Only the peace-thirsty souls
Eventually becomeGod’s new smiling morning-dawns.
```The seeker who has surrendered
His allTo the Will of His Beloved Supreme
Can never be under the powerOf earthly death.
```If you can soar
Beyond your mind-limits,Then you are bound to see
A never-ending beginning. ```How can you make fruitful progress
In your aspiration-lifeIf you allow your mind’s doubt
To blow out your aspiration-flamesEvery day?
```Wisdom-born willingness
Has the capacityAnd is the capacity
To satisfy God alwaysIn His own Way.
```You are the most perfect instrument
Of GodPrecisely because
Your heart has grown intoA galaxy of gratitude-stars.
```God’s estimated time of arrival
At a seeker’s heart-doorIs the Eternal Now.
```Where else can you find peace
If not in your cheerful obedienceTo God’s all-seeing Will?
```There shall come a time
When you will be filledWith self-disgust,
For you have been deceivingThe Real in you,
Your soul. ```God has gone out of His way
To help you.Yet every day you enjoy
Dragging your deplorable pastBehind you.
```Just take a serious look
At your aspiration-life.Behold,
Powerful doubt-wavesAre drowning you.
```Invoke the presence
Of your illumination-soulTo avert the collision
BetweenYour doubting mind
And your aspiring heart. ```You want to conquer
Your disappointment-life.Then bring to the fore
Your gratitude-heart. ```If you are selfless
To the last breath,Then God will definitely open for you
The Door of His Infinity’sSilence-Light.
```If you are a true God-lover,
Then when do you haveThe time to rest?
And if you need rest,Where else must you rest
If not in the HeartOf your Beloved Supreme?
```To feel the throb of your heart
In all heartsDuring your meditation,
Every day you must destroyYour uncomely thoughts.
```My Lord Supreme
Does not allow me to singWherever I want to.
He only allows me to singIn the silence of my soul-room.
```In the small hours of the morning
Every dayMy Lord Supreme comes to inspect
My heart’s burning aspiration. ```I want to possess God:
This is my old discovery.I want God to possess me:
This is my new invention. ```When I see God,
The first thing I will doIs place Him on the throne
Of my silence-heart. ```Each divine thought
Comes into existenceFrom the boundless ocean
Of love divine. ```Is there any human being
Who has not livedIn the wasteland of wrong beliefs,
Even for a few fleeting days? ```Each good thought
Is a piece of HeavenThat a God-lover carries
Wherever he goes. ```Your parrot-prayers
Will never be able to lead youTo God’s Garden
Of celestial blossoms. ```It is good
To run a hopeful race.But it is by far the best
To run a soulful race. ```How can you succeed?
Can you not seeThat your mind is lost
In yesterday’s failuresAnd that you are losing your heart
In tomorrow’s doubts? ```With your second-rate aspiration
You can do only one thing:You can disappoint God
Far beyond your imagination. ```You will always have
A better view of GodFrom the soulfulness-window
Of your heart-room. ```I always take very special care
Of my aspiration-compass,For it always points me
Towards the HeartOf my Beloved Supreme.
```My Lord Supreme,
I know You have no timeTo enter into my reality-life,
But do enter into my dream-lifeEvery night.
```If you are fluent
In the heart-language,God’s transcendental Smile
Will be your towering achievement. ```Your inner life is crumbling.
You will have to startAll over again.
Rest assured, this is notAn uncommon experience
In human life. ```O greedy information-seeker,
God is not going to visit youWith His Heart’s Illumination-Sun.
```Now that he has joined
The aspiration-heart-committee,He has developed the capacity to believe
That God will soon arrive. ```On his maiden meditation-voyage,
Heaven garlanded himWith its celestial melodies.
```Never be late
For your God-appointment!Develop invincible determination,
And every day nurtureYour Olympian dream
Of satisfying GodIn His own Way.
```My Lord Supreme,
I need only one Boon from You:Your Heart’s sunlit Smile.
```If you know how to run
Up the escalator of progress-light,You will be invited to dance
To the music of the blue stars. ```His life’s sincerity-paved
Surrender-streetInvites all his seeker-friends.
```Only your heart’s
Gratitude-flowerWill produce satisfaction-fragrance
For God. ```The eruption of doubt-volcano
Has made your lifeFearful plus pitiful.
```After I finished
My inner race,God granted me
His Symphony of Smiles. ```Do you know why
God is so pleased with you?Because you have revealed
The tireless stridesOf an aspiration-runner.
```There is no distance
Too greatFor a oneness-God-lover
To cover. ```Daily exercise
Your inner, soulful love-lifeTo become
God’s champion-instrument. ```Each seeker-face
Is undoubtedlyAnother beautiful and meaningful
Photograph of God. ```You are a divine waiter
In God’s Oneness-Home-Restaurant.Therefore
In you I seeRoaring lion-waves of joy.
```Simplicity-knocks
Will definitely be ableTo open the fulfilment-door.
```At long last
He has terminatedHis fruitless self-indulgence-career.
```Two close friends
Of ingratitude:A doubtful life
And a fearful heart. ```Every day
His heart of faithExpects the arrival
Of God’s Promise-Boat. ```Willingness-eye
Sees only one thing:God’s Dream-Life
In His Reality-World. ```You must slow down
Your temptation-speed,And tomorrow
You must totally stop itOnce and for all!
```He has failed so many times
In so many thingsThat his has now become
An aching life of despair. ```If you are doing anything
For God,Then use your powerful life-arms
And your soulful heart-fingers. ```If you are not on time
For God’s appointed Hour,Sadness
Shall be your permanent companion. ```Each ordinary life
Is a tiny thought-drop.Each divine life
Is a mighty will-ocean. ```A pleasure-vital
Either consciously or unconsciouslyLeads man to regret-world.
```Your ego-life
Will without failBe overcast
With Eternity’s frustration-clouds. ```God’s Victory-Clarion
Is for Eternity’sSelf-giving seeker-runner.
```He came into the world
Not to convince the world.He came into the world
To inspire and love the world.It is the task of the world
To see if his love and inspirationAre genuine.
```God’s Glory-Lottery
Is always wonBy the seeker’s aspiration-flames.
```O evening peace,
In you I seeThe beauty and purity
Of the silence-night. ```Smile,
Because that is what GodAsks you to do.
The more you smile,The sooner God’s Vision-Sky
Will be all yours. ```Nobody is worthy
Of God’s Compassion,Still less
Of His Forgiveness. ```Stay at your heart-home
To respond to God’s Call.If you are not there
To respond when He calls you,Who knows if He will grant you
Another chance? ```Hold fast
To your surrender-heart,Obedience-life
And perfection-cry. ```Man’s anxiety-filled world
Has destroyed his heart’sEarth-feeding peace.
```If you daily walk
Through frustration-field,You will suffer from
Perennial doubt-confusion. ```The noise of the desire-life
Will deafen a true God-lover,Without fail.
```Do not criticise God!
He is doing everything He canTo perfect your nature
And make you really happy. ```Only after you have run
A hard raceIs God going to shower
His Satisfaction-Joy on you. ```An aspiration-country
Has no boundaries.It always embodies
The message of the Beyond. ```There was a time
When I needed many things.But now I need only one thing:
The sanctuaryOf my heart’s silence-truth.
```Every day when I pray
I feel the PresenceOf my Beloved Supreme
Inside the sweet BreathOf His Divinity-Dawn.
```Only because of aspiration-rain
Love-seeds and sacrifice-seedsCan sprout.
```There is no place on earth
As beautiful and as powerfulAs the faith-filled heart-home.
```Pray and meditate soulfully
Plus regularly.You will automatically get
The bumper cropOf inner capacity.
```I do not need
Quite a few thingsIn my life.
But what I need leastIs the Bermuda Triangle
Of fear, doubt and suspicion. ```Alas, all your inner capacities
You have crematedInside the lethargy
Of your body-consciousness. ```Your heart’s long-burning
Patience-lightWill, without fail, deliver you
From the world’s ignorance-night. ```Why do you pay so much attention
To your mind-made depression?Can you not pay attention
To your heart-created aspiration? ```Your self-admiration-life
Is the binding uglinessOf nothingness.
```My Lord Supreme,
Do forgive me for the last time.I shall never, never again enjoy
The long winter of distrust. ```You are a slave
To your doubt,Yet you have an amazing appetite
For hope. ```If your mind is heavily populated
With thoughts,God will not invite you
To participateIn His Perfection-Satisfaction-Feast.
```A self-admiration-life
Will never be able to enjoyGod’s Fulfilment-Feast.
```The darkness of the human mind
Has reached an unprecedented scaleIn this twentieth century.
```You are forced to enter
The dark forest of sorrowBecause you deliberately refused
To become a God-tuned heart. ```Inside my throbbing heart
I see my Eternity’s Pilot SupremeSinging and dancing
His Eternity’s Song and Dance. ```A seeker knows
That winningIs as disheartening and disappointing
As losing,If he does not cheerfully offer
The resultsTo his Inner Pilot.
```The rivers of your desire-mind
Have already inundatedThe vast territory of your heart.
```His darkness-mind
He has cleverly buriedIn humanity’s oblivion-cave.
```Your smiles dance
In all aspiring hearts.Therefore
God will send youA special silence-plane
To fly to His blue Heaven-Home. ```He who has no enthusiasm
Will never be ableTo embrace God’s Vision-Beauty.
```You want to be well-educated
By your mind-teacher.Yet you also want your aspiration-fire
Not to be reduced to ashes.Indeed, an impossible task!
```It is your heart’s
Sleepless aspirationThat can build a bridge between
Your life’s earth-bound timeAnd
Your soul’s Heaven-free Eternity. ```You claim to be a God-lover,
Yet every day you find faultWith your God-Friend.
I simply do not knowHow you can enjoy
This impossible challenge. ```How can you ever discover
A well-pleased God,When your entire life has not become
A silence-filled mind? ```My Lord Supreme,
All along I have worshipped YouWith words.
Now I shall worship YouWith the flower-heart
Of my silence-breath. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 67, Agni Press, 1984
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