My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 4

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Life is short.

Hope is long.

Promise is vast.

Promise-fulfilment is perfect perfection.

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APR 356. These prayers were given in Ayutthaya, Thailand — 1 December 2000.↩

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Life is a journey.

Death is the continuation of the journey.

Heaven is a temporary rest

For the commencement and fulfilment

Of a new life, a new hope

And a new promise. ```

32

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My Lord,

Do bless my breath, my heart,

My mind and my life

With implicit faith

In my Master’s will.

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APR 358. These prayers were given in Yangon, Myanmar — 5 December 2000.↩

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Today I see

My ignorance-world

In total destruction-fire.

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5.

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My Master

Proudly cradles

My life’s

Progress-heart-plants. ```

6.

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My aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life

Today have taken a decisive turn

Towards my God-manifestation-eagerness. ```

7.

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My Lord,

I beg of You to grant me

Conscious and continuous progress

In my spiritual life

And to make despair

A thing totally foreign. ```

8.

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May my God-manifestation-readiness,

Willingness and eagerness

Know no wink

Of ignorance-sleep. ```

9.

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My aspiration-climbing heart,

No more fear-clouds,

No more!

No more doubt-storms,

No more!

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10.

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I was born

To realise God, reveal God

And manifest God,

And for nothing less

And nothing else.

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11.

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My unconditional surrender

To God’s Will

Has brought me

A most precious gold medal

In every field of my aspiration-life.

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12.

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Out of His infinite Bounty,

My Lord Supreme has dropped

Many, many hints

As to how I can realise Him

In the near future.

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13.

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The human in me says,

“Better to die than to descend!”

The divine in me says,

“Ascend and ascend,

Sleeplessly and breathlessly—

Ascend and ascend!” ```

14.

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My Master-Lord,

May my mind thrive

And my heart feast

On your divine scoldings

Every day

So that I can have the fastest speed

To realise

My Lord Absolute Beloved Supreme. ```

15.

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Every day God wants

Only my gratitude-heart

To read

His secret Life-Stories. ```

16.

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Sweeter than the sweetest

When my Lord Beloved Supreme and I

Meet in my heart-garden.

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17.

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When self-indulgence-boat

Sails,

Ignorance-night

Assails. ```

18.

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There shall come a time

When humanity’s heart

Shall win

Divinity’s God-President-election. ```

19.

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O seeker,

Be careful, be careful!

Your all-desiring mind

Can at any moment be attacked

By the most ruthless nightmare.

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20.

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Expectation-rejections

Are immediately invited

And proudly blessed

By the Light of the Absolute Beyond. ```

21.

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O seeker,

You must spend all your time

On your aspiration-heart-friend

And spend no time

On your desire-mind-foe.

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22.

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My Lord Supreme,

May I ply my life-boat

Between Your Compassion-Eye-Shore

And Your Forgiveness-Heart-Shore

Every day.

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23.

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God is telling me

That soon, very soon,

He will broadcast

The celestial fragrance

Of my aspiration-heart.

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24.

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God is extremely eager

To liberate me

From the pain of my uncomely thinking.

But, alas, I prevent Him

Each and every time

From fulfilling

His Compassion-flooded Love.

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25.

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If it is my genuine aspiration-heart,

Then it is bound to love

Every little thing about God.

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26.

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My heart is extremely dear to God

Precisely because

It never dares to imagine

God’s displeasure. ```

27.

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At long last

I am enjoying

My Lord’s unconditional

Forgiveness-Ecstasy-Breath. ```

28.

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Not one,

But two paradises I have:

My God-devotion-heart

And

My God-surrender-life.

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29.

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My Lord Beloved Supreme tells me

That I am absolutely perfect

Only when I turn all my attention

To His Needs. ```

30.

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My God-gratitude-tears

And God’s Nectar-Delight-Smiles

Are inseparable.

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31.

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God tells me

That He is completely fulfilled

Only when I feed Him

With my heart’s aspiration-seeds. ```

32.

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Soulfully and self-givingly

Every day, every hour, every minute

And every second

I must serve God the creation. ```

33.

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Each time I dare to dream,

I get a most beautiful glimpse

Of God’s infinite Beauty.

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34.

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Wake up, my body!

Get up, my vital!

Shut up, my mind!

Fly high, my heart,

Far beyond the skies!

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35.

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May each nerve of mine

Serve my Lord Supreme

Soulfully and self-givingly

Every day, every hour, every minute

And every second.

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36.

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Meditation and nothing else

Has the rare capacity

To discover, reveal and manifest

The diamond-beauty

Of our God-longing heart.

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37.

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God has no time

To read my mind-stories,

But He has His Eternity

To hear my heart-songs. ```

38.

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Only my heart’s devotion-stars

Have the capacity to twinkle

In my mind’s teeming darkness.

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39.

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My life’s progress-promise

Shines only in

My sleepless and breathless tears.

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40.

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God says to me,

“My child, you will be able

To find Me

Only if you dare

To bind Me

In your climbing aspiration.” ```

41.

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In the spiritual life, O seeker,

Never, never worry

About running too fast.

True spirituality knows

No speed limit.

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42.

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If you are truly in love

With God’s Feet,

Then God will secretly give you

What He has and what He is.

What He has

Is Infinity’s Delight.

What He is

Is Immortality’s Satisfaction. ```

43.

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Unlike all human beings,

God has only one hobby:

Unconditional Forgiveness.

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44.

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My Lord’s endless Concern

Covers all spheres

Of my earth-existence-life.

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45.

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May my God-hunger-breath

Never stop,

Never!

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46.

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My Lord Supreme wants me

To achieve distinction

In my aspiration-world,

And not in my desire-world. ```

47.

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Right from today,

Throughout Eternity,

May God’s Will

Lead my way. ```

48.

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My aspiration-heart

And

My dedication-life

Exist exclusively

For God’s Fulfilment, Joy

And Satisfaction. ```

49.

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Why was I born?

I was born to serve,

Lovingly, prayerfully

And soulfully,

The golden dust

Of my Lord’s Nectar-Feet. ```

50.

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My Lord Supreme,

I shall never, never, never

Allow You to shed tears.

This is my life’s

Most solemn oath.

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51.

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My Lord tells me

That I can easily belong

To His inner School,

Only after I have performed

My ego-extinction-miracle.

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52.

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Our Lord Supreme whispers,

“My sweet children,

Have faith, have faith, have faith!

Ignorance-night comes

Only to go.”

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53.

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My constant God-obedience-life

Is always

On the right track.

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54.

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Even one tear

From my aspiration-heart

Expedites

My Godward journey. ```

55.

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My long-treasured mind-noise

Has finally surrendered

To my heart’s ever-blossoming poise.

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56.

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The difference between

My desire-mind

And my aspiration-heart

Is very simple:

My desire-mind

Is reward-expectation;

My aspiration-heart

Is God-satisfaction. ```

57.

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Beautiful,

Divinely beautiful,

Supremely beautiful,

Beautiful beyond compare,

The tears of my God-loving heart.

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58.

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May God constantly

Shape my life

To His liking.

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59.

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During the entire day

I must remember

My God-gratitude-prayer.

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60.

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May my aspiration-heart-sky

Be filled

With my God-fulfilment-promise-stars.

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61.

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Each divine thought

Is a God-embodiment,

God-revelation

And God-manifestation-fulfilment-delight. ```

62.

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Self-giving

Is a bountiful

God-harvest-ecstasy.

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63.

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No more

My earth-attachment-chain!

No more

My bondage-night-pain!

From now on I need only

God-enlightenment-game. ```

64.

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Let us all pray

For the universal defeat

Of self-doubts and God-doubts.

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65.

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If you want to be

A supremely divine instrument of God,

Then you must be always aware

Of your ingratitude-mind

That is still alive and kicking

And destroying all the divine things

That you have within.

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66.

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I must never, never, never disappoint

The Compassion-flooded Will

Of my Lord Beloved Absolute Supreme.

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67.

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I must sleeplessly

Keep in touch

With my Beloved Lord’s Will.

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68.

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My life’s God-fulfilment-promise

Must always maintain

An uncompromising firmness

When it deals with the desire-world. ```

69.

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Like my soul,

My heart, my mind,

My vital and my body

Must walk along Eternity’s Road

To please God in His own Way.

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70.

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I must become a real member

Of God’s Vision-flooded

Peace-Mission-Manifestation

Here on earth. ```

713

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In my spiritual life

I need only one thing:

A burning God-hunger.

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APR 426. These prayers were given in Yangon, Myanmar — 11 December 2000.↩

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When I am absolutely sincere,

I receive the smile of the millennium

From Above.

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73.

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I must pray and meditate every day

Soulfully and self-givingly.

If not, idle thoughts shall tumble

From all directions. ```

74.

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My deep meditations

Are always blessed

By the ever-inspiring

Voice of the Beyond. ```

75.

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My God tells me that

My unconditional surrender-life

Is the most haunting melody

To His Ears. ```

76.

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When I am

My indomitable faith in God,

God becomes

His immeasurable Love for me. ```

77.

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God never reads

My mind’s secret letters.

He reads only

My heart’s sacred letters. ```

78.

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God completely trusts us

Only after we have become

The faithful lovers of humanity.

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79.

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An unseen God-seeker,

God-lover and God-server

Is an unparalleled God-treasure

In God’s own Heart. ```

80.

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I am succeeding

In my outer life

And I am proceeding

In my inner life

Only because of my Lord’s

Outstretched Compassion-Arms. ```

81.

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I must cultivate

Sleepless God-love

To liberate me

From my confusing

And confused mind.

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Editor's preface

Sri Chinmoy offered these morning prayers during his visit to Ayutthaya, Thailand and Yangon, Myanmar in December 2000.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 4, Agni Press, 2001
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/apr_4