My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 57

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We can never hide

From God

And from His choice Hour.

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APR 4493. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 31 December 2006.↩

2

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The weeping

God the man

I love.

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3

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The smiling

Man the God

I need.

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4

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Only true God-lovers

Have the key

To open

Heaven’s Heart-Door. ```

5

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God asks me

Never to miss

Even a single chance

To please Him

In His own Way.

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6

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The love divine

Is at once God-remembrance

And self-forgetfulness.

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7

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My unconditional surrender

To God’s Will

Has to be made here and now,

And not in the far distant future. ```

8

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In the inner world,

Silence is made of power. ```

9

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In the outer world,

Silence is made of joy. ```

102

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My aspiration

Has another name:

My God-intoxication.

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APR 4502. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 2 January 2007.↩

11

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Each time I cry for God,

He blesses me

With a new horizon.

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12

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A sleepless oneness-heart

Is the only thing

That the world badly needs.

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13

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Why do you need

A mind that all the time

Confuses and refuses?

What you need

Is a God-loving heart.

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14

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Each divine action

Is, indeed,

A God-Fragrance-Joy.

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15

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My Lord Supreme

Is never pleased

With my mind-forest.

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16

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My Lord Supreme

Is mightily pleased

Always

With my heart-garden. ```

17

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World Harmony Run

Means the beauty

Of the universal heart

And the fragrance

Of the transcendental soul.

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183

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Hope is at once

Sweeter than the sweetest

And

Stronger than the strongest.

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APR 4510. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 3 January 2007.↩

19

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Time

Destroys

The human in us.

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20

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Time

Employs

The divine in us.

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21

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The mind

Wants war.

The hand

Supports it. ```

22

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Open your heart!

Close your lips!

This is how a seeker

Must speak to God. ```

23

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Explore, explore!

Very soon

You will be able to knock

At God’s Heart-Door. ```

24

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Each day is my

Heart-blossom-opportunity-day. ```

25

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As the highest height

Is for us,

Even so, the lowest abyss

Is against us. ```

264

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The Beyond is calling me.

I must go far beyond

The snares of this world.

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APR 4518. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 4 January 2007.↩

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Heaven

Watches us. ```

28

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Earth

Instructs us. ```

29

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God’s Compassion and Concern

Do not leave us,

Even when we deliberately enjoy

Earth-ignorance. ```

30

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My Master blessingfully sails

His life-boat

On my heart-river.

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31

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Poise

Is the most important thing

In whatever I do,

Whatever I say. ```

32

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Challenges remind me

Of my wakefulness

To my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.

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33

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When I prayerfully cry,

God allows me

To dive into His Depths.

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34

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When I soulfully smile,

God allows me

To fly into His Heights.

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355

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Alas,

It is I

Who am not available.

My Lord

Is always available.

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APR 4527. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 5 January 2007.↩

36

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My gratitude-heart-tears

Sleeplessly sing

God’s Victory-Songs.

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37

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Be a God-dreamer first,

And only then can you be

A God-lover.

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38

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A God-dreamer I was.

I now am at once

Both a God-lover

And a God-server. ```

39

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I try to fulfil

My tomorrow’s dream

In my today’s life.

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40

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Before it is too late,

Convince yourself

That you love God only

And you need God only. ```

41

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Not two closed eyes

But only one open heart

Is needed

To welcome God. ```

42

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God’s first and foremost Choice

Is the silence-garden

Of my heart-home.

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436

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Every God-seeker-moment

Awakens us

To a higher height.

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APR 4535. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 6 January 2007.↩

44

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Surrender

Helps us evolve

Quicker than the quickest.

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45

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Inner poise

Is absolutely needed

To meet with

Outer challenges. ```

46

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Meditation

Is the secret

Of God-oneness-nectar-delight.

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47

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Depression

Is the beginning

Of self-destruction.

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48

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Detachment

Shortens

The enlightenment-way.

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49

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My heart’s inner cries

Quickly bloom

On earth.

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50

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My heart’s inner cries

Slowly, steadily and unerringly

Blossom in Heaven.

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517

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To be God’s partner,

You have to be

God’s lover and server first.

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APR 4543. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 7 January 2007.↩

52

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My heart-page

Is full of Blessings

Written by God Himself.

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53

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My mind-page

Is all blank,

Empty of God’s Message.

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54

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All souls

Struggle and struggle and struggle

Inside the body-cage,

But eventually they bring victory

To their Lord Supreme.

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55

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If there is even an iota of fear

In approaching God,

Then God immediately

Runs away. ```

56

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God and I

Share a great many secrets.

Our hearts breathe them

Day in and day out. ```

57

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My God-hope is blooming.

My God-promise is blossoming.

My thoughts are all

God’s Heart-Garden-Flowers. ```

58

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My God-thoughts

Can easily break through

The darkest

Ignorance-night-boundaries

Of the mind.

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598

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My Lord’s Compassion

Devours

All my blunders.

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APR 4551. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 8 January 2007.↩

60

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My transformation-life

Is urgently needed

Both by Heaven and earth.

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61

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I shall no longer allow

Earth-ignorance

To damage my God-given life.

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62

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Each gratitude-song

Of my heart

Brightens the Face

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

63

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My life-boat carries

My Lord’s special Blessings

Wherever it goes.

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64

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May my God-surrender-life-plant

Grow

Faster than the fastest.

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65

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My heart loves

The weeping God

Much more than

The smiling God.

Why?

The weeping God hastens

My progress-life.

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66

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The love divine

Is at once shadowless

And limitless.

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67

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To hear is not enough.

To see is not enough.

To feel is enough,

More than enough. ```

689

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Every morning

I place my very best

And my very worst

At the Feet

Of my Lord Supreme.

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APR 4560. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 9 January 2007.↩

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In the morning I offer

My Lord Supreme

My heart’s garland

Of obedience. ```

70

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In the evening I offer

My Lord Supreme

My life’s garland

Of surrender. ```

71

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My mind lives

In the land

Of darkening evening.

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72

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My heart lives

In the land

Of clearing dawn.

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73

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God is fond

Of my heart’s

Rising joy.

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74

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God dislikes

My mind’s

Rushing pride.

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75

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Retirement

Is empty of

Enlightenment.

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Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Varna, Bulgaria in December 2006 and January 2007.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 57, Agni Press, 2008
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