The secret of your spiritual progress:
A new kind of psychic enthusiasm —Pure, sweet and delicate —
Is dawning every day in your heart. ```During your meditation
Challenge yourselfTo reach your highest
Even for a fleeting moment. ```Concentrate and meditate on purity.
Lo, all your inner resistanceDisappears
And automatically your heart’s doorIs wide open.
```You want to establish a universal oneness
And an abiding peace.I am telling you,
Only one thing is absolutely necessary:Your willingness-heart.
```Two meditation-secrets:
SafestIs the heart centre,
FastestIs the crown centre.
```In my deepest meditation
I feel a sea of peace, light and blissWithin me.
In my highest meditation
I see my aspiration-flame,Like a rocket, climbing up.
```What else is failure
If not an opportunityTo challenge my own incapacities
With joy and determination? ```When my consciousness
Is at the top of my headAnd going even beyond,
I know that I am finally reachingMy highest height.
```O moon,
Your beauty and purityMy heart and I
Are invoking.O sun,
Your power and luminosityMy life and I
Are invoking. ```It is not where you go
OutwardlyBut what you do
InwardlyThat helps you climb up
The inner ladder. ```Krishna, Buddha and Christ:
All threeCame from the Highest Plane
Of Consciousness-Light-Bliss —Like real brothers of one Family.
```May your daily aspiration-flames
Be far beyond the reachOf temptation-world!
```First try to please your Master
On the outer plane.Then it will be quite easy
For you to please himOn the inner plane.
```Do you know what you have done?
In the inner worldYou have placed Himalayan obstacles
Between you and GodJust by carelessly not listening to Him.
```You failed
Because you were impure.You are failing
Because you are insecure.But I tell you,
It is you who can succeedThe moment you become
Your heart’s confidence-smile. ```If the spiritual life
Is the only life for you,Then you are indeed
A supremely chosen instrumentOf the Supreme.
```He has realised the Highest.
Yet to the whole worldHe offers only one message:
Self-transcendence. ```I shall no longer revolt
Against the higher Light.Then there will everywhere
Be always harmony,And disobedience-night
Will nowhere be found. ```You did something great,
And now you expect the worldTo honour you and touch your feet.
But have you forgottenYour own ancient message:
This moment expectation,The next moment frustration,
And the following momentDestruction?
```This world is very vast.
When an aspirant no longer wishesTo listen to God,
He can easily find his own boatTo sail in.
But for him,No other destination
Save and exceptSelf-destruction.
```In his aspiration-life
He was more than successfulBecause the divine in him
Helped him.But in his dedication-life
He is more than a failureBecause the human in him
Is helping him. ```Each seeker must know
That he is the representativeOf his Master’s confidence,
And his Master is the representativeOf the Supreme’s Promise.
```God’s Justice-Light
Has made a final decision:Inwardly if you disobey God,
Outwardly you will feelHis complete Withdrawal.
```A confidence-heart
The seeker can haveOnly on the strength
Of his obedience-light.There is no other way.
```When the soul is successful
In giving powerful messagesTo the heart,
And when the heart is successfulIn expressing these messages
To the world,Then only is God successful
Inside His Creation-Heart. ```Opportunity-bird
Is not going to touch your feet.Never!
It is you who have to claspThe wings of opportunity-bird.
```As soon as expectation-snare appears,
I feel that God is examiningMy sincerity-life
Seriously. ```You do not believe in meditation.
No harm.But you do believe in prayer,
And what is prayerIf not another road
Leading to the Supreme? ```With his inner vision
He received God’s new Message:“Humanity not only rightly deserves
But also urgently needsDivine Authority and divine Justice.”
```He was just a carpenter’s son.
But when he achieved realisation,He became the world-liberator.
```Anything is possible!
An ordinary man can teachOne who is destined to become
A world-saviour.Anything is possible!
```If you alone want to be responsible
For your own life,That means you do not need and care for
God’s Protection-Light. ```Modern science will discard
Whatever it wants to discard.But definitely
Some of the old legendsAre absolutely true,
And the eternal truthsThat they embody
Are indestructible. ```If the seeker has abiding faith
In his Inner Pilot,Then there can be no temptation
That he cannot overcome. ```O fear, O doubt,
Why do I need you?You are preventing me
From entering intoThe kingdom of Vastness-Delight.
```My sweet Lord Supreme,
When I go to HeavenWill You keep me
In Your special communityAs You have kept me with You
Here on earth? ```For years the mind talked
About nothing but truth.But when it saw its students,
Vital and body,About to go beyond its territory,
What did it do?It desperately tried to confuse them
And misguide them. ```When your Inner Pilot
Is in a serious mood,That is the time for you
Also to be extremely seriousSo that you can receive
The utmost from Him. ```He thinks of God
Because his mindIs shockingly impure.
He meditates on God
Because his heartIs hopelessly insecure.
He loves God
Because his soulIs eternally strong.
```Here I am on earth!
O Heaven,Send me not God,
But God’s Compassion-EyeAnd His Forgiveness-Heart.
```God is eager
To perfect your ignorance-book,But are you ready
To give Him the opportunityTo perform this unimaginable task?
```There are many things
You do not know.One thing especially
You do not know,And that is
The inescapable Command of Heaven. ```Your mind’s reluctance to change
Is ruiningYour complete acceptance of God.
```If your lethargic body
Does not want to budge an inch,What can your poor soul do
For your ignorance-filled body? ```If you want to perform
On the world’s stageTo manifest God,
Your life needsA humility-sky.
```When your heart needs a friend,
Heaven cheerfully supplies one.When your mind wants an enemy,
Earth expressly supplies one. ```My Lord,
If I pray to YouTo stop my future incarnations
On earth,Will You listen to my heart’s only prayer,
Will You? ```You may feel that the world
Is just another part of yourself,But alas,
Will the world ever shareYour oneness-delight?
```Realisation-light
Is always expanding.In the beginning
Your prayer and meditationInclude only yourself —
Then your family, then your countryAnd finally, the whole world.
```Satisfaction is an achievement,
Joy is an achievement.From these achievements
Man will becomeA new God.
```A true seeker
Starts his daily life with meditation.No matter how many activities
And responsibilities he accepts,Meditation will always remain
First and foremost in his life. ```You feel that your inner light
Will never reappear.But do not lose hope!
There shall come a timeWhen your life will be fully lit
Like a dark nightFlooded with moonlight.
```O sincere and powerful seeker,
Just look at the moonAnd invoke the moon’s beauty and purity —
Your heart’s future treasures. ```If you do not want
To see God,Then perhaps for you
God does not exist.But I shall never sail with you
In your boat.Never!
```Without prayer and meditation
Nobody can consciouslySee and feel the soul,
Nobody can consciouslyDo anything for God.
```My Lord,
How can I tellIf my meditation
Is the right kindOf meditation?
“My child,
The right kind of meditationWill always give you
A sense of satisfaction,Peace and joy
On the inner plane.” ```You have kept your inner door
Tightly bolted.How do you then expect to see
God the Liberator? ```The year has
Three hundred sixty-five days.Have you meditated
Sincerely and soulfullyThree hundred sixty-five times
This year —Even for just one minute a day?
```God’s Heart of Compassion
Sometimes feels miserableWhen God watches His children
Ceaselessly playing ignorance-game. ```If your love for God
Is unconditional,You can never be
A victim to insecurity. ```Do not worry
About your today’s meditation-failure!Your heart’s Compassion-Pilot
Will give you again and againGolden opportunities
To do your transcendental meditation. ```Every day look in the mirror
To see if your heartIs a morning beauty-smile.
```If you can sing divine songs
Most soulfully,You are bound to get the same result
As from your sublime meditation. ```What can keep you close
To your Master’s consciousnessAnd keep your mind free
From undivine thoughts?A soulful song-delight!
```The vast universe
Is God’s Heart.Again,
My tiny heartIs also God’s Heart.
```There can be no conflict
Between your action-forceAnd your meditation-silence
If you can take themAs two inseparable friends
Fulfilling the Will of the Absolute Supreme. ```Only when the disciples
Have moon-pure faithCan the Master tell them
Who he truly isAnd what he will definitely do
For them. ```Your Master’s way
Is the only way for you,For his way is directly coming
From your Beloved Supreme. ```God will not throw back at you
The undivine qualitiesThat you throw into Him.
Luckily He has a special placeTo throw them:
His Universal Consciousness. ```Every second
Take your Master’s physical presenceOn earth
As a golden opportunity.For when he passes behind
The curtain of Eternity,You will have the regular experience
Of true hardship. ```God has told me
To forget about my capacity.My willingness is the only capacity
That He needs to see in me. ```Drop from your shoulders
Cheerfully and bravelyThe old dead elephant
Which you insist on carrying.Immediately you will discover within you
The speed of a deer. ```Master,
I am extremely luckyTo be in your divine presence.
“My child,I, too, am extremely fortunate,
For I have the opportunityTo manifest the Supreme
In you and through you.” ```Change your attitude towards life!
You will see everythingAs a necessary experience.
```Now that his entire being
Lives only for God,A breath of purity-bliss
Has awakened his entire reality-life. ```Your aspiration-heart
Daily needs your illumination-soulNot only to encourage you
But also to perfect your life. ```Alas,
All his outer gloriesHave sunk into the very depth
Of his past frustration-cave. ```Aspire more soulfully and more devotedly.
OtherwiseYour life will sink deeper and deeper
Into desire-darkness. ```Spirituality and religion
Are totally different.Religion is a tiny mind-room,
Spirituality is a vast heart-room. ```Religion says,
If you accept me in my way,Then you are good.
Spirituality says,
You do not have to follow my way.Follow your own way soulfully
And reach your destined goal. ```This is his discovery:
The higher you goIn the inner world,
The more you ignore your earth-bodyTo help the outer world.
```There was a time
When his aspiration-heartWanted to measure
God’s Compassion-Sea.But now wisdom has dawned in his heart.
He does not want to tryThe impossible!
```Empty your mind
If you sincerely and desperatelyNeed God
For the illumination of your mindAnd for the satisfaction of your heart.
```Even though he is a great seeker,
He has no ideaWhen his connection with ignorance
Will come to a total end. ```When he meditates on God,
His heart looks like an angel.When he meditates on himself,
His mind not only looks likeBut actually becomes
A devil. ```No matter how hard you try
To avoid the disaster-cave,Your desire-life
Will lead you into it. ```If you allow your mind
To enjoy tangled thoughts,How can you expect God
To share with youHis infinite Freedom-Delight?
```He who deliberately
Wants to deceive the worldWill eventually become
A most deplorable failure. ```You will not be able to perfect
Anybody else on earth,No matter how little his imperfections are.
But you will be able to perfectYourself,
Because that is your God-ordainedResponsibility.
```In the spiritual life
Nothing, absolutely nothing,Can be as important
As your self-offering meditation. ```If you can remain happy and soulful,
Then automatically you can aspire more,Dedicate your life cheerfully
And become spiritually perfectIn your entire being.
```As you cannot remain alive
With yesterday’s food,Even so, today you cannot remain
Spiritually aliveWith yesterday’s inner cry.
```This time I shall not fail
To sit at the foot of peace-treeTo have a trance-delight-meditation.
```Be conscious and careful
While meditating with others.One wrong inner movement
Can quickly spreadAnd disturb all your fellow seekers.
```He sees the faults of the world,
But because of his oneness-consciousnessHe cannot bring himself
To speak against the world. ```The Master forgives
But never forgetsThose who have forgotten him.
How deeply it pains himWhen he sees that his children
Are spiritually dead,Although physically alive.
```Occult powers are available.
Miracles do happen.But to see them happen every day
One needs ample faithIn one’s own inner life.
```When he showed his compassion-height,
The world ignored and discarded it.Now he is showing his justice-light.
Believe it or not,The world is accepting him,
Accepting him even beyondHis own imagination-flight.
```Why do you say
That you are on earthAnd your Heavenly Father
Is somewhere else?Do you not remember
The words of the Christ:“I and my Father are one”?
Right from the beginningThe Father decided to be
Always with His creation. ```You are not where you think you are.
You are deep insideThe very depths of God’s Heart
As His choice Treasure. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 93, Agni Press, 1984
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