Nothing means more to me
Than to becomeAnd remain
A gratitude-life. ```When I see God with me
And feel God in me,Even the human burden
Becomes an enjoyable gift. ```If you need
God’s Forgiveness-Heart,Then just say so,
And do not wasteGod’s most precious time.
```When it is time to leave this earth,
Say only one thing to yourself:That Mother Earth
Was exceptionally kind to you. ```A true God-lover
Will not restUntil he can rest
In the Satisfaction-HeartOf his Beloved Supreme.
```How long will you remain
A shadow of your true self?It is high time for you to become
Your true self itself! ```The difference
Between the desire-lifeAnd the aspiration-life
Is this:The desire-life wants
Countless gifts from God.The aspiration-life longs
Only for God. ```How can your illumination-heart
Ever waver?I cannot believe it!
It is simply impossible! ```Every daring heart
Is a fulfilling MessageFrom the Absolute Supreme.
```What is the difference
Between the mind’s audacityAnd the life’s futility?
```Since you have
A soulful and powerful heart,You can easily leap over
Life’s futility-fence. ```Equanimity never loses.
It always winsIn the battlefield of life.
```God does not have to know
That you care for Him.Just do the right thing
Every day.Try to love Him consciously
Every day. ```Man’s faithful life
And God’s fruitful HeartAre immediate neighbours.
```A perfectly God-realised man
Is undoubtedlyA human being in name only.
```Live inside the doubting mind.
You are bound to see difficultiesEven in golden opportunities.
Live inside the surrendering life.
You are bound to see opportunitiesEven in dire difficulties.
```To keep your heart happy
All the time,Ask your mind to receive
Daily faith-instructionsFrom your soul.
```God will always
Be ready to fulfilThe longing cries of your heart.
But He will neverBecome a servant
To the demands of your vital! ```God’s unconditional Compassion-Eye
Has been the biggest influenceIn my life.
```Your mind-knowledge
Has sent youTo your confusion-market
To buy hurtful doubts! ```You may not be able to prevent
Your bodyFrom getting old,
But you can certainly preventYour heart
From becoming impure. ```One soulful action
Of your aspiration-heartWeighs infinitely more
Than your million words. ```The God-seeker
Who is only for God-manifestationHere on earth
Has no time to thinkOf his yesterday’s failure-life.
```It is you
Who are totally responsibleFor making your present life
A slave of your past. ```He may not know who God is,
But he is leading a lifeThat makes God
Supremely proud of him. ```Since self-deception
Has not pleased you,Can you not try something else?
I mean, self-perfection. ```To smile
Soulfully and unconditionallyIs to carry
The satisfaction-delight of HeavenWherever you go.
```My soul has been waiting
Compassionately and sleeplesslyFor my heart’s full flowering.
```A God-seeker’s purity-heart
And his oneness-soulCan never lead an idle life.
```His sleepless faith
In his Beloved SupremeDefies all fear
From both the inner and the outer world. ```If you have a purity-heart,
Then you will knowWhere your secret and sacred
Heart-garden is. ```God has pierced your ego-mind
So that He can giveMore love and joy
To your surrender-heart. ```Ask no more questions!
Even GodDoes not want anything to do with
Your tireless, questioning mind! ```Do not allow your vital
To be caught in the impurity-jungleIf you want your entire being
To live in your heart’s purity-garden. ```When are you going to recognise
That the fire of your desire-lifeHas burnt all your beauty,
Inner and outer? ```A truth-seeker and God-lover
KnowsThat the Eternal Now
Is always the best time. ```My Beloved Lord Supreme,
Where are You going?“I am disappearing
Because you do not want Me.But I shall come back
For the asking.” ```Today
Make your life hopeful.Then tomorrow
Your life will automaticallyBecome fruitful.
```Do you think that God
Will make an exception for youIn everything you do and say
Just because you feelThat God is very close to you?
```If man’s promise is not reliable,
Then try God’s Compassion.I am sure God’s Compassion
Will always be reliable. ```Do not worry about
What grade God will give you.Just continue studying
At God’s School. ```Right from the very beginning
His desire-life has not been ableTo come out of
Life’s bottomless abyss. ```Do not examine
The possibilities in life.Just accept them,
Better themAnd, finally,
Satisfy the divine in you. ```How can the world forget you
Since you have shown the worldHow to touch God’s Feet
And how to clasp God’s Eye? ```God may not be
Measurable,But He is always
Loveable. ```If you always deal
With the ideal,The Real will always
Love you. ```Who told you
That your problems are too heavy?Just pack them in a small box!
God will comeAnd take them away from you.
```He who does not expect anything
Either from Heaven or from earthIs a distinguished member
Of God’s divine Society. ```Can you not see
That your life needs major renovations?All your best intentions
Are of no avail.What you need
Is sleepless aspiration. ```Your aspiration-heart knows
All the languages of the world.It does not need a human interpreter
To speak to God. ```Right from the very beginning
The Compassion-EyeOf his Beloved Supreme
Has been his protection-bodyguard. ```Your mind’s
Exorbitant greedFar exceeds
Your life’s needs. ```Once you accept the spiritual life,
If you then do not continue,Your life will be worse than useless.
```He who offers his life to mankind
LovinglyIs a powerfully unfolding Dream
Of God. ```An intellectual mind
Is doomed to remainAn unripe fruit
In life’s vast garden. ```The mind will have no peace
Until it has become unparalleled.The heart will have no peace
Until it has become inseparableAnd universal.
```How can a desire-animal
EmbarkOn life’s divinity-journey?
```If you are a daring soul,
Then every dayYou must participate
In life’s concentration-contest. ```Your life’s anxiety-flames
Will eventually becomeFrustration-ashes.
```To awaken
The seeker’s sleeping silenceThe spiritual Master
Unconditionally knocksAt the seeker’s heart-door.
```You fool!
Have you not realisedThat your gratitude-plant
Has stopped growing completelyIn God’s Heart?
```Humility
Opens the heart-door.Purity
Receives the Absolute Supreme. ```Who can be more miserable
Than a seeker who is a dropoutFrom God’s Illumination-School?
```He struggled with his conscience
For a long time.Alas, finally he surrendered it
To temptation-night. ```I simply do not know
How a human being can live on earthWithout having hope-plants
In his heart-garden. ```If your heart’s cry
Is persuasive,Then God’s pervasive
Compassion-SmileShall be all yours.
```You can live without God,
But poor God does notAnd cannot
Live without you. ```I get a pain in my heart
When my mindSpeaks ill of God’s Compassion
And ignores God’s Forgiveness. ```He lives
To do only one thing:To forgive
The unaspiring being in himselfEvery day.
```My first impression of God:
He is infinitely more indulgentThan I thought.
```This choice moment of mine
I shall offer only to himWho loves God infinitely more
Than I do. ```My thought-world
Prepares me.My deed-world
Builds me.My God-world
Immortalises me. ```There is not a single day
When his doubting mindDoes not enjoy
The fear-fabrication-game. ```Now that you have discarded
Your mind-rubbish,Your life-prosperity will flourish
In God’s Heart-Garden. ```Your heart
Is always on the alert.It is your mind
That is fast asleep.Therefore, the forces undivine
Attack your mind at every moment. ```He does not believe
In pleasure-trips.He only believes
In his heart’s progress-journey. ```Your heart-boat
Is meant for one thingVery special:
It is supposed to danceOn your life’s gratitude-waves.
```The Compassion-Wind
Of his Beloved SupremeSails his life-boat
Smilingly, lovinglyAnd blessingfully.
```You are telling the whole world
That you are unhappy,And I am telling the whole world
That you are not sufferingFrom unhappiness
But from ingratitude. ```If your heart has genuine aspiration,
Then it will definitely knowHow to dance
To God’s Life-Transformation-Flute. ```Just because you are getting old,
Don’t think that your vitalWill stop
Staging its unthinkable revoltsAgainst divinity.
```Man does not know
And does not want to knowThat it is he who is responsible
For his self-created separationFrom God.
```Do not talk about impurity.
It will blackenNot only your face
But also your pure heart. ```If you can make your heart
Once morePurity’s gold,
Then easily you will be able to dreamOnce more
God-dreams. ```The sole duty of a Master
Is to transfer his spiritual childrenFrom the purity of the known
To the beauty of the Unknowable. ```If you are dealing
With God the Compassion,Then even His Justice-Punishment-Light
Cannot be too severe. ```If you do not pray and meditate
Regularly,Soon you will be stranded
In your unfulfilled desire-desert. ```If you cherish doubt
In your mind,Peace will have no reason
To stay in your heart. ```You wanted to give
Your life-breath to GodFor training.
Lo, God has accepted itIn a twinkling.
```Nobody has been granted
A gold medalIn both self-deception
And God-Perfection-sports. ```Ignorance-snake will bite you
Because you are not challengingYour past desire-life.
```God the Compassion-Heart
Is a strangerTo a helpless, useless
And homeless human heart. ```The conservative mind
Wants to reach the mountain-heightEventually.
The liberal heart
Wants to reach the mountain-heightSwiftly.
The radical soul
Wants to reach the mountain-heightImmediately.
```My Beloved Supreme
Every dayWeighs my life
On His Infinity’s Vision-Scale. ```Pour out all your life’s problems.
God’s unconditional Compassion-EyeDoes not know how to ignore them.
```Everything will be tormenting
Since you are ignoringThe God-cries of the divine child
In your heart. ```If you do not survive
Your mind’s ignorance-winter,How will you see the face
Of your heart’s wisdom-spring? ```Your heart’s purity-music
Not only elevatesMy unaspiring mind
But also tamesMy unruly vital.
```I have heard many strange stories
About Heaven.I can’t believe them.
I see many pathetic realities
On earth.I can’t deny them.
```At the end of the world
The only question will beNot who remains,
But will you remain for God,Only for God?
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 68, Agni Press, 1984
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