Are You there, God?
Would You mind coming over to meWith Your Compassion-Eye
And Your Forgiveness-Heart? ```Wisdom does want to live
In the house of ignorance,But it is ignorance
That does not want wisdom. ```You do not have to give God
Either your best or your worst.Just give Him
What you eternally are:A Heaven-climbing cry.
```You can easily be
At the eternal gateOf the immortal Self.
Just do not clingTo earth-shore.
```The gospel of love
Is meant to showNeither what God has
Nor what God is,But to tell the world
That God is all for you. ```Only a constantly self-giving
God-loverWill be known as a God-giver.
```What the world has:
A giant mind of war.What the world needs:
A tiny drop of oneness-peace. ```Because you have a soulless heart,
You are unable to obeyYour compassionate Inner Pilot.
```Why delay any longer
Since you know perfectly wellThat you will be obliged
To manifest God on earthIn His own Way?
```There is no difference
Between a desire-bound lifeAnd a futile funeral pyre.
```I love God
For what He has for me:Infinity.
God loves meFor what I am to Him:
A constant necessity. ```Tell the world what you know
About God’s Compassion-Eye.Your heart will be flooded
With delight. ```Alas,
God has not given meThe capacity to endure
Heaven’s incurable indifference. ```If you are not ready to run
With your Inner Pilot,Then the lower worlds
Will force you to walkWith death.
```What I want
More than anything elseIs a heart
That will eventually becomeGod’s beautiful angel-messenger.
```I feel extremely sorry
For you,For your self-discovery
Is extremely insufficient. ```Each small good thought
Is nothing other thanA miniature divinity.
```What he has
Is a world of peaceInside the heart
Of a God-Smile. ```A chosen instrument of God
Is always a good starterAnd winner
In the Godward race. ```Your sleepless aspiration
Is your most authentic passportTo enter into Immortality’s Land.
```In a limited human way
A seeker-heart can enjoyThe unlimited beauty
Of God the creation. ```Unless the body
Becomes a willing servitorOf the soul,
One cannot manifestOne’s Inner Pilot
On earth. ```The doubting mind
Knows what night is.The aspiring heart
Sees the moonlit night. ```He has made
His unconditional surrenderTo his Lord Supreme.
This is the secret sweetnessThat he has started breathing.
```You are of God,
You are for God.If you can remember this
Sleeplessly,Yours will be
A tremendous progress-jump. ```O true God-lovers,
Come and join togetherAnd build a road
For God’s Peace-Descent. ```Alas,
His aspiration-heart livesBetween his audacious mind
And his ferocious vital! ```You have given up
Your aspiration-life.That means
You no longer want to seeThe Infinite
In the heart of the finite. ```If you linger,
You will lose God.I tell you,
Definitely God does not wantTo lose you!
```When ancient dreams invade you,
Be happy to beIn their sweet company.
```His heart’s deep yearning
Is the only thingHe sleeplessly and deathlessly
Enjoys. ```Increase your love of God
Every day.Your great relish for worldliness
Will soon disappear. ```Every day
Your heart’s faith-birdMust fly far above
Your mind’s teeming clouds. ```His heart’s oneness-cry
Left an everlasting markHere in the soil
Of aspiring earth. ```You and your life
Are under no obligationTo be mercilessly caught
By the web of your mind’s questions. ```He is beautiful
Within and withoutBy virtue of his silver faith
In his Inner Pilot. ```Each soul comes into being
To enjoy a pilgrimageTo the Unknowable.
```If you can catch
Even a glimpse of the Truth,Yours will be a life
Of genuine satisfaction. ```O Vastness-Blue,
My mind tells meYou are unreachable,
But my heart tells meYou are not only reachable
But also available. ```Your mind knows more
Than it is supposed to know.Your heart does not feel
What it is supposed to feel. ```Man’s aspiration
Is God’s own ProgressIn and through man.
```God and God’s Consciousness
Enjoy their marathonSatisfaction-Conversation
Every day. ```You have forgotten
To love God,But God has not forgotten
To forgive you. ```I pray to God
To give me another chance.God tells me
That it is all done,But I shall have to wait
Another aeonFor my life’s perfection.
```The human mind is no better
Than a marketplaceOf uncomely thoughts.
```When the mind climbs,
It usually climbsAn unsafe stairway.
```Good thoughts
Must not be the inhabitantsOf the world’s eyeless abyss.
```What I want to see
And will always want to seeIs the dance
Of God-intoxicated souls. ```So frequently I am lost
Between my mind’s abyssAnd my heart’s summit!
```My soul’s smile
And time’s cryWere together born.
```If you are a God-lover,
How can you liveInside the sea
Of your mind’s doubt-incertitude? ```The soul’s silence-life
Has becomeHis mind’s real name.
```No difference
Between your aspiration-heart’sStreaming tears
And your dedication-life’sGleaming cheers.
```Only a purity-heart
Knows how to cryThe cry of God’s
Victory-Delight. ```O song-river,
Do make my heartYour Eternity’s compassion-comrade.
```Smilingly
My mind shall runTowards God.
Directly
My heart shall runTowards God.
Sleeplessly
My life shall runTowards God.
```If God does not win His Victory
In and through me,Then God will, like me,
Be another failure. ```Once you start singing
Your heart’s surrender-song,Do not stop!
```Do not delay!
Use your soul’sIndomitable will-power
To destroy your mind’sMountain-problems.
```I serve God
Not because God loves me.I serve God
Not because God needs me.I serve God
Because my existenceHas no existence
Without God’s Existence in it. ```A life that has no life-energy
Daily meets serious tragedies.A life that has life-energy
Is the complete songOf God’s Satisfaction-Ecstasy.
```Delight
Is God-Eternity’sInfinity-Fulfilment.
```If you are your soul-power,
God Himself will buildYour victory-tower.
```God loves to play
His Beauty’s GameIn earth-clay,
For earth-clay. ```An innocence-heart
Is blessedWith God’s Satisfaction-Smile
On earth. ```The rising of the sun
Tells me where to go.The setting of the sun
Tells me where I eternally am. ```The secret heart
Of HeavenIs the sacred life
Of earth. ```His eyes of smile
Reveal the heart-loveOf all the ages.
```Advance, advance
To the inmost coreOf your soul’s radiance!
```God grants a true God-lover
The rare rightTo eternal peace.
```Allow not your vital-horse
To frightenYour heart-bird.
```God has given you
The chance to chooseThe outer power
Or the inner peace. ```What I want to know from you
Is this:Are you still interested
In God-realisation? ```He cannot separate
His mindFrom its frustration-desert.
```Are you so deaf
That you cannot hearGod’s compassionate
Inner Thunder? ```To touch the world-heart,
Give your lifeTo God’s all-seeing Will.
```Just love the higher life more.
The lower lifeWill automatically shun you.
```A self-giving heart
Is a giant stepTo life-perfection.
```God the Oneness-Producer
Commutes every dayBetween
My dry mindAnd
My fertile heart. ```In God’s cosmic Waiting Room
An unaspiring manEndlessly and fruitlessly stays.
```His mind’s purity-thoughts
Have built a fortressFor his aspiration-heart.
```Climb to a higher life!
You are notYour helpless heart.
You are notYour useless mind.
```Since you have outgrown
Your need for God,God is going to rely on others
From now on. ```Like other things,
Discard your listOf grievances.
Discard your self-styledImportance.
```If you are unfaithful
In thought,How can your life be fruitful
In God? ```Every day
He enjoys the divine majestyOf meditation,
And every dayHe enjoys the funeral
Of his desire-life. ```Every day your aspiration-heart
Can be a new morningIn God’s self-unfolding new world.
```Every day
His mind is ruthlessly imprisonedBy the strong desire
For constant change. ```In pursuit of perfection,
He turned his entire lifeInto a willing and self-giving service.
```Consciously
You are prolonging the human life.Unconsciously
You are delaying the divine life. ```If I had waited another day
For my spiritual life,I would have been devoured
By this timeBy the ferocious ignorance-tiger.
```Do not try to fool God.
No good seeker will do that.Do not try to fool God.
He can easily silenceYour clever tongue.
```When the world laughs at me,
God sings not only in meBut also for me.
```A suspicion-mind
Knows wellThe art of continuation.
```In the inner world
Peace-bell has been ringingIn every nation-heart
From time immemorial. ```With God’s Grace
We begin.With God’s Encouragement
We continue. ```Yours is the service-path
That leads toPurity’s oneness-heart.
```Each truth-seeker and God-lover
Will be put toThe obedience-test.
```To see God’s Forgiveness-Heart,
His heart of aspiration climbedTo a measureless and breathless
Summit. ```He who lives within my heart
Does not have to remain unseen.He can be seen,
He can be revealed,He can be manifested
In perfect bliss. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 87, Agni Press, 1984
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