My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 54

11

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We must never give up

Our God-realisation-hope

And our God-manifestation-hope.

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APR 4262. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 2 December 2006.↩

2

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God likes the silence-blooms

Of my outer world.

God admires the silence-blossoms

Of my inner world. ```

3

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My Lord,

Do You not have any Secret

To share with me?

“My child,

I have many, many Secrets

To share with you,

But the time has not come.”

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4

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There is no difference

Between a strong desire

And a wild, hungry fire.

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5

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God Himself uses

My aspiration-breath

When He sings

And plays music. ```

6

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The human in us

Wants power-victory.

The divine in us

Needs love-victory. ```

7

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True,

My hand-violin

Has sadly failed me,

But my heart-violin

Has never failed me

And will never fail. ```

8

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When my silence-heart

Invokes God,

God comes down

Sooner than at once. ```

92

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My entire being is thrilled

To be a member

Of my Supreme Lord’s

Inner family.

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APR 4270. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 3 December 2006.↩

10

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My Lord,

You are all the time

Inside my heart.

How is it

That I do not see myself

Inside Your Heart,

Even for a fleeting moment?

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11

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Who are the true heroes?

Not those who destroy

But those who try to build

God’s Heart-Home on earth. ```

12

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I simply break

My Lord’s Heart

When I feed my ego.

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13

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In my inner family,

Only my soul and my heart

Are real citizens

Of God’s Heart-Land. ```

14

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God tells me again and again

That He needs

My devotion-heart

And not

My brilliance and my talents.

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15

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Enthusiasm

Is a divinely proud forward march

Towards God’s Heart-Home.

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16

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Whenever I write

Most devoted letters to God,

He immediately invites

All the cosmic gods and goddesses,

And then He reads out my letters.

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173

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The desire-life

Wants God the Power.

The aspiration-heart

Needs only God.

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APR 4278. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 4 December 2006.↩

18

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To be a sleepless God-lover

Is to be

A great ignorance-conqueror.

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19

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I began my life

With God the Beautiful.

I shall end my life

In God the Peaceful. ```

20

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I am infinitely happier

When I feel

That I belong to God

Than when I feel

That God belongs to me.

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21

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The genuine devotion

Of the heart

Is a magnetic power.

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22

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I shall never allow

My aspiration-day

To expire.

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23

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A gratitude-blossom-heart

Is

Beyond compare.

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24

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Love-devotion-songs

God has already taught me.

Nowadays He teaches me

Only surrender-songs. ```

254

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I call my sad failure-past

‘Past’.

I call my happy present

‘The Blue Eye

Of my Golden Supreme’.

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APR 4286. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 5 December 2006.↩

26

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When I say to God,

“God, You are great, very great,”

God bursts into wild laughter.

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27

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When I say to God,

“God, You are good, very good,”

God gives me

A very sweet Smile. ```

28

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Some make their Godward journey

Out of sheer curiosity,

While others,

Out of their absolute necessity. ```

29

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God Himself feeds

My climbing aspiration-heart

Seven times a day.

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30

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Every breath

Is

A God-fulfilment-opportunity-moment.

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31

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God alone knows

If humility will ever be able

To touch the haughty head

Of humanity. ```

32

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Each soulful smile

Of a God-seeker

Is a special God-manifestation-joy

Here on earth. ```

33

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The higher I go,

The stronger I feel the need

To feast only

On God’s Smiles. ```

34

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True, I am not at all important

To the world,

But I am extremely important

To my Lord Absolute Supreme,

For He knows that my heart and I

Love Him only

And need Him only.

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355

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My dedication-life-road

Goes all the way

To God’s highest Abode.

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APR 4296. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 6 December 2006.↩

36

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The doubting mind

Is a God-torturer. ```

37

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The aspiring heart

Is a God-treasurer. ```

38

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With my self-giving services,

I feed earth. ```

39

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With my teeming dreams,

I feed Heaven. ```

40

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Little by little,

We give to God

What we have.

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41

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Profusely and unreservedly,

God gives us

What He is.

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42

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Not a giant mind

But a little heart

Has a free access

To God’s Heart-Home. ```

436

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When I see God’s Eye,

I get terribly frightened.

When I see God’s Heart,

I am immediately awakened.

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APR 4304. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 7 December 2006.↩

44

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Where do I live?

I live under my Lord’s

Protection-Eye.

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45

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My morning begins

By devouring

God’s Nectar-Feet-Dust.

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46

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God’s Forgiveness-Embrace

Has given my heart

A new hope-light

And my life

A new promise-delight.

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47

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Time-river flows

Slowly, very slowly,

When my meditation-heart

Glows. ```

48

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To be victorious in life,

I must surmount

Each and every

Difficulty-mountain. ```

49

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To make our Beloved Lord Supreme

Happy,

We must open not one

But all opportunity-doors. ```

50

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Now is the time

And here is the place

To please God

In His own Way. ```

517

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Today I am a lover

Of God’s soul-stirring Flute.

Tomorrow I shall be a lover

Of God’s Victory-Trumpet.

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APR 4312. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 8 December 2006.↩

52

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My freedom

Is

My God-obedience.

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53

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My freedom

Is

My desire-annihilation.

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54

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My freedom

Sees nowhere

Earth-bondage-chains.

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55

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Each God-Heart-Song

Of mine

Has a God-Soul-Fragrance-Melody.

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56

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Yesterday my life was

A God-reliance-dream-beauty,

But today my life has become

God-Reality-Fragrance. ```

57

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A God-gratitude-heart

Is

A God-plenitude-life.

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58

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When it is a physical death,

We cry and cry.

When it is a spiritual death,

God cries and cries. ```

598

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This morning

My heart-flame reached

A very, very high height.

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APR 4320. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 9 December 2006.↩

60

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Aspiration

Is

Heaven-climbing joy.

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61

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Dedication

Is

Earth-spreading joy.

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62

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At the top of the life-tree

Is liberation. ```

63

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At the foot of the life-tree

Is the beginning

Of God-hunger.

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64

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Life and death

All the time ask questions,

But they never answer

Each other. ```

65

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The silence of my heart

Does not stop,

But the sound of my life

Does. ```

66

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Needless to say,

My fate on earth

Is deplorable.

Alas,

So is God’s.

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679

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My Lord,

May all my desire-prayers

Remain unanswered.

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APR 4328. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 10 December 2006.↩

68

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Heaven is Heaven’s

Compassion for me.

Earth is earth’s

Concern for me.

I must succeed

In my God-manifestation-task. ```

69

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Nothing divine

Can ever decay.

Nothing divine

Can even fade. ```

70

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I need on earth

Only one thing:

A God-devotion-breath.

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71

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Every morning

God blesses me

With a new sunshine-heart

To receive Him

With enormous joy.

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72

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Pay no attention

To the wild thunders

Of the world.

Pay all attention

Only to the sweet Whispers

Of your Inner Pilot. ```

73

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We can fathom

Everything else here on earth

Save and except

The unfathomable depth

Of silence.

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74

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God’s Perfection-Dream

For my life

Shall prevail.

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Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Belek and Antalya, Turkey in December 2006.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 54, Agni Press, 2007
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