My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 25

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Today I am determined

To do everything

In God’s own Way.

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APR 2110. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 13 December 2003.↩

2

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To have purity,

The seeker has to feel

That he is a child

Of the Eternal Now. ```

3

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If you are searching for God

With a genuine thirst and hunger,

Then God will without fail

Appear before you. ```

4

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My life is in between

God’s Compassion-Arms

And His Forgiveness-Heart.

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5

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God’s Will does not operate

In a doubting mind.

God’s Will operates only

In a self-giving life. ```

6

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It is far beyond the capacity

Of the mind

To think that God

Is all Forgiveness. ```

7

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The heart feels

That God is sleepless

And unconditional Forgiveness.

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8

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Shut up, my mind!

My heart and I are ready

To fly

On our aspiration-wings. ```

9

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Alas,

When God gives talks

On surrender,

The number of the seekers present

Is disappointing.

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10

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A gratitude-heart

Is a very rare reality. ```

11

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God-closeness depends upon

The brightness and sincerity

Of our smile.

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12

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My gratitude-heart

And my surrender-life

Are both needed

To fulfill God’s Dream on earth. ```

13

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My soul allows my heart

To talk to God

Only on one condition:

My heart has to speak to God

Only about God.

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142

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God wants my inner experiences

To guide my outer life.

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APR 2123. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 14 December 2003.↩

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My life

Without fail

Tremendously improves

When I inspire others. ```

16

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My heart

Makes the fastest progress

When it establishes its oneness-delight

With the entire world. ```

17

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Move not backward!

Stark ignorance-night

Will once more tempt you

And devour you. ```

18

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Move forward!

God’s Compassion-Eye

And God’s Affection-Heart

Are beckoning you. ```

19

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God loves me

Not because I also love Him.

God loves me

Because I am ready,

I am willing

And I am eager

To love Him.

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20

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The human

In each human being

Always thinks differently.

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21

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The divine in us

Always thinks

Exactly the way

God wants us to think. ```

22

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The child-heart-loser

With tremendous difficulties

Makes his spiritual progress

Inch by inch. ```

23

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He who has not lost

His child-heart

In his spiritual life

Is surprised by his own

Unimaginable progress.

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24

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When I doubtfully think

That God loves me,

God immediately

Sheds tears of sorrow. ```

25

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When I unmistakably feel

That God loves me,

God’s Eye immediately starts swimming

In His Infinity’s Ocean of Delight. ```

26

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I tell the world

That God dearly loves me.

The world asks me,

“Where is the proof?” ```

27

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When the world tells me

That God loves the world,

I tell the world,

“I need no proof,

For God has repeatedly told me

That loving

Is the only thing He knows.”

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283

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My happy heart

Is the only thing

That my Lord wants to have

From me.

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APR 2137. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 15 December 2003.↩

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Every thought —

Encouraging or discouraging —

Has a magnetic power.

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30

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My Lord has a very special Love,

Affection and Fondness

For the heart-blossoms

Of my life. ```

31

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Do not try to escape your past.

Challenge and conquer your past

Once and for all,

So that you can march forward,

Dive inward and fly upward.

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32

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Every day we must say

Our God-surrender-prayers

Early in the morning

And in the evening. ```

33

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My God-gratitude-thrill

Can never be described. ```

34

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May I be the possessor

Of an enthusiasm-heart

And a sleepless prayer-life

To please my Lord

At every moment.

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35

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My heart,

You must give your undivided attention

To the soul

When the soul comes down

To give you God-lessons.

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36

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Out of His infinite Bounty,

My Lord has taken me away,

Far beyond the domain

Of confusion-mind-darkness-night. ```

37

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Desire needs us

Desperately.

Aspiration we need

Sleeplessly. ```

38

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If I do not aspire,

I shall not be able to conquer

My ego’s self-advertisement-pride.

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39

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A God-crying heart

I am —

Two God-smiling eyes as well.

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40

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Be a self-giver

Before you become a God-dreamer.

Be a God-dreamer

Before you become a God-lover. ```

41

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All our heart-progress-days

Shall be garlanded

By God Himself.

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42

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To be an atheist

Is easier

Than believing in God.

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43

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To believe in God

Is easier

Than thinking of God.

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44

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To think of God

Is easier

Than praying to God.

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45

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To pray to God

Is easier

Than loving God.

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46

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To love God

Is easier

Than obeying God.

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47

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To obey God

Is easier

Than having a sleepless

God-oneness-meditation. ```

48

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To meditate on God

Is easier

Than pleasing and fulfilling God

All the time. ```

49

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To please and fulfill God

Is easier

Than becoming a God-representative

On earth. ```

50

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To become a God-representative

Is easier

Than manifesting God

Throughout the length and breadth

Of the world.

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51

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To manifest God all-where

Is to put an end

To the Cosmic Game

Of comparison. ```

524

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Dream-lover

I was.

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APR 2161. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 16 December 2003.↩

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Action-believer

I now am. ```

54

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Self-giver

I shall become. ```

55

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God-knower

My Ultimate Goal is. ```

56

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I can have true love of God

If I can go far beyond the frontiers

Of all man-made

And man-prophesised religions. ```

57

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Self-doubters

Are bound to be

Their inner happiness-losers

Plus their goal-destroyers. ```

58

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Each seeker

Has to face ignorance-night

Undaunted.

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59

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Do not take the world

As a meaningless, useless

Object-display.

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60

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Take the world

As God’s full

Manifestation-Promise-Land.

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61

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My Lord,

I have very powerfully clasped

Your Feet.

No ignorance-force

Can dare to take me away.

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62

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The real spiritual life

Is a one-way

Progress-delight-road.

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63

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Each heart

Is

A God-singing song.

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64

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The Compassion-Eye

Of my Beloved Supreme

Thunders

At my disobedience. ```

65

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I must pay all attention

To the beauty of God’s Creation

And not indulge

In my self-creation. ```

66

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I really love to take shelter

Under the Sovereignty-Sky

Of my Beloved Supreme.

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67

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To my greatest joy,

My God-manifestation-hope-flood

Is coming back.

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68

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Physical hunger-nourishment

Is needed

To sustain the body.

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69

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Spiritual hunger-nourishment

Is indispensable

If God is to be realised.

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70

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Do not retire!

If you retire,

God’s Pride

Will not hire you. ```

71

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The mind

Cannot come out of

The fact-factories.

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72

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The heart

Can easily cross far beyond

The fact-boundaries.

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Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Solo and Yogyakarta, Indonesia in December 2003.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 25, Agni Press, 2003
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