My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 50

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When my soul meditates

Inside my heart,

My entire being

Gets a tremendous thrill.

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APR 3956. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 2 February 2006.

2

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The necessity of speed

In everything

Is of paramount importance.

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3

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Without sincerity,

Nobody can fulfil

God’s Will.

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4

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The mind does not want

To know

What the Truth is.

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5

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Do not be afraid

Of weaknesses.

They are not everlasting.

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6

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How can one deny

God’s Existence forever?

How?

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7

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An aspiration-empty heart

Weakens

Our God-connection.

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8

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The blame-game

Is at once

Easy and dangerous.

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9

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My heart-tears

Are treasured

By the golden dawn.

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10

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I immediately avoid

All my backward-looking

Thoughts.

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11

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My heart-lotus

Is opening to God,

Petal by petal.

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122

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When I offer my aspiration-heart

To God,

He blesses me

With His Satisfaction-Smile-Garden.

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APR 3967. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 3 February 2006.

13

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In the spiritual life,

Nobody is expected

To remain in the beginners’ class

All the time! ```

14

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No aspiration

Should have

An ailing experience.

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15

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No dedication

Should have

A failing experience.

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16

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Silence pleases God

More easily

Than anything else.

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17

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My gratitude-heart

And God’s Fondness

Are found always together.

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18

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Aspiration and dedication

Are to be found

On the same level of consciousness.

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19

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I must offer my gratitude-heart

To God

Daily and punctually.

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20

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A God-descending thought

Is what I need. ```

21

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A heart-ascending willingness

Is what I need. ```

223

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When I please God

In His own Way,

I see countless stars

Singing and dancing

In my heart-sky.

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APR 3977. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 4 February 2006.

23

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We came into the world,

Not only to eat material food,

But also to feed our heart

With our aspiration-meal. ```

24

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The mind’s limitations

Lead us, quite often,

Astray.

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25

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Each heart

Has a museum

Of sweetness-memories.

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26

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Meditate, meditate —

Do not

Anticipate!

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27

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When we do not pray

And meditate,

We become prisoners

Of our mind. ```

28

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Nothing can remain

Forever unreachable. ```

29

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A single Glance

From my Lord Supreme

Gives me unimaginable happiness.

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30

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Truth blossoms

Only inside

The heart of pure God-seekers

And God-lovers. ```

31

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O seeker,

Do not be greedy!

Why do you have to be

All alone with God? ```

324

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I love

The lion-roar

Of my prayer.

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APR 3987. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 5 February 2006.

33

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I love

The sea-peace

Of my meditation.

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34

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Those who are faith-heroes

Will not be afraid of anything

Here on earth.

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35

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The willingness of the mind

And the eagerness of the heart

Must work together

To arrive at the Goal. ```

36

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God wants us

To be happy, happy, happy

All the time.

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37

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We want God

To be proud of us

All the time.

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38

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In the spiritual life,

The mind and the heart

Are as far from each other

As the East is from the West. ```

39

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If we act soulfully and self-givingly

To please God,

It is impossible to fail.

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40

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Since God spoke to me,

My outer life and my inner life

Have completely changed

For the better. ```

41

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God in Heaven

Is beautiful. ```

42

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God on earth

Is useful. ```

435

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God wants me to smile,

Bright, brighter, brightest,

To please Him.

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APR 3998. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 6 February 2006.

44

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God wants me to cry,

Soulfully and ceaselessly,

To please Him.

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45

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In the purity-garden

Of the heart,

There should be

No falsehood. ```

46

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My prayer and my meditation

Take the first aspiration-flight

To God in Heaven.

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47

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We cannot satisfy God

Only with our hollow promises.

God wants us to fulfil

Our promises. ```

48

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Imagination is not

A whim of the mind.

It is a reality in its own right.

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49

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To believe in God

Is not enough.

To be dynamic for God

Is needed. ```

50

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My meditation

Silently and infallibly opens

My Lord’s Heart-Door.

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51

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A devotion-heart

And an argumentation-mind

Must always remain apart.

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52

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Love smiles,

Whether it is human love

Or divine love.

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536

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Man’s mind is born

For world-success.

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APR 4008. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 7 February 2006.

54

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Man’s heart is born

For God-satisfaction. ```

55

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I close my eyes

When discouragement

Wants to enter into my life.

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56

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The power of despair

Is shocking. ```

57

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We must break asunder

The veil

Of the doubting mind.

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58

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Light is not to be feared.

Light is to be loved

All the time.

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59

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Be not a slave

To the mind’s autocracy. ```

60

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Each seeker

Must work very hard

To illumine the mind.

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61

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The longings of childhood

Are always cheerful

And soulful.

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62

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Willingness and eagerness

Add unimaginably

To our aspiration

And dedication-life. ```

637

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Patience

Has a most

Comforting hand.

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APR 4018. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 8 February 2006.

64

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Simplicity and sincerity —

These are the very special

Gifts of God

To mankind. ```

65

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I want

The music of silence

To silence my mind.

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66

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Perfection

Is, indeed,

A lifelong battle.

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67

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I must not allow fear

To blindfold

My heart.

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68

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My God-oneness

Is

My universal passport.

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69

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The light of silence

Breathes

Everywhere.

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70

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Slowly and steadily,

Not abruptly,

We must open up our heart-lotus,

Petal by petal. ```

71

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We are all

Prisoners

Of Time.

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72

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I do not care for my mind’s

World-possession-thirst;

I care only for my heart’s

World-embrace-hunger. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Penang, Malaysia in February 2006.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 50, Agni Press, 2007
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