My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 47

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Before our transformation

Takes place,

God keeps it

A top secret.

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APR 3737. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 10 January 2006.↩

2

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To listen to the mind

All the time

Is, indeed, a good way

To go crazy. ```

3

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God’s Grace-Heart

Never stops. ```

4

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I never miss a chance

To fulfil God

In His own Way.

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5

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The mind

Concerns itself

With things mundane.

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6

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The heart

Concerns itself

With God’s Compassion,

Protection and Forgiveness. ```

7

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Anything that helps us evolve

We must accept,

And be grateful.

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8

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O my mind,

Do not delay!

Set your prayers

In perfection-motion. ```

9

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Constant awareness

Leads us

To full wakefulness.

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10

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The mind

Is the reservoir

Of worries and anxieties.

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11

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The heart

Is the reservoir

Of God’s Beauty

And God’s Forgiveness. ```

122

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Whenever people tell me

That God has special Love

For me,

I am overwhelmed

With God-gratitude.

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APR 3748. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 11 January 2006.↩

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I came into the world

To feed God’s chosen children

With my heart’s love.

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14

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Whatever comes into my life,

I shall never make friends

With ignorance-night.

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15

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The past

Must not discourage

Our forward march.

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16

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The past

Must not discourage

Our inward dive.

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17

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My prayer

Is the loving breath

Of my heart.

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18

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Undivine thoughts

Imprison

Our mind.

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19

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Divine thoughts

Liberate

Our mind.

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20

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The traveller in me

Carries hope

Wherever it goes.

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21

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Concentration-training

Is absolutely needed. ```

22

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The aspiring heart

Has no enemy.

It sees and feels

Friends everywhere. ```

233

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Everything

Sings in the heart

Of a genuine seeker.

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APR 3759. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 12 January 2006.↩

24

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Not only God’s Dreams

But also His Realities

At times change.

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25

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I have only

One thing to do:

To stay peacefully

Inside my heart. ```

26

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God-intoxicated souls

Are the ones

Who will manifest God

Here on earth. ```

27

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My Lord,

Whether my heart is good or bad

Is for You to judge,

But my heart is all Yours. ```

28

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As soon as I entered

Into God’s Heart-Room,

I saw that God

Had already prepared the Room

For my arrival.

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29

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Wherever I go,

I see that my Lord

Has preceded me.

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30

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My mind,

Why do you think of the things

That blight your own vision?

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31

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God-seekers, God-lovers

And God-servers

Carry the message

Of world-transformation. ```

32

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My Lord,

You are Your overwhelming Love,

And

I am my heart's streaming tears. ```

334

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Oneness means

God-expansion

In a seeker's life.

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APR 3769. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 13 January 2006.↩

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Alas,

What can a seeker do

With his overfed pride?

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35

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No more shall I live

With my torn hopes.

I shall live only

In the land of cheerfulness. ```

36

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Each seeker must bury

His anxieties and worries

In his sterling faith.

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37

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Will-power has to be used

All the time

To save us from wrongdoings.

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38

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Soulfulness and eagerness

Are extremely needed

In the spiritual life.

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39

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We do not need

Insecurity-thorns.

We need only

Beauty's security-roses. ```

40

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Doubt, doubt, doubt,

I am fully prepared

Bravely to meet you head on.

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41

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God the Helper

And God the Supporter

We need

When we want to achieve

The impossible.

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42

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My Lord,

Give me tears in my heart.

Give me cheers in my life.

Give me divine freedom in my thought

To make me a perfect instrument

Of Yours. ```

43

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I shall never, never go

To the expectation-world.

Time and again

It has failed me. ```

44

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Exorbitant pride

Is

The God-renouncer.

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45

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The heart can protect

The outer life,

But the outer life cannot protect

The inner life. ```

46

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My Lord,

I love Your Thunder-Kick-Anger

To make the fastest progress

In my inner life. ```

47

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My Lord,

I love Your Strictness

The way I love Your Kindness.

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485

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Everything divine

Begins in the heart

And then spreads.

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APR 3784. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 14 January 2006.↩

49

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My Lord,

Anything that I have in my life,

Divine or undivine,

Rest assured, it is all Yours. ```

50

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My Lord tells me that,

To love Him more,

I shall have to shed soulful tears

In abundant measure every day. ```

51

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My mind no longer

Dares to block

My fastest progress.

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52

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Every God-created heart

Consciously or unconsciously sings

God’s Victory-Songs.

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53

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To my greatest surprise and joy,

My stone heart

God melted long ago.

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54

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My Lord,

Give me not greatness,

Not goodness,

But oneness with Your Will

In everything that I say and do.

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55

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My life is all God-service.

I do things not to magnify myself.

God says to magnify me

Is His Task. ```

56

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We have the right to choose.

We must choose

Wisely.

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57

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Our inner reality

Is the Smile

Of God-Beauty's Dream.

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586

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I must know that it is

Only for my good

That God does not answer

My questions.

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APR 3794. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 15 January 2006.↩

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My irregular devotion

God does not appreciate. ```

60

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My mind and my vital,

Please do not make

My Lord Supreme angry.

He is all Love for you. ```

61

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Every day I pray to God

To be fully in control

Of my life.

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62

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Forgetfulness

Is, at times,

A great blessing.

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63

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This world

Is not interesting

But instigating.

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64

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Everything I do

With God’s complete

Permission and Assurance.

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65

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Do not try

To perfect the world,

But try to love the world

More. ```

66

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I call myself

A God-lover,

But God calls me

His constant partner. ```

67

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God does not mind

If I criticise Him

Without any rhyme or reason,

But He does mind

When I do not pray every day

Prayerfully and soulfully. ```

687

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My life began

With my heart's

Tear-beauty.

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APR 3804. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 16 January 2006.↩

69

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My life shall end

With my soul's

Smile-fragrance.

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70

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When I think

Of the world situation,

I find myself

In the heartbeat of tears. ```

71

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An atom of inner peace

Is infinitely more important

Than all the successes

That we have accumulated

Over the years.

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72

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O my mind,

Obey my heart

The way my heart obeys my soul,

If you really want to have peace. ```

73

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I want to be

A faith-hero

And no longer remain

A doubt-slave. ```

74

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Faith and doubt

Should be kept apart,

Poles apart.

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75

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To please God

My heart-smile has to be

Brighter than the brightest.

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76

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Anything that God gives me

Is beautiful within

And useful without.

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77

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God,

Please give me

A sky-vast and sun-high eagerness

To please You. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Kijal, Malaysia in January 2006.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 47, Agni Press, 2006
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