My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 51

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My life’s ancient prayers

And my life’s ancient meditations

I still practise.

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APR 4028. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 9 February 2006.↩

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Humanity’s

God-discovery-journey

Will never end.

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3

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Each child of God

Is God’s

Ever-blossoming hope.

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4

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O seeker,

Do not think of your salvation;

Think of God’s manifestation.

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5

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The soul shares its secrets

Only with the heart,

And not with the mind,

The vital and the body. ```

6

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Do not think of yesterday’s

Failure-life.

Think of today’s aspiration-heart

And determination-life. ```

7

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When I saw my mind

At the Feet of God,

I was astonished

Beyond measure. ```

8

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Each God-surrendering thought

Demolishes

Ignorance-foundation.

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9

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When I become

A God-gratitude-heart,

I see a beautiful angel

Singing and dancing before me. ```

10

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I do not think of surrender.

I do not dream of surrender.

I have become

The very essence of surrender. ```

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My gratitude-life

Is the only way

For me to please God.

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APR 4038. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 10 February 2006.↩

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To serve God

Is the greatest honour. ```

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I do not see You, but I do feel

That You are in the depths

Of my heart, my Lord.

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14

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Before you look

At the world,

Muster all your love.

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Life means

Adamantine determination. ```

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Heart means

Constant aspiration. ```

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Inside my Master’s smile

I see my new world

Blooming.

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God really wants to love us.

Alas, why do we make it so difficult

For Him?

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It is we

Who take ourselves away

From God’s Forgiveness-Reach.

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To falsify anything in life

Is the height

Of our stupidity.

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Ignorance-frown

Veils

Our divinity.

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APR 4048. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 11 February 2006.↩

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Our heart-tears

Unveil

Our divinity.

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Do not be near

The undivine forces —

They may kidnap you

At any time. ```

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Our love of God

Must be as true

As God’s Descent on earth.

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God takes shelter inside

My ever-blossoming

Gratitude-heart.

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Do not think of

Your past crimes,

But think of

Your present golden moments. ```

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O seeker,

If you are a true seeker,

Then your heart

Is bound to be

Flooded with sweetness.

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Each Smile of my Lord Supreme

Kindles

A new inspiration-hope-flame

Inside my heart. ```

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Those who think that

Spirituality is out of style

Are swimming

In the sea of ignorance. ```

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My heart lives

Inside

The Heart of God.

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My life lives

In God’s immediate

Neighbourhood.

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324

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Art

Is the beauty

Of the heart.

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APR 4059. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 12 February 2006.↩

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Art

Is the joy

Of life.

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34

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Be either a believer

Or an atheist —

O mind,

You have the right to choose. ```

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Expectation and attachment

Are always found

Together.

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36

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Only one attachment

Is divine —

My love of God.

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God proudly appreciates

Even our smaller-than-the-smallest

Attempts.

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One atom

Is equal to

The whole universe.

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39

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If your belief is strong,

Then God-vision

Is within your eyeshot.

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God-believers

Are

God-chosen heroes.

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A sincere and soulful seeker

Cannot be

A depression-victim.

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Spirituality

Does not exclude anything

Whatsoever.

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APR 4069. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 13 February 2006.↩

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Spirituality accepts,

Embraces and feeds

Everything.

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Blows are needed

To awaken us

From our age-old slumber.

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The body-temple neglected

Is God-rejection-experience. ```

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The mind

Loves to exercise

Free will.

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47

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The heart

Wants to experience

Only God’s Will.

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48

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Bondage

Is the connecting link

Between desire

And ignorance. ```

49

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God exists only for those

Who are always ready

To help themselves.

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50

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Aspiration

Is

Our soul-creation.

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51

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Book-information

Is

Our mind-creation.

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The purity of the mind

And the sincerity of the heart

Have no equal.

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APR 4079. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 14 February 2006.↩

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The doubting mind

Entangles us. ```

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The aspiring heart

Illumines us. ```

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Bondage

Is our love

Of undivine forces.

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Liberation

Is our God-choice. ```

57

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I do not want to be

A great singer.

I do not want to be

A good singer.

I want only to be

A God-love-champion-hero. ```

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What is creation,

If not a continuous struggle

From darkness to light?

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In life we choose

The strength of sound. ```

60

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In death we choose

The breath of silence. ```

61

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To be a seeker

Is to be on

A God-preparation-journey.

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God is not only

In everything,

But everything

Is God.

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APR 4089. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 15 February 2006.↩

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To lose faith in oneself

Is immediately to lose faith

In God Himself.

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Books do not help us

Realise God,

But they do inspire us

To pray to God

And meditate on God.

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To be a world-renouncer

Is much easier

Than to be a God-possessor.

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Liberation

Is much easier

Than God-realisation.

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God-realisation

Is much easier

Than God-manifestation.

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Devotion

Feeds and expedites

Aspiration.

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69

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To realise God,

I need an unbroken chain

Of God-devotion.

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70

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Reality is not

From darkness to light.

Reality is

From light to light. ```

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We can see the road easily,

But to walk along the road

To the Destination

Is extremely difficult. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia in February 2006.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 51, Agni Press, 2007
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