Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 5

401.

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God blessingfully tells

The tired eyes of my hope

That it will energise them to look at

A new, illumining and fulfilling dawn. ```

402.

```

O my mind,

I shall never allow you to participate

In ignorance-sponsored competition.

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403.

```

If you can shed

Devotion-flooded tears,

Then God will immediately claim you

As His own, very own. ```

404.

```

Each good thought

In my mind

Is a God-playmate-friend.

```

405.

```

My Lord Supreme

Happily and proudly salutes

My forward progress-march.

```

406.

```

The problems of a doubting mind

Can never be solved by the mind.

They always remain devastating.

```

407.

```

There was a time when my name

Was aspiration-fluctuation.

But now my new name

Is aspiration-perfection. ```

408.

```

My Lord does not care for

My mind's strength.

He cares only for

My heart's length. ```

409.

```

When we are in the heart,

We are all winners.

But when we are in the mind,

We are just survivors. ```

410.

```

I came into the world

To serve God,

Not to dominate the world.

```

411.

```

I wish to live

Either in my heart's gratitude-tears

Or in my soul's plenitude-smiles.

```

412.

```

My life's dedication-smiles

Are adorning

God's Illumination-Flower-Feet.

```

413.

```

O God-seeker,

Since you have come to me,

Let me immediately show you

My God-garden-heart. ```

414.

```

My doubting mind lives

In a barren desert.

My aspiring heart lives

In the thunderous Applause of God. ```

415.

```

A God-dreamer,

A God-lover

And a God-server

Live in God's

Satisfaction-flooded Affection-Ocean.

```

416.

```

My mind's doubt-boat

Is always

On the verge of sinking.

```

417.

```

My mind's outer story

Is always boring.

My heart's inner song

Is always soaring. ```

418.

```

I never thought

That my aspiration-heart

Would be powerful enough

To make the hostile forces

Totally and helplessly nervous.

```

419.

```

Your sleepless love of God

Is the only passport

That can expedite

Your upward journey. ```

420.

```

Out of His infinite Bounty,

God has completely detached my mind

From impurity-magnet.

```

421.

```

My meditation-life

Has finally initiated me

Into the ever-blossoming mysteries

Of the Beyond. ```

422.

```

God's Compassion-Eye

And my gratitude-heart

Are two eternal friends.

```

423.

```

God sadly and helplessly looks

From one seeker to the next

To discover a God-surrendering life.

```

424.

```

A single Tear

From God's Eye

Has finally perfected my mind.

```

425.

```

God has many times mentioned

The fragrance of my gratitude-heart

In His Autobiography.

```

426.

```

O my mind,

When did God ask you

To count the misdeeds

Of the world? ```

427.

```

I need a mind

That is always hungry to learn.

I need a heart

That is sleeplessly and breathlessly

Eager to run.

```

428.

```

Each heart-runner

With his devotion-speed

Can arrive at the destination

Long before he expected. ```

429.

```

God never interferes

With your ego-life.

Why do you interfere

With God's happy Manifestation-Life? ```

430.

```

What God wants me to forget:

My life's failure-cries.

What God wants me to remember:

My heart's victory-smiles. ```

431.

```

Alas, I do not know why

My willingness always tends to be

Lethargic and unaspiring.

```

432.

```

The confidence of the heart

Is always attainable —

Just try.

```

433.

```

The one thing

That gives God ceaseless pain

Is my unwillingness-mind.

```

434.

```

God never wants me to have

A roaring vital.

He only wants me to have

A soaring heart. ```

435.

```

O my mind,

Do me a colossal favour:

Do not look at my aspiration-heart

With only your curiosity and stupidity. ```

436.

```

A smiling heart is the royal road

That leads to

God's Delight-Kingdom.

```

437.

```

O my Lord Beloved Supreme,

It is getting so late!

Do come and rescue me and my heart

From ignorance-oblivion. ```

438.

```

I must help my soul

By showing my sincere eagerness

To arrest my ego-thief.

```

439.

```

Though I do not know

Where this next step leads,

I do know

An unseen hand

Will guide me blessingfully

To my destination. ```

440.

```

The Patience of my Lord Supreme

Has now become

A tormenting sadness.

```

441.

```

My entire life

Is indebted to God,

Especially to His Forgiveness,

For many things. ```

442.

```

My prayerful and soulful heart

Is indeed

My Lord's first and foremost Blessing.

```

443.

```

To preserve our heart's spirituality-mountain

From ruin,

We need God's Compassion-Eye

And His Forgiveness-Heart. ```

444.

```

God tells me

That He does not know when and how

He became the victim

Of my unready and unwilling mind. ```

445.

```

Every morning

God awakens my aspiration-heart-bird

To sing and dance

With the rising sun. ```

446.

```

At long last

The Hour of God has struck

For me to enjoy the fragrance

Of my God-surrender-heart. ```

447.

```

We can never go beyond

The limits of truth,

But we can and we must go beyond,

Far beyond,

The limits of falsehood

To satisfy our Lord Supreme. ```

448.

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do bless my heart

With ever-increasing sincerity-cries

And sincerity-smiles. ```

449.

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do bless me with a heart

That will keep on blossoming and blooming

Like a little child. ```

450.

```

O my mind,

Can you not see

That God is not paying any attention

To your ego-performances? ```

451.

```

If the world tells me

That I look beautiful today,

It is all due to my prayerful mind

And soulful heart. ```

452.

```

There is only one place

To find peace,

And that place

Is in our life's oneness-dream. ```

453.

```

The mind dances

With the old familiar stories.

The heart dances

With the unheard God-songs. ```

454.

```

My Lord, until I become

Your Satisfaction-Reality,

I would like to remain

Your Satisfaction-Imagination. ```

455.

```

Every morning God blesses me

With the Oneness-Smile

Of His Sweetness-Heart.

```

456.

```

To live inside

An unaspiring mind

Is to breathe in

A God-empty breath. ```

457.

```

O my heart,

To successfully run

God-satisfaction and God-fulfilment-races,

Remain always happy and self-giving. ```

458.

```

To solve the riddles

Of life and death,

Self-doubt must be banished

Forever and forever. ```

459.

```

Today,

Why am I so happy?

Today,

Why am I so proud of myself?

I am happy and proud

Precisely because I clearly see

That God's Compassion-Heart

Is navigating my life-boat. ```

460.

```

I try to surprise my Lord

With my ever-new face.

God surprises me

With His Eternity's

All-embracing and all-fulfilling Heart.

```

461.

```

My doubting mind

Was finally expelled

From God's

Dream-Reality-Perfection-School. ```

462.

```

My heart vehemently dislikes

My soulless jungle-mind-noise.

My soul painfully dislikes

My heart's hesitation-delay. ```

463.

```

Before I entered into the spiritual life,

I was a mind-traveller.

But now

I am a heart-messenger. ```

464.

```

Before God appoints me to serve Him

All day and night,

He wants to examine

My silence-peace-credentials. ```

465.

```

I do not know how long

I shall remain an unopened bud

Of earthly hope.

```

466.

```

In the solitude of my heart

I see nobody

Save and except God the Smiler.

```

467.

```

The meditation of the heart

Begins

When the domination of the mind

Ends. ```

468.

```

There can be

No compensation

For missing a God-service-day.

```

469.

```

My Lord's Forgiveness-Heart

And His Compassion-Eye

Guard my days and nights.

```

470.

```

To my great surprise

I find myself mirrored

In God's Satisfaction-Heart.

```

471.

```

God tells me that

Each and every prayer of my heart

Must be saturated

With deepest love. ```

472.

```

Our strongest adversary

Is our unwillingness

To love and serve God

In His own Way. ```

473.

```

Each time I offer God

A soulful smile,

His Beyond beckons me.

```

474.

```

My heart's devotion

Inspires my mind's enthusiasm.

My mind's enthusiasm

Makes my vital dynamic

And my heart alert.

```

475.

```

A cloud of mind-confusion

Is covering my eyes

Because I am not feeding

My aspiration-heart. ```

476.

```

I finally escaped

From my mind-prison

To enjoy a vacation

In my heart-garden. ```

477.

```

"God, give me what I want"

And

"God, make me what I want"

Are indeed

Two worthless and useless prayers.

```

478.

```

O my Lord Supreme,

Do shower Your choicest Blessings upon me

So that I can easily move out of

My self-indulgence-neighbourhood. ```

479.

```

I must put

God's Name

Always before

My fame. ```

480.

```

I need a mind

That challenges the pride

Of uncomely thought-intrusions.

```

481.

```

My Lord Supreme,

I am telling You most sincerely

That I do not want to neglect

My heart's aspiration-plant. ```

482.

```

Today I am determined

To snap all

My earthly temptation-ties.

```

483.

```

It is an unaspiring mind

And never an aspiring heart

That can be mesmerised by fame.

```

484.

```

I shall continuously pass on

The oneness-torch.

This is the only way

My selfless service-life

Will always remain unlimited.

```

485.

```

This morning I entered

Into my mind's cave.

I was astonished to find

A staggering amount of ignorance therein. ```

486.

```

My Lord,

It is so good that You exist.

Otherwise, whose Compassion-Hand

Would navigate my life-boat

The way You do every day?

```

487.

```

No more shall I permit my heart

To be blinded by false words,

False teachers and false truths.

```

488.

```

The life of aspiration

Does not come from

The mind's emptiness,

But from the soul's fulness. ```

489.

```

There is no power on earth

That can permanently block

Humanity's salvation-road.

```

490.

```

Alas, I do not know

How my mind has left my heart

And disappeared into the arms

Of ignorance-night. ```

491.

```

I have drunk deep

The sorrows

Of an unsearching mind

And an unaspiring heart. ```

492.

```

May my God-realisation-hope

Spread from me

To each and every human heart.

```

493.

```

No one can prevent you

From leaving your mind's prison cell

If you want to leave.

```

494.

```

With any forward step you take

You are bringing yourself

Nearer to God.

```

495.

```

How I wish I could have

The electrifying beauty

Of a purity-heart!

```

496.

```

My heart-tears

Have always resolved

My mind-problems.

```

497.

```

I am praying and praying

To my Lord Supreme

To bless me with

A roaring

Perfection-manifestation-life.

```

498.

```

The power of concentration

Can easily silence

All the clamours of the mind.

```

499.

```

I enjoy it immensely

When my gratitude-heart

And God's Compassion-Eye

Have their endless conversation. ```

500.

```

God and God's Compassion-Eye

Will never leave anything divine on earth

Undone.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 5, Agni Press, 1996
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