Lightning-fast progress
You have madeJust because you have invoked
God’s Forgiveness-OceanAnd His Compassion-Sky.
```Your soul does not want
Your heartTo fall into the deep
Oblivion-chasm. ```A moment’s slackness
Can delay your heart’sConscious oneness with God
Indefinitely. ```You are such a fool!
You want to take a holidayFrom reality-life.
```You must realise
That your wisdom-realityIs infinitely stronger
Than your ignorance-dream. ```If you have the time
To think of God-manifestation,Then you must have the time
To think of God-realisation first. ```Meditate with greatest enthusiasm
If you want to make the fastest progressIn your aspiration-heart
And in your dedication-life. ```There can be no
Dedication-gardenWithout satisfaction-flowers.
```Now that wisdom-light
Has dawned upon him,He is immediately repairing
His doubt-created mind-damage. ```If you can climb a little,
God will definitely help youClimb His own
Transcendental Life-Tree. ```My heart’s willingness
Is my life’s only official passportTo visit God’s
Self-Transcendence-Kingdom. ```You have now turned
Completely to God.Therefore
God has given youHis Infinity’s immortal Address.
```Alas,
You have not fulfilledYour promise.
ThereforeGod’s Hope-Seeds
Are all destroyed! ```God’s Justice-Scale
Will frighten you,But His Compassion-Scale
Will only enlighten you. ```You wanted to reach God
With your mind’s brilliance.You have badly failed.
There is another wayYou can try to reach God:
With your heart’s surrender-smile. ```If you misuse opportunity,
All your blossoming hopesWill before long be destroyed.
```The mind’s perfection
And the life’s transformationAre absolutely indispensable
In any human life. ```Keep your heart
Always independent of your mindSo that God can share with you
His supreme Ecstasy. ```My Lord was pleased
When He sawOnly one surrender-wave
In my life-sea. ```It seems that my Lord
Has only one thing to doDay in and day out:
Amplify my heart’s aspiration-cry. ```If you do not pay any attention
To your inner life’sEmergency signals,
You are bound to sinkIn your outer life’s
Destruction-sea. ```If I have to choose
Between God’s Grace and God’s Love,I will definitely choose God’s Grace,
For I know perfectly wellThat God’s Love will follow God’s Grace.
```To please
Without being pleased in return:This is an experience
That God gets every dayFrom His creation.
```A fire-pure change of heart
Was the turning pointIn his aspiration-life-career.
```What has saved and illumined my life?
Not my possession-life,But my cheerful surrender-breath
To my Lord’s Will. ```Everything in life will fade
Into insignificance-nightWhen God’s Compassion-Light dawns
Upon your aspiration-life. ```God-realisation
Is the final challenge,But not
An unattainable challenge. ```You are in search of something
To rely on.Try your soul’s
Illumination-sky! ```If you have the courage to believe
That God loves you unconditionally,Then you grant God the opportunity
To enjoy His infinite Satisfaction-Delight. ```To meditate
Like a great seeker-soul,What you need
Is a soulful child-heart. ```If you are a true God-lover,
Then you will definitely feelThat your suffering-life
Is not desired by God. ```Who gives me my heart-lessons
Daily?Not man,
The self-styled knower,But God,
The Supreme Lover. ```Every day
Set a new goal,Even if you have failed
To reach your previous goals. ```If you have an inner cry,
Then you must never allow it to hide.You must urge it to reveal itself
And touch God’s Compassion-Heart. ```My mind does not know
That it is being followedBy a frustration-panther.
My heart does not knowThat it is being followed
By a peace-lamb. ```If you can live
Inside your silence-heart,Then you can easily establish
Your satisfaction-delightFor humanity to enjoy.
```The sadness
Of an unfulfilled dreamHas prevented him from coming out
Of the dark doubt-room. ```Alas,
I do not knowWhen my golden Boatman
Will arriveWith His golden Dream-Boat.
```God is definitely
Counting on you.For God’s sake,
Don’t disappoint Him! ```Tame your vital-beast!
Otherwise, before long,Your bellowing vital-beast
Will devour you. ```It is you who have created
Your own miseryBy arguing
With the divine in youAnd by disobeying
The Supreme in you. ```Just by avoiding the doubt-enemy
You cannot become happy.You have to completely conquer
The doubt-enemyOnce and for all.
```At long last,
I am so happy to hear,The surrender-bells
Of my aspiration-lifeAre tolling.
```Do you know
That God is holdingA perfection-party?
I am sureHe is going to invite you.
ThereforeBe fully prepared
For His Invitation. ```To improve your future
You must prove that you belongTo God’s Compassion-Light
Alone. ```Two momentous questions:
Does God, the Beloved Supreme,Exist for me?
And do I, the God-seeker,Exist for God?
```Yes, you have seen
My body sleeping.But have you not seen
That my heart is fully awake? ```God wanted me to tell you
That you must not allow your mindTo house unwashed thoughts
Any more. ```If you do not shorten
Your lethargy-hours,You will not be able to lengthen
Your energy-days. ```Ask your life
If its dedicationIs up-to-date.
Ask your heart
If its destinationIs up-to-date.
Ask yourself
If your oneness with God’s WillIs up-to-date.
```If you have an inspiring past,
Then add to it your aspiring presentAnd finally,
Add to your past and presentYour surrendering future.
```O Heaven,
Do allow me to tryOnce more
To smile powerfullyWith you.
```A joyful God-seeker
Will definitely be ableTo meet with God,
The playful Lover. ```O smile of Heaven,
I am sorry to have missed you today.But I assure you,
Tomorrow I am not going to miss you. ```You want to know
Who he is.He is his insatiable thirst
For his silence-meditation. ```Two unexpected disasters:
God does not care for my needs.I have forgotten God
The Compassion-Heart. ```If you can be above
Your mind’s demands,You can easily command
Your soulless animal-life. ```If you want to walk secretly
On God’s sacred Pathway,Then always sing
Your heart-songs. ```If you are not ruthlessly strict
With your lethargy-life,Then your heart’s soul-education
Will never begin. ```If you do not make yourself
Useful to God,How can God ever make you fruitful
To please both Heaven and earth? ```Every day try to sing
A newness-song.Then you will not hear
The voice of world-illusion. ```God has no ulterior motive
When He tells youHe will give you
His Heart’s limitless TreasureUnconditionally.
```Because you are God’s
Choice instrument,He has given you the capacity
To replace the fleetingWith the everlasting.
```Where do I stand?
I stand in betweenMy heart, the doer,
And my soul, the witness. ```You call it your heart’s
Gratitude-second.God calls it His Life’s
Satisfaction-Day. ```God wants only one thing
From me:He wants me to make my heart
The star of my earth-show. ```Birthless is the soul’s
Education-life.Endless is the soul’s
God-manifestation-life. ```My purity-heart
Is the priceless giftFrom my Absolute Beloved Supreme.
```He and his aspiration-heart
Were both killed togetherBy his stupid mind’s
Doubt-bullet. ```If you are
Your doubt-destroying mind,Then God will become
His self-giving Heart. ```I am going to wash my mind
Every day.Then my heart and I
Shall climb upMy life’s perfection-tree.
```The finite in me
Desires God the Infinite.Indeed, this is my Lord’s
Unrecognised miracle. ```Whether you care for it
Or not,Your soul will never stop
Its unconditionalWhispering guidance-light.
```There is no such thing
As lasting defeat,Since there is no such thing
As being unwanted by God. ```The fool in me believes
In my mind’s constant promises.The wise man in me believes
In my Lord’s self-giving Promise-Delight. ```He who thinks that experience
Is not essentialWill not be recruited by Heaven
To become a hero-warriorIn its army.
```Your aspiration-shrine
Is collapsing.Your devotion-temple
Is crumbling.Yet you expect to see
Satisfaction-dutyIn your life.
```Your inner life
Is unimaginably frail.How can you then expect
To sail with GodIn His Golden Boat?
```Persistently
He has dismissed temptation.Therefore
God is infinitely more pleasedWith him
Than he can ever imagine. ```Ask your heart-gardener
To sow only the seedsOf God-Satisfaction.
```The mind thinks
That flattery is most delicious.The heart knows
That flattery is not at allNourishing.
```I need only my heart’s happiness
To cry sleeplesslyFor God-manifestation
Here on earth. ```You must satisfy God
Unconditionally.Otherwise, your achievement
Will be far belowYour soul’s expectation-light.
```Never blame God!
He never asked youTo gamble away
Your heart’s treasure-wealthAt the temptation-racetrack
Of your vital. ```If you are a hero-seeker,
Then all your tomorrowsWill surrender to your today.
```If you can spread
Your heart’s redolent eagerness,Then yours will be
God’s Transformation-Touch. ```God is dying for
Your longing heartAnd not for
Your doubting mind. ```God sometimes pretends
That He knows nothingAnd He is as uncertain
As an ordinary human being.This is the only way
He can expedite humanity’s progress:By descending to its own level
Of consciousness. ```I gave God what I have
And what I am:My willingness.
God is now giving meWhat He has and what He is:
His Fulness. ```The first and the last step
Must be takenSoulfully and sleeplessly:
I love God.I love God unconditionally.
```Because you have given
Your undivided attentionTo your God-life,
God is celebratingThe stupendous success
Of your outer lifeAnd the momentous progress
Of your inner life. ```He feels that there is always
A yawning gulfBetween the envisioned reality-life
And the fulfilled reality-breath. ```The great thunder-sound
Of your mind’s success-lifeDefinitely has nothing to do with
Your heart’s progress-light. ```God may accept your wish
If you do not want to become great.But He will never accept your refusal
To become another God. ```Accept only one challenge in life:
God-realisation.All other challenges
Are worthless. ```You must have
At least this much faith in God:That He is going to solve
Your spiritual problems,Only it may not be
At your choice hour. ```Your chosen summit
And God’s chosen summit for youAre totally different.
You must aspire to reachOnly one summit:
Needless to say,God’s Perfection-Summit.
```You are dreaming of
A peace-lifeWithout offering God
Your surrender-life! ```I am now intensely inspired
In all my beingTo sing only one song:
Self-improvement. ```Mine is the heart
That desperately needs God’s Love.Mine is the life
That desperately needs God’s Compassion. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 48, Agni Press, 1984
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