Each hour is a God-Hour

1.

```

A sleepless server feels

That each hour is a God-Hour

To love God,

To serve God

And to satisfy God

In God's own Way. ```

2.

```

When I pray to God,

I accumulate.

When I meditate on God,

I assimilate. ```

3.

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I wish to be the collector

Of soulful smiles

From God-lovers

Every day and every hour

Of my life.

```

4.

```

Each good thought

Of my mind

Is welcomed

With my heart's

Congratulation-applause.

```

5.

```

Eagerness-eye sees

God-fulfilment-opportunities

Here, there and everywhere.

```

6.

```

When the aspiration-heart

Takes a long vacation,

It is bound to dream of God's Compassion-disappearance.

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7.

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Each good thought

Is a divine guard

That bravely protects

The mind-door. ```

8.

```

The mind that soars

With inspiration

Is powerfully blessed

By God's Satisfaction-Heart. ```

9.

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Inner beauty

And outer enthusiasm

Are extremely fond of each other.

```

10.

```

Uncertainty-stop signs

Are easily removed

By the heart's

Aspiration-intensity. ```

11.

```

God always predicts

His Manifestation-Victory

In and through human aspiration.

```

12.

```

It is simply impossible

For the soul to rely on

The leadership

Of the uncertain mind. ```

13.

```

If you work out

In God's Gymnasium,

Then your manifestation-muscles

Are bound to be

Extremely powerful.

```

14.

```

Each heart's

Affection-devotion-cries

Will definitely reach

God's Compassion-Eye. ```

15.

```

Alas, I do not know

When and how

I shall be able to free myself

From this upside-down life! ```

16.

```

In God's Eye

The power of surrender

Is infinitely superior

To any other power. ```

17.

```

Real inner progress

Can be measured

Only in inches

And no other way. ```

18.

```

O my stupid mind,

When will you give up

Your friendship

With your destruction-friend:

Dissatisfaction?

```

19.

```

Insecurity-insects must be ignored

At every moment

If one wants to make

Solid progress

In the inner life.

```

20.

```

To a heart of happiness

Each day is the best day

For meditation.

```

21.

```

An unaspiring mind

Is always afraid of being tried

In the spirituality-court.

```

22.

```

The real education,

Which is inner education,

Has to be always

Without compulsion. ```

23.

```

Only a purity-heart

Can climb up

The towering and

Flowering heights. ```

24.

```

To rely on one's mind

Is nothing short of

Relying on one's most inadequate

And imperfect resource. ```

25.

```

A self-giving thought

Is always the sweetest

Of all earthly charities.

```

26.

```

I do not want to live

Inside my mind's

All-encompassing stupidity.

I want to live

In my heart's

All-giving purity. ```

27.

```

There will always come a time

When the pleasure-seeking mind

Will end in tearing suffering.

```

28.

```

God blessingfully allows

His seer-poets

To consult His own Dictionary

Of the Beyond. ```

29.

```

To manifest God's Light

Here on earth,

A oneness-heart

Is everything. ```

30.

```

When the soul powerfully knocks

At the mind's door,

Eventually even the mind

Responds. ```

31.

```

A mind of sincerity

And a heart of purity

Must become lifelong companions

To reveal divinity's height

Here on earth.

```

32.

```

I am sure

That the undivine courage

Of the mind and the vital

Is bound to collapse

Sooner or later.

```

33.

```

How can you make progress

In your spiritual life

If you suffer from

Confidence-shortage

In your aspiration-heart?

```

34.

```

What you need is

A self-giving heart,

And not the spotlight of fame,

To conquer the heart of mankind. ```

35.

```

Unfortunately, the mind-room

And impurity-dust

Are always fond of each other.

```

36.

```

If you want to make

Quick and solid progress

In your spiritual life,

Then immediately move out

Of your mind's insecurity-room.

```

37.

```

Each forgotten dream

Is a reminder

Of our failure-life on earth.

```

38.

```

O my mind's inspiration-dawn,

Where are you?

O my heart's aspiration-day,

Where are you?

O my life's realisation-sun,

Where are you? ```

39.

```

The battle of the ages:

The complete acceptance

Of truth

Or the utter rejection

Of truth.

```

40.

```

God has infinitely more

Important things to do

Than to listen to your recitation

Of endless complaints. ```

41.

```

My aspiring heart's faith-flower

I shall never allow

To be thrown away.

```

42.

```

A heart

Of complete surrender

And a life

Of complete satisfaction

Inseparably live together.

```

43.

```

The tears of my oval heart

Every day feed

God-blossoming meditations.

```

44.

```

I shall pray and meditate

Soulfully, devotedly

And sleeplessly

So that the river of sorrow

Cannot wash away

My days and nights. ```

45.

```

My inner strength is founded

On two things:

God's Forgiveness-Heart

And my gratitude-heart. ```

46.

```

My Lord Supreme,

May my life from today on

Become a sweet, beautiful

And soulful

Progress-fountain.

```

47.

```

Each soulful seeker

Is indeed a blessing-beacon

Of the fast-approaching

New century. ```

48.

```

What I need is

A fast-growing prayer-plant

Inside my meditation's soul-soil.

```

49.

```

Temptation-paradise

Is not meant for those

Who want to see God seated

On His Satisfaction-Throne. ```

50.

```

Unless and until you have decided

To lose the breath of

Your ego-life,

You cannot expect God

To be mightily proud of you.

```

51.

```

A self-giving moment

Is a sure way to know

The beauty and fragrance

Of your inner progress. ```

52.

```

An aspiration-heart reminds us

Of the supreme fact

That life does not have to be

Long on deplorable shortcomings.

On the contrary, life can be

Long on striking capacities. ```

53.

```

The insanity of the mind

And the vanity of the vital

Are either consciously

Or unconsciously

Extremely fond of each other.

```

54.

```

Once you have touched

God's Forgiveness-Feet

And His Compassion-Heart,

Your life can never

Remain the same.

```

55.

```

God tells us

That if we want to participate

In our self-transcendence-run,

Then we must plan to complete

The journey.

```

56.

```

If you love God,

When you serve God

There is no such thing

As overtime.

It is all undertime!

```

57.

```

O my past,

You are powerless.

O my present,

You are helpless.

O my future,

You will be useless

If I do not wake up

To love and serve

My Lord Supreme.

```

58.

```

My Lord Supreme,

I pray to You

To make me and my heart

Two eternal gratitude-students. ```

59.

```

Hard is it

Always to clear

Fear and doubt-hurdles

In the life of aspiration

And dedication.

```

60.

```

We start our upward journey

On beautiful imagination-wings,

And we continue

On soulful aspiration-wings. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Each hour is a God-Hour, Agni Press, 1991
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