Like your heart,
You can be happyOnly when you ask God
How things can be doneIn God’s own Way.
```Do not forget
That God does not cherishYour inferiority feelings,
Just as He does not cherishThe superiority feelings of others.
```One tiny insignificant word,
Doubt,Has the capacity to ruin
The poise of the entire world. ```Our oldest friend,
Love,Tells us and shows us
That it can be our eternal friend. ```If you give to mankind
Your life’s giftsWith a careless hand,
Mankind is not going to appreciateYour gifts
And is not going to deriveAny benefit from them.
```If you really have concern
For someone,You can never hide
The stupendous powerOf your concern.
```Remember your promise to God:
You will break all the resistanceOf your doubtful and harmful mind.
```The person with the ultimate power
Knows that without loveHis life is dry and dust-filled.
```Disappointment does not touch him,
For every dayGod grants his heart
A new appointment. ```Be careful of the past!
It has the powerTo powerfully control
Not only the presentBut also the entire future.
```His mind’s impurity-thoughts
And his heart’s purity-willAre in perpetual conflict.
```Can I really live without
God’s constant CompassionAnd Forgiveness?
This question requiresMy immediate answer.
```A strange invitation has arrived
From the world unknown.A sinner and a saint are invited
Together,And they will be served together.
```The immensity of self-offering
Is the perfection-beautyOf a divine being.
```If you want to satisfy
Any wish of yours,Then keep in mind
Your ancient promise:God-manifestation will be
Your life-breath. ```A brave soldier always knows
That to achieve something greatAnd to become something good,
NowIs always the best time.
```When I enter into the vital world,
I hear nothing but bad news.When I enter into the mental world,
I hear nothing but sad news.When I enter into the psychic world,
I get the happiest news:My Beloved Lord Supreme is all ready
To play with me. ```If you think of God,
Pray to GodAnd love God soulfully,
Then you are bound to becomeA possessor of marvellous secrets
And fantastic storiesFrom the other world.
```There is only one disaster ahead:
Your total failureDue to your
Wilful unwillingness. ```You have anchored your heart
In the infinite Love of God.Therefore
You do not have to worryAbout anything
In the world of dreamsOr in the world of realities.
```If you are a money-minded seeker,
Then you will not be blessedWith God’s Satisfaction-Smile,
Even in your dreams. ```A life of temptation
Compels you to stumble.When you stumble,
Your vital is displayed to the outer worldWith your unconscious frustration-frown.
```Try hard to obey the unknown.
Otherwise, the UnknowableWill be extremely strict
With your life. ```God wants you to be
A liberated soul.But it seems that
You do not want anything moreThan to become a frustrated seeker.
```You are proud of your
Confessed insecurities.But I shall be proud of you
Only if you invite your soulTo be your God-security.
```Your doubting mind is laughing
At imminent disasters.Alas, your mind does not realise
That it has already reachedThe highest height of stupidity.
```Do you know
What God has taught him?God has taught him
Secretly, sacredly, compassionatelyAnd unmistakably
How to forgiveHis own unforgivable life.
```O my proud mind,
May death invite youTo its deathless party!
```The moonrise heralds
His heart’s purity.The sunrise heralds
His life’s beauty. ```How can your foggy mind
AppreciateThe vision-illumination
Of your soul? ```My unparalleled inheritance
From God:A gratitude-heart
And a surrender-life. ```God’s Smile will be available
Only when your attachment-criesAre nowhere to be seen.
```My Lord Supreme has to visit
A few places this morning.Therefore
He has left His Fragrance-SmileIn my heart.
```Who will save the world?
Not a king, not a diplomat —No, nobody except one person,
And he isThe unconditional God-lover.
```I always admire
Your detachment-heart.I always dislike
Your indifference-eye. ```When there is no difference
Between you and your heart’sMeditation-sea,
God will grant youHis Peace-Empire.
```He thinks that he is too poor,
And his poverty is not allowing himTo think of God.
You think that you are too rich,
And therefore your richesAre not allowing you
To think of God.I think that I am neither poor nor rich.
Therefore God the CompassionHas given me the capacity
To become man the aspiration. ```Poor God has been suffering
Right from the dayHe created this world.
ThereforeWe must not make complaints to God
Against any human beingAnd add to His countless problems.
```My mind wants to be
With the new generationOf truth-seekers.
My heart longs to be
With the new generationOf God-lovers.
And I aspire to be
With the new generationOf world-transformers.
```When bad thoughts come to you,
Grab them and place themIn front of God’s Destruction-Eye.
When good thoughts come to you,
Carry them gently and place themAt God’s Compassion-Feet.
```In vain
Your mind wants to be admiredBy offering to the world
False aspiration-coin. ```If your mind is confined
All the timeTo stupid curiosity,
Then it will neverBe able to arrive
At divinity’s ecstasy-palace. ```Attachment precedes
Wild frustration.This is an undeniable
Human experience. ```Do not foresee
A frightening future.Believe only
In an ever-enlightening present. ```Why have you allowed your life
To be enchainedBy your absolutely useless
Idleness-body? ```Each time he meditates soulfully,
He sees a new helicopter-heartFlying up into Infinity’s Delight-sky.
```Before temptation touches your mind,
Run with your heartTowards God’s Compassion-Destination.
```When I met God in the morning,
He immediately gave meA clear vision
Of His Eternity’s Road. ```Pray soulfully,
Pray sleeplessly.God is bound to hear
Even your faintAnd faltering prayer.
```The most difficult thing on earth
For a human being to feelIs that yesterday’s misdeeds
Are the cause of today’s suffering. ```The human mind not only has suspicion
In abundant measure,But also is eager to pour suspicion-night
Into the human heart. ```My Lord Supreme,
If You do not want to forgive me,I shall not mind,
But please, please forgiveMy daily false prayers.
```I cannot master
Even my own mind.How can I then expect to govern
The unruly vital of the world? ```My mind was ruined
By cleverness.My heart was ruined
By helplessness.My life was ruined
By unwillingness. ```My Compassion-Lord
Has transformed my wisdom-thoughtsInto flaming prayers.
```I am satisfied
Only when my meditation shows meA flaming rainbow
Descending from the Vision-EyeOf my Beloved Supreme.
```I can easily open
My heart’s newLove-devotion-surrender-lock.
```When I sing,
I sing with the beautyOf the moon.
When I dance,
I dance with the divinityOf the sun.
When I cry,
I cry with the helplessnessOf the world.
```If you think that your mind
Is all preoccupiedAnd therefore
You cannot think of God,Then God the Satisfaction
Is not meant for you. ```I ceaselessly admire
Your purity-heart.I sleeplessly adore
Your divinity-life.I breathlessly love
Your inner immortality-cry. ```Because you have a new heart,
You will be the possessorOf new God-experiences.
```The entire world is running —
Running either towardsGod the Satisfaction
Or man the frustration. ```My mind is not my worst enemy.
My worst enemy is my mind’s unwillingnessTo become inseparably one
With my purity-heart. ```If you give from your heart,
Then your offering will beNot only unimaginable
But also indisputable. ```If you have regained faith,
That meansFear and doubt have lost you
For good. ```You are not your parrot-mind!
You are a strong partnerOf your inventor-soul.
```You do not have to meet God
Halfway.Just try to walk always
Towards God’s Way. ```My Lord Supreme,
Will You not make me the bestAt least in one thing?
Will You not make meThe best forgiveness-customer of Yours?
```If you are loyal
Only to God’s Love,Then happiness will be
Your only nameWithin, without, below, above.
```I must congratulate your mind
Wholeheartedly,For it has passed far beyond
The vast doubt-territory. ```I have measured my aspiration-heart
And my dedication-lifeWith my Lord’s Compassion-Ruler.
Therefore, my entire beingIs completely fulfilled and satisfied.
```His purity-life
Is litBy his heart’s
Beauty-moon. ```I am not a fool!
I shall never marchIn my vital’s frustration-parade.
```If you pray soulfully,
You will not be ableTo expect the worst.
You can and you willOnly hope for the best.
```God does not want you to crawl
On your hands and kneesTo reach Him.
He just wants you to participateIn all His races.
```My Lord tells me
That I need no other companionSave and except
His Compassion-Smile. ```Whatever his soulful heart touches
Immediately becomesThe most beautiful gold
To satisfy his Lord SupremeIn His own Way.
```To believe news about God
From the mind-newspaperIs to be at once
Deceived and frustrated. ```True, God is not yet bored
With your life.But you must not do anything unaspiring
Deliberately,For that will bore Him
Immediately. ```You may break all the promises
That you have made to humanity,But never break even one promise
To GodIf you want to unveil
God’s Smile on earthAnd reveal humanity’s cry
In Heaven. ```I do not believe in defeat.
I believe only in victory.Whose victory?
Definitely not mine, but God’s. ```Even God-instruments are no exception.
They become uselessLike other instruments
When they rest too long. ```Don’t discuss,
Don’t think,Just do!
```Don’t dream!
Where is the time to dream?Just become
What God wants you to become. ```Do not listen to your vital!
It is anxious to tell youHorrifying God-denying stories.
```Because your heart is pure,
The heart of the worldHas become pure to you.
```Your soulfully patient
Persistence-tearsAre bound to win
God’s supreme Smiles. ```What I never need
Is a doleful mind.What I ever need
Is a soulful heart. ```His meditation-dawn
Has purified the impurityOf his mind’s city.
```How can you lose
In the battlefield of lifeIf you are already well-acquainted
With the real life in you:Your heart’s aspiration-cry?
```You must be always ready for anything.
Who knows,God may at any moment ask you
To become another GodTo share His countless problems.
```Be an artist of the soul.
Then every dayYou will be able to paint
A positive pictureOf your desire-freed life.
```Since you do not want
To be misled,Why do you allow
Your mind to lead you?Since you want
To be fed,Why do you not allow
Your loving heart to feed you? ```“I want to be happy,
But I do not know how.”This is humanity’s
Regularly unfailing message. ```My Lord, You are telling me
That You have all alongBeen here with me.
But how is itThat I cannot recognise You?
Is it really possibleFor me to ignore You?
```Since you are well-acquainted
With your higher self,You will be visited
By God’s Satisfaction-Vision-Eye. ```The end of your Heavenly journey is near,
If this is what you want.The beginning of your
Self-transcending earthly journeyCan at any time start,
The moment you are ready. ```My Lord Supreme,
Your Forgiveness-SmileIs the most important thing
That You eternally have for me,Your weak seeker-son
And Your strong lover-friend. ```You are the most pathetic seeker!
Only God, the most sympathetic Listener!And no human being
Can be of any use to you. ```My Lord Supreme,
My Beloved Absolute,Please do not allow me to miss
The privilegeOf Your earthly physical Presence.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
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