Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 71

7001

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If you can climb up

Your heart’s purity-ladder,

Then easily you will be able

To reach the highest floor

Of your soul’s palace.

```

7002

```

Alas, how long

Can my earth-existence live

Between my heart’s hope

And my mind’s despair? ```

7003

```

A life of aspiration

Is not a parade

Of possibilities

But a concert

Of inevitabilities.

```

7004

```

To uproot

Your mind’s teeming fears,

Every day you have to wake up

At God’s Hour

And love God infinitely more

Than you love your mind. ```

7005

```

In your life

Everything is counterfeit —

Even your love for yourself.

```

7006

```

You cannot expect much from him,

For he has just started studying

In his heart’s aspiration-school.

```

7007

```

God’s main complaint against me

Is this:

I want complete satisfaction from Him

Before I have given Him

My aspiration-heart.

```

7008

```

If you are a true God-lover,

Then at times you are bound to break

Your old traditions

For the new transformation

Of this earth-planet.

```

7009

```

Your mind ignores your heart.

That is not news.

But if ever your heart

Ignores your mind,

That will be unforgettable news.

```

7010

```

If you cannot steal God,

Try at least to steal

God’s Compassion-Heart.

God will be extremely proud of you. ```

7011

```

There is only one way

For you to repay your Master,

And that is through

Your continuous progress-life. ```

7012

```

The war-gods are always desired

By the human mind.

The peace-gods are always needed

By the divine heart. ```

7013

```

Your aspiration-life

Will definitely be blessed

With God-intoxication.

It is only a matter

Of fleeting time!

```

7014

```

Unless you every day

Double your aspiration,

There is every possibility

That you will lose all your interest

In God-realisation.

```

7015

```

Your heart must take

A solid step in Heaven.

Then only

Your life can take

A solid step on earth.

```

7016

```

A heart of inner purity

Is bound to have

A life of outer beauty.

```

7017

```

Nobody can force you

To stumble on ignorance-stone.

Again, nobody can teach you

To dance with angels

Unless you develop

The willingness and eagerness

To do so.

```

7018

```

God grants very special Love

And very special Blessings

To him who is on his way to becoming

An unconditionally surrendered seeker. ```

7019

```

Man sees everything

Except one thing:

He does not see his life

Flooded with divine opportunity. ```

7020

```

God is giving you

His last warning:

Either love Him for His sake

Or live your earth-bound ego-life. ```

7021

```

Not only your heart

But even your mind

Has the capacity to uproot

Cheerfully and selflessly

The jealousy-tree.

```

7022

```

You must realise

That God the Compassion

Is always ready

To stop your heart’s

Spiritual disaster:

Your lack of faith

In your own aspiration-life.

```

7023

```

It is not an uncommon thing

For the doubting mind

To prefer man-made destruction

To God-made Salvation. ```

7024

```

Lovingly and blessingfully

Eternity whispered to me:

“My child,

Your heart’s peaceful breath

Has nothing to do with

Your mind’s powerful desire-life.” ```

7025

```

What separates you

From God?

Your mind’s lack

Of necessity

And your heart’s lack

Of urgency. ```

7026

```

It was you who wanted to be

An ignorance-puppet.

It is you who now have to pay

The penalty! ```

7027

```

If you have nothing else to do,

Then bravely uproot

Your mind’s jealousy-tree.

```

7028

```

Station yourself beyond your mind.

Then you will realise

That the world needs you

Infinitely more

Than you can ever imagine.

```

7029

```

You must learn how to swim

Every day

Against your mind’s

Age-old thought-current

To satisfy the divine in you.

```

7030

```

Unless one can cross

The river of time,

One will not be allowed

To see the face

Of aspiration-soldier.

```

7031

```

You can uproot

Your mind’s meanness-tree

If you daily nourish

Your heart’s oneness-plant. ```

7032

```

His heart teaches him

In his life’s new university.

His mind teaches him

In his life’s old school. ```

7033

```

Do not feed a secret mind,

But feed a sacred heart,

For this is the only way

You can reach the highest height

Of God-Satisfaction-Power.

```

7034

```

His mind has finally become

The unmistakable reality-existence

Of shattered thoughts.

```

7035

```

Protect your life every day

From the disaster-miseries

Engendered by your unruly vital.

```

7036

```

The unaspiring mind

Has countless questions.

The aspiring heart

Has run out of

Convincing and illumining answers.

```

7037

```

O my doubting mind,

Once and for all I am telling you

That I have no objection at all

To your immediate departure

From my God-hungry life!

```

7038

```

To delay

Is to maintain

Your old friendship

With your frustration-vital. ```

7039

```

No one,

No, not even God,

Can tell me

How to become perfect

Without aspiration-practice

Every day. ```

7040

```

Sincerity is always

A meaningful beginning.

Determination is always

An illumining continuation. ```

7041

```

I have been trying to do

Only one thing.

Alas, I do not know

When I shall succeed.

I really am trying not to be

Any more my own. ```

7042

```

I am transforming my mind

So that it does not remain

Always a beginner

In the spiritual life. ```

7043

```

If I had sufficient time,

I would love my aspiration-heart

And dedication-life

More than ever. ```

7044

```

Yesterday

I prayed to God

For my mind’s transformation.

Today

I am praying to God

For my life’s transcendence. ```

7045

```

Our minds are the professors

Of imperfection-night,

And our hearts are the students

Of perfection-light. ```

7046

```

If you can become a stranger

To your mind’s unwillingness,

Then God will come to you

With His Heart’s Fulness. ```

7047

```

If you are

Your mind’s disobedience,

How can you feel God

And His Heart’s Presence

Inside your own heart?

```

7048

```

If you have

A short-lived dream,

How can you have

A life-transforming reality? ```

7049

```

Because you have trampled

Your worldly thoughts,

God is granting you

His own adamantine Will. ```

7050

```

Are you so blind

That you cannot see

God’s compassionate arrival

At your heart’s door? ```

7051

```

Each prayer

Is a heart-climbing ladder

To God.

Each meditation

Is a God-descending ladder

To earth.

```

7052

```

Unless you brave

The uncertainty of the future,

You cannot proceed fast

In your present-day life. ```

7053

```

God smiles twice:

Once when I say,

“Even God cannot do it!”

And once when I say,

“I do not need

Anything from this world!” ```

7054

```

Two invisible giants,

Doubt and jealousy,

Torture almost every human mind

And every human heart. ```

7055

```

Run towards the perfection-light.

If not,

The shadows of dark imperfection

Will haunt you. ```

7056

```

A divine God-believer

And a supreme man-lover

Are not

Two different persons. ```

7057

```

If you want to surprise everybody,

Then be absorbed

In your soul-searching studies.

```

7058

```

Every day

If you stand in rebellion

Against your lower self,

Your higher self

Will give you what it is:

Satisfaction-sun. ```

7059

```

You do not have to ignore

Your mind.

Just ignore your cherished possession:

Ego. ```

7060

```

An unaspiring man

Is a slave of his passions.

An aspiring seeker

Is a child of God’s Compassion-Eye. ```

7061

```

How can you expect divinity-flower

To blossom here on earth,

Where unprecedented materialism

Is reigning supreme? ```

7062

```

No, it is not

An impossible task

To come bravely out

Of anxiety-prison! ```

7063

```

To destroy the frown

Of ignorance-night,

I need only

One oneness-smile. ```

7064

```

The hour of willingness

Does not know

What the power of obligation is.

```

7065

```

To me

God’s Justice-Might

Is not indispensable.

To me

God’s Compassion-Light

Is not indispensable.

To me

Only God’s Forgiveness-Delight

At every moment

Is indispensable. ```

7066

```

Even though

You have made the right choice

Only at the eleventh hour,

God’s Satisfaction-Delight

Shall be all for you.

```

7067

```

Has God given you the authority

To dare to criticise

His Compassion-flooded creation?

```

7068

```

One soulful service

Can grant your aspiration-life

The genuine peace

Of the Beyond. ```

7069

```

I have heard of satisfaction-delight

Many times from many people,

But I simply cannot understand

What it actually means. ```

7070

```

No, it is not true!

It is not the intention of earth

To make you perfect by blessing you

With ceaseless sorrows. ```

7071

```

His heart has the thing

That you need:

Compassion-sky.

His mind has the thing

That you deserve:

A life of discipline.

```

7072

```

Because your mind today

Is exceptionally pure,

God has decided to grant your mind

A supremely beautiful sunrise. ```

7073

```

He has many qualities that amaze me,

But the one that amazes me most

Is his perfect oneness

With his untiring adversaries. ```

7074

```

Be prepared!

Your soul is going to teach you

How to ignore earth-bound time.

Be prepared!

Your Lord is going to teach you

How to embrace the Silence-Peace

Of Eternity. ```

7075

```

Dethrone the desire-fulfilling

And desire-filled heroes

Of your mind

All at once! ```

7076

```

On the eve of your God-realisation

You will discover

That yours is not

An all-exclusive mind,

But yours is

An all-inclusive heart. ```

7077

```

My heart knows

That perfect perfection can abide

Only in my life’s conscious

God-reflection. ```

7078

```

The human mind

Is always a cloudy sky.

Alas,

It does not know

That there exists an illumination-sun

Inside the heart-sky. ```

7079

```

The language of silence

Is only spoken

Inside my God-longing

Aspiration-heart. ```

7080

```

Can you not see

That your life’s temptation

Has ruined your vital

Beyond repair? ```

7081

```

Life is not a wave

Of man’s wishful thinking.

Life is the ocean

Of God’s Manifestation-Smile. ```

7082

```

If you spread

Your aspiration-arms wide,

You will see that insecurity

Cannot last for long. ```

7083

```

Your mind can easily have

The capacity

To acquire an infallible

Faith-future. ```

7084

```

A throng of inspired souls

Has the capacity

To illumine the blindness

Of this deplorable world. ```

7085

```

His heart is enjoying today

The last breath

Of his mind’s dying doubt.

```

7086

```

Self-discipline

Unmistakably and cheerfully

Sides with the Beloved Supreme.

```

7087

```

Possibility

Feeds my heart.

Impossibility

Challenges my mind.

Divinity

Embodies my life. ```

7088

```

Be wise at every moment.

The power in struggle

And the joy of victory

Are inseparable. ```

7089

```

I have stored my last message

In the depths of my heart:

God is always first,

And God for God’s sake. ```

7090

```

Uncertainty is nothing other than

A hidden veil.

You can easily pierce

The veil of uncertainty

On the strength of your life’s

Cheerful willingness. ```

7091

```

God never walks alone.

He always walks with

His Vision-Eye

And His all-illumining

Compassion-Smile.

```

7092

```

Every day

Either consciously or unconsciously

We rehearse

Our self-styled authority-act. ```

7093

```

God will definitely grant you

Another chance.

But are you soulfully ready

To devotedly accept it? ```

7094

```

To keep your heart young

All the time,

Always keep your heart

A soulful truth-seeker

And God-lover.

```

7095

```

Sacrifice does not speak.

It only acts.

Its action is infinitely louder

Than a thunderbolt. ```

7096

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do not abandon me

To my questioning mind,

Trembling heart

And dying life.

```

7097

```

If you love the heart of the world

And serve the body of the world

Non-stop,

Then you can easily come out of

The confines of earth-bound time.

```

7098

```

It seems that man is having

A universal experience

Everywhere:

His self-imposed death sentence. ```

7099

```

If you cannot stay

With your oneness-heart,

Stay at least in the neighbourhood

Of your newness-mind. ```

7100

```

My mind and I

May not know God,

But my heart and I

Do love God. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 71, Agni Press, 1984
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