My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 55

11

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Earth-tears

And Heaven-Smiles

Are God’s childhood friends.

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APR 4336. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 11 December 2006.↩

2

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Value your self-discipline.

Self-discipline is the way.

Self-discipline will bring you

To God’s Heart-Door. ```

3

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We obey God.

God obeys our love,

Unconditional love,

For Him. ```

4

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When the gratitude-heart

Fully blossoms,

The transformation of life

Begins. ```

5

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My Lord is my Friend,

Only Friend.

I do not need

A multitude of friends. ```

6

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Soulfully and self-givingly

I sing and sing

At the top of my voice

To become a choice instrument

Of God.

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7

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The outer success

We can easily measure,

But the inner progress

Is extremely difficult to measure. ```

8

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Today’s God-disobedience

Tomorrow becomes

Life’s worst possible catastrophe.

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9

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He who dreams of God

Quite often

In the small hours of the morning

Becomes a God-lover

Of the highest magnitude.

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10

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I love God,

Not because He is

Divinely great

And not because He is

Supremely good,

But because He is my All,

Very All.

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112

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God-obedience-lessons

Are compulsory

From the journey’s start

To the journey’s close.

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APR 4346. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 12 December 2006.↩

12

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My Lord,

Please, please,

Give me another chance

To please You

In Your own Way.

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13

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God wants me

To fly with Him

With my ever-blossoming

Heart-songs. ```

14

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My soul, my heart and I

Will never be found

In the thick of desire-forest.

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15

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Constant God-choice

Is the only antidote

To self-doubt.

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16

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The inner joy

Gives more.

The inner joy

Receives more.

The inner joy

Becomes more. ```

17

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In silence-secrecy

My heart talks

To my Lord Supreme.

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18

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Our sleepless God-surrender

Is the architect

Of God’s new world.

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193

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My Lord tells me

That my ever-blossoming

Gratitude-heart

Is His most favourite song.

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APR 4354. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 13 December 2006.↩

20

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My heart’s bliss

Is the announcer

Of God’s express Arrival.

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21

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Earth says to Heaven,

“Why are you

So beautiful?”

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22

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Heaven says to earth,

“Why are you

So useful?”

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23

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Aspiration

Is

My heart-song.

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24

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Dedication

Is

My life-story.

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25

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When I desire,

I become a body-cage. ```

26

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When I aspire,

I become a soul-bird

Flying in Infinity’s Sky.

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274

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My Lord tells me

That all my promises to Him

Are just exquisite.

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APR 4362. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 14 December 2006.↩

28

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God’s Eye

Is my most powerful

Heart-attraction.

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29

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Each fleeting moment

I try to run at full speed

Towards my Lord Supreme.

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30

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Our genuine prayers

Must bring us to our knees,

And not our endless

Worries and anxieties. ```

31

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My life’s sufferings

Can be measured,

But my soul’s bliss

Forever shall remain

Immeasurable.

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32

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My God-obedience

And God’s Pride in me

Are extremely fond of each other.

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33

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Impossible —

A permanent God-failure-life

Is impossible!

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34

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When the inner heart

Is all sweetness,

The outer life

Becomes all fulness. ```

355

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Our aspiration-eagerness-intensity

Helps us find our way back

To our Absolute Lord Supreme.

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APR 4370. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 15 December 2006.↩

36

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Day and night

My heart and I

Walk along

Our soul-paved road. ```

37

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My hope-beauty

Comes from God’s Heart. ```

38

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My promise-fragrance

Comes from God’s Breath. ```

39

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My morning meditation

Is my soul’s

God-invocation.

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40

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My morning meditation

Is my life’s

God-Dream-Delight.

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41

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My morning meditation tells me

That God-vision

Is not enough,

God-realisation

Is not enough,

Even God-manifestation

Is not enough.

My life’s complete transformation

Is my journey’s final halt.

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42

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May each and every thought

Of mine

Be always Heaven-bound.

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436

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When God is on my side,

I become my life’s sad failure.

When I am on God’s side,

God gives me His Victory-Drum.

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APR 4378. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 16 December 2006.↩

44

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Every morning

I sing for my Lord

With my gratitude-heart-tears

And my gratitude-eye-smiles. ```

45

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Wherever I go,

I carry with me

A newness-mind

And a soulfulness-heart. ```

46

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Each time I pray,

I must try to reach

A higher height.

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47

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Each time I concentrate,

I must try to develop

A stronger will.

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48

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Each time I meditate,

I must try to enter into

A deeper depth.

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49

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Each time I contemplate,

I must try to get

Closer, closer and closer

To God. ```

50

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My devotion

Is my only

God-Satisfaction-fulfilment-necessity.

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517

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The tears of my heart

Feed on our Lord’s

Compassion-Temptation-Feet.

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APR 4386. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 17 December 2006.↩

52

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Every day

God wants me to accomplish

Something absolutely new,

Inspiring and aspiring. ```

53

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Alas,

Will I ever be worthy

Of mingling

With the dust of my Lord’s Feet? ```

54

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Determination, determination —

Stoic determination!

If not,

God-realisation

Will remain a far cry.

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55

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When everything is gone,

The tears of my heart

And I

Shall remain. ```

56

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My heart and I

Get tremendous joy

When my Lord Beloved Supreme

Checks and checks

On my surrender-life.

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57

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Our Lord Beloved Supreme

Expects all true

And self-giving seekers

To be madly in love

With Him alone.

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58

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My Lord Supreme

Every day,

For at least an hour,

Cradles my life

With His Compassion-Eye.

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598

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My peaceful heart

Prayerfully welcomes

My Lord’s blissful Eye

And His powerful Feet.

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APR 4394. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 18 December 2006.↩

609

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My heart’s cries and tears

Purify and fortify my life

Most significantly.

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APR 4395. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 19 December 2006.↩

61

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My soul’s smiles

Feed my heart

To run the fastest

For God-realisation. ```

62

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My heart’s performances

Are mightily appreciated

By earth’s heart

And Heaven’s Eye. ```

63

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Do not allow

Lethargy-sleep

To prevent you from seeing

God’s morning Smile. ```

64

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Morning is the time

To receive from God

His torrential Blessings,

Affection and Concern-Rain. ```

65

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I came into the world

To serve God

Lovingly and self-givingly,

And not to experience

His highest Height

And His deepest Depth. ```

66

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Each heart-song

Is a very long step forward

Towards God.

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67

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Sleep like a child,

Dream like a child,

Act like a child.

Lo, God is granting you

A free access

To His Heart-Home. ```

6810

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Poor God

Is all the time calling us,

But we deliberately

Do not respond.

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APR 4403. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 20 December 2006.↩

69

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My Lord Supreme returns

My love-devotion-surrender-calls

Immediately.

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70

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God-disobedience-train —

Once it starts,

It never stops.

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71

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The ancient God blessed me

With the message

Of unity in multiplicity.

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72

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The modern God is blessing me

With the message

Of diversity and complexity.

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73

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In our spiritual life,

Eagerness-speed

Knows no equal.

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74

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No human heart

Can ever dare to resist

God’s Heart-Attraction.

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75

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God never sanctions

Any seeker’s

Retirement-enjoyment.

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76

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Nothing in my life

Is as sacred

As my heart’s

Sleepless and breathless

God-devotion.

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77

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Never,

Never become tired

Of your inward dive!

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Editor's note

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

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 55, Agni Press, 2007
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