My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 44

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My mind

Does not like duty

At all.

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APR 3524. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 23 December 2005.↩

2

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My heart

Not only loves duty

But also is eager

To have every day

A newly added duty.

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3

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The purity of my heart

And God’s smiling Eyes

Are always found together.

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4

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My soul-bird sings and sings

Only one song:

Love God and please God.

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5

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When the heart speaks,

The mind, the vital and the body

Must give full attention

To the heart. ```

6

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Every day my heart’s cries

Must go up very speedily

And not lag behind

The speed of the previous day. ```

7

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Selflessness

Awakens and feeds

All the time

The tears of the heart. ```

8

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Only silence and peace

Can transform

Restless and useless mind-clamour.

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9

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My Lord’s Happiness-Eye

At every moment

I try to devour.

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10

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My God-hunger was born

In my Lord’s soothing

Cradle-Smiles.

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112

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Ignorance-mouth

Devours everything,

Including blazing fire.

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APR 3534. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 24 December 2005.↩

12

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Satisfaction

Will never take birth

In the mind’s

Desire-forest. ```

13

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Satisfaction

Will gladly take birth

In the heart’s

God-smiling garden. ```

14

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Most dearly

Mother Earth’s tears

God’s Heart cherishes.

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15

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Meditation and peace

Deeply enjoy

Their divine conversation.

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16

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We are not compelled

To lead a spiritual life,

But if happiness we want,

We must shun ignorance-night. ```

17

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My Lord,

You must keep Your Promise:

You will never leave my heart.

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18

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My life-river

And my heart-boat —

They live for each other.

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19

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My heart

Is my soul’s

Joy-gathering nest.

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20

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Mother Earth

Is

A pain-receiving heart.

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21

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Father Heaven

Is

A joy-supplying Heart.

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223

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My God-obedience-boat

Has safely brought me

To God-Infinity’s God-Shore.

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APR 3545. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 25 December 2005.↩

23

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I faithfully

Follow God’s Feet. ```

24

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God’s brightest Smile

Follows my heart. ```

25

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When a seeker offers even an iota

Of self-giving effort,

He is bound to succeed.

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26

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My Lord,

Do give me a Smile of Yours

So that I can pass through

My mind’s thickest

And darkest clouds.

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27

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No mind

Can ever break through

The power of silence.

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28

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Every day

May a deathless beauty and light

Dawn upon my aspiring heart.

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29

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My gratitude-heart

Is first

On God’s priority list.

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30

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To double my happiness,

I must become

A sleepless self-giver.

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31

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If you do not obey God,

You as a traveller

Will never be able to enter

Into God’s Kingdom. ```

324

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God is not

My occasional thought

But my sleepless thought.

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APR 3555. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 26 December 2005.↩

33

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Obedience

Is an unmistakable way

To reach God’s Golden Shore.

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34

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Who says

That God’s Heart

Is not accessible?

God’s Heart

Is a wide-open door.

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35

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My question is:

Who is God?

God’s Answer is:

“My child,

Some of you are budding gods,

While others

Are blossoming gods.”

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36

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O seeker,

God wants you to accompany

His Eye and His Heart

From dawn to eve

Wherever He goes.

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37

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Nobody can ever dare to separate

God’s Compassion-Eye

From His Forgiveness-Heart.

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38

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The soul’s complete manifestation

Of God’s Light

Takes place only

Here on earth. ```

39

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God never, never wants you

To be arrested

By ignorance-night!

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40

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God wants you

Only to be interested

In Him

All the time. ```

41

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Again and again

God wants to hear from me

My gratitude-heart-songs.

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425

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The Christ

Is not only for Christmas.

He is for three hundred and sixty-five days

A year.

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APR 3565. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 27 December 2005.↩

43

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Do not try to hide

From God’s Eye.

You will sadly fail.

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44

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My Lord,

You are taking care of

My soul and my heart.

Please take care of

Every moment of my life.

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45

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I came

From a higher world

To serve the world below.

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46

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Our God-closeness

Makes our world

Extremely sweet.

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47

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The privilege

Of being God’s servant

Cannot be fathomed.

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48

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The opinions

Of the mind

Cannot be taken seriously.

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49

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My heart cannot forget

The sweeter than the sweetest

Memories of Heaven

While I am on earth. ```

50

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God’s Breath

Welcomes only

The devotion-heart.

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51

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Both the outer and inner encouragements

Are needed

To make the fastest progress

In spirituality. ```

526

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When I give up

In the battlefield of life,

God becomes His Madness-Eye

And Sadness-Heart.

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APR 3575. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 28 December 2005.↩

53

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My gratitude-heart-tears

Every day wash

God’s omnipotent Feet.

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54

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When aspiration becomes

Our true friend,

Life becomes

Spiritually meaningful. ```

55

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Kindness

Changes our fate. ```

56

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Oneness

Transforms our lives. ```

57

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I love to live

Between my heart’s unshed tears

And my life’s shed tears.

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58

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Tell the mind

Vehemently

That it has no room

In your life any more. ```

59

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When I truly love God,

My heart becomes

Peaceful.

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60

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When I truly need God,

My life becomes

Fruitful.

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61

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When we give up hope,

Our promise

Starts to starve.

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627

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There are so many

Secret and sacred ways

To go to God’s Palace.

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APR 3585. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 29 December 2005.↩

63

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Everything I do

Takes root

In God’s Heart first.

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64

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There are many, many, many seekers

Here on earth

Who have given everything

To God.

I must try to mix with them.

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65

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I want to be awake

Around the clock

So that whenever God wants me,

I shall be all ready. ```

66

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The inner cries

Have to be answered

Only by the inner world.

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67

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The God-denying mind

Builds and builds warships

To fight against

The divine forces. ```

68

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The God-believing heart

Wants only a worship-boat

To invite God

To pilot the boat. ```

69

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Earth has

Its stumbling feet. ```

70

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Heaven has

Its whispering Protection. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Kuantan, Malaysia in December 2005.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 44, Agni Press, 2006
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