My Lord’s Grace
Begins.My helpless life
Ends. ```God the Heart
Forgives. ```God the Eye
Erases. ```God the Mind
Forgets. ```God the Smile
Embraces. ```My heart
IsA God-gratitude-song.
```My life
IsA God-beatitude-flute.
```My soul
IsA God-plenitude-dream.
```I adore
God’s Protection-Arms. ```I love
God’s Compassion-Eye. ```I worship
God’s Forgiveness-Feet. ```There is only one home
And that isMy God-gratitude-heart.
```To love God more, infinitely more,
Is not enough,But to love only God
Is, indeed, enough. ```Life is a long road.
Along the road at every momentWe must remain cheerful and
Self-offering. ```A self-offering life
IsA God-fulfilling dream.
```The very thought of God
Is, indeed,A most treasured experience.
```My progress comes
From my heart-tearsAnd
From my soul-smiles. ```We surprise the soul
By sayingWe cannot.
```The soul surprises us
By showing us thatWe have already done it.
```The world
Is being destroyedBy possession-obsession-hunger.
```The world can be illumined
And fulfilledBy obsession-renunciation-
Hunger-fulfilment. ```The Master scolds only those
Whom he breathlessly lovesAnd sleeplessly needs.
```May my heart, mind, vital
And bodyBe all Heaven-climbing
Aspiration-flames. ```I shall no longer allow
My undivine life of the pastTo darken my heart-door.
```Temptation-storms can be stopped
Only byThe indomitable aspiration-sun.
```The world needs newness-mind
And oneness-heart-pilgrimsMore than anything else.
```To advise others is drinking water.
To practise ourselves the same adviceIs climbing up ten Himalayas.
```A God-smiling heart
I always love. ```A God-guarded life
I always need. ```I prepare my mind
To meet God. ```I prepare my heart
To sitAt God’s Feet.
```I prepare my life
To obeyAnd please God.
```God tells me all the secrets
Only when I most sincerelyLove humanity’s heart
And serve humanity’s life. ```It is extremely difficult
To believeThat somebody can say
That each and every breath of hisHas been a “yes” to God’s Will.
```God has made
My lifeHis Dream-World.
```I must make
God’s LifeMy reality-world.
```When I ask my mind
To show me the wayTo God’s Palace,
Alas, it takes meTo a totally wrong destination.
```When I ask my heart
To show me the wayTo God’s Palace,
My poor heart is smittenBy uncertainty.
```When I ask my soul
To show me the wayTo God’s Palace,
My soul not only shows me the way,But also takes me
Right to the Palace gate. ```To my great joy,
From today on, my life will go forwardWith firm and assured steps
To manifest God in His own Way. ```If God promises,
He will definitely come.Exercise the strength of your patience.
```O my anxiety-lover-mind,
Do you not see that you areA withered flower?
```God’s special Grace
Is of paramount importanceTo acquire spiritual fitness in life.
```In one second
God can change everybody’s mindFor the better,
And, indeed,My mind is no exception.
```The mind-world tells me
All there is:Nothing but fantasy-hallucination.
```The heart-world tells me
All there is:Nothing but ecstasy-illumination.
```Each heart-door
Must have a special signboard:“Welcome, God the Guest.”
```My God-surrender-life
Is extremely hard workPerformed by God Himself.
```Be a God-lover.
God will without failTurn you into a God-partner.
```God’s Forgiveness
Tells me:“Wake up, My child!”
```God’s Compassion
Tells me:“Stand up, My son!
Run! Run!It is already too late.”
```My mind
Tells me:Power is all that there is.
```My heart
Tells me:Love is all that there is.
```My soul
Tells me:God is all that there is.
```My God tells me:
My child,Without you
I am a meaningless dream.With you
I am a Fulness-Reality. ```Desire-tree
UprootAs soon as possible.
```Aspiration-plant
GrowSlowly, steadily and unerringly.
```My determination
Is notMy mind-expression.
```My determination
IsMy heart-expansion.
```To say that God
Is my first choiceIs nothing short of stupidity.
```To say that God
Is my only choiceIs the height, depth and length
Of my wisdom. ```If you cannot be
At the promise-land,Try at least to be
In the hope-boat. ```I am satisfied
When my heart sitsAt the Feet of God.
```I am fully satisfied
Only when my mind kisses the dustOf God’s Feet.
```Nobody can force us
To liveIn the doubt-cell of our mind.
Alas, it is our self-chosen experience. ```Ignorance-jungle-mind
Can have a long breathBut not a permanent breath.
```Forcefully close
The doorOf the past.
```Prayerfully open
The doorOf the present.
```Self-givingly open
The doorOf the future.
```May my God-invocation
HaveA sleepless heart.
```May my God-gratitude-heart
Echo and re-echoIn my Lord’s
Compassion-flooded Heart. ```To please God in His own Way
All the timeIs not an impossible task.
```True,
Ignorance-sleep there is,But who prevents me from being
A fully awakened life? ```Although we know
The truth,We are apt to practise
Untruth. ```An opportunity lost
Does not meanIt will never come back again.
```The difference between
The mind and the heart is this:The mind wants to be self-sufficient;
The heart wants to be God-efficient. ```My Lord,
Do You know what saves my life?The Compassion-Beauty of Your Smile.
```The faith of my heart
Is always cradledBy God’s Arms.
```Nothing can be as true as this:
God suffers infinitely moreWhen we fall.
```There should be no day in my life,
My Lord,When You are not
The King of my heart. ```The humility of the mind
AndThe purity of the heart
Are twins. ```Divine love
Does not defend —It only expands.
```My life must never live between
My self-justificationAnd
My God-dissatisfaction. ```When I lose sight of God,
My heart immediately dies,But my life as usual continues.
```I am able to go with You,
My Lord,Not because my love for You
Is strong,But because You are
Your Compassion-Heart. ```Do not expect God to play with you
When you feed your ego-mindSumptuously.
```A mind of discipline
We all needAnd not a life of austerity.
```If you want to fly,
You must discard all at onceYour earth-bound ego-tie.
```I am trying to replace
My human faceWith Divinity’s
Infinite Grace. ```This world is not
For interpretation.This world is
For transformation. ```As my Lord has the capacity
For Compassion,Even so, my vital has the capacity
For depression. ```To establish my God-need,
I must liveIn the heart of silence.
```May my God-love-fountain-heart
Immediately shed tearsAt others’ downfall.
```Belief
Is dependable.Faith
Is indispensable. ```My God-manifestation
Is my heart-expansionAnd not my life-demonstration.
```The mind
EnjoysGod-indifference.
```The heart
EnjoysGod-preference.
```God loves me dearly
Only when I rejectMy mind-insistence.
```Real joy is not in proclaiming
But in unfoldment,Specially self-unfoldment.
```I have only one goal:
A fleeting God-glimpse. ```God makes His Heart-Garden
With man’sHeart-fragrance-plants.
```Only a fool can wait
For tomorrow’sPromise-fulfilment.
```My heart’s rainbow-dreams
Have passed far beyondThe horizon-extremities.
```I must pilot my heart-boat
Far beyond the reachOf my mind’s doubt-waves.
```Each seeker’s heart-tears
Are at once sweeter than the sweetestAnd purer than the purest.
```I must in no time
AwakenMy God-forgetfulness-life.
```A devotion-heart
IsDivinity’s signal Pride.
```When we do not aspire,
We are forced to watchOur blind desire-dance-life.
```My soul has been singing
God-gratitude-songsFrom age to age.
```Tasteless
Are the mind-frowns. ```Delicious
Are the heart-smiles. ```The heart’s purity-light
Is illuminingThe mind’s ignorance-night.
```When I am in
My body,I am dead tired.
```When I am in
My soul,I am ever-untiring.
```Every day
I am givenA newness-God-fulfilment-start.
```My heart
Is full of unwrittenGod-devotion-songs.
```Every morning
My soul ploughs and ploughsMy God-receptivity-heart-fields.
```God is God’s
Compassion-Touch.My heart-pangs
Are nowhere. ```Earth-knowledge
Teaches the mind. ```Heaven-wisdom
Enriches the heart. ```A purity-singing heart
IsA God-fulfilling life.
```My God-obedience-life
Responds toThe first God-duty-bell.
```An insincerity-mind
Shall never arrive atThe God-Satisfaction-Destination.
```My fastest progress
In my inner lifeNeeds God’s Thunder-Justice-Voice.
```I want my inner life
To be obliviousTo the world.
```My aspiration-heart
Is sumptuously fedBy God’s
Affection-Cradle-Songs. ```Ignorance-demon
Compels usTo bow and bow.
```How sweet and pure
AreThe God-manifestation-dreams.
```God’s Will
Is the protectorOf my heart’s inner silence.
```Alas,
Aspiration-povertyIs my heart’s name.
```Each human being
Takes birthWith aspiration-flames within.
```May my heart
Always stand firmThrough all my mind-doubt-storms.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
WeepsAt our inner blindness-life.
```Self-transcendence is not only
A most beautiful dreamBut also a most powerful reality.
```Aspiration can solve
All human problems. ```Every day I must read
At least one pageFrom my God-surrender-book.
```Alas,
When will I ever be worthy ofGod’s Oneness-Heart?
```God quietly comes.
My heartbeatImmediately quickens.
```I revel in
The delightOf God-Commands.
```I am
My oneness-hopeWith God.
```I do not need a mind
Accustomed to success.I need only a heart
Devoted toMy God-satisfaction-progress.
```I have decided
In my next incarnationI shall take birth
Where God-dreamsAre born.
```My God-disobedience
Is my immediateGod-aspiration-death.
```The golden dust
Of my Lord’s FeetIs indispensable
For my God-realisation. ```My God-surrender
IsMy God-Feet-discoverer.
```I want Satisfaction
From God’s Heart. ```God wants perfection
From my life. ```Like my soul,
May my heart always hastenTo the beckoning Call
Of my Lord Supreme. ```I surrender my earth-bound will
To God’s Heaven-free WillAt the God-blossoming sunrise.
```May my ego-surrender to God’s Will
Be completeLong before the advent of
Tomorrow’s dawn. ```Every day
Poor God hungers forMy readiness, willingness
And eagerness. ```It is neither too late
Nor too earlyTo start pleasing God
In His own Way. ```Not to satisfy God
In God’s own WayIs to commit
An Himalayan blunder. ```In the spiritual life,
Surrender isThe mountain-high attainment.
```May my heart breathlessly cry
Whenever it does not feelThe Presence
Of my Lord Supreme. ```The power of silence
Is far beyond the flightsOf all imagination.
```God can accomplish everything
In and through my lifeIf I have implicit faith in Him.
```A sleepless devotion-heart
Is a champion runnerIn the inner world.
```Each good thought
Is a stepping-stoneTo my Lord’s celestial Palace.
```Every day I must uproot
The weedsOf my desire-mind.
```Because we have
A fractured heart,We do not pray to God
Twenty-four hours a day. ```Of all the trophies,
The God-surrender-trophyIs the most valuable.
```O beauty of my simplicity-mind,
Where are you,Where?
```O fragrance of my purity-heart,
Where are you,Where?
```O constant God-hunger of my life,
Where are you,Where?
```O my mind, vital and body,
It is high time for youTo wake up!
```May my heart, mind, vital and body
Always sing in tuneWith the voice of my soul.
```If you do not think of God
All the time,How do you expect God
To love you and please youAll the time?
```Not only every year, every month
And every dayBut also every minute
Abounds with hope. ```The soul-bird carries
God’s MessagesTo the aspiring hearts.
```In silence
My heart criesFor God’s Compassion-Eye.
```Indifference is the ultimate weapon
Of GodWhen a seeker stops praying
And meditating. ```Our human imperfections
Always delayGod’s full manifestation
On earth. ```A sleepless surrender
Is the fastest way to become oneWith God’s Will.
```Knowledge-thirst
We all have.Wisdom-hunger
We all need. ```Desires are poisons
HiddenIn our spiritual life.
```A life of genuine surrender
Is, indeed,A spiritual holiday.
```If you are afraid
Of your future life,Then your present life
Cannot be better than useless. ```God wants us to take exercise
In His Heart-GardenAnd not in our mind-gymnasium.
```An invisible atom
Has unspeakableWorld-destruction-power.
```A heart of unity
IsA life of true evolution.
```We have no idea how quickly
Ignorance can mutilateOur spiritual life.
```Luminosity of the mind
IsThe freedom of life.
```If we love God
Inside our Master,Then our Master will remain
Inside our heartEven if he is in Heaven.
```Alas, when will I have
Two shining, God-lovingEyes?
```Tomorrow’s security-mind
NeverTakes birth.
```Man is man’s
WildMind-power-laughter.
```God is God’s
SweetHeart-Power-Smile.
```I do not cry for
An aspiration-heart.I cry for my Lord’s
Satisfaction-Smile. ```To realise God,
Countless inspiration-yearsAnd aspiration-tears
Are needed. ```There is no such thing
As blind belief.It is all the heart’s
Wisdom-light. ```When I pray,
I pray toEternity’s Sun.
```When I meditate,
I meditate onInfinity’s Sky.
```All man-made religions
Are nothing short ofDistorted messages
Of God. ```Self-sacrifice is
The all-fulfilling visionOf our self-transcendence.
```God tells me
That whoever aspiresWill be blessed
With a diamond-heart. ```Life is precious —
When we enter intoThe spiritual life,
We learnThis sublime truth.
```The false mind-god
Is rulingThe entire world.
```Finally, my mind is ready
To enjoyA God-prayer-life.
```Whenever I get an opportunity,
I sing God’sGod-manifestation-song on earth.
```At the end of my life-journey
My Lord will ask meNot what I have done,
But what I have become. ```God tells me that if ever
He gets any extra time,Then He will think
Of judging me. ```Newness and fulness
Must be our twoGod-devotion-homes.
```Heaven
As known by earthIs all God-Beauty.
```Earth
As known by HeavenIs all God-duty.
```Life is
A continuouslySacred adventure
Towards Infinity. ```When we read
The book of the world,Our soul is amused,
Our mind is confusedAnd
Our heart is abused. ```O my Lord Supreme,
Do come to meIn every moment
Of my living breath. ```I cannot live without
Some newness-lightFrom Father Heaven.
```I cannot live without
Some sweetness-delightFrom Mother Earth.
```I can never recognise
My soul,No matter how hard I try.
But I do recogniseMy Lord Beloved Supreme,
No matter how carelesslyI try.
```It is hope
That is keeping us aliveIn the muddled mess
Of the world. ```A touch of the Infinite
Tells usThat our Lord Beloved Supreme
Is next door. ```O world, I have good news
For you.Just wait, I am getting it
From my divinity’sPinnacle-height.
```My mind becomes
Happy and proudBecause it thinks
It is the boss. ```My heart becomes
Happy and proudBecause at every moment
God chooses itTo be of service to Him.
```When I see my Lord crying,
I try to becomeA different person.
But, alas, I fail. ```When my Lord sees me crying,
He immediately satisfies meBy transforming my life,
Inner and outer. ```If you look
Beyond my words,You will be happy.
```If you look
Beyond my tears,You will be amply satisfied.
```God wants me to whisper
My sweet and sacred vowsOnly to Him.
```My Lord, I do not mind
If You want to remainConcealed,
But allow me to revealMy love of You.
```My dedication-life
Is nothing other thanMy heartbeat-thrill.
```We agree readily
With God’s Will,But do we ever care
To fulfil Him? ```I claim everything of God
As my own, very own,Specially God’s Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-Heart. ```A oneness-world
IsGod-Beauty’s Face.
```Most of the souls,
After a brief vacation in Heaven,Come back
To Mother Earth. ```Man is by nature
Ungrateful.This is, indeed,
An understatement. ```If you are going to be
A topmost seeker,Then your roots
Have to be very deep. ```The mind thinks that
God-obedienceIs a most difficult thing.
```The heart feels and knows that
God-obedienceIs not at all a difficult task.
```In times of spiritual emergency,
I do not go to God’s Eye,Not even to God’s Heart,
But to God’s Feet.And God’s Feet come
To my immediate rescue. ```Century after century
One has to please GodBefore one can dream of
God-realisation. ```In the morning
God comes to meAs God-hunger.
```In the evening
God comes to meAs Nectar-Delight.
```The mind’s greatness
HasA very short life.
```The heart’s goodness
Not only has a long lifeBut eventually becomes
Immortal. ```A cloudy confusion-mind
Is compelled to stayFarther than the farthest
From the sublime Destination. ```God-longing tears
Remain unparalleledIn sweetness-beauty.
```O seeker, speak not about
God-realisationWhile you are still in
Your iron attachment-cage. ```My surrender-life
Every day devoursGod’s Ecstasy-Tears.
```Each human being lives
Between his life’s tragedy-tearsAnd his soul’s comedy-smiles.
```The outside God tells me
How many more thingsI have to do.
```The inside God tells me
How many thingsI have already done.
```A disobedience-mind
Is nothing short ofA tornado-attack.
```A mind of indifference
Is, indeed,A total surprise-shock
To God’s Will. ```As a God-seeker,
I look at God’sCompassion-Eye.
```As a God-lover,
I look into God’sForgiveness-Heart.
```As a God-server,
I place myself at God’sTransformation-Feet.
```Real friendship
Means sacrificeAnd self-giving.
```The soul has taken up
The challengeTo perfect all the members
Of its family. ```God loves my hide-and-seek tears.
Therefore He enters my temple-heartAnd cheers.
```May my life-chime
Sleeplessly ring.May my heart-bird
Breathlessly sing. ```A new life has just begun.
I amMy hope-flooded sun.
```My Lord, my Lord,
How do I dareTo stay unaware
Of Your Love-Care? ```My Lord commands,
“Come here! Come here!Show Me your face.
When will you claimMy highest sphere?”
```O never miss, never miss
Our Supreme Lord’sNectar-Bliss.
```My ignorance-life
I shall outlastTo take part in
God’s Cosmic Play cast. ```As wind and water
Fly and flow,So at my Lord’s Feet
My breath shall glow. ```My Lord,
May my sweetness-loveBe Your Heart’s
Fondness-dove. ```O my busy mind,
Come here, sit down.Enjoy watching God-Height-Summit’s
Golden Crown. ```My soul commands,
“Go on, go on, go on,To clasp and claim
God’s Rainbow-Dawn.” ```No more I am
My wild vital-madness.I am my God-nearness,
I am my God-gladness. ```My soul wants my life
To be readyFor the deepest
God-surrender-dive. ```To love
Is to stop sleepingIn ignorance-night.
```When my heart-shrine
Invokes God,He in no time appears
With His proudest Smile. ```No matter what befalls me,
I shall always pleaseMy Lord Supreme
In His own Way. ```The sacred
Master-disciple relationshipCan only be felt by both parties
And never described. ```God begs us to stop criticising
And minimisingOthers’ lofty achievements.
```Alas, when will my mind
Stop registering its opinionUnwanted?
```If we do not aspire,
We must realiseThat spiritual death
Awaits usAt every moment.
```By patiently enduring hardship,
We can become a passengerOf the fastest ship
Of our Lord SupremeTo cross the ignorance-sea.
```I treasure only one thing
At every moment:My Lord’s Compassion-flooded
Approval. ```Infinity beckons us
The momentWe are awakened.
```The Master’s presence
Is somethingThat our aspiration-heart
Drinks deep. ```To make our Lord Supreme happy
In His own Way,We must destroy all our
Desire-treasures. ```A seeker is wise beyond measure
If he feathers every dayHis heart-nest.
```The spiritual life means
The seeker must feedHis Master’s
God-fulfilment-needAll the time.
```I must help my soul
Every dayIn its peace-manifestation-task.
```In the spiritual life,
The golden daysAre always ahead
And not behind. ```Even a fleeting
God-surrender-aspirationIs of tremendous value.
```The mind-pockets
Are always emptyOf divine coins.
```For everything
We must go to the source:God’s Will.
```Every morning my heart-garden
Prayerfully invokesGod’s Footsteps.
```My life is in between
My intolerance-mindAnd
My tolerance-heart. ```We can never overestimate
The powerOf God’s Compassion-Eye.
```May this very moment
Be the swansongOf my ignorance-life.
```God allows us to swim
In His Affection-SeaUnconditionally
As long as we want to. ```Every day I enjoy
My soul’sSupreme supremacy.
```No more shall I allow
Fear and doubtTo enslave my mind.
```The mind is loaded
With worries and anxietiesPrecisely because it remains a stranger
To faith in God. ```A desire-mind
NeedsAn inner emptiness-life.
```Each dream of my heart
IsBeauty unparalleled.
```The moment I sincerely love God,
I see nowhereMy weakness-heart.
```May my aspiring life
Be made ofMy heart-beauty-roses.
```I am desperately searching
For my guardian angelTo unchain my life
From ignorance-slavery. ```The smiles of the souls
Are immortal.They never grow old.
```The desire-mind
Always remains emptyIn the heart-garden.
```An adamantine will-power
Can easily change the fateThat falls upon our heads.
```A sophisticated mind
Is, indeed, a cloudIn the aspiration-world.
```Even when I do not think of God,
God’s Compassion-EyeGuards my heart-garden.
```From today on,
Mine is the heartThat will not disappoint God
In anything. ```May my heart-smiles
Be quick in replacingMy mind-frowns.
```To me,
Nothing is as valuableAs my God-gratitude-heart-smile.
```My heart-songs
Are the wavesOf my God-oneness-silence-life.
```My prayer-life
Is my very first contactWith God’s Compassion-Eye.
```Faith does not talk.
It onlySmiles and acts.
```A constant God-readiness-life
IsMy solid profession.
```An ingratitude-mind
Does not believe inGod’s Compassion-Eye.
```The mind cannot hide
The messagesOf the all-illumining soul.
```God treasures
My enthusiasm-lifeAnd eagerness-heart
More than anything else. ```Without devotion-stamps,
No letter can be sentTo God’s celestial Heights.
```The tears of the heart
AndThe smiles of the soul
Reach faster than the fastestThe four corners of the globe.
```God is extremely fond
And proud ofA purity-heart.
```Every day
My heart reads and readsAll God-Forgiveness-stories.
```Not once but many times
My Lord’s Compassion-EyeHas lifted me
From my mind-grave. ```I thrust myself
At God’s Compassion-FeetFor a life of peace.
```If we have faith in God,
We can gloriously manage our livesNo matter where we are.
```A God-longing life
IsA God-feeling heart.
```No divine love can ever fall
From the life-treeTo the ground.
```My mind-ego bleeds
When I feedMy God-surrender-life.
```The smile of the soul
Is the ownerOf my heart-rose.
```Our morning meditation
Captures the rising beautyOf the sun.
```God tells us that
No devotion-presentCan ever be insignificant.
```My loving and caring thoughts
Directly come fromGod’s Compassion-Eye.
```Where is Heaven,
If not in the serenity of the mind,Purity of the heart
And simplicity of the life? ```God sanctions real satisfaction
When we care for others’ needsMore than we care for our needs.
```A heart-singer
Is God’sPerfection-blossoming life.
```A self-giving heart
Can easily enter intoThe vastness and fulness
Of the skies. ```Our soulful hearts
Please GodAnd not our doleful lives.
```Two lovers:
The mind and the heart.The mind loves the doubt-mountain;
The heart loves the faith-fountain. ```I shall not allow my mind any more
To waste timeIn expectation-temptation.
```I do not want to be
A mind-computer-voter.I want to be
God’s Compassion-Eye-server.I also want to be
God’s Forgiveness-Heart-promoter. ```No unaspiring thought
Will ever be ableTo reach Heaven’s Gate.
```Ignorance,
You must close your eyesAnd die in God.
```Our complete surrender
To God’s WillIs only a minute away
From God’s smiling Presence. ```When we perform
Our God-surrender-task,We feel that the whole world
Belongs to us. ```Our self-styled opinions
Take us awayFrom God-fulfilling thoughts.
```Patience-trees
ProduceAmbrosial blossoms.
```The animal in us
TriesTo chase God.
```The human in us
TriesTo purchase God.
```The divine in us
TriesTo embrace God.
```Aspiration-stagnation
Is the saddest failureIn the spiritual life.
```When we are so infatuated
With ourselves,Our souls get infuriated.
```The moment we are sincere
To ourselves,We are bound to feel
That our spiritual progressIs overdue.
```Alas, how stupid we are!
We treasureOur insecurity-ties.
```Attachment is affliction
Right from the beginningTo the end.
```The outer self-importance
Is nothing short ofInner impotence.
```May the seeker in me
Always remainA silence-listener.
```My gratitude-heart
IsMy God-satisfaction-life-capacity.
```A God-surrender-life
Brings us backFrom death to breath.
```My soul-smiles
Feed onGod-Delight.
```Three miracles:
A mind of faith,A life of surrender
AndA heart of promise.
```The soul’s worlds
Are shocked to seeThe weeping body
Of the world. ```How can anybody
Give enough of himselfTo his Lord Beloved Supreme?
```O my foolish mind,
How can you beginTo harvest peace
When you have not yet sownThe peace-seeds?
```I have come into the world
To erase and replace my mindWith my heart.
```I love my heart-dreams
And notMy mind-schemes.
```When we are propelled by the power
Of our inner faith,We can do the impossible.
```God does not test our heart.
He just loves to tasteOur heart.
```Alas, the desire-mind
Tears asunderThe beautiful and fragile
Heart-petals. ```Not self-contempt
But self-improvementHas to be our continuous choice.
```To harbour bitterness
Against othersIs to be away, far away
From God’s Satisfaction-Tower. ```God proudly treasures
My sanctified heartAnd
My simplified life. ```When we serve God
In God’s own Way,A harvest of delight
Awaits us. ```God-obedience
Is, indeed,Always fragrant.
```God-disobedience
Is, indeed,Always flagrant.
```A desire-mind
Is alwaysPeace-bankrupt.
```An unwillingness-mind
IsA God-displeasure-experience.
```What I need is a mind
That is a total strangerTo thought-waves.
```May my heart carry
Every dayThe Olympic flames
Of self-transcendence. ```How can we be
Heart-freeIf we are
Body-bound? ```I wish to give my heart
A new name:Volcano-aspiration-fire.
```When I feel that I am of God
And I am for God,A new paradise blooms
In my heart-garden. ```What does God do at every moment?
He spreads His bountifulGrace-Sunshine
Everywhere. ```What we need
Is sleepless faithTo clear our mind’s
Confusion-delusion-path. ```A good meditation is an act
To strengthenOur God-oneness-ties.
```My heart enjoys
ConstantlyA faith-boat ride.
```A doubting mind
Never gets any invitationFrom the inner world.
```Each glimpse of God
Fills a seeker’s heartBeyond measure.
```To the sincere seeker,
God sends every morningA blessingful Smile-delivery.
```When I place my heart
At God’s Feet,He takes my life immediately
Into His own Hands. ```A doubting mind
Has no placeIn my lotus-heart.
```My self-giving life
Is my Lord’sMost favourite story.
```God cannot and does not hide
From anyAspiration-searchlight.
```My soul tells my heart,
Mind, vital and body,“Can you not see
That you have been away from GodFor centuries?”
```Today’s stupid doubt
May become tomorrowThe worst cynicism.
```Truth is not cruel —
But at times it isExtremely difficult
To understand. ```I pray to God every day
To bless me withA burning star
Of world-oneness-love. ```To love my Lord
In His own Way,I am fully prepared
To be in a lovelessHuman night.
```Only love has the capacity
To radiate and spreadImpartially
Everywhere. ```True greatness
IsTo rise above
All sufferings. ```True goodness
IsTo become inseparably one
With all sufferings. ```Concentration-success-mind
I have.Meditation-progress-heart
I am. ```Crying is not meditation.
Smiling is not meditation.Self-giving is meditation.
```It is we who have to accept the world
Not as our enemy,But as our true friend.
```The mind blindfolds us
So easilyAnd effectively.
```Negativity will always remain
A perfect strangerTo God’s Will.
```In my aspiration-world
Poor ignoranceHas no safe place to hide.
```There was, there is
And there shall beOnly one sovereign will
In my lifeAnd that is the Will of God.
```I must take God’s Will
More seriouslyThan I am doing now.
```In my outer life
I explore God’s Will.In my inner life
I implore God’s Will. ```Unwillingness is always forced
By GodTo take the longest road
To the destination. ```God not only asks me
But literally begs meTo claim His Will
As my own, very own. ```Alas, every day
Nobody wants either to singGratitude-songs
Or even to hearGratitude-stories.
```May my God-surrender-heart
Always remainIn my God-service-life.
```Every day my aspiration-heart
Is given a very large supplyOf dedication-smiles.
```My Lord,
I am dying to beOf soulful service to You.
Please tell me how. ```True, if there is no love,
There can be no real serviceTo mankind.
```When we become a true seeker,
We come to realise that ignorance-seaIs too shallow and narrow.
```God has taken
Your heartVery seriously.
```My sleepless, self-giving heart
Is, indeed, a great surpriseFor my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```I shall never stop
Obeying God,No matter how difficult it is.
```My Lord,
Do change my way of thinkingSo that I can love You
Sleeplessly and unconditionally. ```My Lord,
I surrendered my mind to You,And I brought You my heart.
Alas, alas!Then did I go forward
Or backward? ```I must blindfold
My desire-eyes. ```I do not want to be known
By my outer nameBut by my divinity’s inner name:
Universal oneness. ```I have forced
My ignorance-kingTo abdicate his throne.
```Every human being
Sooner or laterHas to be freed
From his ego’s supremacy. ```The silence-bird
Of my meditationEvery day flies and flies.
```My mind’s doubt-waves
Must be crushedBy my heart
Of tremendous determination. ```If you need the transformation
Of your mind,Then give your utmost attention
To your aspiration-life. ```My mind
Wants to possess.My heart
Wants to transcend.My life
Wants to surrender. ```Neither the weak mind
Nor the weak legsCan run towards God.
```God has not come to me
To see what I haveIn my mind-jungle.
```God has come to me
To blessMy heart-garden.
```God came to me
ThroughMy aspiration-heart-door.
```God is coming to me
ThroughMy dedication-life-window.
```God wants me to see the world
With my ever-increasingGod-oneness-love.
```Talking
Can never bring GodTo us.
```Surrender to God’s Will
At every momentCan and must bring God
To us. ```May my silence-heart
Be as deep as the depthsOf the Pacific Ocean.
```An unhappy mind
Can easily destroyThe beauty and fragrance
Of the heart. ```When it comes to the aspiration-run,
Many people do not runBecause of their long-cherished
Idleness-mind. ```Every day I pray to God
To bless meWith His Compassion-Height
And Justice-Might. ```We pray to God to fulfil
Our ever-increasing desire-life.God feels sad.
He begs us to claim HimAnd His universal Divinity
As our own, very own. ```When we live in the mind,
Life is hard,Very hard.
```When we live in the heart,
Life is sweet,Very sweet.
```When we live in the soul,
God tells us to manifest HimHere on earth,
And He also shows us the way. ```Alas, we are all unmindful
Of the powerOf our inner silence.
```A sincerity-heart
Is a valid passportTo the inner worlds.
```When my thoughts are
Unconditionally surrenderedTo God’s Will,
I can think God’s own Thoughts. ```When my faith becomes
Extremely strong,My doubting mind
Immediately collapsesAnd dies.
```A self-giving heart
Is a non-stopGod-Victory-singer.
```In the ordinary life,
Ambition is needed to succeed.In the spiritual life,
Ambition is a great obstruction. ```It is not possible
For ignorance-nightTo flourish
When aspiration-flamesClimb upward.
```Poor God
Wastes so much timeWith my unwillingness-mind.
```When I have a quality heart,
God shows me His equalityTo all.
```Do not think of the past.
Do not think of the future.Bravely face the present
Here and now. ```A life of miracles
Finds it extremely difficultTo play with humility.
```We all must trust
The infinite powerOf our self-giving life.
```Every morning
God invites my soul to swimIn His Nectar-Ocean.
Alas, how I wish I could be invitedAs well.
```God wants each and every human being
To learn at least oneOneness-heart-happiness-song.
```At my God-invocation-dawn,
I must go far beyond the domainOf the mind.
```If we pray to God soulfully
And self-givingly,Then we shall, without fail,
Be well protectedBy God’s Compassion-Net.
```The heart’s happiness-speed
Always excelsIn the aspiration-world.
```If there is a constant
God-devoted enthusiasm,Then we are bound to succeed
In everything,Both in the inner world
And in the outer world. ```True,
I had a very hard life,But it was a happy one.
```God has a very special fondness
For my sleeplessGratitude-heart.
```Every day I devour
God’s Compassion-SmilesAnd He devours
My gratitude-tears. ```Ignorance always thinks
Of itselfAs infinitely stronger
Than it really is. ```The dangers
Of displeasing GodCan never be imagined.
```Never allow disobedience
To lord it over you. ```Alas, desire-life
Is nothing short ofDestruction-fire.
```A God-server
Only knows and feelsWhat God’s Bliss is.
```When I claim God
Happily,He immediately claims me
Proudly. ```If we displease God
Again and again,Then our miseries
Will be inescapable. ```How stupid we are
When we blame GodFor our self-styled ignorance-life!
```At every moment
I try to direct my attentionTo fulfilling and pleasing
My Lord Supreme. ```God’s Will-Power
Does not believe inSuperiority and inferiority complexes.
```Alas, will my life ever try
To satisfy God onlyAt every moment?
```God’s Compassion
Does not allow HimTo dwell on my endless mistakes.
```My Lord tells me
Not to worry about anything.He will help me to cross
The ignorance-sea. ```God does not think ill of me
Just because I do not pleaseAnd fulfil Him
All the time. ```My Lord, do bless me
With a new, fresh start.This time I am not going
To fail You. ```My Lord,
Is it necessaryTo touch the lowest
To reach the Highest?“No, My child,
Definitely not.” ```Alas,
When will all my senses awakenTo feel God’s Presence
All around me? ```No more
Do I belongTo my old standards.
```A spiritual Master
IsA God-Dream-Reality-manifestation.
```God loves to be chased by
My heart-cries. ```The body has to listen
To the heartThe way the heart listens
To the soul. ```I must prove to God
That I have chosen HimAnd nobody else.
```God tells me that
My first breath is enoughTo please Him.
I do not have to give HimMy last breath.
```A frustrated man
Is a mad foolOut of control.
```My service-life
Is making my heartMore beautiful
And my outer lifeMore perfect.
```My Lord, I love You
And I shall always love You —No appreciation needed;
No attention needed. ```With only one Smile
God can love meInfinitely more
Than I can ever love Him. ```Every day I pray to God
To bless meWith plentiful gratitude-heart-tears.
```Spirituality is
ConstantInner mountain-climbing.
```God’s creation-service
IsNo heaviness-burden.
```I was
A pleasure-mind-seeker. ```I am now
A God Treasure-Heart-seeker. ```God wants from me
My life-perfectionAnd not world-transformation.
```Actions small and great
Are equally neededTo please God.
```An enlightenment-mind
I was. ```A God-attainment-heart
I now am. ```God’s sense of humour
Is my life’sProtection-armour.
```My Lord,
I shall keep my heart-fire burningWhether You come to see me
Or not. ```Handle with care:
I am God’sDream-doll.
```To love and cherish
God’s each and every creationIs my only goal.
```My Lord,
My desire has only one hunger:You, You and only You.
```A God-forgetfulness-life
Is the only real deathIn spirituality.
```May every morning
My aspiration-heartGrow and glow
Most strikingly. ```My Lord,
Will I ever be able to realiseThe beauty, light, power
And delightOf Your Name?
```My Lord asks me to sing.
I sing.He asks me to continue.
I continue.He ends by perfecting me.
```My heart-tears
CreateMy God-oneness-telepathy.
```In sacred secrecy
I learn from my Lord SupremeHow to love Him
Unconditionally. ```Every heartbeat
Is meant forGod-remembrance-delight.
```My heart’s
Most painful ailmentIs my mind’s
God-disobedience. ```My Lord talks.
World-harmony begins. ```Do not delay.
The next moment may beToo late.
```Mine is a new life
Because of my Lord’sNinety-nine giant steps
And my one puny step. ```My misconduct
Is the cause ofMy Lord’s streaming Tears.
```God’s Dictionary
Does not houseUnworthiness.
```An ingratitude-mind
And a disobedience-heartAre twins.
```Each God-thought
IsMy life-protection-shield.
```Disobedience
Is the source ofAll untold miseries.
```My devotion-heart
IsMy Lord’s Benediction-Smile.
```My Lord,
Your scoldingsAre my life’s
Only perfection-opportunities. ```Today
An inch away from GodTomorrow becomes
A mile. ```My Lord, I love You
Exclusively and sleeplesslyBecause I claim You
To be my only own. ```When I am all devotion
And God is all Compassion,Nothing remains unaccomplished.
```The outer perfection
And the inner satisfactionGo together.
```A doubt-rock-mind
Is the saddest failureIn the spiritual life.
```God’s Compassion-Smiles
And my gratitude-tearsLove to play
Hide-and-seek. ```My heart-happiness
IsMy Lord’s Pride-Fulness.
```Yesterday
I invokedGod the Illumination.
```Today
I seeGod the Compassion.
```Tomorrow
I shall pleaseGod the Liberation.
```I fail to tell God
What I feel about Him.God fails to tell me
What He thinks of me. ```I make God miserable
When I tell HimThat my life is worthless.
```My service is perfect
When I do not expect from GodAnything in return.
```My Supreme Lord,
Your unhappiness stabs my heartInstantly.
```I take pride in
Surrendering my life to God.God gets delight in
Using my service. ```No surrender-delight,
No God-Fondness-Pride. ```I tell God that
I am all for Him —Indeed, an unimaginable joy.
```I tell God that
I shall fulfil Him —Nothing more than wishful thinking.
```I lose my happiness-heart
The moment I converse withMy doubting mind.
```God loves me deeply
Not because I am great,But because I am trying to be good.
```To be absent from God
Is, indeed,A real inner torture.
```Alas,
My Lord Supreme came to meTo give me His All.
I was too busy.Helpless, He went back.
```Although we think at times
That God is heartless,He never thinks
That we are useless. ```We think that God deceives,
But God knowsThat we do not receive Him.
```May my God-devotion-heart-well
Never run dry. ```My Lord Supreme,
I beg of You,Do assert Your divine claim
Over my life. ```My heart-tears
QuickenGod’s Concern for me.
```God’s Soul-Smiles
QuickenMy love for God.
```God tells me that
Neither my needsNor my deeds
Are negligible. ```God’s Smile
Is the KingOf my devotion-heart.
```Every day
God cheerfully bathesIn my God-Heart-love-tears.
```Nothing can be loftier
Than my world-oneness-peace-dream. ```Unannounced,
God comes to my heart-gardenTo enjoy
Its peaceful beauty. ```God always wants me to remain
Far beyond the highest heightsOf my present achievements.
```Paradise is to know
Who I am to GodAnd not
What God is or who God is. ```No more
My mind-thorns.More, ever more,
My heart-roses. ```My surrender-life
IsMy heart’s Heaven-climbing delight.
```May my God-thoughts
Be measureless, sleeplessAnd breathless.
```The mind is proud of
Its ownTheoretical world-harmony-dream.
```The heart is proud of
Its ownPractical world-peace-reality.
```God waits indefinitely
For our God-hungerTo be genuine.
```God’s Compassion
And our concentrationAre always eager
To be together. ```How can we ever dare
To comprehendThe unfathomable God-Concern
For us? ```A burning God-hunger
Can solveAll our problems.
```To avoid God’s Presence
In any wayIs most deplorable.
```God’s Compassion
Every day touchesThe Summit-Height
For me. ```The heart has its own
Secret and sacred connectionWith God’s Will.
```No delight
Can be as strong asTouching God’s Protection-Feet.
```Aspiration knows that
There is something calledUltimate fulfilment.
```Only a stark fool
Can find faultWith God’s Will.
```Patience remains
AlwaysAn unparalleled virtue.
```Turn away from
Anything else you want to,But never from God’s Will.
```God is God’s Compassion-Eye.
The seeker is the seeker’sSurrender-thrill.
```Self-discipline
Is the victoryOver the unaspiring life.
```God weeps at our
Self-styledGreatness and goodness.
```God is at once
The Governor of my lifeAnd
The Lover of my heart. ```My heart’s happiness-drops
Are challengingMy mind’s frustration-ocean.
```Let us not worry.
He who has brought usInto the world
Will take us back Home safely. ```When we try to fulfil
God’s Will,We do not have to strain
Every nerve of ours. ```What I need
Is a determined mindTo fulfil God at any cost.
```A heart of surrender
Knows no problemOf the mind.
```He who treasures resentment
Will never achieveEnlightenment.
```God gets a thrill
When I try to please HimWith my heart’s zeal.
```Every place is most significant
For each individualIn God’s Heart-Garden.
```When I sincerely pray,
God’s Will becomes visibleAnd tangible.
```Since I have started claiming
God’s Nectar-Feet,All my desires have literally vanished.
```God and God’s adamantine Will
Frequently visit and nourishMy heart.
```When we dive deep within,
We see that God is bestowingCelestial Boons upon us
At every moment. ```My nights I utilise
To meditate.My days I utilise
To serve. ```We must please God the Creator
And God the creationAt the same time.
```God’s Love increases
The moment we are in a hurryTo serve Him.
```The heart and the mind
Dance togetherOnly when God is extremely strict
With the mind. ```My surrender-heart
And God’s Happiness-LifeLive together.
```When we live in the mind,
Everything is uncertainAnd precarious.
```When we live in the heart,
Everything is optimisticAnd realistic.
```Obedience is the beauty
Of my mind. ```Gratitude is the fragrance
Of my heart. ```May my mind
Every day enjoyBeing a rider
Of inspiration-tide. ```My devotion-heart
Is God’sCherished treasure.
```No specific time
Is neededTo pray to God.
```No specific hour
Is neededTo take God’s side.
```No specific place
Is neededTo worship God.
```Alas, when will I start
Worshipping GodWith every breath of my heart?
```God’s powerful Eye
May not invite everybody,But God’s blissful Feet
Invite everybodyAt every moment.
```When we sing
God-surrender-songs,God multiplies
Our blissful days. ```A doubting mind
Is always afraid ofA God-surrendering heart.
```If you are eager
To justify yourself,God is not going to rectify you.
```Each experience
IsA new pathfinder.
```Each realisation
IsA new God-announcer.
```A second away
From God’s Bliss-flooded FeetIs, indeed, an eternity.
```God wants us to preserve
All the timeOur gratitude-heart-flower.
```A confusion-mind
Will never be able to enjoyThe bliss
Of self-transcendence. ```May each moment
Of my lifeBe a God-learning-school.
```An unconditional surrender
Means the silent soundOf ecstasy.
```Possibility
Is opportunity’sNext-door neighbour.
```My God-surrender
Remains armedWith divine dignity.
```Never delay in arresting
And imprisoningThe undivine thoughts
Of your mind. ```Uncertainty
Powerfully shakes handsWith knowledge.
```Certainty
Unreservedly embracesWisdom.
```Every day without fail
I bathe in the seaOf God’s Forgiveness.
```Every day
God asks me to sanctify my mind,Simplify my life
And beautify my heart. ```Temptation secretly carries
A frustration-daggerWhenever it goes
To meet someone. ```Every day
God imports a huge supplyOf world-humour
To His celestial Abode. ```Every day
God transports a very large quantityOf Blessing-Light
To the worldFrom His highest Realm.
```For a spiritual seeker,
A heart-songIs a God-compass-point.
```Long before the beginning of time,
God was all Power.Now God is all Compassion.
```A desire-life
Is nothing butThe beginning of tragedy.
```There is only one thing
We must claim:God’s Compassion-Eye.
```When we love ignorance-night
Infinitely more than we love God,We turn away completely
From God. ```We have formed a very bad habit:
We expect immediate help from GodFor everything.
```Even a last-minute prayer
Is infinitely better thanNo prayer.
```Today’s loneliness
Tomorrow will grow intoAloofness.
```We must discard
All our old-fashioned theories. ```I do not know
How we live withOur voracious doubt-tiger.
```Every day
We must try to cultivateHoliness in our mind
AndSweetness in our heart.
```An aimless life
Forgets to see God. ```God cherishes our soulfulness.
He does not wait forOur uniqueness.
```In the mind-desert
The aspiration-riverHas a very short life.
```Every failure can be used
As a newLife-awakening experience.
```If we embark on our divine pilgrimage
With our mind and not with our heart,Our pilgrimage will become
A total failure. ```In my life-cottage
My Lord is extremely happyTo live
With my heart-cries. ```May I have a living
God-devotion-tear-heartAll the time.
```It is we
Who allow the mindTo blindfold us proudly.
```I need an unshakeable poise
To hearMy Lord’s Voice.
```Alas, how often
Our God-attention-concentrationWavers!
```If we truly love God,
We are bound to giveOur doubting mind
The earliest expiration date. ```The mind’s answer
Becomes more complicatedThan the original question.
The heart’s answerMakes the most difficult question
Seem very, very simple. ```I pray to You, my Lord, every day
To commandMy unwillingness-mind.
```If we please God,
He easily shares with usHis sacred Secrets.
```Whenever we please God,
He invites usTo sing and dance
With His Will. ```Surrender is of utmost importance
To run the quickestTo God’s blissful Feet.
```Ultimately
God’s Justice-LightShall examine us all.
```We must never allow ignorance
To finishIts ruthless game.
```We do not have to die
To fulfil God’s Will.We just have to love God
To fulfil His Will. ```Not half way
But all the wayWe must walk
With God’s Will. ```My heart is spellbound
By God’sCompassion-Eye.
```Every day
We must love God’s WillA little more
Without fail. ```Like a child,
Let us take God’s WillAs a toy
And run with itHappily and proudly.
```I am always there
Where God’s Compassion-EyeHappens to be.
```We must allow God to say
What He really wants to sayAnd not what we really
Want to hear. ```The mind
Does not want to come out ofIts own confusion-turmoil.
```Neither a God-lover
Nor a God-serverCan ever grow old.
```Every morning
My Lord comes to meAnd examines
My aspiration-fitness. ```Dedication
Is life’sUnparalleled prayer.
```The body, the vital
And the mindEvery day need
God-obedience-practice. ```Sincerity, purity and humility
Must escalateDuring our meditation.
```An obedience-life
Is the beginning ofPerfection-breath.
```May my life-flower bloom
At the very touchOf my heart-prayer.
```Dynamism is a force
That helps us unimaginablyTo reach the Golden Shore.
```An adamantine will-power
IsA God-manifestation-miracle.
```We must compel the mind
To resign from its long-standingIgnorance-committee.
```We must steer our mind clear of
Doubt-obstacles. ```Receptivity increases
Our God-loveAnd makes God’s Presence
More visible. ```Constant love of God
IlluminesOur mind’s impurity-darkness.
```Alas,
Why do we allowOur negativity-mind
To run rampant? ```Meditation is the only medicine
That curesOur God-forgetfulness-ailment.
```The mind
Loves to enjoyThe world of confusion-prison.
```Each soul has the power
To challengeThe impossible dreams.
```When you love God
For God’s sake,All problems can be solved.
```The heart has the capacity
To envisionThe beauty of the inner world.
```Without an indomitable will-power,
Nobody can gain masteryOver his thought-world.
```A gratitude-heart
Is the sunlightOf meditation.
```It seems that
As long as the world exists,There will be always
Power-struggle. ```It is so easy for us
To blame our enemies,But instead can we not increase
Our capacitiesBy doing something
And becoming something? ```He who is caught
In the excuse-worldCan make no progress.
```If you do not aspire,
Then you are boundTo get lost
In the desire-jungle. ```Realisation:
The beauty ofHumanity’s heart
And the fragrance ofDivinity’s soul.
```A soulful smile
Is a most powerfulExperience-delight.
```O my mind,
Can you not seeThat there are a great many
Doubt-free territories? ```God’s Will at every step
Guides usOnly when our love of God
Is truly genuine. ```Meditation multiplies
The intensity ofOur purity-heart.
```A world-oneness-meditation
IsA God-bliss-ocean.
```I am all determination
To becomeA sleepless and breathless
God-lover. ```A real God-lover
Does not needAny future plan.
```God-satisfaction
Is highestOn my priority list.
```Insecurity
Weakens us infinitely moreThan we can ever imagine.
```Physical lethargy
Needs a boss:Vital enthusiasm.
```Looking at the evening sunset,
I successfully reduceMy mind-tension.
```Not even an iota of doubt
Can existWhen the heart becomes
A burning aspiration. ```May my devotion-heart-flower
Never fade. ```A silence-mind
Is the beginning ofA transformation-life.
```We need a resolute determination
To silence the prideOf thought-flood.
```A desire-mind
IsA God-failure-life.
```Dynamism
Is of supreme necessityTo succeed
In every field of life. ```In vain
The heart triesTo plead with the mind
For a tranquillity-life. ```A positive mind
IsA superlative life.
```The mind sighs
For a self-sufficient life. ```There is a special heart-nest
Made by God HimselfFor His lovers.
```The heart loves training
In God’sCompassion-Illumination-Ground.
```Each life
IsA God-promise-heart.
```A constant
God-devotion-heartIs, indeed, a rarity.
```A true seeker’s heart
Adores God-AuthorityAll the time.
```Our hunger for
God-LightIs our only need.
```May my heart
BecomeA God-gratitude-rose plant.
```I start my day
With my heart’s aspiration-tearsAnd end my day
With my life’s dedication-smiles. ```The mind
Is a self-styled authorityOn everything.
```May my meditation-heart
RemainA changeless smile.
```My self-transcendence-smile
Is God’sImmense Pride.
```Every meditation-second
IsA God-Victory-announcer.
```Only the first-class disciples
Can answer the Master’s callOn the first ring.
```Each child born on earth
Is a unique promise of GodTo God Himself.
```When the aspiration-heart climbs,
The mind’s attachment-chains fallOne by one.
```In the heart-chamber,
The mind-criticsAre never invited.
```My heart-tears for God
Shall definitely carry meTo my Lord’s Golden Gate.
```We try to prove to God
The sincerityOf our aspiration.
```God tries to prove to us
The authenticityOf His Compassion.
```For each difficulty
There is definitelyA winning way.
```If you are truly spiritual,
Then God will definitelyMake you practical,
If so is His Wish. ```Ambition
IsPerishable.
```Surrender
IsAdorable.
```Ambition
IsGreatness-invocation.
```Goodness
IsGod-distribution.
```Ambition
Wants to reachThe inaccessible height.
```Surrender enjoys
God’s imperishableNectar-Delight.
```Life is not
A God-manifestation-possibilityBut
A God-manifestation-inevitability. ```What we need
Is a little bit of extra timeTo please God
In God’s own Way. ```To me, life is not
A leisurely walkBut a constant
Self-transcendence-race. ```If we cannot stop wallowing
In the pleasures of ignorance,How can we start pleasing God?
```We must prayerfully
And soulfully ownA life of dynamism
That will be the conquerorOf all our difficulties.
```We do not realise
How senseless it isTo increase our desire-list.
```The mind and the world
Give each otherThe message of uncertainty.
```The soul and Heaven
Give each otherThe message of God-satisfaction.
```I pray to God,
Not because it is the right thing to do,But because it is the only thing
That I must always do. ```I want to become stronger,
Not by eating moreOr by eating less
But by loving my Lord SupremeInfinitely more
Than I am doing now. ```God does not want us always
To admire ourselvesBut to aspire for ourselves.
```To please God,
A continuous God-hungerIs of paramount importance.
```God loves
My present progress:An inch at a time.
```God did not like
My previous progress:One mighty stride
And that’s all. ```In the desire-world,
Definitely there are alwaysTomorrows.
```In the aspiration-world,
There is onlyHere and now.
```When we are braver
To ourselves,We come closer to God.
```When we live only for God,
Our Godward raceIs won.
```If you do not train your mind,
You will be compelledTo enchain your life.
```God definitely wants us
To love ourselves,But we are loving ourselves
Infinitely moreThan He ever expected.
```Examine your mind first
Before you examineGod’s Heart.
```We all are flowers
Of exquisite beautyAnd fragrance
In the Heart-GardenOf our Lord Supreme.
```Humility, my humility,
You are my Heaven-climbingStaircase.
```Our love of God
Must be provedBy our self-giving deeds
And by nothing else. ```Certain things must be done
Most soulfully:Our God-aspiration, our God-dedication
And our God-manifestation. ```Unconditional surrender
Is the express speedOn the express road
To the God-realisation-destination. ```We must make good use
Of our possessions.If not, our possessions
Will devour us. ```Even if you fall,
God’s Compassion-EyeWill take care of you.
Do not lose hope;Do not lose enthusiasm.
```Every day God plants
A new smileIn my heart-garden.
```If I have two ways to please God,
I shall not choose only one way.I shall choose both ways
To please God more. ```Every day
My aspiration-heart sings,And I most devotedly listen
To the songs. ```Why do I have a voice,
If I do not singMy Lord’s Victory-Songs
Every day? ```If you truly love God,
Then you must always beOn God’s side
And never, neverOn the side of your mind.
```The heart-tears
Of every human beingAre so beautiful and precious.
```God-discovery
Is a lifelong taskAnd not a passing fancy.
```God’s Presence is always sweet
And never demandingOr commanding.
```My ingratitude-mind
Is responsibleFor my heart’s shooting pain.
```God does not approve of
Our second thoughts.He wants us to accept Him
Immediately. ```Every day I train myself
For myGod-realisation-responsibility.
```A constant gratitude-heart
Is the shortest wayTo God-discovery.
```I have made my life
A full-timeSurrender-task.
```Each aspiration-heartbeat
Is praiseworthy. ```The One Absolute Supreme
Has become many,And the many are now consciously,
Devotedly and soulfully longingFor their long-lost oneness
With the Absolute Lord Supreme. ```Spiritual songs have the capacity
To create a new lifeAnd a new love
For a new generation. ```The mind’s
Aspiration-eyesAre very short-sighted.
```My Lord’s Delight-Heart
Is alwaysOn the move.
```Every day
I decorate my Lord’s FeetWith my heart’s
Devotion-blossoms. ```May my life be
A never-endingObedience-train.
```Patience
Is of supreme importanceIn our progress-life.
```Seasons change
But neverMy love of God.
```How I wish I could be
A faith-filled memberOf God’s immediate Family.
```A seeker’s life has to be
Inspiration, aspirationAnd dedication.
```Each time I sing the glories
Of my Lord Supreme,He blesses me with a banquet
Of aspiration-food. ```Every day God creates
A new work of artIn and through me.
```My prayer
Fortifies me.My meditation
Divinises me. ```God is telling me
That I have been pleasing HimFrom the very moment
Of my birth. ```There is
No tomorrow.It is all here and now.
```The permanent death
Of the egoIs the real birth
Of a seeker. ```I truly am
Only what my Beloved SupremeSays I am.
```God wants me to serve and serve.
He will do both the countingAnd the measuring.
```God tells me
That whatever He does for usIs always in the present tense.
```It is a living miracle
When I lose my faith in GodAnd then regain my faith completely.
```A computerised mind
Is alwaysA poor God-lover
And God-server. ```My heart is so fortunate.
It can make a very short-distance callTo God’s Heart-Home.
```I must practise
Patience-offeringTo all human beings
On earth. ```Who says that God never cries?
He does cry when my mindDeliberately avoids Him
And runs away from Him. ```Long, long ago
My heart was awakenedBy my Lord’s
Sweetness-Whispers. ```My mountain-high attainments
Entirely depend onMy unconditional God-surrender.
```The inner school
Trains manFor God’s Satisfaction.
```I must immediately uproot
All the weedsOf my mind.
```My sleepless aspiration
Is the gardenerOf my heart-garden.
```I am a member
Of the inner circleOf my Lord Supreme’s
Sacrifice-Bliss. ```Mine is the heart
That constantly achesFor the return
Of my Absolute Lord Beloved Supreme. ```He who has constant
Love, devotion and surrenderTo the Will of the Supreme
Is, indeed, a champion runnerOf the inner world.
```What I every day need
Is God-surrender-blissAnd nothing else.
```O my simplicity-life,
I need you.O my sincerity-heart,
I need you.O my purity-mind,
I need you. ```My happiness comes and goes
In wavesPrecisely because my God-surrender
Is not complete. ```I never fly my heart-plane alone.
I keep my Beloved SupremeAs my Co-Pilot.
```I came into the world
Not to capture God’s attention.I came into the world
For God’s constant Satisfaction. ```The mind is ruthlessly envious
Of the heart’sGod-oneness-joy.
```My Inner Pilot every morning
Most carefully and most affectionatelyTeaches me how to sing in tune
With my soul’s voice. ```Every day my soul tells me
Not to allow my days to passWithout my God-surrender-tears
And smiles. ```Every day
I must race through my lifeAt happiness and fulness-speed.
```He who believes cheerfully
And blindlyWill have undoubtedly
A blissful heart. ```I must avoid
All the timeIgnorance-night-inquiries.
```Like my soul,
I too belong toGod’s Light-Delight-Family.
```My gratitude-heart
Is the lightning speedFor me to reach God’s Palace.
```My heart lives
Inside my Lord’sEver-fulfilling Dream.
```My God-adoration-tears
God receives withHis utmost Satisfaction-Smiles.
```God Himself will ask you
To fly backTo your soul’s nectar-home
At His choice Hour. ```Alas, human imperfections
Are ruthlessly delayingGod’s Vision-manifestation
On earth. ```Alas,
My God-ingratitude-thoughtsAre countless.
```God will be fulfilled only when
Humanity consciously establishesIts inseparable oneness
With God’s Will. ```The ultimate weapon
Of GodIs indifference.
```For God-manifestation,
Cheerfulness, enthusiasmAnd self-giving
Are of paramount importance. ```When God sees sincerity
In our mind,He leads us towards
Our liberation. ```What we need
Every day of our lifeIs a sleepless wisdom-light-hunger.
```To renounce worries and anxieties
Forever,We must constantly announce
God’s supreme Victory. ```The human mind has to use
The simplicity-stairwayTo reach God’s Palace.
```There is not a single mind-path
Which is notFull of shadows.
```A desire-bound life
Is nothing short ofA bouncing ball-uncertainty-torture.
```Self-givers
Are alwaysIn short supply.
```The land of peace
And the land of blissKnow no boundaries.
```Detachment from ignorance-life
Can help us developOur devoted attachment
To our Lord Supreme. ```The day I do not pray
Soulfully and self-givingly,I add to my long list
Of heart-sorrows. ```I am so fortunate that God Himself
Is using His own HeartTo reveal my personality.
```The aspiration-sun I need.
No more shall I make friendsWith my ambition-storm’s clouds.
```To my great joy,
Today I have broughtMy insecurity-life
To a standstill. ```My sleepless and breathless
God-obedienceIs my heart’s indomitable strength.
```I must realise
That God is on the sideOf my heart-tears
All the time.All I need is patience.
```O seeker,
Be careful at every moment.Temptation does not take “no”
For an answer. ```May gratitude
Remain alwaysMy life-breath.
```Mine is the heart
That is all emptiness,Crying sleeplessly
For God’s Fulness. ```God tells me that
I need His full sanctionAt every moment of my life.
```My Lord Supreme
Is so graciously helping meTo bury all my blunders
Under the blanket of the past. ```O seeker, do not bury
Your God-manifestation-messagesIn a flood
Of meaningless words. ```Unlimited enthusiasm
Must replace my mind’sDeplorably sulking nature.
```I must never allow
The river of impurityTo ceaselessly flow
Through my mind. ```Do not resist God’s Will,
But insist on God’s WillAll the time.
```Every day
We must nurse the seedOf our life-dedication
To God’s Will. ```God has so many important things to do.
He deliberately does not careTo remember our mistakes.
```God is always eager to remember
Our willingness-heart, willingness-mindAnd willingness-life.
```If we pray and meditate soulfully,
Then our tomorrows will laughAt our today’s problems.
```There is only one true pathfinder,
And that pathfinderIs our Inner Pilot.
```Tinier than the tiniest
Are man’s gratitude-tears.Taller than the tallest,
Larger than the largestAre God’s Compassion-Towers.
```A wise seeker asks God
Always for illumination,And never, never for attention.
```O seeker, even in your dreams
Allow not wrong thoughts and ideasTo take root
Inside your mind. ```Every moment is the proper time
To make an innerGod-fulfilment-commitment.
```God loves us most powerfully
When He sees our heart’sFull claim on Him.
```It is not at all necessary
To span the mind-chasmTo follow the spiritual life.
```Surrender
Is an adventureOf a seeker’s heart.
```Only a purity-heart
Can transformAn impurity-mind.
```Every day God wants me
To enjoy the thrillOf self-giving.
```A desire-mind
Is bound to have a pathThat is full of detours.
```O mind, you know only
How to assail,But do you know that God’s Will
Will ultimately prevail? ```O mind,
Do not try to confuseMy heart.
You are bound to lose. ```The mind’s express train
Has no destination.It takes us to
The land of nowhere. ```Every day the soul asks the mind
To do only one thing:“Unlearn, unlearn.”
```Each time we feed
Our doubting mind,Immediately
Our spirituality-standard descends. ```When the mind enjoys
A feast,The heart suffers
From a famine. ```Only a child-heart
Can lead usTo the right path.
```If you give your life
To the reasoning mind,Then your life will have
Only dry seasons. ```Why do we suffer every day
So helplessly?We suffer precisely because
We take our mind’s foolish advice. ```If we nurture
The mind,We are bound to starve
The heart. ```My Lord awakens my inner life
While in my outer lifeI sleep and sleep and sleep.
```God wants me to carry
His Compassion-flooded WillWherever I go.
```Each time I have a divine thought
In my mind,I clearly see that I am swimming
In the sea of bliss. ```When we depend on God’s Will,
We transcendAll our past achievements.
```If you are a true seeker,
Then you must realiseThat your God-discovery
Can never be a fleeting fancy. ```My sincere love
Of GodIs my only saving grace.
```God whispers:
“My child,Take the surrender-short-cut.”
```Today I have firmly
Closed the doorIn my desire’s face.
```My burning faith in God
Has left fear and doubtIn the dust.
```In the spiritual life
What we need is aspirationAnd not ambition,
For ambition is nothingBut a stumbling block.
```I do not want
Fear and doubt-captainsTo pilot my life-boat
Any more. ```Each gratitude-thought
Is, indeed, a passportTo the higher worlds.
```When we allow our mind
To be caught in a wave of jealousy,We immediately lose
Our God-oneness-heart-ecstasy. ```We must trust
The unparalleledPower of love.
```If you want God always
To be on your side,Then immediately discard
Your pride-mind. ```If your faith is perfect,
Then you need nothing elseFrom God.
```Do not be a fool
To feel that God is sympatheticTo your ignorance-life —
No, no! ```Slowly and steadily
A new consciousnessShall dawn on earth
When we stop thinkingOf ourselves
And start thinking only of God. ```My Lord needs only
A soulful, cheerful consciousnessFrom me.
```Even if we fail miserably,
Our cheerful gratitudeWill be as good
As our outer goal. ```Your cheerful meditation
Will make GodThe happiest.
```Always do your best
In a very cheerful frame of mindAnd with a most soulful heart.
```The Supreme is
Surrendered unconditionallyTo His nearest and dearest ones.
```The heart and soul
Of the true seekerWill eternally be
At God’s disposal. ```Alas, ‘unconditional’
Applies only to God,Not to human beings.
```God’s Satisfaction
Is in the action.He does not care for the results.
```He went to death’s territory
And then came back,For the Supreme’s Victory on earth.
```God feels sorry
If even the smallest countryLacks sympathy for others.
```God cannot bring about
World peaceIf the most powerful countries
Cherish hostilities. ```A village innocence
And sincerityImmediately transport God
To the highest Heaven. ```A serenity-mind, a purity-heart
And a simplicity-lifeGive God tremendous joy.
```Because you have been
Disappointing God,God is disappointing you.
```When God is not indispensable
In your life,You also are not indispensable
In His Life. ```The spiritual life is suffocating,
Like a prison cell —So says the unaspiring mind.
```There was a time when God was right;
Now He is all wrong —So says the dissatisfied vital.
```As long as my Lord Supreme wants me
To play a specific role,I shall devotedly and self-givingly
Obey Him. ```He who blames God
For unfulfilled expectationsIs not going to be compensated
By Him. ```The love of your soul for God
Is far beyondYour own imagination.
```He who has realised God
Will be able to standAgainst the whole world
If necessary. ```If there is any reality in impossibility,
Rest assured,You can never, never fool
The Absolute Supreme. ```Spirituality
Should never become boring —Never!
```Spirituality should always be
Crying, soaring and divingFor God-realisation.
```If you feel you are a seven-year-old,
Inundated with enthusiasm,The spiritual life will never fail you.
```When God-obedience
Disappears,Our spiritual days are numbered.
```When we take the golden opportunity
To run the fastest,We see that spirituality
Is for Eternity. ```God suffers in our hands
When we mistakenly feelThat He is an autocrat.
```We suffer in God’s Hands
When we mistakenly feelThat we are not meant for Him.
```Aspiration and dedication
Are like two legsIn our spiritual life.
```To have aspiration
Without dedicationIs like running
With only one leg. ```Revive your aspiration:
You will be able to saveYour spiritual life.
```Bring forward the cry and the love
You once had for your own soul,For your own goal.
```God is more than happy
To be a humble broomstickFor you to use
To clean your heart-temple. ```What I need
Are my Master’s writingsTo illumine my heart and life.
```Those who shoulder
God-responsibilitiesReceive God’s additional Blessings.
```A true leader should behave
Carefully, soulfullyAnd devotedly.
```If you are good,
Become better.If you are better,
Become best.Always go forward —
Never backward! ```Those who listen to God
Deserve not onlyHis Heart of Gratitude
But also His Heart of Pride. ```A seeker’s philosophy
Must always beThe philosophy of progress.
```Why give importance
To the body?Inside the body is the soul,
The representative of God. ```Physical fitness helps
The body, vital, mind and heartTo be happy.
```Fitness can help prolong life.
If we use each extra day properly,We can fulfil God.
```If we misuse and destroy our life,
Earth cares not for our stayAnd Heaven cares not
For our arrival. ```When a miracle occurs,
Alas, it is those closestWho may not pay attention!
```Progress is our goal.
Our goal is constantly movingUpward, forward and inward.
```It is deliberate unwillingness
That does not allow usTo be part and parcel
Of God’s Achievements. ```God does not want to remain
A veritable beggar for our onenessWith His Progress and Achievement.
```Remember,
Your Master’s soul tells himWhenever you do
Something good inwardly. ```Always accept
The Joy of the SupremeAs your own joy.
```It is the heart
That compels the offeringOf outer wealth.
```When outer wealth
Compels the heart,The story will always remain
Most deplorable. ```If God grants us
The joy of progress,There will always be others
Who will be one with our joy. ```Let us be truly happy
When God Himself sailsOur achievement-boat.
```We may try to fool
Our Lord Supreme,But we will never succeed.
```We are only digging
Our own graveBy cherishing our insincerity.
```Let us no longer
Remain seekersOf insincere profession.
```My Lord,
Please give me the necessaryInspiration, aspiration and dedication
To walk with You to the farthest Goal. ```Deception should be transformed
Into sincerity,The only thing that can carry us
To our destined Goal. ```There is no such thing as our incapacity
When God opens His MouthWith His Oneness-Heart-Request.
```God owns only those who are
In Him, with Him and for HimConstantly.
```Unimaginable hope
Has not yet met with success,But Heaven’s Promise
In and through youWill definitely be fulfilled.
```Alas, discouragement
And lack of enthusiasmAre reigning supreme
Here on earth. ```There will be seekers who will prove
That God really needs themAnd that they are worthy
Of His Joy and Pride. ```For a seeker,
His spiritual Boss, God,Is infinitely more important
Than any earthly boss.To be precise,
His spiritual Boss is the only bossIn his life.
```It is a painful experience for God
To see some seekers running backwardFast, very fast.
```It gives God immense joy
To see His children running forwardWith greatest speed.
```Increase your love,
Increase your devotion,Increase your surrender —
Increase, increase, increase,If you truly love God.
```If you do not increase
Your divine qualities,Eventually you will suffer,
And poor God will suffer as well. ```If you are failing today
And have no adamantine will-powerTo succeed,
Then tomorrow also you are boundTo fail.
```My Lord,
May Your CommandsBe my life’s be-all
And end-all. ```Act here and now,
In the immediacy of today,Or be a deplorable inner failure.
```You become your own judge —
What have you done for GodAnd what have you not done for God?
```To judge God on the strength of
Your weak, puny, paltry aspirationIs to commit an Himalayan blunder.
```God is and shall forever remain
Far, far beyondOur human judgement.
```Your increased love for your Master
And your faith in himWill expedite your God-realisation.
```Unless you increase your love, devotion
And surrender,You will continue falling and falling.
```Seekers who are making
Considerable progressAre God’s true Joy and true Pride.
```Seekers who are only falling and falling
Are unkind not only to GodBut also to their own hidden divinity.
```God’s fervent Request to us
Is to muster all our courage,Inner and outer,
To conquer our long-cherishedWrong forces.
```God loves those
Who want Him and need HimFor their inner and outer progress.
```The Supreme will crown you
As the emperor of the entire worldIf your heart is all purity,
Your life is all humilityAnd your soul is all certainty.
```God tells us that His worst weakness
Is undoubtedly His Compassion,Founded upon His stupid Affection
And blind ConcernFor unaspiring humanity.
```Let us not try to discover
Instant God-realisation,Like instant coffee.
Let us only bring to the foreOur heart’s sincere inner cry.
```Like the squirrel,
A seeker also comes downFrom the aspiration-tree
Head firstWhen his consciousness descends.
```When the seeker descends head first,
His head breaksWhen it touches the ground abruptly.
Meaningless, senselessAnd unthinkable actions
Become his newly acquired name. ```At the end of your journey’s close,
You will see thatIndulgence has brought you nowhere
In the spiritual life. ```Do not mistake
World-informationFor world-illumination.
```The more you develop only brain-power
And not heart-power,The sooner you will become
Spiritually bankrupt. ```If you want God,
Then use your heart,Not your brain!
```Your heart-magnet
And God’s Heart-MagnetAlways work together.
```Walk along the sunlit path
On the strength of your heart’s criesAnd not your brain’s brilliance.
```Intensity does not mean
To forcefully push or pull.Intensity is the inner
Burning cry. ```Your Master has realised
What he is supposedTo realise.
```Your Master has discovered
What he is supposedTo discover.
```Your Master is manifesting
What he is supposedTo manifest.
```Your Master’s realisation
Is far, far beyondYour imagination’s flight.
```God is carrying you
On a road that is endless,Birthless and deathless.
```Realisation
Is an excellentWelcome Home.
```Progress itself
IsAn ever-new goal.
```God every day blesses us
With the torrential rainOf God-aspiration, God-revelation
And God-manifestation-opportunities. ```Whenever I offer my gratitude-heart
To my Lord Supreme,He tells me immediately
That it is the best mealHe has ever tasted and enjoyed.
```When I unconditionally
Pray and meditate,I see myself in the Heart-Cradle
Of my Lord Supreme. ```Every morning
God comes to me and teaches meHow to think the way He thinks
AndHow to love the way He loves.
```I am proceeding towards
My Lord SupremeBreath by breath
AndHeartbeat by heartbeat.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 19, Agni Press, 2000
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