My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 39

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God takes very seriously

A disobedience-mind.

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APR 3141. These prayers were given in Huangshan, China — 29 January 2005.↩

2

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There is no way to call God

By the wrong name. ```

3

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If we can smile

Soulfully and self-givingly,

God’s Compassion-Eye

And

God’s Satisfaction-Heart

Will always accompany us. ```

4

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Every day I pray to God

For His Satisfaction,

And not for my promotion.

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5

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The outer world

Does not care for my help,

Yet I am eager to help.

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6

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The inner world

Needs my service desperately.

Alas, I am nowhere to be found!

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7

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The more hunger we have

For the fulfilment of our desire-life,

The sooner we become impoverished

In our inner life. ```

8

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Aspiration-quality

And dedication-quantity

I long for.

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9

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May I live all the time

In the beauty of patience

And

In the fragrance of silence. ```

10

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Devotion

Is the heart’s

Most precious wealth.

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11

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I hide

When I am in

My desire-life.

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12

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I get an ecstasy-ride

When I am in

My aspiration-heart.

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13

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Never take a false start

In your aspiration-race. ```

14

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There can be nothing

More natural

Than our meditation-dive.

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15

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I am happy

Because my life

Is an inspiration-fountain.

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16

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I am happy

Because my heart

Is an aspiration-mountain.

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172

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The soul-singers

Are God’s choicest singers.

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APR 3157. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 3 February 2005.↩

18

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The heart-singers

Are God’s choice singers. ```

19

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The mind-singers

Are God’s failure-singers. ```

20

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The vital-singers

Are God’s Heart-collapse-singers. ```

21

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The body-singers

Are God’s stranger-singers. ```

22

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I am, at once,

God’s satisfaction-singer

And

God’s frustration-singer. ```

23

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I am God’s satisfaction-singer

When I sing

Only for God.

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24

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I am God’s frustration-singer

When I sing

Only for

The thunder-applause of humanity. ```

25

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When I look beyond

All I have ever known,

God gives me

His sweetest Smile. ```

26

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When I give to the world

Far beyond my intended willingness,

God immediately embraces me

And tells me:

“My child, you are, indeed,

My tomorrow’s

Golden Dream-Boat-passenger.”

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273

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Intensity

Shows me the Way.

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APR 3167. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 4 February 2005.↩

28

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Immensity

Leads me to the Goal. ```

29

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Lifts us high, very high,

With a single Glance,

But, alas, we prefer to come down. ```

30

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My complete surrender

To God’s Will

Is God’s proudest

And happiest news. ```

31

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Individuality-lovers

Are

Universality-strangers.

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32

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The affection

Of the heart

Is the sunshine

Of life. ```

33

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In the morning,

My heart is

A God-worship-flower-beauty.

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34

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In the evening,

My life is

A God-surrender-flower-fragrance.

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35

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I enjoy

My heart’s God-beauty-tears

And

My life’s God-duty-smiles

Equally and unreservedly.

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36

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With my sobbing eyes

I touch

My Lord’s Feet.

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37

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With my throbbing heart

I feel

My Lord’s Heart.

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38

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Clasp,

Clasp God’s Feet

If you want to grasp

God’s Beauty. ```

394

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The source of real greatness

Is humility’s beauty.

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APR 3179. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 5 February 2005.↩

40

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The source of real goodness

Is the fragrance

Of selflessness.

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41

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Like Eternity,

Our longing for Eternity

Also shall know no bounds.

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42

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Quite often

Our expectations are found

In wasteland-debris.

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43

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Compassion from Above,

Aspiration from below

Together

Are miracle-performers. ```

44

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I must hear

At least once in my life

My soul’s sweetest

God-satisfaction-song. ```

45

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Not our renunciation-mind,

Not our possession-life,

But our God-Creation-acceptance-heart

The Lord Supreme treasures. ```

46

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Wandering through ignorance-night

Is the very beginning

Of God-Light-invocation.

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47

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Divinity’s journey begins

Only after the transcendence

Of all man-created jungle-confusion.

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48

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Counterfeit sincerity

An unaspiring life is. ```

49

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My mind, get up,

My vital, get up,

My body, get up

Immediately,

And start going God’s Way —

The only Way. ```

505

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The seeker needs

Many, many, many God-dreams

Long before he meets with God

In reality.

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APR 3190. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 6 February 2005.↩

51

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Each time we meditate,

The very first thing

We have to invoke

Is peace. ```

52

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My heart lives in between

My God-surrender

And my God-bliss.

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53

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Every morning

Is a God-sent

Unprecedented opportunity.

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54

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Our sincere aspiration

Is the source

Of genuine God-hunger.

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55

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The red light

Fights against ignorance-night

To establish

God’s Victory on earth. ```

56

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The white light

Illumines

Ignorance-night.

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57

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The blue light

Devours

Ignorance-night.

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58

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Watches me. ```

59

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God’s Justice-Mind

Catches me. ```

60

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God’s Forgiveness-Heart

Liberates me. ```

616

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Alas, God-awareness

Is still individual

And not universal.

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APR 3201. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 7 February 2005.↩

62

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The sadness

Of Mother Earth

Has an undying breath.

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63

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There is no dearth of

False smiles —

False smiles are all-where.

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64

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My Lord,

I am too weak

To be crushed

By Your Indifference-Feet. ```

65

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My heart-sun

Knows no eclipse. ```

66

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Alas, I have no idea

When I became fond

Of my expectation-mind.

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67

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Our God-surrender

Has the longest

Progress-strides.

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68

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We suffer so much daily

From our uncertainty-mind,

Yet we allow it to linger.

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69

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I live in between

My laughable mind

And

My lovable heart. ```

70

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Alas, we have nothing better to do

Than to blame God

For our failure-sadness-life.

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71

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The mind always lives

In the lip-deep prayers. ```

72

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God tells me that my task

Is to encourage the seeker,

And that His Task

Is to perfect the seeker. ```

73

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I touch God’s Feet

Only to be embraced

By God’s Heart.

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747

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God’s Strictness-Mind

Is for

The chosen few.

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APR 3214. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 8 February 2005.↩

75

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Is for

All and sundry.

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76

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In God’s Heart,

Each seeker

Is unique.

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77

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Each and every pilgrim

Needs must visit

God’s Heart-Temple.

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78

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The unaspiring

And undivine thoughts

Never wait for an invitation.

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79

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Our God-surrender-train

Runs the fastest

Towards the Destination.

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80

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The doubt-door

Has to be kept closed tight

All the time.

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81

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Spirituality does not house

A narrowness-mind

And a shallowness-life.

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82

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Doubt-storms

Cannot sink

Faith-ocean liners.

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83

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God’s Heart

Gives a wide berth

To stark complainers.

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84

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Each God-realised soul

Is

A mighty mankind-fort.

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85

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Renunciation

Is a philosophy

Alien to my heart.

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86

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God wants

Only the most devoted seekers

To strike

His Victory-Drum. ```

878

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In the spiritual life,

An intellectual and powerful mind

Can be a great obstacle.

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APR 3227. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 9 February 2005.↩

88

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There is not a single moment

That is not ready to help us

To please God.

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89

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I swim in the tears

Of my earth-bound life

And in the smiles

Of my Heaven-free dreams. ```

90

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Meditation

Is by far

The best soul-exercise.

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91

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Aspiration

Is by far

The best heart-exercise.

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92

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Dedication

Is by far

The best life-exercise.

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93

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My surrender to God’s Will

Is by far

My best exercise.

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949

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Our Absolute Lord Beloved Supreme

Is all Attention

To the exquisite beauty

Of the seeker’s inner life.

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APR 3234. These prayers were given in Nanjing, China — 11 February 2005.↩

95

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Our Absolute Lord Beloved Supreme

Is all Pride

In the unprecedented fragrance

Of the seeker’s inner breath. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Huangshan and Nanjing, China in January and February 2005.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 39, Agni Press, 2003
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