartially
The depth of my self-giving heart. ```My heart feels miserable
When it has to liveWith its strangling vital
And its doubting mindInside the body-room.
```Now that you have gone out
Of your heart’s obedience-room,You will be devoured by the tiger
Of your mind’s doubt-forest. ```Because you guard your heart
With your soul’s illumination-power,Yours will be the life
Of Himalayan triumph. ```Since you yourself
Do not trust your mind,Quite often your service-life
Is God’s stupendous Satisfaction-Delight.This is what God has been telling you
All the time. ```To humiliate a fellow seeker
Is to ruinOne’s own perfection-performance
On the life-stage. ```I love and need God sleeplessly.
This realisation is possibleOnly in my perfection-dreams.
```God has given me a heart.
But alas,I do not know how to teach my heart
To cry like an infantFor God’s Compassion-Eye.
```I am exceedingly proud of you!
At long lastYou have brought your impurity-vital
Under control. ```You do not have to be
The fastest starter.Just be a starter!
You will, without fail,Reach your destination-sun.
```A true devotee knows
That inside his heartWill always be found
The dance of his aspiration-sunbeams. ```Indifference
Is the last resortWhen a spiritual Master sees
That a particular seekerIs an absolutely hopeless case.
```A God-lover is he
Whose heart and life have becomeA ceaselessly flowing
And self-giving river. ```O my mind,
You can do something infinitely betterThan suspecting my purity-heart.
```You do not want to know
How much affection, love and surrenderYou gave to God.
Indeed, this is a clear signOf your progress.
```It is unfair
To judge your lifeOnly by your today’s
Deplorable performance. ```Because you have shunned the company
Of your old friend,Ignorance-night,
God is teaching you todayThe Dance of His Beauty’s Life.
```Unless you shorten
Your life’s frustration-line,Your heart can never be happy.
```Be careful!
Your inner progressIs very fragile.
CarelesslyDo not destroy it!
```Your aspiration-passport
To paradiseHas definitely expired.
You must renew itAs soon as possible
If you want a free accessTo delight-world.
```He lives inside
The citadel of purity.Therefore
A life of divinityCannot remain a far cry.
```If you sincerely mourn
Your vanished inner progress,Then God will definitely give you
Another chance to become perfectAnd remain perfect.
```If you want to be
A choice instrument of God,Then plant aspiration-dedication-virtues
In your soul’s inner soil. ```I can ignore everything
Except one thing:The cry of my neglected heart.
```You are longing for the birth
Of a brighter future.Then do not be afraid
Of your dailySpiritual struggle-hurdles.
```Your new self
Is knocking at God’s Liberation-Door.Indeed,
This is your supreme achievement. ```Mine is the aspiration-heart
That every dayLongs to sport
On my life’s progress-mountain. ```I shall see only two plants
In my garden of tomorrow:My gratitude-heart-plant
And my surrender-life-plant. ```Impurity
And its suffocating embraceCan never be separated.
```Each living breath of his
Is flourishingIn the rich soil of aspiration.
```What is uncertainty?
It is the false danceOf the mind’s deplorable anxiety.
```The sound-life
Has many, many questions.The silence-life
Has not only the answersBut also the best answers.
```The effulgence of Heaven
Is not for you,For you have already fallen
Into the self-indulgence trap. ```Now that you have dethroned
Your doubt-king,You have a new king
Who will guide youAnd satisfy you,
And that new kingIs your heart’s faith.
```I deeply admire your capacity
To transform the frustration-jungleInto a satisfaction-garden.
```Your insecurity-heart
Foolishly expects to be honouredIn the aspiration-academy.
```You are cultivating
Your progress-plants.Therefore, God has invited you
To board the satisfaction-plane. ```Your aspiration-heart
Is the most adequate tranquilliserTo stop the trembling hand
Of fear. ```When will you be exhausted
From your useless,Excessive self-thought,
When? ```If you shine from within,
You will never be attackedBy feeble human love.
```I march only
In my heart’s purity-paradeAnd my life’s surrender-parade.
```Now that you have thrown
Your doubt-ballFar away,
Yours will be the heart that runsFrom victory to victory.
```To say that I shall not try
To be perfectAny more
Is an unforgivable offenceAgainst God the Compassion.
```Be quiet, O my mind!
God is now having a serious talkWith my surrender-heart
And my gratitude-life. ```What will you accomplish
By treasuring yesterday’s dreams?You have to treasure
Only today’s reality. ```Alas, you do not realise
That your soul-bird is always readyTo shelter your heart
Under its beautiful and powerful wings. ```Nobody is going to buy
Your mind’s thought-fabric,Nobody!
Everybody wants the adamantine willOf your perfection-garden.
```God’s Compassion
And my aspirationHave most cheerfully agreed
To become inseparably one. ```The deadline was
The day before yesterday,But God gave you
Another chance yesterday,And today He is giving you
Still another chanceOut of His infinite Compassion.
This time do not disappoint Him!Please Him in His own Way
For your immortal satisfaction. ```It is indeed a great blessing
To take human birth.It is indeed a greater satisfaction
When God can manifest HimselfUninterrupted,
In His own Way,In and through you.
```Instead of illumining the world-heart,
He confuses the world-mindWhen he tells the world
That he has lostHis God-realisation.
```The hostile forces
Are untouchable!This is what you have to convince
Your entire being. ```The same old story!
You are nothingBut the dissatisfaction
Of your dark desire-life. ```The greatest misery
In a seeker’s lifeIs when he finds it impossible
To give up his disobedience-life. ```If you visit God’s cosmic Vision-Garden,
Will you not enjoyGod’s sacred Heart-Fragrance?
```If you do not
Come to the aid of your soulWhen it fights against ignorance-night,
Then you and your soulWill be equal losers.
```Where were you
When God so compassionatelyServed His unconditional Delight-Meal?
Everybody else came.Where were you?
```Since you have the strongest desire
To be invited by God,Then breathe in
By far the greatest prayer:Patience-light.
```Good news from Heaven:
Heaven will teach meHow to feel
God’s Heart on earth.Good news from earth:
Earth will teach meHow to touch
God’s Feet in Heaven. ```It is entirely your own fault
That you are deliberately avoidingThe inner struggle
To discipline your life. ```Now that you have closed
Your mind’s complaint-door,Your heart’s hunger
For God’s Satisfaction-FeastIs bound to increase.
```A sincere mind
Dwells on God.A pure heart
Dwells in God. ```I have come back
To my heart-country,And I am feeding myself
With my soul’sSelflessness-fragrance.
```You have claimed God
As your very own.This is indeed
God’s greatest Satisfaction. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 46, Agni Press, 1984
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