The human in us quite often
Beats frustration-drums.The divine in us always
Plays illumination-flute. ```O seeker, do you not realise
What you are doing?Every day, just because
You pray and meditate,You feel that you have the right
To make extravagant demandsUpon God.
```Only if you live in the heart
Can you expect to feelThe presence of your soul.
Otherwise, you will be nothing butYour mind's insane
Hurry and worry. ```Is there any mind
That does not thinkIt can easily be
A God-specialist? ```When the mind lives
In its own negativity-cave,The divine in us
Painfully hides. ```Quite often expectation embodies
Bad news and sad news.Therefore, we must be careful
Of our sundry expectations. ```My Lord Supreme,
Help me, help meTo hurry home,
Where Your Love'sOcean-Delight is.
```Delight and self-giving
Were born at the same timeAnd will always live
Together. ```No matter how negligible
And insignificantYour ignorance-thoughts are,
They are bound to obstruct and delayYour Heavenward march.
```If we do not pray and meditate,
Then we are foolishly waitingFor help that will never arrive.
```O seeker,
You have made tremendous progressNow that you do not have
Even an iota of faithIn your mind-vital-train.
```God does not mind
If you do not understand HimWhen He speaks to you.
You can be sureHe is not going to make
His point clearerJust because you want Him
To make you understandWhat He is saying.
His Vision-Light is notSomething to understand
But something to love and loveAnd eventually grow into.
```When my expectation rises
With the morning sun,My frustration begins
With the setting sun. ```If you allow your mind
To leave its door wide openTo doubt,
Then God-blossoming faithYou will never be able to claim
As your own. ```O obedience,
How sweet is your smile!O obedience,
How pure is your song!O obedience,
How perfect is your breath! ```If your life revolves around God,
Then only are you entitledTo prayerfully claim God's Vision-Eye
And His universal HeartAs your own.
```The heart is always eager
To tell the worldThat its excellence-life
Entirely belongs toGod's Compassion-Light.
```Be not afraid
To think high thoughts.Today's high thoughts
Will tomorrow blossomInto an omnipotent Will.
```Are you sure
That you are worshippingYour Lord Supreme
At His Shrine?See if perhaps by mistake
You have been all alongWorshipping yourself
At your mind-shrine. ```The divine dignity
Of a seeker's sleepless obedienceCan give the seeker
Tremendous inspiration,Tremendous enthusiasm
And tremendous delight. ```Each good thought
Inside your silence-mindIs indeed a peace-seed,
And before long these seedsWill be able to enjoy
Their golden harvest. ```An ordinary man is possessed
By his possessions.A spiritual man fulfils himself
By being possessed by God alone. ```The moment we accept desire-life
To please ourselves,Our aspiration-death
Starts nearing us. ```A true lover of peace
Eventually becomesA perfect giver of peace.
```You can be free
From worldly entanglementIf you can convince yourself
That Heavenly enlightenmentIs your sleepless and breathless choice.
```There is not a single day
That God does not invite our heartTo meditate.
But at times our heart is dominatedBy the unwillingness
Of the vital and the mind. ```If surrender is not
The strongest point in your life,How can you make
The fastest progress in spirituality? ```When I look
Into each and every cornerOf my heart-room,
I see only one thing:God's Compassion-Eye.
```Ignorance does not know the way
To go forward, to dive deep withinOr to fly upward.
It only knows the wayTo go backward.
```My poor Lord, every day
When I enter into Your Heart,I see nothing but countless wounds.
```I struggle
For my world-supremacy.God struggles
For my heart-intimacy. ```My self-love
Always stands againstMy Lord's Promise-Blossoms.
```If I can become
An unconditionally surrenderedInstrument of God,
Temptation is bound to avoid me. ```Doubt, suspicion and arrogance —
These are the threeAlmost incurable diseases
Of the mind. ```A genuine aspiration-heart
Can definitely free itselfFrom ever-mounting desires.
```Are you looking for God?
God is coming.I hope you will be ready
To receive God in God's own Way.If not, frustration will eclipse
Your hope-sun. ```No yesterday and no tomorrow
For those who loveGod-manifestation!
God-manifestation has to take placeHere and now.
```Who is ruling your life?
If you are aspiring,Then God Himself is ruling your life.
But if you are in the desire-world,Then your mind
Is definitely ruling your life. ```Free yourself
From your self-chosen bondage!God wants you to enjoy
The beauty and fragranceOf universal freedom.
```The reason you fail to see God
Is simple:You have lost your hunger
For God's Heart-manifestationOn earth.
```If you listen to temptation-songs,
How can you expect GodTo dance His Illumination-Dance
For you? ```Every day I love and treasure
God's Forgiveness-FootstepsInside my aspiration-heart.
```God does not mind
If you imitate Him,But He does mind
If you doubt Him. ```Just one unguarded moment
Can create lifelong sufferingFor us.
```My doubting mind,
I am determined to irritate you.My loving heart,
I am determined to please youAbove everything.
```God did give you
The first chance,But your desire-bound mind
Ruined everything! ```A heart of devotion
And a life of gratitudeKnow no parallel.
```The beauty of surrender
Blesses usWith a perfection-bliss-life.
```Humility is not
A world-conquering realityBut a world-elevating
And world-transforming reality. ```Take your God-search seriously
If you want to make your soul,Your heart and your life
Happy eternally. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Take your God-search seriously, Agni Press, 1994
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