Heaven's ecstasy-flames
You can becomeIf you disperse
Your mind's jealousy-clouds. ```When I am
My receptivity-heart,God is
God's Sunrise-Smile. ```There was a time
When I playedOn my heart's
Hope-flute.Now
I am playingOn my life's
Promise-drum. ```Concentration-power
IsThe strongest power
That silencesUncomely thoughts
AndWandering mind.
```A doubt-turbulence-free mind
IsUnbelievably beautiful
AndSoulful.
```The intensity of willingness
Marks the beginningOf a divine fulness-heart.
```Alas,
Everybody wants to beA world-imperfection-perfectionist
And notA world-transformation-optimist.
```The mind-door is open
To hostile forces.The heart-door is open
To God's Tears. ```O my heart,
I want you only to love God.O my mind,
I want you only to need God.O my life,
I want you only to be of GodAnd for God.
```If you love someone,
You will naturally have concern for them.But love is infinitely more important
Than concern,For love is oneness.
```Concern gives
According to its limited willingness.Love gives
According to its fullest capacity. ```God is not asking you to be indifferent-
Far from it!But your kindness has to be flooded
With the inner light. ```Despite knowing perfectly well
That He is going to fail,God still tries and tries
To console us and illumine us. ```Feel that each day
Is the beginning of a new consciousness,The beginning of a new hope,
The beginning of a new God-loving lifeAnd God-manifesting life.
```Claim your Master's achievements
As your very own.You will make your Master
The happiest person on earth. ```You did nothing
For God.Yet
You expect everythingFrom Him.
```Beautiful
IsThe God of Light.
PowerfulIs
The God of Compassion.Delightful
IsThe God of Dream.
```Willingness
HasIntensity-speed.
Self-givingnessIs
The destination-arrival. ```The heart of Heaven
Sweetly whispers.The mind of earth
Ruthlessly roars. ```You will be completely lost
Only when you ignoreThe God-dreams
Of your aspiration-heart. ```My Lord,
To love You is not onlyThe one thing,
ButThe thing,
The only thingI want to have
AndI want to be.
```My silence-meditation-peace
IsMy Lord's Victory-Throne.
```The mind is needed
To imagineGod-manifestation-possibilities.
The heart is neededTo explore
God-manifestation-possibilities.The life is needed
To fulfilGod-manifestation-possibilities.
```What is aspiration?
Aspiration isThe champion-transcendence-runner.
```My aspiration-strength
AndGod's Satisfaction-Length
Are always foundTogether.
```God the Justice
IsMy interviewer.
God the CompassionIs
My interpreter. ```O my mind,
Stop being a stranger toYour soul's illumination-smiles
AndYour heart's aspiration-cries.
```The heart-dreamer
We all are.The mind-disbeliever
We equally are. ```A constant satisfaction-heart
IsThe Heaven-ticket paid.
```O doubt-infested mind,
From you I shallSuccessfully hide.
```As quantity-enormity
IsA universal experience,
Even so, quality-rarityIs
A universal experience. ```When I pray
God blesses meWith an inspiration-boat.
When I meditateGod blesses me
By turning me intoThe aspiration-boatman.
```When I love God
For my sake,My mind and I enjoy
Ignorance-darkness-feast.When I love God
For God's sake,My heart and I enjoy
His Wisdom-Light-Feast. ```Be not seen inside
The ferocious prideOf your mind
AndThe voracious greed
Of your vital. ```Friends will come
AndFriends will go.
Brothers and sisters will comeAnd
Brothers and sisters will go.Who will remain with me
Forever?My Eternity's God-lover.
```The devotion-tears
Of the heartAre the fastest
God-discoverers. ```Many have done it
And I shall do it.I shall break asunder
My mind's doubt-bondage-chains. ```If you want to please God
In God's own Way,Then the first thing
You have to doIs
To shut downYour impure mind's
Impure thoughtImpurity-factory.
```May my life's divinity
Be fully blossomedInside my heart's
Meditation-prosperity. ```May I become my heart's
Enthusiasm-birdWith
Eagerness-wingsTo fly in God's
Satisfaction-Sky. ```May my self-giving
Oneness-businessEvery day,
Every hour,Every minute,
Every second prosper,To please my Lord Beloved Supreme
In His own Way. ```If your mind
Can derailYour aspiration-train,
Then you can fix itWith your heart's
Sterling faith. ```We are so fortunate
ThatGod the Compassion
And notGod the Justice
Examines our life'sPerfection-progress.
```Is there any human mind
That does not wantTo monopolise
God's Compassion-Smiles? ```Your mind
May not haveAny respect for truth.
But your heartShould have
Not only respect,But also love for truth.
```Alas,
We do not know why,But we do allow hesitation
To hamper our heart'sProgress-speed.
```All achievement-adventures
Are not only powerful,But also
Beautiful and fruitful. ```O my mind,
I will absolutelyNo more allow you
To interfereIn my heart's
Hope-activities. ```Enthusiasm
Is the fastest speedOf the searching mind.
EagernessIs the fastest speed
Of the aspiring heart.Oneness
Is the fastest speedOf the serving life.
```Beautiful I am
When I pray and singWith the morning stars.
Peaceful I amWhen I meditate and sing
With the evening stars. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Heaven's Ecstasy-Flames, Agni Press, 1994
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