My Lord,
I wish to be a burning flameClimbing high, higher, highest
Inside the Temple of Your Heart. ```I have counted
My soulful tearsAnd I have counted
God’s powerful Smiles.The outer loser has won
The inner Winner. ```I pray, and my prayers are fulfilled.
Since my prayers are fulfilled,I should offer the transcendental prayer
For God-SatisfactionIn God’s own Way.
```If I can sincerely feel
That my heart is all emptiness and readiness,Then my Lord Supreme will, without fail,
Make my life feelThe beauty and divinity of His Fulness.
```When I live for God’s Love alone,
I am divinely great and supremely good.When I live for God alone,
I am absolutely perfect. ```There is no risk
In accepting the spiritual lifeIf you have a sincerity-mind,
A purity-heartAnd an integrity-life.
```Who is so stupid
As to waste time here on earth,Knowing perfectly well
That his earth-hours areExtremely limited?
```You want to advise God
About how to change the world.Do you think you can give Him
A few more yearsAnd see if He is making
This world of His better?In the meantime,
Can you not change your own lifeFor the better,
So that God can startHis World-Perfection-Life
In and through you? ```You think that God
Cannot change this worldBecause He has lost
Complete control of it.But do you ever care to know
And do you ever care to feelThat God the Aspiration
Lived at the Vision-beginningAnd God the Manifestation
Will live eternallyAt the Reality-end?
```Your doubting mind does not feel
At ease with God,But your loving heart does.
Therefore, God has given your heartThe unparalleled capacity
To scale His own Transcendental HeightsWith Him.
```In the inner and outer race
I will not say,“God wants me to win”,
But“Let God’s Will be done”.
```Unless my Lord Supreme
Forcefully opens my heart-door,I do not think my frustration-life
Will ever grow intoMy satisfaction-heart.
```He is a fool.
He surrenders to God out of fearThat God or others will speak ill of him
If he does the wrong thing.She is an opportunist.
She surrenders to God with the hopeThat by pleasing Him today
She will be able to receive a special favourFrom Him tomorrow.
```How can the world find peace
In its machine-mind?How can the world find perfection
In its dissatisfaction-vital?How can the world find satisfaction
In its oblivion-life? ```My Lord,
I have already taught myselfHow to bend others
To my will.Now will You kindly teach me
How to bend myselfTo Your Will alone?
```Selfless service
Is immediate progress.Instead of working for our little self,
We serve our large Self,The Supreme.
Selfless service helps us come out ofOur limited body-dimension
And our limited mind-boundary. ```Although he has touched rock bottom
In his aspiration-life,Because of his adamantine determination
He will soon be making progress once again. ```Why make friends with fault-finders?
You are having enough troubleTrying to conquer your own weaknesses
Without being constantly remindedOf the weaknesses of others.
```America means speed:
Speed to run the fastest.America means victory:
Victory over ignorance. ```If you want to run the fastest
In the inner world,You have to do everything regularly,
Punctually and perfectly. ```Each time you enter a new year,
Be determined not to bringYour old self with you.
```Why not take today
As your golden opportunityTo cast aside the undivine problems
Which you have been dragging,Like dead elephants,
For so many years? ```How can there be any such thing
As a new year for youIf you are still leading
Your old unbearable life? ```Examine your compassion
And see if it is true divine compassionOr just your own attachment
In disguise. ```A true truth-seeker knows
That his Beloved Lord rebukes himOnly on the strength
Of His absolute Oneness. ```Your Master’s aspiration
And your Master’s songsAre inseparable.
When you sing his songs soulfully,You become the pristine purity
Of his aspirationAnd the supernal beauty
Of his songs. ```To sing even one song
SoulfullyIs to have a profound meditation
Unmistakably. ```Because he consciously or unconsciously
Enjoys wrong forces,There is every possibility
That he will be strangledIn the inner world.
```Be extremely sincere
And extremely brave!You will undoubtedly make
The fastest progress. ```Let me renew each day
My prayer and my promiseTo be a perfect instrument
Of my Beloved Supreme. ```My Lord Supreme,
Since I do not haveA pure enough heart
To conquer Your Heart,Do give me the capacity to sit
Soulfully and unconditionallyAt Your Feet.
```How to feel always secure?
Each one has an answer,But the only answer
That will satisfy man’s heartIs the perfect oneness-answer.
```You will be routed
At the very beginningOf your spiritual journey
If you do not have a simple lifeAnd a loving heart.
```Your dreams cannot be
As beautiful and powerfulAs the purity and divinity
Of your self-giving heart. ```What is humility
If not a well-protected harbourIn your expanding life-sea?
```God’s Compassion-Height
Is automatic.Can we not have a gratitude-heart
That is equally automatic? ```All your hopes are shattered
Because your vital is afraidTo challenge ignorance-night
And your mind is afraidTo challenge ignorance-frown.
```Two most ancient desires:
To enjoy ignorance-nightWithout the inevitable repercussions
And to dine with wisdom-dayWithout the necessary qualifications.
```Between desire and faith
There is only oneSweet and life-illumining breath.
When the mind desiresSomething from God,
The heart feelsMore faith in God.
```The only prayer that God appreciates
Is the prayer of self-offeringFounded upon God’s
Life-illumining Vision-Light. ```I cannot reject anything,
Not even my suspicion-mind,For my existence-cry and my existence-smile
Are an integral reality. ```Don’t try to please God the creation.
It is an almost impossible task.Do try to please God the Creator.
You will succeed,For you yourself are a secret player
In God’s Vision-Game. ```If you want perfection,
Then do one thing:Stretch your self-giving arms
Towards the perfection-harbour alone. ```My life is soulful and fruitful
When I see that my LordSmilingly drinks in my gratitude-drops
Every moment of my life. ```There can be no trouble-free performance.
There can be no anxiety-free performance.There can be no rivalry-free performance.
But there can beAn unconditionally self-giving performance
By a seeker whose lifeIs all surrender-satisfaction.
```If you are really spiritual,
Then no part of your beingWill be unnecessarily theatrical,
For a spiritual lifeIs nothing other than a natural life.
```Quantity-advice
Foolishly and wilfullyMy mind gives to my heart.
Quality-advice
Lovingly and unconditionallyMy heart gives to my mind.
```Doubt is a useless weakness,
Yet it has the capacityTo cleverly and convincingly
Don the robe of wise judgement. ```When we strike
The truth-bell,Man quite often
Does not want to hear it,For he thinks it is hurtful
Instead of blissful. ```If you do not run every day
In the outer world,The human in you may forgive you.
But if you do not run every dayIn the inner world,
The divine in you will not forgive you,For the destined goal
Will always remain a far cry. ```Just keep your heart’s door open.
At every momentYou are bound to receive
Something specialFrom your Beloved Supreme.
```He simply had no idea
What would happen to himWhen he took the side of ignorance.
She simply had no idea
What would happen to herWhen she took the side of God.
```Only if you throw your heart and soul
Into your aspiration-dedication-lifeCan you claim to be
A true truth-seeker. ```Do you really care for God?
Then you must be ready to please HimIn His own divine Way.
```Alas, because he did not have implicit faith
In his MasterAnd did not love him soulfully,
The longer he stayed in his Master’s presence,The greater became his insecurity
And jealousy. ```Those who have faith in God
And love for GodWill discover the unimaginable things
God’s Power can doIn and through them.
```O truth-seekers,
Since you are consciously awake,You must accept more of the blame
For the problems of the worldThan those who are not yet awakened.
```Even he who does not pray and meditate
Knows that your prayer and meditationIndirectly give him peace.
In the heart of his heartHe knows that you really love him
And he loves you. ```You do not need to participate
In every divine task,But you do need to have the broad heart
To appreciate thoseWho have the enthusiasm and inspiration
To do the needful. ```You are finding it difficult
To achieve something for God.But God wants you to go
Even one step further.He wants you
To be something for Him. ```Work soulfully.
Lo, you will not be ableTo find any difference
Between Heaven and earth. ```His soulful music expressed
His aspiration,His realisation
And his onenessWith the Universal Consciousness.
```If you sail in your Master’s boat
To the Supreme,Then you and your Master will sing together
Eternity’s Oneness-Song. ```Always think of your life
As only one day,Today,
And just for this one dayBe truly spiritual.
```Wherever your Lord Supreme
Asks you to work,That particular place
Should be Heaven to you. ```True progress
Belongs to those who,With their aspiration and dedication,
Soulfully manifest the Supreme. ```Maintain your inner freshness.
You will be able to sail alwaysIn the Boat of the Supreme,
And He will always haveBoundless confidence
In your heart and soul. ```My Lord,
Why have I not achievedAll the things I wanted to achieve?
“My child,Just purify your mind.
Lo, all your problems are solved.” ```Never allow your pure heart
To become insecure,Not even for a second!
```Because I am
What my Father has and is,I can never be insecure.
```If your whole heart
Cries for God,Then God’s whole Heart
Will come to you. ```Do not ask your Master to come down
From his Himalayan heightsJust to give you an outer smile.
You may be satisfied with only a smile,But your Master will be miserable
That he has not been able to give youHis inner height.
```If we doubt God
Today or tomorrow,God will forgive us.
But if we doubt ourselves,Then there is nothing God can do
To save us. ```You say,
“I am an ordinary human being;I can never realise God.”
God says,“Your self-doubt is your own creation.
Now you take care of your creation.” ```If you are truly spiritual,
God’s Compassion, LoveAnd Blessings
Will act directly in and through you. ```Spirituality is inside everyone.
But while some are trying consciouslyTo bring it to the fore,
Others are still fast asleep. ```Because he was not receptive,
God tried to work through himIn an indirect way.
Therefore, he was God’sUnconscious representative.
```Because God loves you,
First He will try with LoveTo make you do the right thing.
If that fails,Then He will use Force,
Which is just another formOf His Love.
```Ignorance-forces may try to extinguish
Your flame of aspiration,But they will never succeed.
Your aspiration-flame will continue to burnBright, brighter, brightest.
```Every day I tell my Beloved Supreme
That I can be absolutely perfect.Every day my Beloved Supreme tells me
That I am His chosen child. ```If you feel
You have reached the abysmal abyss,You can use your determination
To again climb up.If you feel
You are making satisfactory progress,You can use your aspiration
To do better. ```Remember,
Every day,During each meditation,
You can transcend your past heights. ```You say you have
Neither the time nor the inclinationTo do selfless service,
But one day you will realiseThe supreme necessity of serving
Humanity and divinitySleeplessly and unconditionally.
```Although I try and fail,
Again and again I striveTo become a good runner
In my inner life. ```Be always aware of your aspiration,
Your dedication and your goal.Do not throw away
Your great, greater, greatest opportunitiesTo make the fastest progress.
```All your fellow seeker-servers
Are sailing in the same boatTowards the same goal.
Individually there may be differences,But collectively you are all bound to reach
The Golden Shore. ```When you serve your Beloved Supreme,
Outwardly you may not becomeRicher than the richest,
But inwardly you becomeA true millionaire
From His soulful and bountiful Blessings. ```Because he did not avail himself
Of his God-given opportunities,God no longer wanted him
As His choice instrument. ```What prevents you
From manifesting the Supreme?Not your helpless inability,
But your conscious unwillingness. ```God has already given you
More than the necessary capacityTo do everything He has asked you to do.
Just dive deep within.An inexhaustible source
Of energy and capacityIs waiting there for you
Not only to receiveBut also to become.
```Whatever is destined
Will one day be accomplishedIn the manifestation of the Supreme.
If today’s chosen instruments fail,New instruments will come to the stage
To play the necessary roles. ```A narrow escape from death
Made him wiser.He discovered compassion
Inside his newly-increased gratitude-power. ```During his devoted prayer
His folded handsIncreased his soulful intensity
And, like a magnet,Drew the Blessings of the Supreme.
```Avail yourself of every opportunity
That the new day brings,For every day may not have
Equal possibilities. ```He is now devotedly walking
In the footstepsOf his glorious predecessors
Who have worked very hardFor the Vision and Mission of the Supreme.
```When the Supreme brings down
Celestial Light from Above,Your receptivity gives Him
Immense Joy. ```It is not the spiritual Master,
But the Supreme inside him,Who deserves and receives
The seeker’s devotion. ```He gave credit to his own aspiration
For his outer success and inner progress,But he did not want to give poor God
Credit for anything. ```He embodies divinity
Not only when he is inDeep meditation-trance,
But also when he is inThe midst of his life-dance.
```In your pure heart
The Supreme is aliveAt every moment.
Through your pure heart
The Supreme is workingAt every moment.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 92, Agni Press, 1983
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