In my case
I did want to sprintAll the way
To God’s highest Abode.In my case
God did help meUnconditionally
To fulfil my heart’s aspiration-cry. ```If you wait for opportunities
To become easily available,Then you will never be able
To succeed in life. ```He has turned his life into
A wave of anticipation.Therefore
His heart is all suffering. ```God does not want you
To be a mind-orator.He wants you
To be a heart-giver. ```God is not interested
In knowing your outer weaknesses.He is not interested
Even in your inner weaknesses.He is only interested
In your outer and innerOneness with Him.
```God is not asking me
To run after something new.He is only asking me
To follow the Eternal. ```You are looking for a guardian
For your thoughts.Can you not see your soul
Eagerly waitingFor that task supreme?
```God is not asking you
To be a prostrate worshipperBut a oneness-lover.
```The torture of indecision
Has shattered his unaspiring mindAnd, alas,
Even his aspiring heart. ```I always see a cloud
Looming large on the horizonOf his doubting mind.
```Every morning I tell my Lord Supreme
The secret story of my happiness.Every evening I tell my Lord Supreme
The sacred story of my sorrow. ```God the Smiler
Sleeplessly looks forHis Eternity’s friend,
Man the crier. ```Every day try to walk
Along the avenueOf your heart’s soulful experiences.
This is how you and your fellow seekersShould campaign
Against ignorance-night. ```Because he is now growing
Ingratitude-plantInside his heart,
I see the black shadowsOf a total failure-life
Falling on his life’sAspiration-dedication-road.
```There should not be
A single dayWhen you do not ignore
Your mind’s fruitlessIgnorance-threats.
```From time immemorial
His aspiration-lifeHas been living inside
God’s Compassion-Ocean. ```No, I do not want to become
A professional peace-loverOf man.
I want to beAn unconditional peace-lover
Of God. ```If you want to enlighten
Your aspiration-heartAnd dedication-life,
Then awakenYour drowsy mind.
```For the best success,
Consult your illumining mind.For the best progress,
Consult your liberated heart.For the best satisfaction,
Consult your compassionateInner Pilot Supreme.
```If God can be peaceful
In spite of havingCountless problems every day,
How is it thatI cannot remain peaceful
Even for a fleeting second? ```If you have no time
For truth-seeking,How can you see
A man-loving God? ```Alas, my human heart
Is not magnanimous enoughTo establish its oneness
With another’s victory-delight. ```Unless you become totally
A man for God,How can you unmistakably be
A man of God? ```You want to fulfil
Your desires?Then you have to do it
All at your own risk. ```Why are you such a fool?
Can you not seeThat you have most strikingly
OutgrownYour own desire-life?
```Now that every day
I eat gratitude-fruits,My life will not remain
The same unfulfilled hunger. ```You are asking God
For what you already have:Your heart’s unconditional
Oneness-surrenderTo God’s Will.
```You fool!
You ask your mindTo speak to your heart
About the supreme necessityOf God.
```When we make
An unconditional surrenderTo God’s Will,
We live in God’s Sweetness,Fondness and Oneness-Clime.
```As long as God wants me
To sponsor His inner race,I shall be more than willing
To satisfy HimNo matter how few participants
I get for the race. ```When I was rowing
My own boat,I was watched
By only one spectator:My frustration.
```Unless and until
Your towering mindAdmires your kneeling heart,
Your God-realisationWill remain a far cry.
```A heart of plenty
Says big things —God’s God-Things —
In simple and soulful terms. ```If you care only
For your mind’s great plans,God will not allow you to see
His Vision’s Prosperity. ```Activate
Your aspiration-heart.God will then ask you
To cultivateHis Satisfaction-Heart-Field.
```Not God’s Justice
But God’s CompassionHas predicted
That man’s heart shall succeedAnd not fail.
```You must know
That your mind is yours.How, then, can you allow your mind
To stand in God’s way? ```God invented
Tranquillity-satisfaction.Man has invented
Tension-destruction. ```Only when we please God
In God’s own WayShall we feel comfort.
Otherwise,Everything will be an ordeal.
```If you are a true God-lover,
Then you will seeThat God has created everything
For your pure heartAnd not for your critical eyes.
```Just between you and me,
God has finally decidedTo starve the doubting mind
To death. ```God has given you
The capacity to please Him,And you have given ignorance
The capacity to destroy you. ```If you lock your mind
Inside the anxiety-prison cell,How can anybody
Liberate you? ```Your old mind
Is not going to studyWith your new heart.
Never! ```If you sleeplessly obey
Your soul,You can easily have a life
Of perfect perfection. ```Shake off
The shackles of self-doubtIf you want God to treasure
Your life-breathProudly.
```Be a true possessor of faith.
Then you can,Without any difficulty,
Be a renouncer of doubt. ```He who has
The power of surrenderCan make God
His genuine Lover. ```Let your inner world
Be free from fear.Your outer world
Will automatically enjoyThe delight of freedom.
```If you forget
To be grateful,Then God also may forget
To be fruitful. ```God’s Love will strengthen
Your weak heart.God’s Compassion will forgive
Your wicked mind. ```O my suffering heart,
You are almost dead.Do try to come to my soul
Alive! ```The moment God created
Your aspiration-heart,He created for Himself
His Satisfaction-Heart. ```My Lord,
Give me the capacityTo be brave
And always to live insideMy heart-cave.
```Your mind and its burden
Are not farFrom God’s Compassion-Heart
And Forgiveness-Eye. ```The short story
Of a seeker’s perfect lifeIs the story
Of his heart’s gratitude-song. ```Man’s evolution-song
God sings.God’s Manifestation-Dance
Man dreams. ```Do not misuse
Any power,Especially your inner life’s
Heart-power. ```Not your life’s pride-trees
But your heart’s humility-plantsWill reach Heaven.
```Who is responsible
For world-destructionIf not
Your mind’s conscious enjoymentOf confusion?
```You can enjoy
A limitless life of gloryIf you do not allow
Your life to be boundBy your body’s rules and regulations.
```Until the loftiest height
Is reached,Nothing is safe,
Nothing is delightful,Nothing is fruitful.
```Every day
Your soul gives youAmple opportunity
To claimIts illumination-beauty
As your very own. ```Your mind
Has to triumphOver doubt.
Your heart
Has to triumphOver insecurity.
Your life
Has to triumphOver uncertainty.
```A frustrated life
Is an unconscious collectorOf rubbish-thoughts.
```I can never separate my mind
From the schoolOf ancient ignorance.
```The inner sun
With its infinite beautyCan shine
Only when we do not banish GodFrom our hope-life.
```There is only one safe place
To rest,And that place is
My Eternity’s aspiration-nest. ```The soldiers of the army of light
Do not kill any human being.They only illumine
All human beings. ```God needs me.
Alas,This is a message
Misunderstood by my mind. ```Why do you have to travel
Between a hopeless birthAnd a helpless death?
```God does not want to be
Anywhere elseExcept in our heart-temples.
```Be brave within and without!
Do not allow the tyrannyOf past memories
To destroy your heart’s hope-bridge,Which will carry you
To the other Shore,The Shore of Light and Delight.
```If you are willing
To accept God’s Decision,Then how can God
Keep from youYour sacred illumination?
```You do not have to be afraid
Of your mind.You can command your mind
Not to be an expertIn fruitless negative thinking.
```God-discovery
Is nothing other thanA matter of not giving up
The game. ```It is purity
And not insecurityThat has to take full possession
Of your heart. ```Revive your old dying dreams!
God is standing in front of youUnseen
With His Heart’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```You wanted to solve
The world’s problems.Alas,
Your own problemsAre dissolving your entire life.
```You have lost
God’s Compassion-Eye.That means you have lost everything,
You fool! ```Think of your heart all the time.
Sooner or laterYour mind will not mind
Following your heart. ```If you deliberately nurse
Your life’s regrets,God is not going to give you
Another chanceTo be victorious
In the battlefield of your life. ```Only you
Can determine the powerOf your self-giving
To God’s Will. ```Man’s incapacity
Never displeases God.It is his unwillingness
That displeases HimFar beyond man’s imagination.
```Surrender to God’s Will
Is infinitely more importantThan your greedy craving
For the fruits of your aspiration-cry. ```Two things are never final:
My failure-lifeAnd God’s withdrawal-life.
```Failure is something
That can not only bind usBut also illumine us.
```If you cannot find
What you seek,That does not mean
Your aspiration-flameIs totally extinguished.
```The divine secret
Of God-possessionIs to surrender one’s desire-life
And even one’s aspiration-heart. ```Your heart’s surrender-song
And your life’s gratitude-danceAre your extraordinary contributions
To God’s Manifestation-Committee. ```You have lost your implicit faith
In your inner life.That means in the inner world
You are nearing your spiritual grave. ```Every day
You must take an enthusiasm-injectionTo increase the beauty and divinity
Of your aspiration-treeAnd to multiply
Your faith-plants. ```Why do you blame God?
Why do you blame man?It is you who have decided
To give up learningAspiration-songs and dedication-dances.
```If you do not start
Swimming with God,Who knows?
Someday you will be forcedBy unknown forces
To sink with man. ```Death
Is quite contraryTo his God-given
Inner philosophy. ```A purity-heart
Can stride on earth,And its progress
Can be measured in Heaven. ```God asks me
To tell the worldThat I will not keep
Any God-secrets.They are too precious
To be hidden. ```The things that touch
The depths of our heartsAre sanctified
By the hallowed FeetOf our Beloved Supreme.
```Why do you enjoy
Your inferiority-chain?God always wants you to enjoy
His universal Equality-Reign. ```Be simple, be sincere,
Be pure and be humble.Go back,
Go back once moreTo the basics of your inner life.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 89, Agni Press, 1984
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