Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 97

9601

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If you are more than willing

To jump with God,

To run with God,

To fly with God,

You may not succeed outwardly,

But you have already succeeded inwardly

Beyond your imagination.

```

9602

```

A spiritual Master can show you

Our common Father,

The Lord Supreme.

But it is up to you

To keep a direct connection

With the Supreme. ```

9603

```

True, you are suffering

From ignorance-disease.

But be joyful that you are at least able

To pray to God

To cure your ignorance-disease.

```

9604

```

Every day God tries

To make the seeker see and feel

Exactly where he stands,

So that he will wake up

And climb up the inner ladder.

```

9605

```

Be more spiritual!

You will see that your fellow seekers

Will be easily and effectively inspired

By your very presence. ```

9606

```

You have done God a big favour

By entering into His Progress-Boat.

Can you not do Him a bigger favour

By being an extraordinary seeker? ```

9607

```

Your spirituality is something

That the Beloved Supreme cherishes

And is more than eager to broadcast

At every moment. ```

9608

```

O insecurity,

How I wish that

The more you tried to prevent the seeker

From running the fastest,

The sooner his indomitable spirit

Would push you aside. ```

9609

```

Perhaps you cannot manifest God’s Light

At this moment,

But be happy that you have

The eagerness to do it.

Your eagerness itself

Will give you inner speed. ```

9610

```

Make commitments —

At least, outer commitments.

The seekers who make

No outer commitment,

Who do no selfless service,

Are worse than useless. ```

9611

```

My Lord,

You are so kind to me!

Just because I am devotedly accepting

An iota of Your Peace,

You are making me

Your chosen child. ```

9612

```

When he did not maintain

His inner speed,

Others surpassed him,

And he and his stupidity

Were left alone.

```

9613

```

When the race is over

We realise that

We received the utmost joy

And achieved the greatest progress

Because of our practice and dedication.

```

9614

```

Study in the outer school

Soulfully, devotedly and wholeheartedly

If necessity demands.

But if the outer school

Takes you away from the inner school,

It will be a sad failure,

An irreparable loss to your soul.

```

9615

```

I thank you

Because you love me deeply.

I thank you

Because you claim me sincerely.

I thank you

Because you will someday

Manifest me and fulfil me

Unconditionally. ```

9616

```

The Supreme is either warning

Or begging

His seeker-children

To be careful in every way

At every moment

While they are leading the aspiration-life. ```

9617

```

Outer endurance

Helps him meditate longer.

Inner peace of mind

Helps him run farther. ```

9618

```

You are practising spirituality.

That means, O seeker,

You believe in the inner world,

Where Eternity, Infinity and Immortality

Are not just vague terms.

```

9619

```

God feels very sorry

When hurdles stand in your way,

Just because you are most desperately trying

To manifest His Light. ```

9620

```

O Lord, how can this be true?

The darkness around me is not ending.

It is only increasing,

Whereas the dawn in other places

Is becoming bright, brighter, brightest.

```

9621

```

What have I done!

With self-doubt

I have pierced a small hole

In my spiritual life.

Today there is only a tiny draft

Coming in from ignorance-world,

But tomorrow there may be

A dangerous ignorance-cyclone. ```

9622

```

How to offer inspiration

To others?

Give according to your capacity

And their receptivity.

Be generous and, at the same time,

Be wise. ```

9623

```

Do not think of the result.

Your sincere effort to serve God

Is what counts most.

That in itself is the greatest achievement. ```

9624

```

Let us pray to the Supreme

For His constant Protection,

For if we fall victim for one moment

To destructive forces,

We may suffer for the rest of our lives.

```

9625

```

Do you not see?

Wrong forces are striking you

Only because you are fearful —

Fearful of God. ```

9626

```

What a fool!

He is struggling to climb up

The aspiration-tree

By using mental force

Instead of by making his mind

Calm and quiet. ```

9627

```

Be spontaneous like a child.

A child does not try

To acquire anything unnatural.

He does not try to be somebody

Or something else.

He approaches God in a natural way. ```

9628

```

When you give God something good,

Feel that He receives from you

Ten times as much.

When you give God something bad,

Feel that it is lost in Him,

Lost forever. ```

9629

```

What can I give to God

In return for His precious Gifts:

Compassion and Forgiveness?

I can give Him

My aspiration-life

And my gratitude-heart. ```

9630

```

There is one simple reason

Why God thinks more often

Of His chosen instruments:

They are soulfully receptive. ```

9631

```

If you feel

That you are not helping God,

Remember

That even your conscious acceptance

Of what God is offering to the world

Is of unparalleled importance. ```

9632

```

You have jumped out of God’s Boat.

God does not want to blame you.

God does not want to blame Himself.

God does not want to blame anybody.

He only wants to say

That this is the sad fate

You have chosen for yourself.

```

9633

```

What is the easiest way for you to be

Of tremendous inspiration and service

To other seekers?

Through your own aspiration

And dedication.

```

9634

```

The Supreme’s new discovery:

Those who always listen to Him

Will now listen to Him more,

Those who rarely listen to Him

Will now listen to Him less.

```

9635

```

God the Supreme Musician

Offers His Music of Peace.

Man the divine audience

Offers his peace-receptivity. ```

9636

```

He is paying more attention

To his outer school

Than to his inner school.

Long, long before the end

Of his earthly journey

He shall come to know

What a deplorable mistake

He has made. ```

9637

```

What does God have

For His unaspiring seeker-children?

His Compassion-Sea

For them

And His Forgiveness-Flood

For them. ```

9638

```

You are soulfully happy

Because every day

You are blossoming like a flower

In God’s Heart-Garden. ```

9639

```

He climbed up the inner Himalayas

Long, long ago,

But he wisely feels that there is no end

To climbing

And no end to spreading

The Light of God. ```

9640

```

When we do not seek to dominate,

We can be happy.

When we do not expect,

We can be perfect. ```

9641

```

Why are you cursing God

And revolting against your body?

Can you not be wise

And pray to God to cure you,

Your poor ignorance-body?

```

9642

```

If your receptivity is increasing,

You will feel more happiness

In your life,

Plus you will at every moment feel

That you have the capacity

To surrender cheerfully

To the Will of your Beloved Supreme.

```

9643

```

True, you have worked hard

For many years.

But you must aspire until the end.

There is no such thing as a pension

In the spiritual life.

```

9644

```

Why do you feel

That you are all alone?

There is Someone

Who is thinking of you.

There is Someone

Who is doing everything for you. ```

9645

```

Expedite your inner journey

By riding the aspiration-train.

Soon you and nobody else

Will blow the victory-whistle. ```

9646

```

An Avatar’s highest Consciousness

Touches all —

Even those

Who are not consciously aware of God. ```

9647

```

God’s Message

To the sleeping world:

“My children, awake!

My Time is passing by.

Your time is passing by.”

```

9648

```

You are happy

Because you have increased

Your gratitude.

You are happy

Because you have increased

Your surrender to God’s Will.

You are happy

Because you feel that now

Your life is full of meaning.

```

9649

```

Do not stay at the foot

Of the aspiration-tree.

Climb up

And discover your only reality! ```

9650

```

Even for a fleeting second

Offer goodwill to others.

Your good thoughts

Are significant contributions

To the Supreme in humanity.

```

9651

```

When my life is my own,

All the worries of the world

Come to strangle me.

When I belong to the Supreme

And He is the Manager of my life,

Happiness becomes my name.

```

9652

```

You are playing life’s game.

Who is watching?

The Supreme is watching.

You are happy;

He is smiling.

You are sad;

He is crying.

```

9653

```

My Lord Supreme,

I am asking You

For a sound body and mind.

What for?

Only to manifest You,

And for nothing else. ```

9654

```

Why are you now enjoying a vacation

From your service-life?

Why do you feel that it is

The responsibility of others

To work for the Supreme on earth

While you enjoy rest? ```

9655

```

O unaspiring seeker,

I assure you

That you will not be able

To prevent from surpassing you

The seekers with new inspiration

And aspiration

Who are now running the fastest.

```

9656

```

Do not be

The unfortunate complacent seeker

Who feels he knows everything

And has already done

Whatever he is supposed to do

For God. ```

9657

```

Every day

The Supreme examines

Your aspiration-dedication-life

And gives you a grade

In the inner world.

```

9658

```

O disputing vital,

You have not added anything

To my aspiration.

You have only secretly taken away wealth

From my aspiration-store.

```

9659

```

How the Supreme wishes

That each child of His would become

An excellent seeker-warrior

Of His Vision

And for His Mission.

```

9660

```

God is sad

When you are unable to bring forward

Your tremendous inner hunger

For God-Satisfaction. ```

9661

```

God’s Message to the older generation:

“As long as you remain on earth,

You must realise that your days

Are equally as important

As those of the younger generation,

Whose hearts are all hope

And whose lives are all promise.”

```

9662

```

How can you expect God’s return

Until your heart’s aspiration-cry

Has returned?

```

9663

```

If you want to receive from God

Far beyond your imagination,

Then give to God

Only what you do not actually need:

Ignorance.

```

9664

```

You say your cruel mind

Every day shocks you.

Do you realise that

Every day you shock God

By not staying inside your heart?

```

9665

```

Heaven the beggar

Needs more concern-capacity

To please earth.

Earth the beggar

Needs more aspiration-capacity

To please Heaven. ```

9666

```

God wants you to become

Your heart’s purity.

Instead, you have become

Your mind’s impurity. ```

9667

```

God’s Satisfaction-Heart

Is for him who does not have

A sleeping heart.

```

9668

```

If you want to wear

The crown of divinity,

Then you must cheerfully accept

The burden of humanity. ```

9669

```

To celebrate your life’s

Supreme progress,

You must treasure at every moment

Your heart’s sleepless faith

In God.

```

9670

```

God will hear you

Only when you are ready to become

Your life’s total consecration-flames.

```

9671

```

God the Sound

Has awakened your heart.

God the Silence

Will transform your life. ```

9672

```

Inside His Heart is Compassion.

Inside His Eye is Protection.

At His Feet is Forgiveness.

```

9673

```

If you are running

On your mind’s endless track,

You will never be able to hear

Your heart’s soulful fountain-songs. ```

9674

```

Give, give and give

Cheerfully and unconditionally.

Then your Beloved Supreme

Will definitely keep you locked

In His own Heart’s Ecstasy-Safe.

```

9675

```

Soulful is the song

Of heart’s awakening.

Fruitful is the dance

Of God’s coming. ```

9676

```

It is such a difficult task

To gain peace of mind.

Why do you then spend your mind’s peace

So extravagantly? ```

9677

```

Ask your mind to pray to God

For the patience-mountain.

Ask your heart to meditate on God

For the vastness-sky.

Ask your life to become

A surrender-football

Of God’s Satisfaction-Eye.

```

9678

```

Long for God’s Compassion-Heart.

You will be happy.

Long for God’s Justice-Eye.

You will be not only happy

But also perfect.

```

9679

```

No wonder you are lost

In your mind’s frustration-fog!

Do you ever value

Your heart’s clear blue sky? ```

9680

```

Your cheerful obedience

Makes God happy and proud.

Your unconditional obedience

Makes God the happiest Being

Here on earth

And there in Heaven. ```

9681

```

Your heart’s aspiration-cry

And God’s Satisfaction-Smile

Always have the same address.

```

9682

```

Let the whole world enjoy

Its disbelief-laughter.

God wants you to enjoy

Your heart’s belief-song. ```

9683

```

How do you expect God

To hire you

When you are never tired of

Your temptation-frustration-life? ```

9684

```

Because you are a fool,

You think and also tell the world

That your aspiration is working overtime.

```

9685

```

God will keep

His Peace-Promise

Right after you have kept

Your surrender-promise. ```

9686

```

At last he has come to realise

That his life needs

God the Comedian

And not God the Magician. ```

9687

```

Nobody can live happily

On frustration-food.

Therefore, why not try to live

Only on aspiration-food? ```

9688

```

If you want to be a glorious victor

In the battlefield of your life,

Then never hurl your jealousy-javelin.

```

9689

```

O earth-bound, wingless mind-bird,

In vain you want to soar

Into the Delight of Heaven.

```

9690

```

Out of Compassion,

God loves my heart.

Out of a sense of Duty,

God directs my life. ```

9691

```

In his aspiration-dedication-life,

The seeker’s willingness-heart

Is his supreme treasure.

```

9692

```

If you stop thinking,

God will start building the bridge

For you to cross over

To see His Golden Shore. ```

9693

```

A seeker of high magnitude is he

Whose heart dances between

Deathless devotion

And endless gratitude. ```

9694

```

If you do not relinquish

Your age-old temptation-life,

How can God grant you

His magic Illumination-Hand? ```

9695

```

You have touched the core of Reality

At last!

Now God wants you to be

His Heart’s universal Dream. ```

9696

```

Rediscover your lost child-life

If you want to see yourself

Once again

Inside God’s Heart-Nest. ```

9697

```

Let the world ridicule

Your conventional prayer-life.

God’s Satisfaction-Heart

Is all for you. ```

9698

```

You are your mind’s

Twenty-four-hour wishful thinking,

Yet you have no happiness.

If you can grow into

Your heart’s self-giving,

That will give you joy beyond measure. ```

9699

```

Do not think

That your abysmally ignorant life

Is outside the bounds

Of self-transcendence. ```

9700

```

My Lord has already

Captured my heart.

Alas, I do not know when

I will be able to capture His Feet. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 97, Agni Press, 1984
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