The soulfulness-champion
Always winsIn all the inner races.
```Pray to God to grant you
A failure-proof faith.He will definitely
Grant you one. ```Are you dancing
With God’s SatisfactionOr man’s frustration?
```Meditation
Is a staircaseTo your own soul’s world.
```No compromise
With ignorance-nightIf I need
God’s Satisfaction-Delight. ```Any deviation from truth
Means to loseGod’s Perfection-Compassion.
```Servers enter
Into God’s Eye.God enters
Into lovers’ hearts. ```One day you will realise
The devastating dangerOf your dark desire-life.
```Yesterday I was crawling.
Today I am climbing.Tomorrow God and I
Will be together dancing. ```If you heed
The inner command,God will feed
Your Eternity’s hunger. ```Impossible to live
With God’s Justice,Impossible to live
Without God’s Compassion! ```God has asked him
To bring his mindEvery day
To God’s Compassion-Cleaner. ```Imperfection
Is in remaining inactive.Perfection
Is in moving forward,Upward and inward.
```He has vehemently denied
His allegianceTo the torture
Of his tyrant-mind. ```My obedience-life
Simplifies and expeditesGod’s task.
```Meditation
Is the only safeguardAgainst frustration.
```Do not allow your mind
To be scorchedBy wild fantasy-flames.
```Do not blame God!
Demand moreOf yourself.
Do not blame yourself!
Expect lessOf others.
```To love the divine within you
ConsciouslyIs to free yourself
From the dire bondageOf the past.
```Nobody has forced you
To surrenderTo your stupid thoughtlessness.
```World-forsakers
Are definitely notGod-lovers.
In their self-styled renunciationThey are completely caught.
```He is succeeding in escaping
From earth’s timeAnd his own fate.
```Man’s pride
Is eternally at warWith his heart’s love
For God. ```My love of God
Has returned,This time to win
Without fail. ```An abiding purity-heart
Is a giganticAspiration-achievement.
```I do not care for
A prayer-rope.I care only for
A meditation-elevator. ```Frustration-flames
He was.Destruction-fire
He now is. ```If you do not develop
More purity in your heart,Your spiritual life will be
Intensely frustrating. ```He is possessed
By a self-pity-beggarInside him.
```A reasoning mind fails
Because God HimselfDoes not care for it.
```If your aim is to reach
A higher plane,Then low thoughts have no place
In your life. ```My heart
Today wants to prayOnly for one thing:
Mountain-solitude. ```God wants each human being
To be an unlimited supplyOf inner capacity.
```God the Doctor
Will not keep youFor a long time
In His Waiting Room. ```He easily forgets to remember
That once upon a timeHe did love God unconditionally.
```Why do you expect me
To believeThat I shall not be able
To realise GodIn this life?
Why? ```What you need
Is a faith-tideTo wash away
Your mind’s teeming doubts. ```Obedience
Is the perfection of the heart.Obedience
Is the salvation of life. ```Every day
Breathe new, fresh airTo transform
Your lethargy-surrendered lifeInto a surge of dynamism-fire.
```Alas,
For years I have been tryingTo break
My mind’s complication-chains. ```Every day
My heart teaches my lifeA new gratitude-song.
```Your heart’s purity
Can easily calmYour storm-tossed mind.
```What I love most
Is the sky-calmOf my heart’s self-offering.
```Not because I needed,
But because I wanted,Today I am a prisoner
Of attachment-night. ```Forget all and start again!
Muster the courageTo become a perfect instrument
Of God. ```He fearfully obeys
His self-doubt.Yet everybody obeys him
Sleeplessly. ```When will I find
God’s Heart-Garden?When?
When will God find
My mind-jungle?When?
```Although your life is paralysed
By impurity,God has kept His Compassion-Eye
On your heart. ```His unwillingness
To accept God’s WillHas enslaved his mind
Powerfully. ```Every day
His life commutesBetween earth’s helplessness
And Heaven’s unwillingness. ```From now on
Try to love GodWith your heart’s
Purity-flamesAnd not with your mind’s
Impurity-fumes. ```Because he is
A man of peace,He is a member
Of God’s inner Circle. ```Cheerfulness and fearlessness
Have the capacity to equalPerfection within
AndSatisfaction without.
```Now that he has exhausted
Even his own expectations,He is totally lost.
```Every morning
God comesTo inspect your heart
And perfect your life. ```Do you not see
That you are completely devouredBy your malicious mind
And your ferocious vital? ```Do you not think
That it is high time for youTo demolish completely
Your mind’s doubt-building? ```Unless you awaken
Your dormant faith,You are not going to feel
God’s boundless Love for you. ```Sacrifice yourself
TodayIf you want to see perfection
TomorrowAnd if you want to become perfection
The day after. ```You will be able to develop
Immediate purityIf you start living
Inside your heart-village. ```Intensity-waves
Carry his mind far,Very far.
Immensity-waves
Carry his heart far,Very far.
Infinity-waves
Carry his life far,Very far.
```If you regularly do
Your inner speed-work,Then your outer life
Will be most powerfully fruitful. ```The wandering mind
Will never have the capacityTo have a lengthening heart.
```Every day
Try to improve soulfullyThe purity
Of your heart’s aspiration-cry. ```Because I am
A sincere well-wisher of yours,I take the trouble
Of perfecting youEvery day.
```In spite of
My desperate unwillingness,My Lord Supreme has decided
To guide my life. ```Because you are always
On God’s side,God goes to any length
To perfect you. ```God has the capacity
To mend your broken heart,But do you have
The eagerness and willingnessTo come to God?
```If you dare to smile
At God’s Justice-Eye,Then God will give you the capacity
To dance in the corridorsOf His eternal Time.
```God is not going to defend
Your unjustifiable case,Because you are pretending
To be a great seekerBefore innocent seekers.
```If your heart
Is helpless,Naturally your life
Will be useless. ```What your heart needs
Every morningIs a fragrant prayer-flower.
```His mind is nothing
But a long listOf limitations and imperfections.
```At long last
His doubtful mindIs forced to accept
Slow death. ```Although ignorance-salesman
Every day knocksAt your heart-door,
Never open the door! ```At the end of your mind’s
Ignorance-tunnel,God’s Illumination-Chariot
Is waiting for you. ```You are getting younger
And more beautiful,Not because
You are praying and meditatingEvery day,
But becauseYou are offering
Your experience-resultsCheerfully
To your Beloved Supreme. ```My Lord,
Either give me the capacityTo please You in Your own Way,
Or give me the capacityTo end my life
Here and now. ```At last, divinity-dreams
Have grown inside your heart.Therefore
You are able to claim GodAs your own, very own.
```My mind’s first choice
Is God’s Compassion-Eye.My heart’s last choice
Is God’s Forgiveness-Heart. ```You have long been dedicated
To your desire-mind.Can you not start devoting yourself
To your aspiration-heart? ```God does not want you to browse
In the curiosity shopOf this stupid world.
```In the city of ignorance,
DoubtIs the only currency.
```If you use the torch
Of sincerity,Your mind will have
A new name:Clarity.
```He does not have
The inner capacityTo build.
He does not have
The outer capacityTo explore.
```Heaven gave him
Chance after chanceTo illumine his earth-bound mind.
Yet, no iota of successDo I notice in him.
```To take refuge
Inside your doubting mindIs nothing short of absurdity.
```I shall no more waste
Heaven-sent moments.I shall no more exploit
Earth-blossoming expectations. ```The silence of your mouth
I like.The silence of your mind
I simply adore. ```God tells me that
I do not have to understand whyHe and I love each other
Breathlessly. ```He is spiritually
ParalysedBecause he has given up.
```My Beloved Supreme,
I have failed time and again.But I assure You,
This time I shall notFail You.
```My soul needs
Only one thingFrom God:
God-SatisfactionIn God’s own Way.
```You love God,
Yet you do not wantTo come out of ignorance-tunnel.
How can I believe it! ```Tell your insecurity to leave,
For it has already stayedInside your God-protected
Security-palaceFar longer than you expected.
```Your life’s speedometer
Is not doing anything special,Except running very fast.
```If you want to fix
This broken world,Then sing the song
Of oneness-heartAnd oneness-life
Soulfully and sleeplessly. ```The most unnecessary fear
In God’s entire creation is:“I do not have the capacity
To please God in God’s own Way.” ```You have to live
Either in your puny mindOr in your giant heart.
Make your wise choice! ```Exhale the dust
Of the past.Inhale the fragrance
Of the future. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 56, Agni Press, 1984
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