Once upon a time
Your life was claimedBy God Himself
Because you feltThat there was nobody to claim
But God. ```God treasures
More than anything elseThe sweetness
Of a satisfied soul. ```If you are a good man,
Then every day you must offerGratitude-gifts
To your supremely compassionate soul. ```Current news from Heaven:
God is going to give another chanceTo humanity
For its perfect perfection. ```He was surprised to see
That there are so many professorsAvailable
At the university of self-deception. ```My heart’s willingness
Constantly widensGod’s Satisfaction-Road.
```He is prepared to fight
For the illuminationOf ignorance-night
Although he is attacked mercilesslyBy the heavy clouds
Of ignorance itself. ```From aspiration-river
We enter into perfection-sea.From perfection-sea
We enter into God’sSatisfaction-Ocean.
```Your love of God
Is extremely beautiful,And your love of God
Is extremely powerful.Do not allow it to mix
With the expectationsOf your stupid mind.
```You are telling me
That you are looking forAn inner shelter.
You fool!Can you not see
That your soul is always readyTo grant you its sanctuary-shelter?
```When I look at my mind,
I unfortunately seeThat darkness has defeated me.
When I look into my heart,
I clearly seeThat darkness will before long perish.
```My mind tells me
That there is nothing as valuableAs success-march.
My heart tells meThat there is nothing as beautiful,
Meaningful and fruitfulAs progress-walk.
```Not to speak of human beings,
Even God is spellboundBy your heart’s aspiration-songs.
```His doubts are falling
From his mind-tree.His fears are falling
From his heart-tree.His imperfections are falling
From his life-tree. ```Open your unrealised heart
To realise God.Again, seal your unillumined lips
To realise God. ```If you want to quench
Your heart’s inner thirst,You need your life’s
Dedication-drink every day. ```Do you not see
That your entire being is caughtMercilessly
In the web of a dark desire-spider? ```Each temptation-thought
Is undoubtedly the beginningOf a destruction-action.
```Where there is hope,
There is peace.Where there is peace,
There is God’s Satisfaction-Dance. ```Alas,
No matter what he does,No matter how he tries to meditate,
He is lostBetween his self-centred mind
And his God-centred heart. ```I may not know
Who God is,I may not know
Where God is,But I do know
And my heart does feelThat God wants me to be
A perfect instrument of His. ```I dream of God’s Power-Hand
To make me greatSo that I can dominate the world.
God dreams of my satisfaction-heart
To make me a perfect God-loverSo that I can become a perfect world-helper
On earth. ```In the spiritual life
If you don’t illumine your mindWith your heart’s faith-flames,
You will be totally lostIn the maze of self-doubts.
```Every day
If you water your faith-plantInside your heart-garden,
Then you will beOut of destruction’s reach.
```I shall be happy
To be of help to youIf you come to me
With a broken mindAnd not a broken heart.
```His heart of purity
Came from nowhere,But now it belongs
To all-where. ```My vital,
You have done absolutelyThe right thing
By breaking an appointmentWith temptation.
```True,
Ignorance-downpour has drenched you.But behold,
Wisdom-sun is beckoning you! ```Unbelievable,
Although it is true:He allows himself
To be engulfedIn a vast sea of complaints.
```He is expert
In sailing his life-boatOn his mind’s confusion-river.
Alas, what is worse,He enjoys it immensely!
```O my heart,
Reject, reject!It is high time
For you to rejectYour old insecurity-culprit-friend.
```His Inner Pilot
Is always pleased with himAnd proud of him
Because at every momentHe breathes in and out
Only the clear airOf innocence-light.
```God will definitely satisfy you
One dayBecause you are always
Fond of livingUnder the canopy
Of hope-delight. ```Alas,
Your mind is nothingBut the wild activity
Of uncomely thoughts.In vain
I try to help you,All in vain!
```His desire-cancer
Has progressed so rapidly,Even his soul
Is alarmed at it. ```Every day
God enjoys readingYour love-flooded
Heart-letters. ```Tomorrow’s realisation
Shall never come to you.In vain you are waiting for it.
```Not earth-bound
But Heaven-climbing questionsShould absorb your mind.
```Each ugly thought
Is the builderOf deathless death-pillar.
```If you long to help the world,
Then help with your sleepless eyesAnd undivided heart.
```Someday
The inner soulWill claim its outer property.
```If you want to live,
Then dream.If you want to dream,
Then love.If you want to love,
Then become.If you want to become,
Then cry with the heart of humanityAnd smile with the Eye of God.
```To be animal
Is to sadly fail.To be human
Is to doubtfully hope.To be divine
Is to soulfully manifestGod the Dream on earth.
```You do not need any human admirer,
For God Himself is admiring youEvery day, all the time,
For your tireless and selfless efforts. ```My mind has worries,
Teeming worries.My heart has prayers,
Climbing prayers.My soul has promises,
God-fulfilling promises. ```When surrender-plants start growing
In your aspiring heart-field,God will bless you with a new name:
Perfection. ```Do not challenge ignorance-strength
With your mind’s very limited capacity.You can challenge ignorance-strength
Only with your soul’s unlimited,All-conquering will-power.
```Not your gratitude-hands
But your gratitude-heartCan and shall
Reach God’s FeetOf Satisfaction-Delight.
```He who prays to God
SoulfullyAnd he who meditates on God
Devotedly —For him and only for him
His Beloved SupremeWill always be on duty.
```How long will you be playing
Foolishly and unnecessarilyWith your ugly desire-toys?
```All undivine thoughts
Must fade awayUnder the perfection-light
Of the heart’s morning sun. ```Choose your way
Among teeming ways.No matter which way you go,
The destination will be the same. ```Your unwillingness
Has disfigured you,Including your inner beauty’s
Heart-flower. ```Your God-invoked heart-will
Will stand far aboveYour mind’s volcano-will.
```The Immortal
Dances with the hopes,Frustrations
And sighsOf mankind.
```An unthinking will
Is responsibleFor the untold sufferings
Of this world. ```The Compassion-Depth
Of God’s Heart-SeaAlways remains unfathomable.
```His life’s lethargy-lease
Has expired.Therefore, his heart and soul
Are extremely happyAnd his vital and mind
Are extremely unhappy. ```Alas, in life
Nothing is as transientAs satisfaction-spring.
```Earth’s sound-life
Will accompany himUntil God’s Silence-Light
Replaces it. ```Alas,
Every day I try so hardTo civilise my senses.
Alas,I am nowhere near
My satisfaction. ```Where does
A man of hesitation live?He lives
In the house of bitter failure. ```Your pleasure-life
And God’s Indifference-EyeAre always found together.
```If you want to be
Divinely great and supremely good,Then you must explore
Your heart’s gratitude-territory. ```I have only one home,
And that is my hope-home.When I abandon this home
I have nowhere to go.I am all alone
In misery’s land. ```A realisation-soul
Is a freedom-birdThat flies
In God’s Bliss-dancing Sky. ```You want proclamations from God,
But God can and will give youOnly emancipation.
```God is ready to give you
What He has:His fruitful Heart.
Are you ready to give God
What you have:Your doubtful mind?
```No, not because I know,
No, not because I have,But because I am,
My sweet Lord isHis supreme Satisfaction.
```If you do not want
To accept the world,God’s own world,
That meansGod has already rejected you!
```What I soulfully see
Is my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.What I sleeplessly feel
Is my Lord’s Oneness-Heart.Therefore, I am on my way
To self-realisation. ```What am I doing?
I am waiting for my aspiration-heart.What is my aspiration-heart doing?
My aspiration-heart is waitingFor an interview with our Beloved Supreme.
```My Lord Supreme,
Do make me consciousOf the divine, supreme fact
That every dayYou blessingfully keep in touch
With my heart’s aspiration-cryAnd my soul’s illumination-smile.
```I forget,
That God is an old manAnd that He can easily advise me
In everything I do and say.I forget,
That I am a little childAnd that I can play with Him
Any time I want to. ```God is at once shocked
And embarrassedWhen you say that you have
Nothing to do withThe ignorance-night of the world.
```God is His Head
To protect me.God is His Eye
To illumine me.God is His Heart
To love me.God is His Breath
To immortalise me. ```When I pray devotedly,
God teaches me His Perfection-Song.When I meditate soulfully,
God teaches me His Satisfaction-Dance.When I surrender unconditionally,
God invites me to drink deepHis Nectar-Delight.
```When my aspiration descends,
I become my expecting mindAnd my demanding vital.
When my aspiration ascends,
My Lord becomes my heart’s Dream-BoatAnd my life’s Reality-Shore.
```Two Himalayan mistakes
You make almost every day:One when you say
That you are not meant forThe spiritual path;
One when you thinkThat you are indispensable.
```If your aspiration
Does not long for perfection,Then what kind of aspiration
Is it? ```God’s Compassion-Emergency Exit
Has saved your lifeTime and again
From impurity-destruction attacks.Yet you do not have
An iota of gratitudeTo offer God.
```Anything that is unlit
Is unwanted.Our doubting mind tops the list
Of unwanted thingsIn our life.
```You do not have to slow down
The speed of your spiritual life,For yours is at once
A God-protected and God-perfected life. ```You do not have to resist,
You do not have to insist,You just have to exist on earth
And love God’s Compassion-EyeMore and more
So that you can haveAn abiding satisfaction-heart.
```Although you are
An inexperienced seeker,You are going to run fast,
Very fast,In your spiritual life,
For you are a genuine God-lover. ```Since my heart is of God
I shall succeed.Since my life is for God
I shall proceed.Since I am one with God
I shall always lead. ```Every day
God does something very specialFor humanity:
He most compassionately listensTo humanity’s heart-radio.
```Every day we take
A number of ego-exercises.That means every day
We dig our graves. ```If you do not pray to God
Soulfully,And if you do not meditate on God
Unconditionally,How can you ever expect
The ultimate defeat of death? ```We never ask God
The right question,Yet we expect from Him
The right answer.Is it not absurd?
```We must be extremely careful
Of our shortcomings,For our shortcomings are long-lived.
Not only that,But they may remain on earth permanently
Even after we have all leftThis earth-planet.
```Today I have chosen
To see God’s Compassion-EyeAnd His Satisfaction-Heart
Inside a human being. ```This morning I have destroyed
My expectation-mind.Lo and behold,
My Beloved Supreme has given meHis own Satisfaction-Heart!
```From the world
Of a tornado-mindHe jumps into the heart
Of tranquillity’s sea. ```God started the Cosmic Game.
Now it is youWho have to continue it.
```A life of sleepless surrender
Has a free passTo God’s celestial Abode.
```Just a simple iota of love
Is all that is neededTo please our Beloved Supreme
Every day, every hour, every second,And for this
No prerequisite is needed. ```O my mind,
You are praying reluctantly.Therefore, for you
There is no salvation.O my heart,
You are praying hesitantly.Therefore, for you
There is no liberation.O my life,
You are praying fearfully.Therefore, for you
There is no realisation. ```Since you are not
Spiritually rich enoughTo take a non-stop aspiration-flight,
How can you expect to seeGod’s immediate Satisfaction-Face?
```May your earth-life become
Immortality’sGoodness-Perfection.
May your Heaven-life become
Divinity’sTranscendence-Satisfaction.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 85, Agni Press, 1984
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