I am so happy
Now that I am beginningTo give my all
To my Beloved Supreme. ```The darkness within you
Will dieOnly when the devotedness within you
Invokes illumination from Above. ```Each soul is special
Because each soul is madeOf God’s Vision-Reality.
```If you are a God-lover,
That means God has already baptised youIn His Satisfaction-Sea.
```A selfless man
Sees in everythingHis perfection’s God-song.
```Impurity caught his mind
Off guard,But the purity of his heart
Has come to his mind’s rescue. ```My Lord Supreme,
Where are Your chosen instruments?“Alas, My chosen instruments
Are enjoying ignorance-sleepInstead of fulfilling
Their promised tasks.” ```If you do not preserve
Your heart’s purity-flower,Nobody, not even your dear ones,
Can save youIn your life of aspiration.
```Slowly and steadily
You have to silence your mindSo that the peace-dove
Can nest in it. ```My heart’s gratitude-tears
Are the only jewelsThat my Lord Supreme
Most powerfully appreciates. ```Since you are
Your closed mind,You will have
Open enemies. ```He is happy
Because every day he triesAnd actually does
A little more than he thinks he can. ```Surrender
Is the cornerstoneOf man’s
God-manifesting palace. ```Aspiration is a vow you took.
Now you should take a dedication-vow.Then only will God be able
To plough your heart-fieldMost satisfactorily.
```Faith has been chosen
By God HimselfTo be the campaign manager
For God’s Victory. ```If you do not silence
Your self-indulgence supreme,How can God feed you
To immortalise your heart’s inner hunger? ```Never say no
To God’s Compassion-Eye-RequestIf you want to have a life
Of sleepless ecstasy. ```Try to see only God’s Satisfaction-Face.
Then only will you be able to faceThis ingratitude-world every day.
```Satisfaction in giving,
Satisfaction in receiving,Satisfaction in transcending,
Satisfaction, satisfaction, satisfactionIs the only God for me.
```Great achievements
Do not demand great sacrifices.Great achievements
Need only a Compassion-FloodFrom the Absolute Lord Supreme.
```Cultivate purity in your heart.
You will be able to rediscoverBefore long
The Kingdom of Heaven. ```O unconscious mind,
By any chanceHave you ever read
God’s unconditional Compassion-Book? ```The life of freedom
You will be able to enjoyOnly after you have climbed
The tower of wisdom. ```God definitely wants you
To buy stockTo your heart’s content
In His Compassion-Company. ```If you do not want to recognise
The seeds of doubtInside your mind,
God will not grant youThe fruits of faith
Inside your heart. ```His heart’s simplicity-life
Was badly misunderstoodEven by one of his immediate possessions:
His mind. ```“Does God exist?”
This is your question.God does exist.
He exists not only for youBut also for everybody else.
See if this answer can satisfy you. ```Unless and until your desire-life
Is reduced to nothingness,You cannot become a member
Of God’s universal Fulness-Society. ```He has run his aspiration-life
So wellThat God is all appreciation
And satisfaction. ```If you live in an atmosphere
Of aspiration,Perfection will be
Your God-given name. ```Alas,
Only his ego-lifeIs progressing.
Everything elseIs drastically regressing.
```Do not waste
Your God-service-hoursThinking mundane thoughts.
```Death is compulsory
Because God wants the soldiers of lifeTo take rest
At the end of each battle. ```Each heart-path
Is strewn with purity-flowers,But the human mind
Does not want to believe it. ```Why are you so blind
That you cannot seeYour stupendous pride is only splashing
In your mind’s ego-lake? ```I am not sure whether humanity
Is a half-formed divinityOr an ill-formed stupidity.
```Although he is notorious
For his insincerity-life,He is vigorous
In trying to transform his life,Once and for all.
```You are bound to win always
In the inner worldIf you do not allow your mind
To analyse the outer world. ```When you are angry with God,
Your soul, with its strictness,And your Lord, with His Compassion,
Make arrangements for an interview. ```Your soulful dedication
To GodWill determine
God’s fruitful affectionFor you.
```If you open your heart,
You will feel that GodCan never be strict with you,
Never,For His Compassion-Height
Is infinitely strongerThan His Justice-Light.
```Others may not know,
But I do knowOne of my outstanding faults:
I feel that the worldBadly needs me.
```Early in the morning
Every dayYou must do one thing
Before you do anything else:Strike your lethargy-infested mind.
```When I look into God’s Eye,
My life becomesMy heart’s unhorizoned delight.
```The only wish of my life
Is to discoverMy cheerful and unconditional surrender
To God’s Justice-Light. ```On principle
Mortals do not like to learnTheir hearts’ aspiration-songs.
```You must realise that every day
You enjoyYour self-created crucifixion.
Why do you then blame GodFor not granting you
His Heart’s Ecstasy-Ocean? ```If you want to make yourself happy,
If you want to make God happy,Then self-giving has to be
The motto of your life. ```I do not mind
If all my other promisesRemain unfulfilled,
But my God-realisation-promiseIn this lifetime
I must fulfil. ```Give what you have
And what you are.Then every day God will observe
Your supreme victory-anniversary. ```Time hangs heavy on your life
Because you do not want GodTo use your time
On your behalf. ```God at times may shut His Ear,
But He never shuts His Eye,And never, never, never
Does He shut His Heart! ```Develop your inner confidence-power.
You will be able to becomeA perfect builder
Of God’s Manifestation-Temple on earth. ```Unless you are a rank fool,
You will alwaysTake the side of your soul.
```If you can be soulfully happy
And remain happy,God considers it
Your real meditation. ```Once you have established
A solid inner linkWith your spiritual Master,
Yesterday’s Master, today’s MasterAnd tomorrow’s Master
Will all become one in your life. ```From his desire-life
He has inherited nothingBut an endless series of failures.
```If you have to go slowly
In your aspiration-life,Go slowly.
But I don’t want to seeYour aspiration-life
On the brink of extinction. ```My Lord Supreme,
At the end of my lifeWill I remember
That when newness knockedAt my door
I chose to remain closetedInside my old, tiny self?
```Life itself is always an opportunity.
If you are in the animal life,You have the opportunity
To become human.If you are in the human life,
You have the opportunityTo become divine,
Plus perfect. ```What is your old self?
Your old self isAn unsatisfactory self
That you have createdBy not emptying your life-vessel
Of its brooding imperfection. ```The new year comes
To give you another opportunity,Another hope.
But the new year will come and go.So begin your self-transformation-play
Immediately! ```The doubt-cancer in your mind
Is spreading every day.Be careful!
Faith-radiation is of immediate need. ```Is there anybody
Who does not indulgeIn opinions?
Is there anybodyWho does not wish to adhere
To his convictions? ```He who can soulfully smile at God
Can definitely sail fastOn life’s progress-river.
```When your dedication becomes irregular,
Your faith in yourselfCannot do anything else except wane.
```An impure mind
Quite often desires to useIts volcano-irritation
To destroy the world. ```Keep aside three special minutes a day.
The first minute you will useTo realise God,
The second minute, to manifest God,The third minute, to become
God’s sleepless Satisfaction-Delight. ```When the suspicious mind
And the dynamic vitalEngage in a tug-of-war,
The heart invariablyTakes the side of the vital.
```The simpler the life, the better.
The purer the mind, the better.The deeper the heart, the better.
The higher the self-giving, the better.The quicker the God-realisation, the better.
The stronger the God-oneness, the better. ```Everyone loves to blame somebody else.
But who is that somebody elseIf not a portion of
The unrealised universal Self? ```His new inner boss, faith,
Dispensed with his old colleague, doubt,The moment faith assumed
Legitimate office. ```How long can you cling
To the shore of hopeWithout using your heart’s
Determination-strengthTo win in the battlefield of life?
```If you see
Through the heart’s eye,You will see
That you have already startedYour life’s perfection-race.
```By defying doubt,
His mind is flyingIn the sky of God’s
Satisfaction-Delight. ```Behold, his old friends,
Jealousy and insecurity,Have left him quite unexpectedly.
Therefore, his delightIs beyond the flight of his imagination.
```When you meditate,
Try to disconnect the thought-current.You will see and feel
A torrent of God-DelightDescending from Above
Into your aspiration-heart. ```I open my heart-door
Only in order to lockMy Lord’s Faith
Inside my heart. ```I have given God what I have:
A self-indulgence-life.God has given me what He is:
His Effulgence-Heart. ```After a long time,
Today he is havingA happy reunion
With his self-giving life. ```Your mind is enmeshed
In imperfection.Therefore
How can it see the perfectionIn God’s Perfection-Vision?
```I truly felt miserable
When I could not save my mindWith my heart’s light
From drowning in selfishness-sea. ```Familiarity can take away all charm.
But we must be wise,For inside familiarity is also housed
Tremendously illuminingAnd fulfilling opportunity.
```God the Beloved Supreme
Is waiting for you.Never be afraid
Of entering the heart’sCheerfulness-territory.
```Be careful!
You will be tauntedBy temptation
Even when you are on the vergeOf God-realisation.
```Who says that being a mortal
Means you are insignificant?Your heart’s gratitude-flowers
Are the feasts of Infinity. ```Ambition comes not
From the hungry heartBut from the disproportionate greed
Of the vital. ```Yesterday
He was at oneWith unwillingness.
TodayWillingness has conquered
His aspiration-heart. ```Only the unconditional souls
Can sing with GodWhen He sings,
And carry the melody perfectly. ```God is performing His Task.
He is keeping your heart-door open.Are you performing your task?
Are you keeping your mind-door closed? ```If you do not believe
In your inner purity,How can you be divinely satisfied
With your outer beauty? ```Two eternal rivals:
A doubting mind,The possession of this world,
And a climbing heart,An inheritance from the higher worlds.
```He who has civilised his savage vital
Has an added advantageIn reaching the final destination.
```The man who depends on his mind
All the timeHas a life filled with futility.
```God definitely wants you
To follow in His FootstepsAnd enter into the blossoming satisfaction
Of His Heart-Garden. ```He prepared himself anew each day
For his Supreme Lord’s arrivalWith his heart’s soulful prayer
And his life’s peaceful meditation. ```True, Truth and God are one,
But I love God more.True, God and God-Ecstasy are one,
But I need God more. ```Unless God’s Compassion nourishes you
And strengthens you,You cannot stand on your own two feet
In the inner world. ```Although he came to God,
Because of his Himalayan pride,He did not accept anything from God.
He went away empty-handed! ```I wish to surrender,
But how to surrender?I wish to be perfect,
But how to be perfect?I can surrender my existence-life
To God’s WillAnd I can become perfect
In God’s HeartOnly when I can sincerely claim
My Lord SupremeAs my own, very own.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984
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