As soon as my heart-day dawns,
I shall claim my Inner PilotAs my own, very own.
```God’s preparation in you
You have not seen.But your perfection before the world
You will see. ```You have peace of mind.
That means you love GodUnconditionally.
```I desire
To become great.I aspire
To become good.I surrender
To become perfect. ```Do not feel sad!
God is definitely going to doSomething extraordinary
With your failure. ```I do not want to know
Who God isAs long as I know
That God is for me. ```Ask your mind how far away
You are from God.Ask your heart how close
You are to God. ```His doubting mind
Discourages him.His unwilling mind
Fails him. ```Do you remember
That once upon a timeYou only loved God
And never even imaginedBecoming another God?
```You have done exactly the opposite
Of your promise.You have betrayed your heart.
```Self-interest
Cannot restIn the heart
Of peace-delight. ```You do not understand.
Therefore, you criticise.You criticise.
Therefore, you will remainUnfulfilled.
```You hide your ignorance.
As if that is not enough,Why do you have to treasure it
Unreservedly? ```If you have inner courage,
Then you will be able to believeThat God is for you.
```Why do you fail?
You fail becauseYou freely allow conflicts
To dwell inside your mind. ```It is a waste of time
To tell the worldThat God loves you
More than He loves others. ```You love ignorance
As much as I do,Yet you tell the world
That you are an exceptionAnd that you have nothing to do
With ignorance. ```You surrender
To your mind’s stupid thoughts,Yet you think
You are independent! ```Your unwillingness to believe
Is the beginningAnd continuation
Of your destruction. ```No matter what I do,
The outer world ridicules me.No matter what I do,
The inner world loves me. ```The outer world asks me:
“Who are you?”The inner world asks me:
“Where are you?” ```God does not ask me
What I know about Him.He only wants to know
How much I know about myself. ```My Lord,
You have given meThe capacity to cry.
Will You not give meThe capacity to forget?
```Can you imagine?
His impure mindIs telling his heart
To be pure! ```Just try to entertain
God the Child.No action will be able
To enchain you. ```Wake up!
Heaven needsYour aspiration-heart
And earth needsYour dedication-hands.
```You go forward!
God willThrust ignorance back
For you. ```Doubt
Is an unchased thiefIn the human mind.
```God can easily
Conquer me.But He always wants me
To conquer Him. ```Dangerous to laugh!
Therefore, either cry inwardlyOr smile outwardly.
```Whether you accept or reject it,
God’s Love for youIs permanent.
```Do the right thing.
You will find yourselfIn a glad surprise.
```Only the heart
Enjoys life’s thrillTo the full.
```You are aware
Of your shortcomings.You can as well be aware
Of God’s Forgiveness-Blessings. ```God wants me
To save my heart firstBefore I start thinking
Of saving my mind. ```Nobody expects
A new world from you.But everybody expects you
To love the world. ```Powerless
Is human help.Therefore
Look Above for help. ```God the Compassion is ready
To meet with youWith loving expectancy,
But are you ready? ```My soulful prayers
Always meet withAn abundance of rich supplies
From Above. ```You must not miss,
You must not disobeyThe inner voice.
```At any time
Your heart can be a guestIn God’s Heart-Home.
```Watch not
The mind-jugglerWhen it tosses up
Unhealthy thoughts. ```Either be a mind-slave
Or be a heart-partner.Make your wise choice!
```Every day you must recharge
Your aspiration-dedication-batteriesTo succeed and proceed.
```You can be aware
Of God’s Love for youThe way you are aware
Of your love for your mind. ```God does not believe
In a failure-life.Therefore, how can you and I
Ever fail? ```His will and God’s Will
Are inseparable.Therefore, he is not susceptible
To doubts. ```Have a mind
Without doubts,Not a life
Without a mind. ```He longs to be
A citizenOf the perfection-hunger-world.
```No true seeker
Has to wait at the entranceOf God’s Compassion-Heart.
```If you think
That you are on the wrong path,Can you not see
That your path is dangerous? ```What you want from the world
Is importance.What the world wants from you
Is perfection. ```Every day his mind
Does something unusual.It writes complimentary letters
To itself. ```Behold,
Once again you are becomingYour heart’s rising faith-star.
```Each new year
Make a solemn promiseTo run faster,
And allow not yourselfTo be weighed down
By monotonous days. ```You are quite advanced
The moment you feelThat yours is not the only way.
```Be wise!
Ask your heartTo feel,
And do not ask your mindTo understand.
```True, he is bad.
Then why can you not beA little better
So that he cannot touch you? ```Mind,
Be not afraid of anything.Heart,
Be a lover of everything. ```Do not question
If you desperately wishTo enter into
The true heart of truth. ```Each time he sings,
He dances awayBeyond life and death.
```O truth-seeker,
Yours is a pathOf forward march
And not retreat. ```O beautiful cloud of dreams,
When will you grant meYour showers
Of powerful fulfilments? ```My mind wants to discover
A secret world.My heart wants to see
A sacred life. ```Your doubt-knots
Can easily be untied.Just ask your heart’s faith
To do it for you. ```My mind,
I am extremely proud of youBecause you have now become
A new willingness. ```O my heart,
Like your older brother, soul,Can you not become
A dauntless explorerOf the inner frontier?
```My life is only half full
When I receive.My heart is completely full
Only when I give. ```A very old experience:
The desire-worldIs always desolate.
```Your link with Heaven
Is broken.Can you not see
That your mindIs the only culprit?
```What can you do
If your mind worshipsKnowledge!
But your heart must alwaysWorship wisdom.
```A desire-life
Is nothing butAn incomplete song
Of man. ```I have entered into my mind
To claim my soul-light’sPerfection-kingdom.
```Yesterday he thought and said
He knew everything.Today he sees and says
He has much to learn. ```My soul
Loves everything ancient,Including its ancient cries.
```Alas,
An overwhelming invasionOf the doubt-mind
Has destroyed your heart’sGod-manifestation-hopes.
```Are you blind
That you cannot seeThat your heart’s faith-life
Has gone completely bankrupt? ```My mind,
You talk too much!What do you know about God
And His inseparable friend,Truth?
```God’s Absence tells me
What I cannot do for God.God’s Presence tells me
What God has done for me. ```You play on your doubt-gongs
Every day.Can you not play once
On your faith-flute? ```My heart eagerly wants to see
The transformationOf its younger brother, mind.
```God the Vision
Is the only ColleagueOf God the Creator.
```An unaspiring life
Is nothing butAn untimely sleep.
```Whenever
You are playing with doubt,Welcome
Faith’s interruption. ```The mind does not know
How it can escapeThe invisible cage.
```A message of the shameless and useless
Rebellion-mind:“I have nothing to do with
The higher and inner worlds.” ```In a soulless world
How can you findA crying and climbing heart?
```A soulful heart
Is bound to be blessedWith fruitful joys.
```He has discovered
Many ego-serpentsIn his mind-pond.
```What you need
Is a death-denying determinationTo smile at God
And then smile with God. ```Be not a fool!
Heaven is not goingTo be afraid
Of your autocrat-demands. ```A God-lover has
The rare opportunityTo live at the centre
Of an illumining inner universe. ```Make your surrender
Unconditional!You will be granted the crown
Of fulfilled promises. ```His ego-life
Has forgotten how to walk.It now only runs.
```Alas,
He has turned his lifeInto a series
Of anxiety-prayers. ```He is quite familiar
With his life’sInner earthquakes.
```A God-lover sings
Only two songs:A gratitude-song
AndA surrender-song.
```I am under
My soul-obligation.I feed my famished heart
Every day. ```I know only one path,
And this path does not demand.It does not even expect.
```Two serving hands
Powerful,One aspiring heart
Beautiful,One loving life
Soulful —This is what I need.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 78, Agni Press, 1984
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