Never again
In a million yearsWill I have this opportunity
To please God in His own Way. ```When we do not expect anything
From the world,We breathe in
The breath of paradise. ```In silence,
My soul and GodExchange their nectar-messages.
```God’s Love
Stands most carefullyOver my surrender-life.
```I shall never leave
The sunshine ofMy Lord’s Will supreme.
```When I enter into a cave
With my Lord Supreme,My heart is exceedingly happy.
When I fly in the skyWith my Lord Supreme,
My mind is unimaginably happy. ```I can develop deer-speed
In my spiritual lifeOnly when my heart becomes
God-devotion-tearsAnd
God-surrender-smiles. ```The sweetness of my heart
Sees God’s Heart-DoorWide open.
```I shall not fail any more
To please my Lord Supreme.This is the best news
That I can give Him. ```The mind deliberately
Does not want to studyGod-Lessons.
```God appreciates
Our willingness to aspire,No matter how.
```No aspiring heart
Can denyGod’s blissful Charm.
```Aspiration
Is never to be foundAt death’s door.
```God does not mind
If we cannot run at His pace,As long as we continue running.
```The outer knowledge is
Information-collection.The inner knowledge is
Life-transformation. ```The beauty and fragrance
Of gratitudeAre inside our heart
And not inside our mind. ```God enjoys
His unfinished creationMore than anything else.
```God wants from us
Unity-heartsAnd not
Uniformity-minds. ```Every day
God supervisesMy heart-activities.
```My Lord,
Do give me the capacityTo come to You step by step.
I am asking You to bless meWith tiny steps,
Not giant steps,For tiny steps are safe.
```Only one desire
I have:God’s Will-fulfilment.
```My heart does everything
Only withGod’s secret Approval.
```The heart
Follows the soul.The mind
Follows nobody. ```God is always interested in
My heart-songsAnd not
My mind-stories. ```Alas,
Who will guarantee meMy constant God-obedience,
Who? ```My God-service
Must always come first. ```Each aspiring moment
Is meant forGod-satisfaction.
```Our satisfaction
Is God’s onlyDesire-Hunger.
```My heart-tears
Are of immense importanceTo God.
```Human life
Is an eternal pilgrimageTowards the Golden Shore.
```God’s Compassion
IsOur only Salvation.
```I love to aspire
Only at God’s FeetAnd nowhere else.
```Unlike our body, vital, mind
And heart,Our soul is never exhausted
From pleasing God. ```I am longing for the day
When I shall be ableTo surrender my all
To God’s Hands. ```The mind loves to hide
In the unwillingness-closet.The heart is eager to expose itself
Here, there and everywhere. ```May my heartbeat
Be made ofGod’s Compassion-Eye.
```God always wants me
To consult my soul-adviserBefore I do anything.
```My mind says to the world,
“Do not come near me.”My heart says to the world,
“Please be inside meAnd use me at your sweet will.”
```God is God’s
Blessingful Compassion. ```The mind is the mind’s
Constant God-rejection. ```Without regularity
And punctualityNo God-thirst
Can ever be guaranteed. ```Divinity is
The blooming and blossomingReality.
```Purity in the mind
Is the very first stepTowards God-discovery.
```There is only one fulfilment:
God-fulfilmentIn God’s own Way.
```When humility becomes universality,
This world of ours will becomeA true Heaven.
```The sweetness of the heart
Is quite natural,But sweetness in the mind
Is a very rare accomplishment. ```The life-tree has three branches:
Aspiration, dedicationAnd manifestation.
These three branches must work togetherFor God-fulfilment.
```Devotion
Is our intensityIn our God-realisation-journey.
```O my Beloved Supreme,
If You really love me,Then take away from my life
The expectation-shore. ```I do not need the Infinity
That is above my head.I need the Infinity
That is inside my heartFor my God-fulfilment.
```Human love thinks that
It knows everything.Divine love knows that
It is in a gradual processTo arrive at God’s Heart-Door.
```Two divine qualities
We desperately need —Purity in the heart
And luminosity in the mind —To realise the Absolute Supreme.
```My heart-eye
Is only for God’sWorld-thrilling Beauty.
```Go slowly, if it is needed,
But never go backwardOn life’s track.
```Cheerfulness can build
A new life-treeFor any human being.
```The complaints of the mind
Finally surrenderTo the wisdom of the heart.
```As long as God loves me,
I do not have to pay any attentionTo the wild criticism of the world.
```On the aspiration-ground
We must not walk.We shall run and run
As fast as possible. ```Most powerfully
God loves the soulsThat love to climb
God’s Summit-Heights. ```Delight
Is the soul’sNatural state.
```I direct my life always
In God’sCompassion-flooded direction.
```May my heart’s soulfulness
Never expire. ```My heart knows
Whether the tears of my eyesAre sincere or false.
```The divine forces in us
Must outnumberThe undivine forces.
```If I cultivate intensity
In my heart,Then my goal does not remain
As distant as I thought. ```The divine race begins
Only when all the membersOf my inner family
Are ready. ```Be not afraid
When God’s Compassion-EyeApproaches you.
```The aspiring heart
Is satisfiedOnly with God-adoration.
```I shall not see my negativity-mind
Either in my inner lifeOr in my outer life.
```I have two duties to perform:
To feed my faithAnd
To starve my doubts. ```Every day
My inner search for GodMust go deeper and deeper.
```I must make
My heart’s God-obedienceInvincible.
```God appreciates me
Only when I go to HimWith sincere devotion
And not in a tearing hurry. ```My God-obedience means
My life’s transformation-victory. ```My heart-tears
Are unimaginablyHelpless.
```My aspiration-heart
Knows only two things —Dreaming and waiting.
```Hope and love
Never wantTo lose each other.
```May my God-faith
Remain untouchedBy my corrupt mind-fingers.
```My heart’s forgiveness-capacity
IsMy divinity-life’s prosperity.
```Divine purity
Is empty ofWorries and anxieties.
```The more purity we have within,
The sooner we can invokeThe Presence of Divinity.
```Self-pity
And self-aggrandisementAre both worse than useless.
```I have a lifelong aspiration-licence
To driveMy heart’s life-car.
```Our heart’s sincerity
Shows usOur life’s destined Goal.
```Death is not the end —
It is the very beginningOf a new dawn.
```If I do not have reverence
For my aspiration-life,Who else will?
```The tears of the silence-heart
Are infinitely more powerfulThan the smiles of the sound-mind.
```Death is not independent —
It entirely depends onGod’s Will.
```God expresses
His unconditional LoveFor humanity
In many, many ways. ```To lose ignorance
Is to gainGod’s most powerful Smile.
```Falsehood and pride
Love to dineTogether.
```The whole world can be embraced
By a God-searching mindAnd a God-loving heart.
```Life and death
Are two complementary friends. ```To be happy
The fighter in meMust surrender
To the lover in me. ```Nothing is as stubborn
As my ignorance-pride. ```Aspiration
Is my heart’sHighest height-journey.
```Dedication
Is my life’sFarthest length-journey.
```Self-doubt-torture
Can only be feltAnd can never be described.
```Our temptation-torture-life
Can easily be cast aside. ```My Lord,
I have nothing,Save and except
My sinking breath for You. ```Nothing of God
Can ever be for sale.Everything of God
Is free of charge. ```God was shocked
To see my incapacity. ```God does not allow us
To enter into HeavenWithout our heart-tears
And soul-smiles. ```Each moment
Is the perfect momentTo enter into the spiritual life.
```There is not a single person
On earthWho is a twenty-four-hour
God-dreamer. ```No human being
Shall remainIndefinitely unrealised.
```God is always hungry
For my blissful smiles. ```No road is as straight
As our heart’sGod-gratitude-road.
```The difference between victory and defeat
Is this:Victory strengthens us;
Defeat weakens us. ```God-realisation
Is not an impossible taskBut the most arduous task.
```I tearfully
Implore God.God smilingly
Explores my heart. ```At least once in a blue moon
My mind should acceptGod’s point of view.
```Even my very brief smile
Gives GodA real thrill.
```Every day
Is a really hard dayFor poor God.
```May my life live
Between two loving eyesAnd a forgiving heart.
```Whenever I say anything to God,
It is not a mere wordBut a promise.
```God gets tremendous joy
When my heart recitesHis Compassion-Poems.
```When my soul sings
For God,My heart throbs.
```God-devotion-incense
Is very rare to find. ```Criticism has no peace
Either in the inner worldOr in the outer world.
```The human in us
Longs for rewardBefore dedication.
```When pleasure
Appears,The self-giving-treasure
Disappears. ```When we talk to God,
We must not measureOur breath.
```Fear never wins —
It only loses. ```When we invite pleasure,
Torture accompanies. ```Life is nothing but
The easy arithmeticOf self-giving plus God-becoming.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
And my heart-tearsLove to sing and dance together.
```Without a very strong aspiration,
We cannot conquerThe monsoon-sorrows of life.
```Humility
Is a very specialAnd rare achievement.
```I value one thing worth offering
To my Lord Supreme,And that is
My gratitude-heart. ```The first time I saw my Master
I inexplicably criedWith joy.
```God reminds me again and again
That He has been waiting for meFor a very long time.
```My Lord, I pray to You,
Do not believe my false excuses —I am ashamed of them.
```Every day I worry
Whether or not I am pleasingMy Lord Supreme.
```My Lord is bringing
His Golden BoatTo carry my broken heart
To His Golden Shore. ```Love
Is the very beginningOf surrender.
```Everything that is good in me
Is my friend,My real friend.
```My God-obedience
Leads me to the highest summitOf God-Glory.
```God needs from me
A responsible heart,And not
An irresponsible life. ```The doubting mind
Chases God’s GraceInstead of embracing it.
```I must follow my Master
Every step of the wayTo become a choice instrument
Of His. ```To win life’s battle,
My unconditional surrenderTo God’s Will
Is of paramount importance. ```The heart loves
God-dependence-statement. ```The mind enjoys
God-independence-declaration. ```The expectation-plane
Takes offOnly to crash.
```May my heart
Be a generosity-smile. ```My gratitude-songs
God HimselfCorrects and perfects.
```If we do not search high and low
For God’s Compassion-Eye,We are not going to succeed.
```Life is not a waiting room
But a God-invitation-room. ```I live in between
My God-adoration-eyesAnd
My God-devotion-heart. ```Forgiveness
Is mightierThan the mightiest.
```Negativity
Eventually digsIts own grave.
```When we fly our promise-kite,
This world of ours derivesTremendous benefit.
```Hope does not stop
At possibility-station.It goes to the farthest station —
Impossibility. ```The mind thinks that God-Instructions
Are redundant,While the heart feels that God-Instructions
Are indispensable. ```Preaching
Is as easy asDrinking water.
```Practising
Is as difficult asClimbing Everest.
```Success and progress
Are twoVery distant neighbours.
```Each second carries
Either the highestOr the lowest
To us. ```God has transformed
My helpless lifeInto a God-promising heart.
```The mind quite often carries
Deplorable thoughts. ```The heart quite often carries
Adorable feelings. ```First you have to fill
Your heart-receptivity-vessel.Only then can you fulfil
Your God-promise-life. ```Every day
God and I together enjoyFaith-meal.
```Forgiveness
Undoubtedly liberates usFrom the binding mind.
```The mind without determination
Can never succeed. ```The heart without aspiration
Can never proceed. ```Goodwill
Is our very specialInner achievement.
```Confession
Is the strengthOf a noble heart.
```Our activities
Determine the distanceThat lies between us
And God. ```Our ignorance-conquest
Depends onOur God-Behest-obedience.
```There can be no goal
At the end of the journeyFor those who are not rich enough
In their faith. ```I do not have
A constant God-hunger.Therefore, how can God
Give me more? ```My soul wants me to smile.
My heart wants me to cry.I am totally lost
Between my soul and my heart. ```The aspiring heart
Prayerfully needs. ```The doubting mind
Forcefully demands. ```Surrender
Suddenly blooms. ```Satisfaction
Slowly blossoms. ```The mind loves to play
With the night-sky. ```The heart loves to play
With the day-sun. ```Illumination means
The extinction of our tears. ```The message of peace
Has to beUniversally free.
```I am washing my eyes
With my heart-tearsOf joy.
```There is not a single place
On earthWhere imagination cannot grow
Into reality. ```Dreaming
We came downInto the world.
```Soaring
We flyTo heights unknown.
```Love-smiles
We offerTo the God above.
```Devotion-tears
We offerTo the God below.
```Surrender-delight
We offerTo the God within.
```May my aspiration-heart
See each human beingAs God.
```May my heart grow into
The very breathOf purity-sweetness.
```A darkness-mind
Is a productOf ego-supremacy.
```God’s Eye
Multiplies God’s HeartInto Infinity.
```The strength
Of destruction-forcesCannot be measured.
```My soul wants
My doubting mindTo surrender to
My aspiring heart. ```Every day
God wants me to offer HimA few new heart-melodies.
```We must go
Far beyondOur life’s jealousy-zone.
```Spirituality cannot breathe
In the superficialitiesOf life.
```If we cannot curtail
Our desires,We shall remain indefinitely
In the darkness-abyss. ```A life without humour
Will not knowWhat joy is.
```My heart watches
When my eyes look at someone. ```I am not a lost cause —
Indeed, this is the best newsThat I have received from God.
```We can shock
God’s Eyes,But we cannot shock
God’s Heart. ```God is proud of us
Only when He finds usIn our aspiring moments.
```When my mind is pure,
God works in and through meFaster than the fastest.
```To make progress
You must take every dayAs your last chance.
```I am proud of myself
Only when I am able to clingTo the dust of my Lord’s Feet.
```I have kept the dreams of my heart
And the realities of my lifeAt the Feet of my Lord Supreme.
```I love God
Because I need HimDesperately.
```God loves me
Because He does not knowHow to do anything else.
```Prayer feeds
My God-tears. ```Meditation feeds
My God-smiles. ```Contemplation feeds
My entire being. ```Every day I entirely depend
On my heart’s inspiration-floodTo serve my Lord Supreme.
```Age cannot solve
Our bondage-problems.Only aspiration can.
```I came into the world
To reveal God’s Dreams. ```When the heart throbs with aspiration,
Realisation cannot remainA far cry.
```God Himself
Asks a surrender-lifeTo be in the first row.
```God’s Compassion-Net
No human beingCan destroy.
```With my aspiration-heart
I please my Lord SupremeFrom top to toe.
```Doubt must realise
That it is neither infiniteNor immortal.
```I can survive without God’s Eye
But not withoutHis Heart.
```No matter what I do,
I cannot impressMy Lord Supreme.
```Out of His infinite Bounty
God has entrusted meWith His Secret supreme.
```Hope is sweeter
Than the sweetest.Promise is stronger
Than the strongest. ```A God-gratitude-heart
Never fails. ```Longing for God
Is the first step.Loving God
Is the last and the highest step. ```Imagine God’s Breath,
And try to breathe in and outWith God’s Breath.
This will definitely expediteYour inner speed.
```The happiest day of my life
Was when I banishedAll my expectations.
```The more we have vastness in our life,
The sooner we feel God’s PresenceIn all our actions.
```God’s Heart has two favourite foods:
My morning rainbowAnd
My evening peace. ```The oneness of the heart
AndThe fulness of the soul
Live together. ```The Golden Shore
Is not our imagination.It is our divine Reality’s
Supreme Breath. ```With silence ambrosial
God feeds the cosmic godsAnd goddesses.
```Will-power never believes
In obstruction-words. ```May my heart
Be a replicaOf the clear blue sky.
```Pure devotion
Brings inSure God-satisfaction.
```When the mind surrenders,
The heart and the soulOffer a banquet.
```You can cancel your mind
If you can excelIn your God-devotion-life
Every day. ```O my Lord Supreme,
Do give me only one capacity:I wish to devour the dust of Your Feet
Every day. ```For ever-transcending satisfaction,
You need every dayEver-deepening meditation.
```Constant gratitude
Comes fromOur instant God-hunger-aptitude.
```My Lord,
The time has comeFor me to pray and meditate
Under Your Protection-Feet-Tree. ```Hope can be immortal
Only whenFaith is absolutely strong.
```God’s Will we come to know
Only when we abandon altogetherOur limited human will.
```Serenity we need in our mind,
Purity we need in our heart,To please constantly
Our Lord Supreme. ```When God plays His golden Flute,
Our souls danceWith intense and extreme ecstasy.
```Each good, divine thought
Manifested on EarthExpedites Heaven’s arrival.
```When we see delight in nature,
We become good.When we feel delight in our heart,
We become excellent.When we become delight itself,
We become absolutely perfect. ```Nobody will smile
At a self-pitying person. ```The mounting flames
Of our aspiration-heartShow us the direct route
To the highest Heaven. ```Every night
I have a special dream:I see the sacred Footprint
Of my Lord SupremeInside my heart.
```Now it is high time
For me to go backTo my heart-land.
```All my sweet dreams, alas,
Are trampled underfootBy the restless vital.
```Endurance
Is nothing short ofFortitude.
```If you cannot stop your desire-life,
At least delay itAs long as you can.
```When we live in the heart,
Only for the Supreme,We can develop
God-oneness-humility. ```Do not waste,
O my stupid mind,Even one single God-opportunity!
```Obedience to God’s Will
Is the only wayTo arrive
At God’s Heart-Home. ```O my heart,
Continue praying and meditating!New golden possibilities
Will bloom and blossom. ```I have only to climb up one mountain,
And that mountain isGod-Eye-Mountain.
```We need inspiration-river
To enter intoThe aspiration-ocean.
```When we live in the mind,
Millions of questions torture us every day.When we live in the heart,
Only one question inspires us,Energises us and illumines us
And that question is:Do we really love God,
Do we really need God? ```There will never be
A roadblockOn the fastest God-highway.
```Desire is not
A pleasure-paradise.Desire is
A barren desert. ```We must study at the silence-school
If we really want to knowAll about God.
```Attention! Attention!
Finally, I have decidedTo transform my life
Altogether. ```Every day
God wants me to diveAt least one hundred times
Into His Compassion-Sea. ```God’s Blessings I find
Only inMy heart’s delight.
```We must set our aspiration-heart
Every dayAblaze with divine love.
```We must collect
All the self-giving momentsThat we have lived.
```We must pray and meditate
At a regular timeEvery day.
Then God will take full responsibilityFor all our unconscious mistakes.
```Allow the God-faith-bird
To flyIn your heart-sky.
```If you want to have dreams
From the angels,Then you must keep your mind
Absolutely pure. ```Our path
Must never be empty ofGod-gratitude-flowers.
```Heaven’s heart-door
Is wide openOnly to those who think and feel
That they are always on God’s sideUnconditionally.
```There is tremendous joy
Even in our half-hearted attemptTo please God.
```Our long-standing friendship
With ignorance-nightIs the cause of our downfall
In the spiritual life. ```Hope-stars help me find
My wayTo my Lord’s Heart-Home.
```I have only one garden,
And that garden isMy heart-happiness-garden.
```I must not allow myself
To be foundIn the frustration-mind-sea.
```The heart is afraid of
The mind’s arrogance.The mind is afraid of
The heart’s purity. ```Wherever we go
We must carry our divine pride —That we belong to Him alone.
```My Lord wants to whisper
The truth:My mind is no match
For my heart. ```God favours him
Precisely becauseHis name is all eagerness-speed.
```I am eager today
To destroyAll my mind’s doubt-landmines.
```The aspiring heart
Makes my lifeBeauty’s heart-garden.
```May my dedication-life
Always remainUnder God’s very strict control.
```I love my God-satisfaction
Infinitely moreThan my God-encouragement.
```We need meditation
More than anything elseIn our Heavenward journey.
```God does not want me
To beA desire-slave.
```I desperately try
To keep GodAbsolutely alive
In all my activities. ```I have given my heart-key
Only to those who liveOnly for God.
```We love to change,
But we do not wantTo improve.
```You can win first place
In the Heavenward raceProvided your entire being
Lives only for Him. ```A sleepless surrender
To God’s WillI need
To brilliantly finishIn my Heavenward race.
```My life-train
Never carries desireAnd all its acquaintances.
```God has repeatedly told me
To make it obviousThat I love Him only
And I need Him only. ```I keep all my soul-songs
Inside my heart-safe. ```Man begs God
To free him.God begs man
Only to seeThe Beauty and Divinity
Of His Compassion-Eye. ```Both God and I
Keep recordsOf our hearts.
```I get tremendous joy
When I watch my soul-river runMurmuring.
```God examines
Our good qualitiesAnd not
Our bad qualities. ```I want to become
A billionaire-heart-delight. ```Satisfaction I get
Not by renouncing,Not by possessing,
But by becoming. ```My life-boat
God sailsOnly when I remain
In a very high consciousness. ```My meditation
Silences the prideOf my doubting mind.
```This time I am not going to fail.
Why?I am giving up all expectation.
```When we search for God,
We need willingness, eagernessAnd selflessness
In profuse measure. ```If you do not follow soulfully
God’s Rules and Regulations,How can you ever succeed in life?
```My Lord,
I am praying to YouOnly for a tiny soul-glimpse.
```In the very depths of my meditation
I clearly see my soulSinging and dancing.
```Every day
God begs us to unburdenAll our problems.
```May my heart
At every momentCry to see God’s Compassion-Eye.
```All my capacities
I have derivedFrom my Lord’s Blessing-Fountain.
```Our God-surrender-road
Is absolutely safe. ```Self-confidence
Without God-relianceIs as bad as insecurity
And jealousy. ```Be at your mind-door.
Do not allow doubt to enter. ```Whenever I do anything for God
With my God-surrender-life,He immediately says to me:
“My child, it is exquisite.” ```I have nothing to do
With doubtAnd its faithful followers.
```God-fulfilment
In God’s own WayIs my sweetest and fondest wish.
```I become beauty incomparable
When God places His HandOn my heart.
```Soulfulness we must remain,
From the beginningRight to the end
Of our journey. ```Insecurity-thief
Is very difficultTo catch.
```Whenever I see any temptation,
I immediately turn my backOn it.
```For years
I have been buildingAn aspiration-mansion
Inside my heart. ```God always talks to me
Loudly and clearlySo that I can never deny Him.
```We must always be very careful.
Ignorance forcesCan easily and drastically
Pull us down. ```God captured my heart forcefully,
Only to make me the proudest personOn earth.
```God lovingly and proudly
Every day collectsMy heart-tears.
```The meditation-mountain
AndThe aspiration-fountain
Are inseparable friends. ```If we really want to achieve
Anything sublime in our life,Then we must go far beyond
Our mind-confusion-domain. ```I dearly love
Everything that my Lord SupremeBlessingfully puts
In my path. ```The mind does not know
And does not want to knowWhere it has to go next.
```God-achievement
Defies the earth-time-calendar. ```A God-loving heart
Never wants to escapeFrom the world.
```Freedom comes
Only after we have completedThe journey.
```Separation never knows
What affection and bliss are. ```There are many roads from my heart
That lead meTo my Absolute Supreme.
```Wisdom-light
Dissolves all obstaclesMuch faster than anything else.
```Difficulties are nothing but jokes
In comparison to the goodThat we derive.
```I wish to become
My soul-flameThat never dies.
```Material happiness
Is short-livedAnd very shallow.
```It is never too late
To tell GodThat we are all His.
```My soul is overwhelmed
With smilesWhen I stand in front of my Master.
```I raise my eyes
Towards the twinkling starsAnd sailing moon.
```Everything will stop —
Misunderstanding, suffering,Insecurity and death —
At God’s choice Hour. ```Every morning
My Lord without fail inspires meTo run along
His breathtaking Golden Shore. ```When we are indifferent to the world,
We just scatter poisonEverywhere.
```God’s Love for me
Is infinitely moreThan I can ever fathom
Or even imagine. ```The human in us is so strange!
We cry for God,But when God comes,
We neither value HimNor are we grateful to Him.
```Give what you have
And you become what God is. ```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I have a simplicity-life.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I have a sincerity-heart.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I have a purity-mind.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I have a dynamism-vital.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I have an enthusiasm-body.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I can love Him only
And need Him only. ```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I, twenty-four hours a day,
Unconditionally serveHis Creation.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I can unmistakably tell Him
That His Way is the only wayFor me.
```God loves me,
But He will love me infinitely moreIf I can love Him and serve Him
Without caring for world-attractionAnd world-attention.
```I shall not listen
Even to one complaintMade by my mind.
```Do not fear life.
Accept it as it is.You will be able to be
The conqueror of all the undivine forces. ```Action to start the game.
Action to finish the game.No speech,
Either at the beginning,The middle or the end.
```My soul’s foremost necessity
Is to turn me intoAn excellent God-seeker.
```If you do not wait with patience
For God’s Hour,Then you are bound to feel
That God’s Hour is lengtheningAnd lengthening.
```I have forgiven the whole world.
Alas, will the world everForgive me?
```Yesterday’s subject
Was world-acceptance-joy. ```Today’s subject is
God-necessity,Sleepless and breathless.
```Imagination we need —
Badly we need,Sleeplessly we need,
Breathlessly we needAnd self-givingly we need.
```I have three places to remain
Absolutely safe:At my Lord’s Feet,
In my Lord’s Arms,Inside my Lord’s Heart.
```If it is a God-loving heart,
Then it can never remain aloof. ```God does not want me to go to Him
Like a criminal, full of guilt.He wants me to go to Him
Either like His dearest princeOr like His hero.
```I would like to be a permanent member
Of God’s inner FamilyAnd not a mere guest.
```When I ask God to explain something,
God tells me immediatelyThat I am not meant for Him
And He is not meant for me. ```My Lord,
I will give my all.“My child,
How long do I have to wait?” ```When we unreservedly give something
To the world,God unconditionally gives us
Things divine,Far beyond our imagination.
```The blunder of all blunders
Is unawarenessOf my Lord’s sleepless Presence
Inside my heart. ```The world-citizens are asking me,
“Why are you running so fast?”I say to them, “I am rushing
To be on God’s side.” ```God remembers everything
Except one thing:My deliberate ignorance-display.
```My Master cries only twice:
Once when I tell himI shall try
And once when I ask himTo give me a little time.
```There is no such thing as
Beyond the borderOf impossibility.
```We should always be ready
To break throughSteadily and convincingly
All our mind-hurdles. ```May my meditation-mountain
Go far beyondThe vortex of Heaven.
```Fountain-delight
My soul eternally is. ```A champion God-runner
Enjoys only one thing:His Godward race.
```My Lord,
Only one Blessing I need from You:Do make my heart a sleepless faith-flower
For me to place at Your Feet. ```Human love
Is always conditional,Whereas divine love
Is not only unconditionalBut also ageless.
```My Lord smiles and smiles
Through my eyes. ```My Lord cries and cries
Through my heart. ```My Lord dances and dances
Through my soul. ```My Lord dreams and dreams
Through my life. ```No time to dream;
No time to act.The only time I have is for God —
To be on His side. ```I look at my heart-mirror
When I think of others. ```When God is extremely pleased with me,
He plies my life-boatBetween His Perfection-Shore
And His Satisfaction-Shore. ```When my heart speaks about God
Before the world-assembly,God Himself remains seated
With the audienceFrom the beginning to the end,
For my heart’s tremendous success. ```When our outer eyes see God,
They get frightened to death. ```When our inner eyes see God,
They immediately establishA unique friendship with God.
```At times the seekers say
That they are blindedNot by world-ignorance-night
But by God-Effulgence-Light. ```When I think of God,
I feel that GodIs nowhere else.
```Half-hearted devotion
Is better thanNo devotion at all.
```I have been working so hard
To remove my pastFrom my present.
```My God-obedience
IsMy most powerful protection.
```To please God
Is not an impossible task.Just try —
You are bound to succeed. ```May my gratitude-heart-river
Flow lovinglyAnd self-givingly.
```Service
Is the secretOf true happiness.
```At long last
I am seeing the declineOf my doubting mind.
```It is so difficult
For joy to visitOur doubting mind.
```A beautiful smile
Is a soulful flowerIn my heart-garden.
```I shall forever remain
A pilgrimOn the self-transcendence-road.
```My expectation-mind-wall
Must collapse. ```I imagine God’s Smile
Before I undertake anything.This gives me
Enormous energy. ```Criticism
Is our immediateAspiration-loss.
```I always try
To see GodIn my heart-mirror.
```Do not renounce the world.
Do not be indifferent to the world.Just be inseparably one
With the heart of the world. ```Each God-loving thought
Gives an additional strengthTo our spiritual life.
```When heart-power
Controls and guidesMoney-power,
It immediately increases. ```Despair must not be allowed
To sinkMy heart-boat.
```Intensity increases
The beauty of our dreamsAnd
The fragrance of our reality. ```Aspiration
Awakens me.Dedication
Gladdens me. ```I am praying to God
To awakenMy sleeping heart.
```If we can raise our attitude
Towards others,Then God will help us rise
To a very high altitude. ```Indomitable
Are the flamesOf my heart.
```God wants my devotion-heart
To follow HimWherever He goes.
```Our devotion-heart’s
Surrender-lifeAlways has free access
To God’s Will. ```God wants my devotion-heart-tears
To pierce the veilOf ignorance-night.
```The mind-boat is so restless
That it never arrivesAt the Shore.
```My Lord is asking me
To cry and flyAnd fly and cry
Inside His Vision-Eye. ```Only a God-intoxicated soul
Can help humanityFly.
```When we pray and meditate,
Our inner heart growsYounger and stronger
Day by day. ```Each man
Is a long-forgottenGod-fulfilment-promise.
```It pains God
When we hesitate to claim GodAs our own, very own.
```Each seeker
Has to developA quenchless thirst
For world-harmony and peace. ```We are all protected
By God’sCompassion-Smiles.
```When I am in my mind,
I hear this message:“Darker days are fast approaching.”
```When I am in my heart,
I hear this message:“Brighter than the brightest days
Are fast approaching.” ```A surrender-life
Is, indeed,A true operator for God.
```Only one thing is saving us:
God’s Patience-Sea. ```I want my past
To be a shipAlready sunk.
```When I stop praying and meditating,
My life becomesA bottomless depression-sea.
```All worldly desires
Must be shunned —The sooner the better.
```God-servers
Derive very special BlessingsFrom the depths of God’s Heart.
```This world of ours
Is full ofFear and greed.
```If you just love and serve God,
Then God will take careOf your nature’s transformation.
```I am determined
To reach the highest heightOf my soul’s delight.
```I am a chosen instrument
Of God.I must unite the sorrows of this world
With the joys of Heaven. ```I pray to You, O Lord,
To be the MasterOf my insignificant life.
```My Lord can make
World-harmony, world-peaceAnd world-oneness-seed grow
In any soil. ```I must join my heart
In singing God’s GloriesSleeplessly.
```O seeker,
Do not idle awayYour precious time
On the shores of ignorance-sea. ```I keep my aspiration-eye
On my ever-transcending Goal. ```I must not allow
My purity-heartTo starve at any time.
```O seeker,
Make it a point to walkOnly along the purity-road.
```Our obedience to God’s Will
Is our only freedom-lightFrom ignorance-night.
```From Above
Compassion-Eye rains.Success-progress-harvest
We collect below. ```I cling and cling
To my Lord’sCompassion-Heart-Tree.
```A heart of sympathy
Is a life of happiness,Indeed.
```Obedience has to be
Sleeplessly constant,And not occasional.
```The disobedience-pride
Of the mindHas to be totally shamed.
```God wants to possess
Firmly, proudly and permanentlyMy heart-tears.
```The moment God created us,
He stamped His Love, AffectionAnd Compassion
On our hearts. ```I must at once begin
My meditation-journeyTowards the ever-transcending Beyond.
```The heart pleads
With the mind,With no satisfactory result.
```My own mind
Is so cruel to me —It destroys the garland
Of my heart-tears. ```We must continue praying
To God.God’s Nearness-Heart
Is bound to bless us. ```My life’s gratitude-heart-flowers
I must increaseEvery day, every hour
And every minute. ```My Lord,
You live for me.When will I live for You,
When? ```I want my Master
To be always proud of me —My heart, mind, vital
And physical existence. ```A good thought from the heart
And HeavenAre inseparable.
```A bad thought from the mind
And hellAre inseparable.
```My love of God has to be
Extremely sincere and pureSo that nobody can steal it away.
```The time has come for me
To force my headTo be at the Feet
Of my Lord Supreme. ```If God really loves me,
Then He will use His divine ForceWhen necessity demands.
```In silence
I becomeMy heart’s aspiration-hunger.
```In silence
God comes to meWith His Compassion-flooded Meal.
```My Lord,
I have failed You many times.This time I must succeed
In pleasing You in Your own Way. ```If we repeat God’s Name ceaselessly,
Then we can easily get throughAll the difficulties of the day.
```I do not accept or reject
Life’s challenges —I just place them
At the FeetOf my Beloved Lord Supreme.
```I must have implicit faith
In my guardian angel.Then only
My life-boat will arriveAt the Golden Shore of the Beyond.
```Alas, will I ever
Be able to enjoyThe unbroken silence
Of my soul? ```The morning stars
Without failInvite me to sing with them.
I immediately join them. ```My sound-mind
Teaches meHow to become great.
```My silence-heart
Teaches meHow to become
Good and perfect. ```The reasoning mind
Is so powerfulThat God Himself
Does not want to be involvedIn transforming the reasoning mind.
```My constant God-dependence
Is a most compassionate actOf my Lord Supreme.
```Each morning, from Heaven,
A special star descendsTo awaken
My sleeping heart. ```God wants me to be proud of myself,
For I am happily and unreservedlyGiving Him the chance
To unfold my aspiration-heart. ```My Lord,
If I can be beside YouEven for a fleeting moment,
I shall feel my earth-arrivalWas meaningful.
```My Lord, do tell me —
When will it be possibleFor me to love You
More than my own heart-breath? ```My heart-flower blossoms
Only when my Lord steps in. ```My heart cries —
And my life joins my heart —To regain my highest height.
```O seeker,
Never hesitate for even a brief momentTo ask God what He actually wants
From you and your life. ```My Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart-Smile
Is strengthening my lifeTo go beyond all my weaknesses.
```Alas, I do not obey God
When He asks me to waitUntil my own turn comes to speak.
```Alas, countless times
I have turned my back on God,And each and every time
He has forgiven me. ```God’s Vision-Eye is protecting me,
Inspiring me, energising meAnd uplifting me
All the time. ```My aspiring heart
Has come downFrom God’s smiling Eye.
```My prayer-life
And my meditation-heartAre expediting the growth
Of my life’s perfection-tree. ```I am hoping for a miracle in my life.
My Lord tells meThat the miracle will definitely take place,
But I shall have to waitFor God’s choice Hour to arrive.
```There was a time
When I had many authoritiesIn my life —
My mind, my vital and my body.But now there is only one authority
In my life,And that Authority is
My Lord Beloved Supreme. ```May my world-oneness-heart
Remain openTwenty-four hours a day.
```In this world-turmoil,
Poise is a rare achievement. ```If I want to receive
Something very special,I must keep my receptivity-heart-door
Wide open. ```My Lord wants my heart
To be in chargeOf my mind.
```The Hour of God
Has arrived.I must make the right choice.
```God says to me:
“My child, you can argue with My HeartAs many hours, as many days,
As many years as you want to,But never argue with My Third Eye.”
```One little act of disobedience
Can destroyAll my divine qualities.
```I do not need
Any moreA fact-hungry mind.
```I sleeplessly need
A God-thirsty heart. ```I very carefully protect
My good feelingsTowards humanity.
```I need a big push
In my spiritual lifeTo go back to my original height.
```If we accept spirituality,
Then we must practise itDevotedly and seriously.
```Every day
God invites meTo enjoy the ride
On His Compassion-Express. ```Do not make complaints
Against God —He is doing His very Best.
```My Lord’s Memory is very short —
He easily forgetsAll the wrong things
That I do. ```My Lord’s Memory is very sharp —
He never forgetsAll the good things
That I have done for HimAnd for humanity.
```We do not have to kill ourselves
To realise God.We just have to love Him more,
Infinitely more. ```I was born
With a God-pleasing heart. ```My smiles and my tears
Most surprisinglyShorten the distance to God.
```If I cannot find peace within myself,
How can I offer even an iota of peaceTo humanity?
```We come to know God
Infinitely betterWhen loving His Heart
And serving His Life. ```God is here where I am,
But my mind tells meThat He is elsewhere.
```My devotion-heart
Has a direct flightTo God’s highest Kingdom.
```Without willingness and eagerness,
Spiritual progressCan never be made.
```No matter what happens,
I shall always remainInside my heart-nest.
```Resistance exists
Because my God-loveIs not strong.
```I would love to join
The caravan of God-devotees. ```What a relief —
My life entirely belongsTo God.
```My God-devotion
Is intensifyingMy love of God.
```I am extremely eager to see
My God-love-flames flyingHigh, higher, highest.
```Each human being
Plays a special noteIn God’s Orchestra.
```The transformation
Of our consciousnessShall take numberless years.
```Each time we come into the world,
We play a significant roleIn God’s Cosmic Drama.
```Although I am far, very far from my Goal,
When I think of my GoalOr imagine my Goal,
I get boundless joy. ```My outer purity-mind
StrengthensMy inner silence.
```I must not criticise God’s Creation,
I must not —For the Creation itself
Is the outer ExistenceOf my Lord Supreme.
```Nothing divine
Can permanently remain lost. ```When I love the world
And serve the worldMost lovingly and most devotedly,
God blesses my lifeWith tremendous Joy and Pride.
```My acts of goodness
God will always revealTo the world at large.
```Ignorance
Is terribly afraid ofMy God-blossoming heart.
```God wants my heart
To be His shining Lamp,And nothing else.
```When I live only for God,
He allows me to soundHis own Victory-Trumpet.
```My mind pretends
To be spiritual,Which is an absurdity.
```To please God
In His own WayIs man’s birthright.
```Have patience.
God will bless your soul, heart,Mind, vital and body
Unreservedly. ```God will fulfil my dreams
If I really mean itWhen I tell Him that I love Him.
```God does not want
The mind and the vitalTo challenge the authority
Of the heart. ```Be brave!
God will help you stand firmAgainst ignorance-pressure.
```My heart deeply values
My soul’sGod-loving whispers.
```Stand aloof from those
Who want to dominateThe world.
```The divine in me
Gets a shocking experienceFrom ungrateful humanity.
```May my heart and my mind
EnjoyThe oneness-heart of friendship.
```O my Lord,
Do speed upMy heart’s progress-train.
```I must silence
My mind’s thunderstormsWith my soul’s light.
```If you want to serve
God the Creation,Then take help
From God the Creator. ```I shall do only the right thing
From now on,And never do anything wrong.
```God is never a beggar —
He just pretends to be.Why?
He feels that by begging me,I shall become a good God-seeker.
```The world of silence
Is beckoning me.I am all ready, I am all willing,
I am all eager. ```Nothing is as precious
To my Lord SupremeAs my gratitude-heart-tears.
```We came into the world
Not to walk throughThe deserts of time,
But to sail our life-boatTowards the Golden Shore
Of the Beyond. ```As my heart climbs higher,
The mountain top appearsLower and lower.
```I must take each devotion-song
As a soulful prayerOf my heart.
```My Lord is breathing
His breathless SilenceInside my heart.
```If the old thoughts
Are not thrown away,We cannot develop
The most powerful will. ```My Lord,
I do not want to leave You,Even though I cannot have You.
```The journey
Is more thrillingThan the Goal itself —
Unbelievable, but absolutely true. ```My capacity for loving the world
Must always remainMost soulful and most powerful.
```Now that everything
Is hopeful,I must make the fastest progress.
```I must once again stand firmly
On the solid groundOf my inner faith.
```Like my heart,
I also must liveOn an island of virtues.
```When we were young,
We thought we were capacity incarnate,But now we know and feel
The story is totally the reverse. ```I wonder if hell can torture me
More than this earth-planet! ```God does not want me
To be excused from life —At least for now.
```An unblemished reputation
IsA very rare achievement.
```God has His fixed Hour
For us to depart.He does not provide us
With an emergency exit. ```Our feeling of unworthiness
Tortures GodMost ruthlessly.
```I feel sorry for my Lord.
He needs a respiteFrom His unruly Creation.
```To many,
Humanity’s progressHas come to a standstill.
```My prayer-eyes every day play
With the newborn eyes of the morning. ```There should be at least one individual
To console poor Mother EarthAnd soothe her constant aches.
```For everything there is a simpler way.
Therefore I am sureGod-realisation has a simpler way.
```Self-transcendence
Is a difficult task,But not impossible.
```I need a heart
That can brave all problems. ```My Lord tells me
To be a chooser,And not to remain a beggar.
```To tell the truth,
Failure has illumined meMore than success.
```My humility-mind
Has taken meDirectly to God.
```Years of failure
In the spiritual lifeHave smashed humanity’s pride.
```At the ultimate height,
A new ascent begins. ```My Lord,
Your CommandIs my life’s only treasure.
```For years I have been longing
To hear the mystic SoundOf God’s Voice.
It seems that nothing else can quenchMy undying God-thirst.
```Dive deep within.
Answers are available there. ```No darkness can prevent me
From passing throughThe Gateway of Light.
```God enters into
My mindWith His Power-Tower.
```God enters into
My heartWith His Peace-Sky.
```Dissatisfaction
Is reigning supremeHere, there and everywhere.
```Conscious attachment
Is, indeed,The folly of follies.
```I must carry
My yesterday’s aspiration-criesInto my today’s dedication-smiles.
```Pride is the death
Of all my God-crying hopes. ```Everybody must try
To take birthIn God’s Heart-Country.
```I do not need prayer-skill.
What I need is onlyPrayer-thrill.
```If I do not cherish
My peace-dreams,Then who will?
```When there is
An important matter to discuss,God invites
Only His unconditional seekers. ```God always favours
His obedience-children. ```The mind considers
Pleasing GodAn unimportant task.
```Wisdom-Light
Is always delightful. ```God protects my heart
And all its God-longing secrets. ```In the spiritual life
We quite often getExperience-surprises.
```My God-surrender-life
ResonatesWith the harmony of the universe.
```O world,
You will definitely find meIn the Forgiveness-Heart
Of my Lord Supreme. ```God and God’s Will
Know no rest. ```Every time God sees me,
He asks me to singA devotion-song for Him.
```Everybody
Should at least tryTo please God
In His own Way. ```We are supposed to
Follow God,And not emulate God.
```The desire-mind-train
Must be stopped —The sooner, the better.
```God wants our aspiration-life
To be extremely happy.What we need is only one thing:
Surrender. ```We all are needed
To establishA world-harmony-life.
```Last night I had a dream —
I clearly saw that I wasIn God’s Inner Circle.
```God is so proud of me,
For I am no longer enjoyingIgnorance-sleep.
```I do not want to waste any more time
With my mind.It is useless.
It does not want to aspire. ```God wants us to love
And serve HimAs long as we breathe.
```Our prayers and meditations
Expire after some time,But God’s Grace never expires.
```I can feel God close to me
Only after I have becomeClose to mankind.
```My Lord, I have only one desire:
At every momentDo mould and shape my life.
```Our mind
IsConstant uncertainty.
```Every day
I must strike my heart-gongTo please my Lord Supreme.
```The more we feed
Our mind,The more we starve
Our heart. ```Only hope
Is keeping the worldAlive.
```My prayer-life
StraightensMy aspiration-road.
```My meditation-heart
ShortensMy aspiration-road.
```My aspiration-heart
AndMy soul-songs
Together live. ```Expectation
Is disappointment,Right from the very beginning.
```We must all escape
From our desire-prison. ```I know all my good deeds
Have one Source:God’s Grace-Sun.
```To enter into the mind’s land
Is to forget everything divineThat you have.
```The mind says,
“Purity is useless.” ```The heart says,
“Purity is priceless.” ```Where is God?
God-believers say thatHe is everywhere,
And God-disbelievers say thatHe is nowhere.
```Man does not want
To hire our services.God immediately
Accepts our services. ```In the spiritual life,
Detachment is obligatory. ```A desire-life
Always expects appreciationFrom the entire world.
```When I accompany my heart
On its way to see God,God gets boundless joy.
```The thought-life is used
By the beggar in me. ```The will-life is used
By the prince in me. ```Unless we become another God,
We will not be ableTo keep our hope alive
For a very long time. ```Never be complacent —
Desire-torture is always there,All around us.
```Hope urges
The ignorance-worldTo open to
The Light within. ```Peace is our heart-owner
And not our life-landlord. ```Do not judge yourself.
Truth to tell,You know next to nothing
About yourself. ```The Master’s will in my life
Is an endless beginningWith no end.
```The moment I see
My Lord Supreme,My aspiration-eyes
Explode with delight. ```The moment I see
God the Beauty,I try to devour Him.
```My mind will know one day
That it has lost many, manyGolden opportunities
To meet with God. ```Whenever I am sincere,
I feel God’s BreathIn every step.
```Without determination,
Nobody will be able to achieveIllumination.
```Anything that I see
With my heart-beautyIs beautiful, soulful
And perfect. ```The Master can take your sufferings
Only if you have faithIn the Master’s capacities.
```My heart inspires me,
Encourages me and feeds meWith aspiration-cries.
```Devotion-heart-fragrance
Is beyond compare. ```To feel God’s Presence
Inside my heartIs infinitely easier
Than to be in God’s Presence. ```We cannot hide anything
From our soul,No matter how hard we try.
```If we really love our Master,
Then there is nothingThat we cannot or will not do
For him. ```I came into the world
To consciously and devotedly participateIn my Master’s cosmic play.
```Not an easy task —
To passThe temptation-examination.
```Never refuse
God’s bountiful Invitation. ```To a devotee,
Nothing is more meaningful,Nothing is more beautiful and
Nothing is more soulfulThan God’s Feet.
```I clasp my Master’s will
With my all. ```I reject anything
That does not come to meFrom my Master’s will.
```He who wants
To interpret God’s WillIs a stark fool.
```God’s only Task
Is to see usDivinely happy.
```Slowly and steadily,
Step by step,We shall try to please
Our Lord Supreme. ```My heart-tears
Know the secretOf pleasing and satisfying God.
```In my life,
The secret of secretsIs that my entire being
Is only for God. ```When my mind is absolutely pure,
My heart is absolutely sincereAnd my life is absolutely self-giving,
God invites meTo sing, dance and sport
With His celestial Will. ```Eagerness
God expectsFrom each and every human being.
```I must obey God’s Will
Even whenI am totally exhausted.
```I have surrendered my all
At God’s Feet.Now He will mould me and shape me
In His own Way. ```I can clearly see
God’s Compassion-EyeIn my life’s storms.
```I can clearly watch God
Smiling and dancingIn my life’s sunny days.
```The wisdom of all the sages:
Never see darknessIn any human being.
```For a seeker,
His obedience to God’s WillShould always be
The first and foremost reality. ```In silence
God and I exchangeOur oneness-heart-messages.
```My mind says to me:
“Can you not see I am busy?I am always busy —
Therefore, do not approach meFor anything!”
```My heart says to me:
“I am always free.Use me at any moment,
In any way.” ```When it is a matter of surrender
To God’s Will,The mind laughs and laughs.
```My heart cannot live
Even for a secondWithout surrendering itself
To God’s Will. ```Every day
My heart-tearsAnd
My Lord’s Heart-SmilesExchange their greetings.
```How can I thank You, my Lord?
“Just stay with Me, in MeAnd for Me.
That is the best way of thanking Me.” ```An iota of gratitude
Goes a very long wayIn our God-longing heart.
```When my heart helplessly cries,
God immediately flies. ```Twenty-four hours a day,
My Lord Supreme protectsMy surrender-life-plant.
```Cry and cry and cry,
For this is the only wayTo melt God’s Heart
AndTo touch His Feet.
```Alas, is it too late for me
To recogniseThat the mind is absolutely
A false prophet? ```When we pray and meditate
Soulfully,God is not in a hurry to leave us.
```Every day
I am trying to surprise my LordWith my gratitude-breath.
```Whenever God intends
To give us something,It is for everybody.
```Be not a slave
To your glorious achievements.You have yet far, very far, to go!
```Alas, openly I say:
Only God’s Way.Secretly I tell myself:
It is all my own way. ```I spend my days and nights
Searching onlyFor my inner Light.
```God is so proud of you
Because you do not surrenderTo depression.
```Whenever my Lord
Teaches me anything,It is all enlightenment
And not entertainment. ```Short is the road
For the God-lovers. ```Shorter is the road
For the God-loversAnd God-servers.
```Shortest is the road
For the God-surrendered loversAnd servers.
```Long, longer, longest is the road
For the God-doubters. ```Soon, very soon, my entire being
Will be only one thing:Love of God.
```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Has surprised even the God-unbelieversAnd God-disbelievers.
```The length of our journey
To GodDepends on our desire-life
And our aspiration-heart. ```A real God-lover
Cannot misuseEven a fraction of a moment.
```My heart’s ceaseless tears
Have the capacityTo help me breathe in
A new life. ```To see me happy
Is my Lord’sOnly unfulfilled Task.
```There is only one season
In the mind:Doubt-season.
```I want my life to be cradled
By my purity-heart. ```God does not appreciate
My mind’s cleverness.He appreciates only
My heart’s soulfulness. ```Sacrifice is not
A mere dictionary word.Sacrifice is a living reality
In our aspiration-life. ```Nothing is as useless
As my mind’s unwillingnessTo see God’s Light.
```If my mind is not for God,
That means a member of my inner familyIs against God.
```We must not
And must not squanderGod’s Compassion-Light.
```God is crying
To see my purity-mind. ```God is crying
To see my confidence-heart. ```God is crying
To see my surrender-life. ```When I create something,
I always beg GodFor a final finishing Touch.
```God loves silence-gratitude
More than He lovesSound-gratitude.
```God will not wait indefinitely
For my aspiration-heartTo wake up.
```How I wish to be a passenger
On God’s Compassion-Express TrainTo His Heart-Home.
```Every morning
I sow hope-seedsInside my heart.
```The simpler our life is,
The quicker is God’s Arrival. ```I wish to be a single line
In God’s Heart-Life-Book. ```Disaster
Is immediately followedBy frustration.
```Frustration
Is immediately followedBy destruction.
```It may take centuries
To repairOne’s aspiration-heart.
```From hope-bloom
We getCertainty-assurance.
```He who misses
God-pleasing opportunitiesWill find his mind
Inside a total failure-cave. ```Unwillingness begins.
Disobedience continues.Destruction ends.
```Right now
God cares only for our aspirationAnd not for our perfection.
```If I can embody God-devotion,
I do not needAnything else.
```Never host
A doubt-mind-builder. ```Through countless centuries,
Man has been longingFor his nature’s perfection.
Alas, it is still a far cry. ```When God opens my eyes,
He opens them for me to seeBoth my inner duties
And my outer duties. ```I do not mind
If I am the worst human being on earth,As long as I dare to claim God
As my own, very own. ```My Lord’s Vision-Eye tells me
That He has accomplishedEverything for me
In the inner world. ```There is a very short and special path
That leads to God’s Heart-Home.Alas, when will I be aware of it?
```I am all ready
To use my concentration-arrowTo smash the pride of ignorance-night.
```We must not forget that we have
Infinitely more important things to doThan to visit again and again
The tomb of the past. ```I do not want to know
What my mind does,As long as I know
What my heart is doing all the timeFor God.
```I must start my morning earlier
So that I can accomplishMore divine things.
```There is no space
For idlenessIn my life.
```My aspiration-ladder
Every dayNeeds more steps.
```Every single day
I must keep my hope alive. ```My heart-land
Is only for my Lord SupremeTo visit.
```Even a shadow of doubt
Is extremely destructive. ```I am so fortunate
That my life is lovedBy countless people,
And I am not a hopeless soul. ```It is impossible
For the mind to knowWhat God is planning
For the heart. ```I do not want to know
What God thinks of me,As long as I know
That I am thinking of Him,Praying to Him
And meditating on Him. ```Friendship is definitely needed,
But this friendship has to be establishedBetween oneness-hearts.
```Every day brings a new hope
And a new promiseFor my God-discovery.
```My heart wants my life
To be God-centred. ```The mind takes God
As a very strict Teacher. ```The heart takes God
As a very compassionate Father. ```I clearly see that God
Is the most indulgentGrandfather.
```Have tears in your heart —
God will be very near to you. ```If you love God,
Then you will be able to know,See and feel
That this world of ours is beautiful,Extremely beautiful.
```May my life remain always
A crying, God-pleasing heart. ```I am lost,
Totally lost,Between my mind’s independence
And my heart’s dependence. ```O my mind,
Get ready!The God-appointed Hour
Is fast approaching. ```The spirituality-road
Is longer than the longest. ```When I fail in my life,
God’s Heart comes to meWith the most comforting encouragement
And assurances. ```A life of surrender
Has only one season:Spring.
```God always wants
Only silenceTo proclaim His Arrival.
```The moment Grace-Rain falls,
We all becomeGod-hungry.
```If you are too proud to bow your head
To God-seekers and God-lovers,Yours will be a life of utter emptiness.
```I am, indeed,
A God-CompassionAnd God-Inspiration-Dream.
```If you do not aspire,
Then your life is a burdenTo both Heaven and earth.
```I enjoy my meditation
Most powerfullyOnly when I enter into
My soul’s silence-world. ```Alas, my inner world
Is full of sorrows and tears. ```Heaven has taught me,
Most kindly,How to dream of God.
```Earth has taught me,
Most compassionately,How to transform God’s Dream
Into realityFor God-manifestation
Here on earth. ```My heart-eyes
See perfectionEverywhere.
```My meditation has the power
To silenceMy mind-clamour.
```Any aspiration-cry
Must seek the HeightOf the ever-transcending Beyond.
```To be far above all our problems,
We must dive deep within —Therein lies the Answer.
```Heaven-Sun
Blessingfully invites me,And I gladly and proudly respond.
```Both God and I
Keep our heart-doorsWide open
So that we can visit each otherAt any moment.
```The less I think,
The higher I can reach. ```Do not allow any thought
To disturb your inner poise. ```To succeed in life,
We must place our heart’sDevotion-flowers
At the Feet of our Lord Supreme. ```My Lord,
Catch me and hold me firmlyIn Your Compassion-Heart.
```My Lord, I love You.
Do tell me how I can love YouInfinitely more.
```When I am in my highest consciousness,
I see that my heart-gardenIs flooded
With celestial flowers and fruits. ```The mind does not want
To learnGod-Lessons.
```The heart
Thrives onGod-Lessons.
```A God-surrender-life
Is pricelessIn every field of life.
```God Himself
WatchesMy spirituality-hunger.
```I do not mind
If my life is a God-unknownAnd unsung song.
```God never plans anything for me
That is even an inch beyondMy heart-capacities.
```I do not want my mind-doubt
And my heart-insecurityTo torment me any more.
```If a seeker is not examined
In every way,Then he is bound to disappoint God.
```Every time I arrive at God’s Door,
I see clearly that GodIs eager to receive me.
```When we say “Yes” to God,
His Pride in usBecomes immeasurable.
```When I am on my bended knees
I feel only God’s Love. ```I am extremely fond of
My God-gratitude-heart-flowers. ```Will there ever be
An anxiety-worry-free world? ```This world has greatness
In boundless measure,But it needs goodness
As well. ```Perseverance
Has no equal. ```Patience!
All your sweet dreamsWill come true.
```Only the beauty and fragrance
Of the heartShall last.
```Think positively —
God will definitely arriveAt your heart’s door.
```In the battle
Between faith and doubt,Faith will ultimately win.
```Inspiration
Comes fromThe higher world.
```Aspiration
Comes fromThe inner world.
```Realisation
Comes fromThe worlds beyond.
```Alas, I am wasting
My precious time —The mind is never
Going to change. ```Devotion
Is at onceStrong and powerful.
```Realisation
IsExtremely difficult.
```Revelation
IsMore difficult.
```Manifestation
Is infinitely, infinitelyMore difficult.
```The outer world
Is suffering fromSimplicity-shortage.
```The inner world
Is suffering fromSincerity-shortage.
```The higher world
Is suffering fromCompassion-shortage.
```My world
Is suffering fromTear and smile-shortage.
```Do not enjoy
Yesterday’sDevastating experiences.
```The world’s misery-factories
Are increasing every dayIn number.
```It is extremely difficult
To fight againstFrustration-attack.
```God alone can forecast
Our God-realisation-hour. ```If our faith is not unshakeable,
Then this world of oursWill remain unchangeable.
```Enthusiasm and cheerfulness
Are shockingly decreasingIn the world.
```Only the soul-leader
Can guide us perfectlyTo our destined Goal.
```Unless and until we can go
Beyond the bounds of thought,Our minds shall suffer
From peace-starvation. ```O my mind,
It is already too late!Come out, come out
From your darkest ignorance-abyss. ```The heart is extremely eager
To enter into the mind’s darknessWith Light.
The darknessIs vehemently protesting.
```I am determined
To regainMy long-lost aspiration-height.
```Poor mind —
It is ignorantOf the all-illumining
Inner sun. ```Our soul-witness
Watches everythingThat we say and do.
```Upward I go
To see God’s Vision-Eye. ```Inward I go
To see God’s Forgiveness-Heart. ```Forward I go
To see God’s Protection-Feet. ```Self-criticism
Is as bad asSelf-aggrandisement.
```My heart
Is sleeplessly hungryFor God’s inner Attention.
```My mind
Is sleeplessly hungryFor God’s outer Attention.
```My eyes
Are sleeplessly hungryFor God’s Eye-Attention.
```When you want
To look backward,Delay indefinitely.
```When you want
To look forward,Immediately start.
```Frustration ends
In inevitable destruction. ```A self-giving heart
Knows notWhat sacrifice is.
```I am flying
My life’sGod-surrender-banner.
```My mind,
God has not made you my sovereign.Therefore, from now on,
I shall never listen to you. ```My Lord, I pray to You,
Do erase all my doubts,Anxieties and worries.
```Every day
I invoke God the BlissTo come down
And bless my life. ```Each seeker-heart
Must pray to GodTo bless him
With an ever-new dawn. ```My Lord, do bless my life
With a huge supply of enthusiasmAnd cheerfulness.
```Finally, I have come to learn
That only God-thoughtsAre worthwhile.
```Our love, devotion
And surrender-magnetsAttract the Attention
Of our Lord Beloved SupremeQuite surprisingly.
```I may be useless,
But not my heart-tearsAnd my soul-smiles.
```God scolds me and insults me.
Why?Precisely because He wants me to be
Perfection incarnate. ```I am so happy
That my Lord’s Compassion-EyeWill take care of my life
In a very special way. ```Anything good that I have
Serves GodIn a very special way.
```My prayers
AccumulateEternity’s joy.
```My meditation
AccumulatesInfinity’s peace.
```May the music of my soul
Inundate not only my heartBut also my entire existence.
```When God comes to me,
He rings my heart-bell first. ```When peace descends
Into my heart,My mind gets frightened.
```God asks me to walk very slowly —
He wants me to accompany HimWhile He walks along
Eternity’s Road. ```God has only one task for me:
He wants me to carryThe message of peace
Wherever I go. ```When we have the right attitude,
We see LightEven in the cave of night.
```If today we do not have aspiration,
We shall have to be careful,For tomorrow is fast approaching
With unhappiness. ```When the Master comes to me,
He never forgets to bringHis all-seeing eye
AndHis all-loving heart.
```Divine life and divine love
Always playIn the heart of Eternity and Infinity.
```Each soul takes birth
From the beautyOf Infinity.
```The transformation of our nature
Is, indeed,An inevitability.
```The mind knows how
To damage my lifeQuite frequently.
```The heart knows how
To encircleGod’s Compassion-Eye.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Encircles the tearsOf my aspiration-heart.
```Both my heart and I
Are extremely eagerTo embark on
Perfection-pilgrimage. ```God always does His Duty —
He sprints and sprints towards me,Although I do not move an inch
Towards Him. ```My joy is limitless.
Why?Because tomorrow’s rainbow-dawn
Is fast approaching me. ```I do not want to know
Where I come from,As long as I know
Where I am going —To the Golden Shore of the Beyond.
```Whenever I see God,
All my thoughts immediately flyHeavenward.
```My Lord smiles and smiles
And becomes extremely proud of meWhen He sees me sincerely happy.
```The higher world
Is always eagerTo show us the Way.
```A oneness-heart
Is empty of insecurity. ```I want to become
A perfect strangerTo lethargy-heaviness.
```Alas,
Long lostIs my self-discipline-life.
```Science has made
Many grandiose discoveries,But it has also encaged
The heart. ```My Self-seeking
Is at onceGod-fulfilling.
```My aspiration-heart
Can never haveDisobedience-problems.
```God means
Streaming Blessing-LightAnd Delight.
```My intensity-prayers
Meet withGod’s Immensity-Pride.
```God is pushing vehemently
Your life-car.Do not resist Him.
```There are so many ways
To please God.In my case, the best way
Is to surrender all that I haveAnd all that I am.
```God’s Scoldings
Have made meA better person overnight.
```The human in me
Takes enormous prideIn self-reliance.
```The divine in me
Gets immense joyIn God-dependence.
```God loves us more
When we exclusivelyLean on Him.
```Self-discovery
Clearly shows usThe Way.
```God-discovery
Takes usTo the Goal itself.
```No matter where it leads,
I must follow the pathThat my Master has shown me.
```Abilities we need
To manifestOur possibilities.
```The mind’s unwillingness-thorns
DestroyOur willingness-rose-beauty.
```Expectation’s final destination
Is disappointment. ```The earth-bound mind
Does everything blindly. ```Hope has a very special place
Inside our aspiration-heart. ```Do not resist.
Accept immediatelyGod’s Will.
```Patience, patience!
God’s Compassion-HeartWill descend
At the right moment. ```My Master dictates to me
Everything that I doFor humanity.
```When God’s Compassion-Eye
Descends,No sorrows can last.
```God leads me;
Therefore I proceed. ```God guides me;
Therefore I am safe. ```God’s Compassion-flooded Messages
Need no interpretation. ```O seeker,
You have come to meWith your mind.
You have left your heartSomewhere else.
```God wants me
To learn about myself more,Infinitely more.
```O seeker,
If you do not love humanity,Divinity will remain always
A far cry. ```Do everything that has to be done today,
For tomorrow may not beAt your disposal.
```The heart has always
Very sincere concernFor the foolish mind.
```May my heart solve
All my mind’s problemsWith its tremendous concern.
```My Lord,
May Your Sunshine-SmileNever fade.
```The hesitation-mind
BecomesA frustration-failure.
```When we serve God
Unconditionally,Our joy becomes unparalleled.
```The devotion-heart
Is blessedWith the swiftest speed.
```The mind
Makes turbulent waves.The heart
Confidently calms them. ```Each time I go to God,
He asks me to singA new heart-song.
```I pray to God
For Him to beMy only Lord.
```Divine thoughts awaken me,
Illumine my mindAnd fulfil my heart.
```Meditation
Has the capacityTo clear
Our overcast mind. ```I must open
All my inner feelingsTo my Inner Pilot Supreme.
```My Lord,
Do accept my gratitude-heartFor each unfolding moment.
```My Lord,
Do teach me and my heartEverything,
From the very beginning. ```God tells me
Not to feel helpless and useless,But to spend all my time
Before my heart-shrine. ```My humility-service-heart
Is treasured dearlyBy my Lord Supreme.
```Only love
Can set the proper valueOf everything.
```I am not afraid of
The darker than the darkest abyss.I will live, therefore, a very long time.
```My Lord,
Am I ready for the highest climbing?“My child, you are ready,
But alas, you are late!Do not delay any more.”
```The value of humility
Is far beyond measure. ```My Lord,
Tomorrow I shall placeMy very existence
At Your Feet. ```Each seeker
Receives from GodOpportunities beyond measure.
```Eagerness to please my Master,
All the time,Is my only prayer.
```The mind loves to worship
Heroes of the outer world.The heart loves to worship
Not only heroes of the inner world,But also heroes of any world
Created by God. ```I must raise the standard
Of my own lifeWithout looking at others’ condition.
```I must be both physically
And spiritually fitTo be a most faithful child
Of my Lord Supreme. ```Whenever the mind speaks,
It speaks with tremendousAnd baseless confidence.
```O my golden progress-days,
Where are you?Do you not see and feel
I am all heart-tears for you? ```May my eyes
Swim sleeplesslyIn my Lord’s Satisfaction-Smiles.
```The common goal
Of all mankindIs God’s Delight infinite.
```Your meditation-heart
And your dedication-lifeReceive very special Blessings
From the Absolute Lord Supreme. ```I must be
Extremely strictWith all my weaknesses.
```I offer my ever-increasing gratitude
To my Absolute Lord Supreme. ```In our spiritual life,
Forgiveness and gratitudeAre our heart’s immeasurable wealth.
```There is no end,
And there can be no end,To how much God forgives us.
```God’s Will
Is the SovereignOf my life.
```A negativity-mind
Belittles everything divineThat the heart has.
```One major difference
Between God and myselfIs this:
God has no time to criticise me,Whereas I have all the time in the world
To criticise God. ```My life’s transformation-experience
Is giving my entire beingEnormous joy.
```God gives His obedience-children
His private phone number. ```Everything fades away
Except one thing:God’s Forgiveness-Smile.
```Waste no time being afraid of
Ignorance-night —Jump into the ocean of delight.
```My retirement-prayer
My Lord has torn into pieces. ```We shall not allow anything
To prevent us from lovingOur Lord
In His own Way. ```My Lord,
Only one prayer, and no more:Do illumine my mind
At this very moment. ```My Lord,
To be with You just for today,For a few minutes,
Is my only desire. ```O my mind,
I shall not allow you any moreTo strangle me
With the chain of your impurity-thoughts. ```I follow only one direction:
My God-Direction. ```Never allow your aspiration
And dedicationTo rest.
```My Lord,
Do give me backMy childlike heart.
```For the mind,
There is noGod-Home-entrance.
```We pray to clear our mind,
To purify our heartAnd to awaken our life.
```Do not treasure anything
That is not supportingYour spiritual life.
```My Lord’s Sadness-Heart
Perhaps one dayWill transform my life totally.
```Do not hesitate to destroy
Your long-standingGod-disobedience-mind and vital.
```A faithful heart
That loves GodIs invaluable.
```My heart cries
For Eternity’s TearsAnd Infinity’s Smiles.
```God loves my heart-tears
Infinitely moreThan anything else.
```What am I doing?
I am liberating myselfFrom doubt and suspicion-kingdom.
```Are you so blind
That you cannot see your self-deceptionIs destroying your life-boat for good?
```We think of ourselves
Twenty-four hours a day,But alas, we cannot spare
Even a moment for God. ```We must examine
The very roots of our existence-lifeTo prepare
For our self-giving serviceTo God.
```Sometimes world-criticism
Pains us,But it can be for our own
Perfection-life. ```There is an ocean-vast difference
BetweenMy imaginary God-fulfilment-eagerness
AndMy real eagerness.
```There is no such thing as
An unproductive meditation. ```God Himself records
My sublime inner experiences. ```My meditation-heart
Needs more attentionAnd silence.
```From many, many questions,
I have brought it down to one:Is my Lord really pleased with me?
```When the soul whispers,
Only the heart can hear —Not the mind, not the vital
And not the body. ```A constant
God-remembrance-heartI urgently need.
```No sincere aspiration-effort
Will ever end in vain. ```A seeker’s need:
The self-discipline-path. ```The mind does not know
How to love anything —It knows only
How to twist everything. ```Self-respect
Others may need;What I need
Is humility. ```Openly acknowledge
Your shortcomings.God will help you become
Another perfection-God. ```Every day we must create
A new hope and a new promiseTo fulfil
Our Lord Beloved Supreme. ```My very first
And my very last dutyIs to please my Master
In his own way. ```In silence absolute,
My all-seeing soulWatches the activities
Of my heart, mind, vital and body. ```Problems and problems and problems!
But I must continue loving, servingAnd pleasing
My Lord Beloved Supreme. ```It is a very good sign
When the mind criesFor God-Attention.
```God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Shelters unconditionallyEach and every spiritual seeker.
```May my very existence on earth
Be inundatedWith God-invoking tears.
```If I can have a childlike trust,
Then Heaven’s GatesWill remain wide open to me.
```I do not have to worry any more —
My Lord has promisedThat He will take care of my life.
```Be pure in mind —
You will be able to enjoyGod’s most intimate Affection.
```Unlike other thoughts,
My spirituality-thoughtsLead me
To an ever-blossoming Light. ```No more self-doubt,
No more!My life is of the Supreme
And for the SupremeForever and forever.
```We must all sow the seeds
Of good deedsTo change the face and fate
Of the world. ```Whatever you give,
You must rememberThat it is all coming
From God,To share with humanity.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33, Agni Press, 2003
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