Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 11

1001.

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My Lord Supreme,

May my aspiration-heart

Never be an empty promise to You.

```

1002.

```

My Lord, I keep You inside

My mind's huge bag.

Where do You keep me?

"My child, I keep you inside

My Heart's most charming Pocket."

```

1003.

```

When I offer my Lord Supreme

My life's unconditional breath,

His entire Being brims with

His transcendental Pride for me. ```

1004.

```

I have not come into the world

To derail ignorance-train,

But to transform ignorance-train

Into God-Satisfaction-Perfection-Plane. ```

1005.

```

When I was an ancient seeker,

I served God while loving.

Now that I am a modern Avatar,

I love God while serving. ```

1006.

```

A heart redolent with gratitude

Is a highly valued

God-treasure.

```

1007.

```

Not laughing at world-imperfections,

But spreading our compassion

All around

Is the right way to please our Lord Supreme. ```

1008.

```

God the Perfection-Specialist

Every day offers Himself

To save the imperfection-finalist.

```

1009.

```

My Lord,

Do give me the soulful capacity

To enjoy the fragrance

Of Your Heart-Home-Garden. ```

1010.

```

If you are nothing but

Self-giving love,

How can you have any room

For a suspicious mind? ```

1011.

```

My Lord, I want to be caught

Every day, every hour and every minute

In the sweetness of my devotion-current.

```

1012.

```

My Lord,

You have taught my heart

How to love You.

You have taught my life

How to serve You.

Can you not now teach my breath

How to fulfil You?

```

1013.

```

No matter how I cry,

No matter how I smile,

No matter how I try,

I can never receive enough

Of the Beauty

Of my Lord's Compassion-Eye. ```

1014.

```

May my aspiration-heart

Be found on the fastest flight,

On the very wings of angels,

To arrive at God's Heart-Kingdom. ```

1015.

```

A heart-illumining thrill

Of divine expectation

Does expedite God's

Compassion-flooded Arrival. ```

1016.

```

My Lord, do tell me frankly

What You and Your Compassion-Eye

Were doing while my aspiring heart

Was deeply enjoying ignorance-sleep? ```

1017.

```

O my heart,

Although the inner weather

Is often inclement

And the outer waters

Are extremely rough,

On you must sail

To arrive at your God-Destination.

```

1018.

```

What is intellectual prosperity

If not a total

Spirituality-bankruptcy?

```

1019.

```

My Lord, I breathlessly cherish

Every little thing You do for me,

But I sadly fail to cherish

Every big thing You ask of me. ```

1020.

```

O my Lord Supreme,

Do bless my heart

With a free and easy access

To Your Compassion-Eye

And Your Protection-Feet.

```

1021.

```

O my haughty ignorance-mind,

Either you stop your empty boasting

Or I shall imprison you immediately —

Here and now. ```

1022.

```

My Lord, my heart's aspiration

Will never be able to breathe

Even for a single day

Without Your Compassion-Oxygen. ```

1023.

```

My Lord Supreme,

Why do You hide from me

All the time?

"My child,

What else can I do

When I see your sleeplessly

Ignorance-cherishing mind?"

```

1024.

```

A God-doubting mind

Is in serious danger

At every moment.

```

1025.

```

If we sleeplessly enjoy expectation,

How can we ever escape

From inevitable frustration?

```

1026.

```

My life is satisfied only when

It is lovingly and affectionately touched

By the smile of my heart.

```

1027.

```

My Lord Supreme does not want

My aspiration-empty mind

To be more than

A world-stage-spectator. ```

1028.

```

O seeker,

When your heart is empty of aspiration,

You will never be able to succeed

In the inner world. ```

1029.

```

There is no man-made religion

In Heaven.

There is only God-made illumination

In Heaven. ```

1030.

```

My mind does not care for directions

To Heaven.

My heart needs directions,

And my soul gives directions

Immediately, lovingly and proudly

To my heart. ```

1031.

```

What I need

Is a heart that has the capacity

For an instant aspiration-ascent

To God's Compassion-flooded Feet. ```

1032.

```

Every moment can hold

The blessings of Eternity

If we can live in the heart

Of God's Luminosity-Infinity. ```

1033.

```

If we can conquer

The proud forces of ignorance-night,

Then God will address us

As His Olympic heroes. ```

1034.

```

You can be a choice instrument of God

If your heart's sleepless and breathless choice

Is God's Compassion-Eye.

```

1035.

```

My heart's silence-language

Is the only language

That God perfectly understands.

```

1036.

```

O my heart,

Sit for perfection-examination.

I am sure you will pass

Without any difficulty. ```

1037.

```

My heart's inner happiness

Can easily dispel the heaviness

Of my life's outer burdens.

```

1038.

```

No matter how hard you try,

You can never tame the restless mind

Without the help of

Your silence-peace-heart. ```

1039.

```

A God-curiosity-seeker

Is undoubtedly

An ignorance-misguided life.

```

1040.

```

Today's

Secretly cherished desires

Tomorrow

Will openly disappoint you. ```

1041.

```

Mother-Earth secretly begs us

To live together peacefully.

Father-Heaven openly commands us

To live together peacefully, lovingly

And soulfully.

```

1042.

```

I know

Each aspiration-breath

Is a God-manifestation-promise

On earth. ```

1043.

```

A God-searching mind

Is meant to bloom.

A God-aspiring heart

Is meant to blossom. ```

1044.

```

My heart's aspiration-cries

Are always guarded and cherished

By my illumination-soul.

```

1045.

```

God always assures us

That we are definitely equal

To our God-manifestation-responsibilities.

```

1046.

```

The speed of my Lord's

Compassion-Eye

Is infinitely faster than

The speed of light. ```

1047.

```

Aspiration-alarm rings

Not to frighten my mind,

But to awaken my mind.

```

1048.

```

Cast aside your mind's

Binding and blinding preconception

Of God-satisfaction.

```

1049.

```

O my Lord Supreme,

Do stay a little longer in my heart-home

So that I can cherish

The Dust of Your Feet

And the Smile of Your Eye.

```

1050.

```

Although God unconditionally

Grants my mind sanctuary

At His Feet,

My mind vehemently rejects

His Invitation.

```

1051.

```

My mind is

An expectation-frustration-factory —

Nothing less, nothing more.

```

1052.

```

God asks me always to be careful

With my promises,

But not with my hopes.

```

1053.

```

My soul's fulness

Longs to bring my goal

To my heart's cries.

```

1054.

```

Surrender is always

Spiritually superior

To love and devotion.

```

1055.

```

How can I expect to find the beauty

Of my heart's rose

In my ever-thickening jungle-mind?

```

1056.

```

The Heart of God the Compassion

Has enabled my life

To be equal to its God-responsibilities

Here on earth. ```

1057.

```

O my mind,

It is high time for you

To obey God's all-illumining

And all-fulfilling Decrees. ```

1058.

```

I need only

My soul-association

For my life-improvement.

```

1059.

```

O unaspiring mind,

How can you ever be happy?

O ungiving heart,

How can you ever be perfect? ```

1060.

```

May my outer life

Be fearless.

May my inner life

Be guileless. ```

1061.

```

When I love my Lord Supreme

In His own Way,

I see a million hearts soaring

With my heart. ```

1062.

```

You must not reject

The physical world

If you want to feed

The spiritual world. ```

1063.

```

A mighty wave of joy

Caught my heart

When I turned my life

Into an unconditional surrender-song. ```

1064.

```

When God takes His morning Walk,

I feast upon the Beauty of His Eyes

And the Purity of His Feet.

```

1065.

```

O truth-seeker,

Show God your happiness-face.

He will immediately bless you

With His Fulness-Heart. ```

1066.

```

It is a heart

Of unimaginable beauty

That lives to love

Only God's Compassion-Eye. ```

1067.

```

The human in us wants God

To stop transcending

So that it can capture

God's Forgiveness-Feet

Permanently.

```

1068.

```

A single Smile

From my Lord's Eye

Is enough for me to recapture

The beauty and fragrance

Of my aspiration-past.

```

1069.

```

No human being

Can evade the power

Of God's Justice-Hour —

None! ```

1070.

```

My Lord Beloved Supreme,

Please do me a big favour.

Just devour, as soon as possible,

My heart's sweetness-devotion-smiles. ```

1071.

```

Nobody needs God more

Than a sleepless aspiration-heart

And a breathless dedication-life.

```

1072.

```

My Lord commands me

Not to listen to my body's

Unfounded and ceaseless complaints.

```

1073.

```

Alas, I do not remember

When and where

I ever pleased God

In God's own Way. ```

1074.

```

God never listens

To my desire-mind.

I must never listen

To my desire-mind either. ```

1075.

```

He places his heart

In his prayerful eyes

And on his soulful face.

```

1076.

```

My earth-life will satisfy God

Only when

I can bring down God's Glory

Inside my heart-cries. ```

1077.

```

If we can become

Our heart's mounting cry,

Then we shall not remain

In age-long ignorance-slumber. ```

1078.

```

If we do not love God the Creator

And serve God the creation,

Then we shall always remain

Infant and orphan cries

In the bosom of ignorance-night.

```

1079.

```

To revive our mind's lost inspiration

And our heart's lost aspiration,

We must approach God's Compassion-Eye

With the blossoming heart-smile

Of a child.

```

1080.

```

God is always ready and eager

To obliterate our teeming disappointments,

But are we ready in any way

To allow Him to do

What He wants to do

In and through us? ```

1081.

```

No heart can ever be

A stranger to peace.

It is the mind that was and still is

A perfect stranger to peace. ```

1082.

```

How can I please God

In God's own Way?

Indeed, this is the question

That is uppermost

In my God-searching mind

And God-crying heart. ```

1083.

```

I do not have to know

How I can gain entrance

To God's Heart-Abode.

God's Compassion-flooded Eye

Will do the needful

When I become my heart's

Ceaseless and helpless cries.

```

1084.

```

O my mind,

Be ever watchful.

O my mind,

Be ever prayerful.

O my mind,

Be ever soulful.

Lo, God's Pride is all yours.

```

1085.

```

Who is God?

He is God

Who has unsolicited Compassion

For the future redemption of mankind. ```

1086.

```

I must become a conscious receptacle

Of God's Compassion.

If not, how can God ever fulfil Himself

In and through my life? ```

1087.

```

The mind, which is stupidity incarnate,

Is always anxious and eager

To dismantle the heart's peace-bridge,

Which leads to God's

Nectar-flooded Kingdom.

```

1088.

```

When I become

My morning heart-cry,

God becomes

The fastest Sprinter

To approach me.

```

1089.

```

I feed and treasure

My desire-mind.

God loves and fulfils

My aspiration-heart. ```

1090.

```

A self-giving life is always inspired,

Not only divinely but also perfectly,

By God Himself

To manifest God amazingly

On earth.

```

1091.

```

My Lord,

Why are You so unkind to me?

Can You not see

That I am trying so hard

To rebuild my long-lost friendship

With You? ```

1092.

```

The wall that separates

The heart from the mind

Is the wall of ruthless misunderstanding.

```

1093.

```

O my mind,

You think you are

A messenger of light.

If so, why are you not

Fearless and spotless?

```

1094.

```

My mind's self-indulgent thoughts

Were abruptly interrupted

By God's Thunder-Feet.

```

1095.

```

O my Lord Supreme,

Do give my heart love-lessons

So that my heart can remain

Ever young, ever cheerful

And ever self-giving.

```

1096.

```

Nobody can prevent

The inevitable collision

Between the inner aspiration-world

And the outer desire-world. ```

1097.

```

The smiles of Mother-Earth

Are always blossoming,

But only the oneness-heart can see them,

Admire them, adore them and cherish them. ```

1098.

```

The arrogance of the mind

Totally destroys

The tranquillity of the heart.

But the same arrogance-mind

Helplessly trembles

At God's distant Thunder-Voice. ```

1099.

```

When I love the world,

God asks me to come to Him.

When I serve the world,

God Himself comes to me. ```

1100.

```

With His Compassion-Eye,

God speaks to me.

With my aspiration-heart,

I speak to God. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 11, Agni Press, 1996
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