My first lesson from God
Is how to love. ```My second lesson from God
Is how to live. ```My third lesson from God
Is how to becomeWhat God wants me to become.
```My Lord and I
Want to play a new game:I will enter into
His Infinity;He will enter into
My finite existence. ```Happiness is the only medicine
That can brighten our heartsAnd enlighten our minds.
```True, nothing comes to God
As a surprise,But when we do something extraordinary,
God blesses usWith His infinite Joy and Pride.
```True devotion comes slowly,
Steadily and unerringly,With no fanfare of drums and trumpets.
```Meditation
Is a very strong and high staircaseTo take us to Heaven.
```The inner aspiration
Makes our outer eyes and faceVery beautiful.
```Each God-seeker
Must beA world-harmony-dreamer.
```The aura
Of a self-giving lifeIs unimaginably beautiful.
```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Every morningClears my life-road.
```Alas, I have so many important things
To do for God.Why do I fan my desire-flames
Again and again? ```Early in the morning,
If we do not structure our day carefully,We cannot accomplish
Anything memorable. ```Where can I find a true friend
If not inside the HeartOf my Lord Supreme?
```We must always brave
Our inner trials and tribulationsTo become victorious in life.
```O my seeker-friends, do not worry.
Can you not see that God is here,Right in front of you,
In disguise? ```God and I
Are eagerly lookingFor my heart’s sunrise.
```The path of the mind
Is invariablyFull of thorns and thistles.
```When the tears of my heart
Sing for my Lord Supreme,His Eye becomes as vast
As the ocean of tears. ```Listen and obey.
Nothing else God expectsFrom us.
```Only my God-surrender
Can devourIgnorance-night.
```Every day
I have something newTo learn:
How to please GodIn God’s own Way.
```God’s Compassion-Eye was born
Long beforeGod’s Justice-Hands.
```No mountain, no ocean
Can obstructMy Lord’s Compassion-Eye.
```Like my heart,
I am always eager to obeyMy Lord’s every Wish.
```Even if I have to wait indefinitely,
I am prepared to waitFor God’s Forgiveness-Light.
```Hope awakens my heart
To enter into the newness-soulOf life.
```God wants me
To be in a tearing hurryOnly when He wants me
To do somethingFor Him.
```I shall not allow my mind
To dictateEven a moment
Of my life. ```When you prepare for God
Soulfully,He comes down
Immediately. ```Idleness means nothingness,
And nothingness meansSelf-extinction.
```God the Smiler
IsMy aspiration-heart-nourisher.
```My devotion-heart
AndMy prayerful tears
Are extremely close friends. ```When we desire,
We go around in circles. ```When we aspire,
We arrive at a new horizon. ```I use my eyes
Only to seeGod’s Eye-Beauty.
```I use my heart
Only to smellGod’s Heart-Fragrance.
```A peerless Heaven-climber
Is beckonedBy God Himself.
```In the spiritual life,
If we do not go forward,We are forced to go backward
On life’s track. ```The God-seeker’s profession
Shall always remainUnparalleled.
```My morning meditation
And the rising sunLove to live in each other.
```Love spreads
The smile of the heart. ```Smile carries us
To the ever-transcending Beyond. ```An aspiring heart
Is bound to knowWhether its tears
Are true or false. ```Slowly and steadily
I see my tearful eyesEverywhere.
```Suddenly
I see my peaceful heartEverywhere.
```If you are an advanced seeker,
Then the galaxies will definitely revolveIn your eyes.
```How to conquer doubt
Is always a prime subjectFor all seekers.
```Alas, divine thoughts
Are sadly outnumberedBy undivine thoughts.
```The tears of the heart
And the smiles of the soulAlways remain immutable.
```The success-road
Is pavedWith patience and perseverance.
```Aspiration itself
IsA Heaven-bound flight.
```My heart’s ascending cries
And God’s descending SmilesHave mutual admiration
For each other. ```Stupidity
Is quite often maskedBy cleverness.
```Everybody is afraid
To be unpopular. ```I withdraw my surrender quite often,
But my Lord does not withdrawHis Compassion.
```For a long time
I have been in search ofAn unconditionally
God-surrendered life. ```Like God,
I do not bind myself —I just give myself to the world
Unreservedly and unconditionally. ```The ultramodern spirituality
Does not believe inRegularity and punctuality.
```We all wish
To keep our failuresTotally secret.
```We all wish
To keep our successUniversally public.
```I have many homes,
But my peace-homeIs the only home that I treasure.
```I think that
Except for me,All human beings are real burdens.
```Those who make fun of me
TodayWill feel repentant
Tomorrow. ```Devotion-commotion
Is worse than useless. ```They say that I am an expert
In many things.Now I pray to God
To make me an expertIn unlearning.
```If I truly aspire,
Then nothing on earthWill disappoint me.
```Quite often
The vital drifts in and out ofThe spiritual life.
```I must realise
That revenge is notGod’s Way.
```O my restless mind,
Keep quiet!Allow God to speak
Without your interpretation. ```I hold God
Not inside my head,Not inside my hands,
But inside my heart. ```My soul is thundering
Inside my feeble heart. ```My silence-teacher
Is the only teacherThat I badly need.
```I shall never allow
My old ignorance-selfTo rise again.
```Publicity-abundance
Can easily slow downOur heart’s progress.
```Once God opens
His Hands,He never closes them.
```Man opens and closes
His handsAt his sweet will.
```Without improving oneself first,
To dream of a better worldIs the height of stupidity.
```May my aspiration-heart
Have no roomFor distrust.
```God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Is never out of stock. ```To love man
God has takenAs His only Occupation.
```There are so many ways,
Inner and outer,To please the Lord Supreme.
```Devotion-tears
Bring God to usFast, very fast.
```I feed on God’s beautiful Smiles
AndHis powerful Blessings.
```God wants me to compete
With myself,And transcend myself,
To be with Him. ```We must not hoard
Either our inner wealthOr our outer wealth.
```Be careful of your mind’s fanfares.
They can bind youAnd blind you.
```My heart-tears
Are my God-satisfaction-capacities. ```A soulful God-server
Does not knowWhat tiredness is.
```When we breathe in
The illumination of our soul,We feel God is just in front of us,
Smiling. ```No life-tree
Can liveWithout hope.
```Do not forget
That insecurityIs a contagious disease.
```Who else takes,
And who else will take,Our problem-burden
If not God? ```When my mind is pure,
God shows meHis Eye’s Waves
Of Light and Delight. ```This world
Has no dearthOf self-styled responsibilities.
```The mind is fond of
Staying permanentlyInside thought-circles.
```When intensity awaits you,
Do not delay.Start running!
```To have a happy life,
Free of anxieties,We must develop our surrender-capacity
To God’s Will. ```Cast aside
As soon as possibleAll your mind’s negativity-thoughts.
```Give everything,
If so is the Will of God. ```Need nothing,
If so is the Will of God. ```My heart-bird opens its eyes
To send a thrill to the worldFor its satisfaction.
```My service-light receives Blessings
From God’s Transcendental PrideAnd His Universal Delight.
```The shore of ecstasy
BeckonsMy life-service-boat.
```As we cannot control
Our anger and pride,God cannot control
His Compassion-Flow. ```I breathe in
My Lord’s Vision-Beauty. ```There is not a single day
That I do not shunMy negativity-mind.
```My heart-tears
BuiltMy God-realisation-palace.
```When we completely depend
On God,He unreservedly gives us
What He has and what He is. ```My aspiration-heart
ThrivesOn morning dew.
```Only with positive thoughts
Can we bring lightInto our mind-cave.
```A child’s heart
Is the most powerfulHappiness-announcer.
```Each and every thought
Of mineI place at my Lord’s
Compassion-Feet. ```A sincere prayer-heart
Can never fail. ```Only God’s Compassion
Can destroyOur attachment-bonds.
```To climb up
The towering aspiration-peak,I must own
An unconditional God-surrender-life. ```Only humility knows
How to appreciate and admireThe good qualities of others.
```With my prayers and meditations
I must give my service-lifeA ceaseless breath.
```My God-surrender
Is the green lightOn my Heavenward journey.
```My heart-tears
Play a most significant roleIn my God-discovery.
```Each time I open myself
To God’s Will wholeheartedly,I see my imperfections
Start to wane. ```My mind wants to destroy
The rich friendshipThat my soul and my heart enjoy.
```My mind can proudly ignore
My Lord’s Feet,But my Lord cannot ignore
My mind’s arrogance and insolence. ```My heart tries
To throw lightInto my darkness-mind.
```My Lord came to me
To transform my life —Not with His Power,
Not even with His Light,But with His tearful Heart.
```My God-obedience
IsMy only life-protection.
```Sincerity
IsThe strongest safeguard.
```Temptation comes as a friend
But gradually becomesThe worst enemy.
```Every morning
A rainbow-dawn-roadBeckons me.
```It is I who have made
The insecurity-netsOf my life.
```A disobedience-mind
Is totally uselessTo my Lord Supreme.
```What I really need
IsAn inexhaustible hope.
```My Lord moves
From one place to another,Only trying to find
A most reliable seeker. ```When God brings divine Gifts
For the mind,The mind is utterly perplexed.
```Love is beauty’s
Sweet touch. ```Devotion is intensity’s
Quick touch. ```Surrender is Divinity’s
Tender touch. ```The mind and the vital
Strangely enjoyChaotic lifestyles.
```To me, God is perfect
Only when He thinks of meAnd nobody else!
```I go to God
For my inspection. ```God comes to me
For my emancipation. ```I have no idea
When God’s Hour will strike,But I know that God’s Hour
Does exist. ```When I think
Of God,I am happy.
```When I pray
To God,I am wise.
```When I meditate
On God,I am deep.
```When I surrender
My entire being to God,I am perfect,
Absolutely perfect. ```Morning gives us
Inspiration-flood. ```Evening gives us
Aspiration-mountain. ```Night gives us
Peace-sea. ```When I think of the known,
I see a service-road. ```When I think of the Unknown,
I see an express highway. ```When I think of the Unknowable,
My journey never starts. ```He who travels along Eternity’s Road
Will be befriendedBy both Infinity and Immortality.
```Home is not where I live.
Home is whereI am all peace.
```God’s Fingers
Affectionately call me. ```God’s Hands
Lovingly show meThe Way.
```God’s Shoulders
Lovingly, unreservedlyAnd unconditionally
Carry me all the way. ```My love of God
Makes my eyesSoulful.
```My devotion to God
Makes my heartBlissful.
```My surrender to God
And God’s WillMakes me perfect and complete.
```When I try to lord it over the world,
God tells me that my stupidityHas reached the summit-height.
```I can clear my mind’s desire-clouds
Only when God-adoration-tearsPossess me.
```When God smiles at me,
What must I do?I must immediately bring to the fore
My most precious possession:Gratitude.
```The mind’s zigzag road
Does not frighten my heart.On the contrary,
It fortifies my heart. ```I love God
Not because He is great,Not because He is good,
But because He is my AllAnd I am His All.
```God does not care for my perfection.
He does not care even for my preparation.He cares only for my readiness
And willingness. ```My heart-tears live between
My Master’s compassion-eyeAnd his affection-heart.
```If you pass your life-examination,
Automatically you will becomeA God-manifestation-example.
```Alas, we cannot live
Without fanningOur own desire-flames.
```God edits
Only when my soul writesOn God-realisation.
```We need implicit faith
In our own spiritual lifeTo brave our inner turbulence.
```My Lord Supreme,
I pray to You,Do remove Your thick Mask!
```We cleverly deny
Our descent. ```We proudly glorify
Our ascent. ```Alas, we do not know
When we are being burntIn desire-fire.
```The divine Beauty shines
No matter where it is —Even in the thickest darkness.
```Alas, doubts and suspicions
Simply refuse to leaveThe human mind.
```When my heart sails
On the devotion-sea,Boundless joy
Captures my heart. ```No matter what I do,
My Lord’s all-illuminingAnd all-transforming Affection
Never leaves me. ```Sincerity
Is the sweetest melodyOf my aspiration-heart.
```The desire-life
Unconsciously followsThe footsteps of frustration.
```Temptation
Is always anxiousTo capture our vital.
```My heart’s aspiration,
My mind’s determinationAnd my Lord’s Compassion —
When these three work together,Impossibility surrenders immediately.
```Ingratitude
Enters into the mind-jungleAnd grows
Without being invited. ```If you are God-aspiration-prone,
Then abandon your mind’sAmbition-throne.
```Only time will tell
When humility will be appreciatedBy all and sundry.
```To make fast progress,
Patience is unparalleled. ```Adversity
Unknowingly increasesOur inner strength.
```If anything remains unloved
In God’s Creation,Then God’s Creation
Will never be perfect. ```Each time my soul smiles,
I feel that my heartIs taking a giant step forward
Towards God. ```When my priorities
And God’s priorities tally,We make each other
Extremely happy and proud. ```A sweetness-heart
Is God’s BlessingUnimaginable.
```Before we speak,
We must breathe inThe Beauty and Fragrance
Of God’s Name. ```The mind desires
Only one thing:Profit, profit, profit.
```The heart yearns for
Only one thing:Inner progress, inner progress,
Inner progress. ```I found my own true self
Only after I came out ofMy mind’s attachment-cave.
```When we bathe
In God’s Compassion-Eye-Sea,Then we know that our life
Has something very significantTo offer mankind.
```My aspiration-heart
Invites meTo join in its Heavenward flight.
```God has very special Love,
Joy and PrideFor those who are always eager
To serve Him most lovinglyAnd most self-givingly.
```Enthusiasm
IsOur journey’s victory.
```Nothing is as important
In the spiritual lifeAs consciousness.
```Either we go to the inspiration-bird,
Or we compel the inspiration-birdTo come to us,
So that we can createSomething momentous.
```Just by repeating,
“I am all readyTo surrender myself totally
To my Lord Supreme,”We can develop unimaginable speed
In our spiritual life. ```Determination covers
Half the distanceTo the Destination.
```In real spirituality
There is no such thingAs sacrifice.
It is all the beauty of loveAnd
The fragrance of oneness. ```The deeper we dive,
The stronger becomesOur oneness with God
And with all humankind. ```Constant faithfulness
Is a most rare and difficult achievementIn the spiritual life.
```Sometimes we pray to God
To save us from imminent danger,And sometimes we pray to God
To give us indomitable courageTo face the situation.
God prefers the latter. ```Be not timid!
Pray to God for courage.Your inner spirit will come to the fore.
```A fearless spirit,
Founded upon God’s Grace,Can be of great use
To save the face and fate of the world. ```Devotion is at once
Sweeter than the sweetestAnd stronger than the strongest.
```Every day
We must try to feedOur Lord Beloved Supreme
With our gratitude-heart-tears. ```Some people have faith
Only in themselves,While others have faith only in God.
Still others have faithBoth in themselves and in God —
How I wish I could beOne of those fortunate ones!
```Out of His infinite Bounty,
God tells us, “My children,If you cannot develop faith in Me,
No harm.As long as you have faith in yourselves,
I shall be highly pleased.” ```The loyalty of a seeker to his Master
Is of invaluable importanceAt every moment.
```From oneness
We derive peace.From peace
We derive oneness. ```In the outer life,
Oneness comes first;Peace follows.
```In the inner life,
Peace is self-existent. ```May my heart
Be singularly richIn forgiveness.
```May my life
Be singularly richIn sacrifice.
```God’s Aspiration-Hunger
Came into existenceLong before His Third Eye.
```Intensity in the body, vital and mind
Can create serious problemsFor the God-seeker.
Why?The body, vital and mind
Lack the purity and lightTo help intensity do the right thing.
```The heart has light
From its close connection with the soul.Therefore, the heart’s intensity
Always does the right thing. ```Alas,
Our body, vital and mindAre right now plunged in darkness.
But there shall come a timeWhen they will receive light
In abundant measure. ```God has a fixed Hour
When He will grant me realisation —It is not up to me to decide.
```The unlit intensity
Of the body, vital and mindDesires to realise God overnight,
By hook or by crook. ```The illumined intensity of the heart
Says to God:“My Lord, take as long as You want!
I shall do my partUntil Your Hour strikes for me.”
```Alas,
My whole world collapsesWhen God does not fulfil
The intensity-demandsOf my obscure body, vital and mind.
```Surrender is the sunlit path
To arrive at the Golden ShoreOf the ever-transcending Beyond.
```God is the most beautiful Child
Who has been playing, singingAnd dancing
In His own Infinity’s Heart-Garden,From time immemorial.
```Although unnoticeable,
Light is availableInside even the darkest ignorance-night.
```The light inside ignorance-night
Is infinitesimal.The light of the soul
Is measureless and fathomless. ```Oneness merrily approaches.
Division instantly collapses. ```No creation of God
Is empty of light. ```Always be wise.
Spend all your timeWhere light is available
In boundless measure. ```O seeker,
Can you not see the vast expanse of oceanRight in front of you?
Why then do you spend your lifeSwimming only in the tiniest pond?
```Those who are most sincerely longing
For the divine VictoryHere on earth
Are, indeed, the hero-soldiersOf the Supreme,
Chosen by the Supreme Himself. ```Willingness to be sleeplessly
And breathlesslyOn God’s side
Is the precursorTo God-discovery.
```There is a vast difference
Between poise and tranquillity:Tranquillity can be cultivated
In the earth-bound mind,While poise is the direct messenger
Of Divinity’s inner Voice. ```Poise unites the Infinite
And the finiteIn the breath of its own Immortality.
```Of all my divine qualities,
My poise has no equal.This is my secret.
```To have absolute inner peace
In the face of life’s outer agitationIs the meaning of divine poise.
```God has infinite instruments,
But He has chosen only twoTo be closest to Him:
He who is aspiration-heightAnd
He who is service-delight. ```Since the very beginning of creation,
Mother Earth has offered countless giftsTo Father Heaven,
But, alas, still one more giftShe has to offer:
Humanity’s transformation. ```My Lord Supreme does not mind at all
When I break even the most solemn promiseI have made to Him.
Why?Because He has the capacity
And is the capacityTo forgive me.
```My Lord Supreme becomes sad
And miserableThe moment I break
Even the simplest promiseI have made to myself.
Why?Because He knows my incapacity
To forgive myself. ```Alas, we withdraw
Our promises to GodAt our sweet will.
```When we make a promise to ourselves
And cannot fulfil our promise,Ignorance-night envelops us
And danger looms large. ```When we make a promise to God
And do not fulfil our promise,Ignorance-night does not dare to envelop us,
Because God is involved. ```When we fail to fulfil our promises,
We are doomed to disappointment.We feel our life is nothing short of failure.
```My crying heart
Became fulnessWhen my life-moments
Became selfless. ```True satisfaction is available
Only when we go far beyondThe domain
Of the earth-bound mind. ```The mind gets satisfaction
Only from separativityAnd supremacy.
```How stupid is the mind!
It steals joy from its own family members:Body, vital and heart.
```The synonym of ‘mind’
Is ‘mine’.The synonym of ‘heart’
Is ‘thine’. ```We can break through the ceiling
Of the earth-bound mind,And enter the realm of the higher mind,
Only by virtue of our boundless poiseAnd boundless delight.
```Once you enter the realm
Of the higher mind,You gain free access to it,
And you never again have to returnTo the limited, earth-bound mind.
```I pray to God:
“My Lord Beloved Supreme,Do inundate my earth-existence
With an indomitable spirit,So that I can manifest You fully
Here on earth.”God tells me:
“My child, first take BlessingsFrom My Heart,
Then take BlessingsFrom My Feet
And, finally, take BlessingsFrom My Eye.”
```Once you receive Blessings
From God’s Heart, from His FeetAnd from His Eye,
There can be nothing —Either here on earth
Or there in Heaven —To bar your supreme Victory.
```God has Compassion, Affection,
Love and Sweetness for usIn boundless measure.
But when He sees a life of self-giving,He also blessingfully offers
His ever-increasing FondnessTo this choicest instrument of His.
```God wants each and every seeker
To be a roaring lionIn his God-serving life.
```In my life, there is only one
Supreme Authority:God’s Compassion-Eye.
```The spirituality-ladder
Has three rungs:Newness, oneness and fulness.
```The moment God sees us
Climbing the spirituality-ladder,He becomes more proud of us
Than we can ever imagine. ```When I claim God
To be my All,I become an authentic
Representative of God’s WillHere on earth.
```The wider our consciousness,
The greater the joy and satisfactionWe offer to God.
```When we have fulness,
God’s Joy and Pride increase,Not only in us, but in Himself as well.
Why?Because He sees that God the Creator
And God the CreationAre equally fulfilled.
```O seeker, the past is dust —
It truly is.It has not given you the realisation you seek.
Therefore, have nothing to do with it! ```God is fulness itself.
How to arrive at fulness?Only through newness
And oneness. ```True, the Supreme is infinite,
But when we use our third eye,We see that He is always increasing —
Increasing His Height, increasing His Heart. ```Our human eyes are limited —
They cannot see beyondSeventy or a hundred metres.
But if we use our heart,Farther than the farthest we can see.
```Unless and until we establish fulness
In our entire being,We cannot become full-fledged players
In God’s Cosmic Game. ```God’s Victory-Chariot beckons
Only those who want to beHero-warriors.
```May my life live
On hope-rainbows. ```Amusement,
If it is innocent,Helps our aspiration-course.
```Faith is always pure
And crystal clear. ```I find peace and bliss
Only in my Master’sSilence-eye.
```A host of angels
Are extremely proud ofMy God-surrender-life.
```We must outlast
Our unhealthyPast experiences.
```A corruption-mind knows
What life-volcano-eruption is. ```I pray for hours
Every dayTo increase my God-devotion.
```Gratitude compels
My heartTo look Above.
```Even the faintest whispers
From my soulMy gratitude-heart can hear.
```My Lord,
When You lose and I win,My heart immediately breaks.
```Alas,
The will of my heartIs stumbling and crumbling.
```Patience is indispensable
In our God-longing life. ```Alas, will I ever be able
To seeA fear-free world?
```Compassion born in Heaven
Is trying to illumineThe world.
```Never, never revoke
Your God-manifestation-desire. ```The mind-power I had
Did not satisfy me.What I need is heart-power
To fulfil me. ```Never allow
Your receptivity-heartTo forget all your sweet memories
Of God. ```My aspiration-mountain
And my Lord’s Compassion-FountainLive side by side.
```My Lord, You can hide
From my eyes,But You cannot hide
From my heart. ```Even my resisting mind
Cannot ignoreGod’s beckoning Hands.
```If I am on God’s side,
Then I shall never take sufferingAs suffering.
```For me,
God’s Heart is the WayAnd God’s Eye is the Destination.
```The mind destroys.
The heart immediately reveals. ```God-satisfaction
In God’s own WayIs my heart’s pinnacle-dream.
```God does not mind my incapacity.
He cares only forMy dedication-sincerity.
```A self-giving life
Is God’s true pride. ```Our devotion-heart
Is onlyFor our Lord Supreme
To choose. ```Unwillingness
Is the death blowTo our spiritual life.
```Everything will go well
In our lifeIf we can constantly remember
God’s Name. ```I must come to God’s Heart-Home
Not only soulfullyBut also self-givingly.
```To strengthen
Your God-aspiring heart,Increase your faith in God.
```The doubting mind
Is bound to lag behind. ```I am determined to speak to God
At least onceIn this incarnation.
```Keep your aspiration-flame burning
All the time.Your worldly desires
Will be doomed to nothingness. ```I must pray and meditate
Most soulfullyIf I want to be a chosen instrument
Of my Lord Supreme. ```I am so happy
That I am not caughtBy worldly desires.
```Be absolutely brave.
You will not find yourself any longerOn the shores of ignorance-sea.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Is the LordOf my heart-tears.
```We must honour
Our life-commitmentsSo that we can please God
In His own Way. ```I keep my inner eye
Wide openTo watch my Lord’s
Inner Activities. ```Do not forget to receive Blessings
From God’s FeetAt least once a day.
```Compassion has to rain from Above
If we want to be blessedWith immeasurable progress-delight.
```The mind-desires
God does not fulfil,For our own inner progress.
```An extreme inner hunger
ExpeditesOur Godward journey.
```God-obedience-seekers
Are God’sMost favourite instruments.
```God loves to possess
My devotion-heartMost proudly.
```God loves to claim
My surrender-lifeAs His own, very own.
```Each divine thought
Of my heartRadiates in and through
My entire life. ```Obedience must start
Here and now,And not elsewhere
Or some other time. ```The supreme happiness
In my lifeIs when my Master gives me
A most powerful smile. ```A devotion-heart-seeker
Is all eagernessTo please his Master
Twenty-four hours a day. ```May my heart-river run
MurmuringTo the ocean of infinite bliss.
```My Lord,
I miss Your HeartVery badly.
“My child,I need your heart
Constantly.” ```The mind’s
Desire-eagernessIs truly deplorable.
```When silence descends upon me,
I become hungryOnly for You, my Lord.
```One thought can give us
Either the taste of HeavenOr the taste of hell.
```One self-giving act
Immediately brings GodCloser to me.
```I need many, many divine qualities,
But I need a oneness-heartMore than anything else.
```My Lord, You have come to me
Quite unexpectedly!You have sprung a real surprise
On me. ```My Lord,
When I see Your Vision-Eye,My entire being swims
In the sea of delight. ```Dive deep within.
You are bound to experienceA bliss-fountain.
```My Lord,
Will I ever be strong enoughTo force my head
To be under Your FeetAll the time?
```I deeply enjoy watching
The helplessAnd
The Helper. ```To me, the best time to meditate
Is when all the morning starsSoulfully sing together.
```My Lord asks me
Not to be the companionOf the doubting mind.
```Sound teaches me
How to accept the challengeOf the ruthless world.
```Silence teaches me
How to love the worldAnd become the world.
```We are hungry
For the worldTo surrender to us.
```Alas, when will we have
The capacityTo raise the world-consciousness?
```God knows His Blessing
Is successfulWhen He sees
A throbbing heart. ```To our greatest joy,
The seekers on God’s sideAre infinitely more in number
Than the undivine forcesOf ignorance-night.
```We must value
Time and speedIf we really want to succeed
In life. ```We must offer our forgiveness-smiles
And forgiveness-embracesTo turn this world
Into Heaven. ```As God blesses the morning sun,
Even so,He blesses my morning heart
At the same time. ```Temptation-thief
We must catchAnd offer our justice-light.
```The more we are hungry
For God’s Life,The happier we make God.
```Without inner strength,
Nobody can rely on GodConstantly.
```We must break
All our earth-bound shackles.Only then shall we be able
To receiveThe highest Blessings from Above.
```Those who consciously seek
God’s Blessings and GuidanceAre, indeed,
Very fortunate human beings. ```Responsibility is opportunity.
Opportunity is halfwayTo success-life and progress-heart.
```Go forward,
Not with your doubting mindBut with your aspiring heart.
```Our heart can hold
Divinity’s LightIn abundant measure.
```Take yesterday
As centuries long past.With new hope and new promise,
Embark todayOn the God-realisation-journey.
```If our prayers
Are flooded with sincerity and faith,Then God and His Heart
Cannot remain a far cry. ```Compassion-Ocean
Always blessesThe real God-seekers
And God-lovers. ```When you pray to God,
The Father in GodBecomes very happy.
```When you meditate on God,
The Friend in GodBecomes very happy.
```God shows me
What He eternally is:His Compassion-Eye.
```I show God
What I truly want to be:A constant gratitude-heart-tear.
```I call it my devotion-heart;
God calls the same thingHis Affection-Light.
```God repeatedly asks me
Not to think of my yearsOf prayer-meditation-neglect.
```Lo and behold,
My aspiration-heartAnd my dedication-life
Are no longer entangledBy disturbing thoughts.
```To have a profound meditation,
I must go far beyond the boundariesOf my mind.
```God’s Heart-Elevator
Can take as many seekersAs it wants to.
```My Lord happily and proudly
Heaps BlessingsUpon my self-giving heart.
```Slowly and steadily
Aspiration awakensOur hearts.
```Happily and self-givingly
We bring God the CreatorAnd God the Creation
To us. ```Aspiration and dedication-escalators
May go downAt times.
```The unconditional God-surrender-elevator
Never goes down,Not even for a brief moment.
```Indifference
Is a dangerous blowTo our God-search-journey.
```Each time God smiles at me,
I get the experienceOf breathtaking Beauty.
```Light shines bright,
Very bright,On my dream-moon-beauty-life.
```The heart has many, many
Peace-friends.The poor mind does not have
A single peace-friend! ```Each seeker must hoist
God’s Victory-Banner. ```A moment of peace
Gives meInfinity’s bliss.
```God does not want man
To proveBut to improve.
```God’s Heart devours equally
Our heart’s gratitude-tearsAnd
Our mind’s ingratitude-frowns. ```Every day
I prepare myselfFor my God-obedience-examinations.
```Human progress,
In general,Is shockingly slow.
```I have smashed asunder
My mind-made problem-chains. ```Devotion is sweetness;
Devotion is oneness;Devotion is fulness;
Devotion is God’s immediate Choice;Devotion is my God-preparation.
```May my heart
Be a beautifulAnd ever-climbing star.
```We cannot alter destiny
Unless there is a most powerfulDivine Intervention.
```God gives me a blessingful Ride
Only when He seesThat my life-breath
Is only for Him. ```A disobedience-mind
Never believes inSevere punishment.
```The mind invariably
Tries to stopOur Summit-Height’s ascent.
```When I dream God-dreams,
God’s Pride knowsNo bounds.
```There was a time
When I loved my desire-life,But now, at every moment,
I disdain it. ```The mind
Dearly lovesRevolution-fire.
```The heart
Sleeplessly lovesEvolution-flames.
```Anything that is pure,
Anything that is self-givingHas come down directly
From God’s highest Abode. ```Surprise the mind
By transcending it. ```The wisdom-light of the soul
Can never be measuredBy anybody on earth.
```Self-transcendence
Is the only subjectThat both God and man
Study together. ```If you want God to reward you,
Then become a sleepless God-seekerAnd God-lover.
```My Lord Supreme wants
Each and every human beingTo be original.
```If my mind can have
An iron determinationAnd my heart can have
A will of steel,Then there is nothing
That I cannot accomplish. ```God asks the seekers
To transformAnd not to reform the world.
```We can climb up
God’s Satisfaction-PeakIf we believe in God’s Compassion-Eye
Wholeheartedly. ```If our prayer is sincere,
Then God blesses usWith an inspiration-sky
And an aspiration-sun. ```Alas, I do not know
When I shall be ableTo bring my mind
Under my perfect control. ```My sincerity-purity-life
Is bringing GodCloser to me.
```My Lord asks me
If I am ready.I tell Him:
“I am all ready,Waiting for Your Command.”
```We must practise
A few hours each dayControlling our endless thoughts.
```Every prayer-moment
IsOf tremendous importance.
```Man’s number one problem:
His heart does not have faithIn God.
```May my life-tree
Never produceImperfection-fruits.
```My aspiration-heart knows
No faith-boundaries. ```May our love of God
Every day blossomMore beautifully.
```Progress is in our actions
And not inOur wishful thinking.
```My Lord and I
Always converseOut of the fulness of our hearts.
```My Lord Supreme wants me to be
Extremely richIn my inner wealth.
```Where do I live?
I live betweenA smiling sunrise
And a weeping sunset. ```My Lord uses
His Justice-LightAs His last Resort.
```A sunlit heart
Accepts no failure. ```A self-giving heart is blessed
With a short-cutTo God’s Heart-Home.
```A prayer-life
Is, indeed,A mind-tamer.
```God tells me
That He does not needMy permission
To direct my mind’s show. ```My Lord has tremendously
Helped meTo wave a final good-bye
To my torturing and tortuous mind. ```God does not mind
If I hide my face,But God does mind
If ever I hide my heart. ```My Lord asks my soul
To introduce meTo the world at large.
```Heaven is inside
My weeping heartAnd nowhere else.
```God pays utmost attention
When the mind singsThe salvation-song.
```If we have readiness, willingness
And eagerness,Then we do not need anything else
To make the fastest progressIn the spiritual life.
```I pray to God
To take me as a gardenerIn His Heart-Garden.
```I launch my progress-life-boat
Only after I have receivedTremendous Compassion-Light
From our Lord Supreme. ```When we are sincere,
God blesses us. ```Each time I pray to God,
He adds more beautyAnd more fragrance
To my heart-home. ```My soul wants my life
To beA rainbow-sunrise-smile.
```When we bow
To the Supreme in us,Not only do we melt His Heart,
But also we give HimA new hope and a new promise.
```My desire-life
Believes in impossibility,But not my aspiration-heart.
```My heart-smile
Is availableIn every heart.
```At times God entrusts us
With divine freedomFor our personal use.
```Infinity invites the finite
To come and playWith it.
```My Lord loves to hear
All my secrets. ```God never attends
Any criticism-party. ```My soul’s beauty-smile
Thrills my heart. ```God’s Heart-Melody
Only my soul can hear. ```In God’s Heart-Eye
Nobody is an outsider. ```I do not believe in
Desire-life-promises. ```I ask my insecurity
To leave meSince I am no longer
Interested in it. ```Alas, how we waste
Our precious timeIn the company of
Jealousy and criticism. ```To my greatest joy,
My Lord has transformed my lifeBeyond my recognition.
```The mind’s
God-fulfilment-promisesAppear
Only to disappear. ```My heart longs to explore
Every inchOf God’s Forgiveness-Heart.
```I must not waste
Even a single breathOn world-criticism.
```The mind will never know
What God-surrender-bliss is. ```My Lord makes all the choices
For meTo show me how affectionate
He is to me. ```Tomorrow’s golden secrets
Are already implantedIn today’s heart.
```My God-gratitude-heart
Makes everything sweetIn my life.
```In my case,
God’s CompassionIs the only thing reliable.
```Aspiration and dedication
Can be doubledIf our heart remains
An ever-climbing God-cry. ```When my Lord is pleased with me,
He tells me what I actually need,And also when and where.
```No serious mistakes
Should be repeated. ```From the beginning to the end
I love only one thing:The repetition of God’s Name.
```Disobedience leads us
To distractions,Inner and outer.
```The heart’s soundless sound
Is too loudFor the mind.
```God
The Promise-MakerNever fails.
```My heart
Does everythingFor me.
```My mind
Gives me excuse after excuseWhy it cannot do anything
For me. ```My Lord most lovingly
And most proudly preservesAll my tiny secrets.
```To know a theory is good,
But to practise itIs infinitely better.
```A sincere seeker
Is endowed withAstounding possibilities.
```This morning
I said my final farewellTo my doubt-mind
And hesitation-heart. ```If I can forgive others
For my undeserved torture,Then I am destined to do something
Extremely great and goodFor God and for mankind.
```Let your conscience
Be your judge,Not your mind.
```When you meditate
Soulfully and self-givinglyIn your heart,
Nothing is in vain. ```Gratitude-heart-seekers
Are madeBy God Himself.
```The mind does not wait
To hear God singing. ```A rainbow-heart-beauty
Comes downFrom a very high plane
Of consciousness. ```Dissatisfaction
Is the number-one enemyOf an aspiration-heart.
```Each heart
Is a God-miracle,Indeed.
```My fettered mind,
You are the causeOf all my sufferings.
```I am a God-worshipping petal
From my blossomingSilence-heart-flower.
```Hurry up!
Delay not in your God-search. ```My soul inundates my heart
With a newness and vastness-smile. ```I breathe in
The celestial fragranceOf the morning.
```God asks me every day
To baskIn His Compassion-Sunshine.
```Enthusiasm breathes in
The fragranceOf God’s Heart-Garden.
```My morning begins
With my purity-heart. ```I must discard my mind’s
Doubt-suspicion-frustration-toys. ```God’s Compassion-Songs
Never grow old. ```My God-devotion-stories
Have expedited my spiritual journeyConsiderably.
```The human life
Does not want to admitThat it is all weakness.
```Each thought
Is a miniature worldWithin.
```Every morning
God invites me to walk with HimIn His own Heart-Garden
Of Peace and Bliss. ```My soul is teaching me
How to returnTo my heart-temple.
```Light does not work
Against darkness.Light works for the transformation
Of darkness. ```At the end of our journey
We all returnTo our Cosmic Home.
```My heart-river carries always
My life-experiencesTo God.
```When desire wants to feed me,
I immediately rejectThe invitation.
```When you live
In the heart of silence,Impossibility does not exist.
```Challenges awaken
The sleeping powerWithin us.
```Our many questions about God
Usually come from our mindAnd not from our heart.
```When I have
A sincerity-flooded heart,God can easily be found.
```Earth
Wants to hurt my heart.Heaven
Wants to protect me. ```The ocean-vast God-realisation
You can haveIf your surrender
Is utterly complete. ```Be careful!
Your hasty judgementsCan entirely ruin your life.
```My mind, stop crying!
My mind, stop talking!The time has come for you
Only to listen. ```I must be pleased with myself,
And remain pleased with myself,All the time.
```I shall keep
My prayer-life-candleAll the time burning.
```All dreams are beautiful,
Especially the moonlit dreams. ```Where do I live?
I live in betweenMy Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart
And Compassion-Eye. ```The very nature of prayer
Is to riseHigh, higher, highest.
```In the God-realisation-race,
Although it is an ultramarathon,The completely surrendered seeker
Can sprintFrom the start to the very end.
```For me
There is only one way:Up.
```God definitely needs my invitation
To come down and workIn and through me.
```I am desperately trying
To haveA God-centred heart and life.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
And my affection-heartAre always found together.
```Alas, the human in us
Is revolving,And not evolving.
```O my pride,
I am praying to GodTo give you
A shorter than the shortest life. ```I am so sad to have
So many God-prayer-delay-days. ```We must be very careful of
Our hidden weaknesses. ```My self-confidence and God-reliance
Are expeditingMy absolute God-oneness.
```I am always hungry for
A God-oneness-moment. ```God is so kind to me:
He has fed my self-confidenceAnd
He has increased my God-reliance. ```God’s Warning I take
As God’s infiniteCompassion-Blessing-Light.
```I shall not retire
Until I expire. ```In the inner world,
SurrenderIs man’s immediate progress.
```When I am on God’s side,
My success is inevitable. ```Some seekers bribe their mind
To take their thoughts away. ```In the morning
God asks my mindTo run towards Him.
```In the evening
God asks my heartTo walk with Him.
```To achieve something great,
We must discipline our livesIn the immediacy of today.
```Let us be humble,
For our humility expeditesOur Godward journey.
```Our heart’s tears
And our soul’s smilesHave the capacity
To fully harmonise our lives. ```The voice of silence
Can stopThe noise of sound.
```My disobedience-mind,
Do you not think that one of these daysYou will be prosecuted
By the divine forces? ```I am safe and secure
Only inside my prayer-life. ```I am perfect
Only in God’s Eye. ```The mind
Does not delete its mistakes —It only repeats its mistakes.
```For the rest of my life
I shall always please my LordUnconditionally.
```My selflessness-life
Is melting God’s HeartDay by day.
```A soulful seeker
Is inundatedWith God’s Compassion
And Affection. ```God wants me
To illumineMy cluttered mind.
```God wants me
To take very special careOf my heart.
```When I study all the scriptures,
My mind takes prideAnd my heart becomes humble.
```When we express our kindness
To the world at large,God’s Affection for us
And our gratitude to GodCan forever shine
In our heart-sky. ```Each soul, each heart
And each lifeHas something very special
To offerFor the betterment of humanity.
```I marvel
At the beautyOf my heart-sky.
```No matter how hard I try,
Insecurity refusesTo leave me alone.
```Self-offering seekers
Are very specialTo God’s Heart.
```May my gratitude-heart-flowers
Never fade. ```My streaming heart-tears
ExpediteThe Hour of God.
```This world of ours
Will never be ableTo fathom
Our Lord’s Compassion-Sea. ```If we study spirituality
As our only subject,Then God will be highly pleased
With us. ```The voice of silence
Can at any time speakTo the Absolute Lord Supreme.
```All I want
Is to be in God’s Eye,And nowhere else.
```I am hungry, always hungry,
For God’sCompassion-Eye-Descent.
```Accept the challenges —
They may one day transformYour life.
```If you give up your insecurity-life,
Your soul will heaveA sigh of relief.
```The temptation-room has to be kept
Under lock and keyAll the time.
```The self-centred seekers
Cause serious problemsFor God.
```Either you conquer despair
Or despair will conquer you. ```From my soul
I am learningAngel-melodies.
```My devotion-heart
Will never knowWhat God-separation is.
```My God-surrender-life
Has to navigateMy Godward journey.
```If you continue disobeying God,
Then one day your lifeWill be shaken to the core.
```Do your utmost
To fulfilYour God-oneness-dream.
```Spirituality
Is a God-commitment-reality,And not a ‘not committed’ attitude.
```Before long
My God-promise-fulfilmentWill take place.
```Today’s tiny steps
Will help youTo take giant steps
Tomorrow. ```Silence your
God-disobedience-vital —The sooner, the better!
```God has chosen me to follow Him
At every moment.Therefore, I must not surrender
To worries and anxieties. ```God’s very Touch
Has illumined every cellOf my body.
```God has blessed me
With His outstretched Hands. ```My mind wants to remain
A secret God-admirer. ```My Lord wants me to be
A secret God-loverAnd God-server.
```Each soul has
An ever-God-longing life. ```God has blessed me
With a God-thirsty mindAnd
With a God-hungry heart. ```My heart knows how to meditate.
My mind does not know —It just pretends.
```My devotion
IsMy God-fulfilment-promise.
```My Lord asks me
If I have nothing better to doThan to mix with ignorance
All the time. ```My God-acceptance
AndMy God-obedience
Are two angels in my life. ```My heart and my Lord’s Heart
Share one single ChariotTo the Unknowable.
```Meditation will liberate
Each and every human beingFrom bondage-night.
```The world needs
Inspiration for the mindAnd
Aspiration for the heart. ```Once we accept spirituality,
We cannot separateGod the Creator
From God the Creation. ```O torturing and tortured mind,
Do invoke God to bless youAnd illumine you.
```Poise is my dearest friend
Among all my inner friends. ```God-approval
Is absolutely necessaryBefore we undertake anything.
```I do not need to climb up
The greatness-summit-mountain.I want my life to be
A sleepless God-fountain. ```Those who have
Inborn faith in GodAre definitely
Choice instruments of God. ```Heaven welcomes us
At least ten times a day,But, alas, we do not accept
The Invitation from God. ```My Lord, do give me
A sorrow-tear-heartSo that I can embody Your Light
And reveal it everywhere. ```This morning
God gave me a great surpriseBy telling me
That I am a chosen memberOf His Inner Family.
```Insecurity is so stubborn —
It does not want to budgeAn inch.
```If I cannot rise above
Disappointment,How can I ever get
Enlightenment? ```My joy knew no bounds
When I wanted to create a paintingFor my Lord Supreme.
```A life empty of hope
Is worse than useless. ```My Lord Supreme,
Do give us Wisdom-Light.How long can we fool ourselves
By pretending to beThe knower of our lives?
```Be not a seeker
In name.Be a seeker
In action. ```Never be late in anything
When your Master is involved. ```Before we accepted spirituality,
We made friends with fear,Doubt, anxieties and worries —
And now, how hard it isTo discontinue our friendship
With them! ```We make God extremely happy
By buying a one-way ticketTo His Heart-Home.
```To tell the truth,
Each God-realisation-roadIs exceedingly difficult.
```If you are deeply involved
In ordinary life,Then how can the spiritual life —
The conscious God-awareness-life —Be present?
```Spirituality-pretenders
Are here, there, everywhere. ```If you want to please God,
Then give Him what you haveAnd what you are
Immediately. ```May my life be
A most soulful and powerfulGod-gratitude-wave.
```I must find
Inside my heartThe breath of ambrosia.
```A clutter-mind is, alas,
What I now have and am. ```I have studied many scriptures,
But, alas, satisfactionIs still a very far cry.
```I must always find myself
Swimming in the seaOf God-oneness-heart.
```A soulful seeker
Can easily be knownBy his purity-heart
And cheerful face. ```You must try to please
Your Beloved Lord SupremeOn the strength of
Your sleepless and breathlessSelf-offering.
```A life without hope
And without promiseIs nothing short of death.
```First we have to see the Goal.
Then we must nurture the GoalEvery day without fail.
```May my life see the Truth,
Feel the TruthAnd become the Truth,
Which is far beyond the reachOf the mind.
```I must get back
My most intimateAnd most powerful friend:
Enthusiasm. ```I must be brave to face
Not only a specific problem,But all the problems
That take away my joy. ```My love of God
Has to be renewedEvery day, every hour,
Every minute, every second. ```Today my name is excitement,
For my Lord Supreme will be arrivingAt any moment
To visit me in my heart-home. ```We enter into
The land of nowhereWhen we consciously forget God.
```A God-realisation-life
Has no expiration date. ```I am trying by all means,
In every possible way,To arrive at the Feet
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```God-adoration
Is the only choiceOf my devotion-heart.
```At every moment
We must sincerely and self-givinglyRemain true
To our own heart-existence. ```My Lord expects from me
Three most significant presentsOn this special occasion:
A willingness-mind,An eagerness-heart,
A devotedness-life. ```Whatever God gives me
My heart immediately acceptsWith boundless joy
And boundless gratitude. ```I need to climb
The summit-height of spiritualityIn this lifetime.
```We must lighten our outer life
And brighten our inner lifeTo please our Lord Supreme
In His own Way. ```At every moment
God is expecting something good,And not great,
From you. ```May the smiles of my heart
Immediately disarmAll my mind-resistance.
```The mind does not want to know
That it has the capacityTo love God
With utmost sincerity. ```I came into the world
Only for one thing:God-satisfaction
In God’s own Way. ```God-obedience I start
With my breath,And then I continue
With my heart, mind, vital and body.This is absolutely the most perfect way
To obeyMy Lord Beloved Supreme.
```The dissatisfaction-disease
Is not incurable. ```At long last
I have started payingWholehearted attention
To the Will of my Lord Supreme. ```Complete surrender
MeansUnobstructed inner progress.
```I pray to God
To bring all the worlds togetherAnd establish harmony among them.
```It is never too late
To transform one’s nature. ```When we give up praying and meditating,
We are quite often disillusionedWith our own lives.
```Each soulful smile
Is a life-changing power. ```This time
My Lord is coming to meTo transform not only my outer life,
But also my inner life. ```Anything that Truth has
And isIs imperishable.
```Silence-songs
Bring God closerTo us.
```Hesitation
IsOur golden opportunity-destroyer.
```There are a great many ideas
And waysWe have not yet tried
To please God. ```This moment
I live in the highest hope;Next moment
I live in the darkest fear. ```My Lord,
I beg of You to bless meWith just a few glimpses of bliss.
```Patience has the capacity
To give usA totally new life.
```The Unknowable
Is within us,And nowhere else.
```The child divine within us
Has to be awakenedTo give us immense joy.
```I listen only to
My God-knowingSoul-messages.
```When you sing only for God,
You do not need a singing voiceBut only a surrendering life
To please Him. ```Do not think
Of perfecting othersWhile your life is
Imperfection incarnate. ```If you do not follow
Your Master’s advice,You will find your life
In the land of nowhere. ```Some seekers
Make tremendous progressOnly when they are in
The physical presenceOf their Master.
```Forget your opinions,
At least for a day.You will see how much peace
Can descend upon you. ```There may not be another tomorrow.
Therefore, do everything good and divineHere and now.
```God does notice my absence,
But He forgives meOut of His infinite Compassion.
```Be your true self.
Only then can God perform miraclesIn and through you.
```When I dive deep within,
I clearly see that every human beingIs unique.
```If you do not give yourself time
To do the right thingAnd be the right person,
Then who can and who will? ```I have offered my heart
One hundred per centTo fulfil my Lord’s Wish
Here on earth. ```I must practise what I preach.
This is the only wayI can make my Lord
Divinely and supremely happy. ```I must bend my proud head
And touch the dust of humanity’s feetTo become a choice instrument
Of God. ```No more mind-performances.
From now on my life will beEither soul-performances
Or heart-performances. ```I love
The sweet and sacred voiceOf silence.
```If I am all love
For God,Then my miseries
Are bound to die. ```To please God,
I just needA shorter than the shortest
Heart-song. ```The very nature of the ego
Is to make others’ livesInsecure and meaningless.
```We must realise that no suffering
Can have a permanent roomIn our heart-home.
```God’s Pride
TreasuresOur aspiration-flames.
```We find God
Not in our grandiose achievements,But in our pure devotion.
```We must make
Our love, devotion and surrender visibleBy constantly thinking of
And caring forOur Master.
```When God asks my soul
How my heart is doing,My soul’s joy and pride
Know no bounds. ```Self-offering blooms;
Love blossoms. ```We cannot understand God,
But our hearts easily can. ```We love God,
Not because of His Greatness,Not because of His Goodness,
But because of our mutual oneness. ```All my life’s hopes
Live in a single SmileOf my Lord Supreme.
```Love the world inwardly;
Serve the world outwardly.Lo, you have become free.
```God loves me so dearly
When I tell Him millions of thingsIn silence.
```We must not look back at life.
If we do, we may go backTo the animal kingdom.
```How I wish I could worship
My Lord SupremeIn my heart-temple
Lovingly, devotedly and self-givingly. ```The moment I see
My Lord’s Compassion-EyeAnd feel His Forgiveness-Heart,
My heart starts throbbingWith unimaginable joy.
```Self-giving
Is an express trainTo our Lord’s Heart-Station.
```We are accountable to God
For all the thingsThat we do wrong
And for all the good thingsThat we do not do.
```Delight and God
AreComplementary realities.
```Heaven descends
When it sees thatThe earth-consciousness
Is sincerely trying to ascend. ```This moment
Devotion can be very sweet,And the next moment
It can be extremely powerful. ```Aspiration is the inner cry
That is regularly fedBy the Compassion-Eye
Of our Lord Supreme. ```Pure is the eye of gratitude,
Sure is the heart of gratitudeAnd perfect is the breath of gratitude.
```There is no sound on earth
Or in HeavenThat cannot be transformed
By the infinite power of silence. ```The outer beauty
Quite often fails us.The inner beauty moulds us, shapes us
And guides usTo our God-fulfilment-destination.
```We may forget to pray to God
For some things,But we must never forget to pray to God
For His constant Protection. ```When death challenges life,
Life says to death:“I belong to a Realm
Far, far beyond your realm.” ```The larger the receptivity-vessel
Of our heart,The easier and better for our Lord
To pour divine Light and supreme Delight. ```The outer freedom
Misuses and confusesOur lives.
```The inner freedom we cannot use;
It is the inner freedomThat uses us
Lovingly and self-givingly. ```Light and darkness
Stay all the time side by side.It is I who have to choose light
All the timeTo please my Lord
And also to fulfil myself. ```There is only one thing we need
In our lifeAnd that is constant God-reliance.
```At every moment
Grace is descending from Above.Those who are aware of it
Make unimaginable progressIn the spiritual life.
```Each time we receive Forgiveness
From God,God hopes that we shall consciously live
In His Delight-Kingdom. ```Eventually
The mind will have to followThe heart.
```The seekers must remain
Always alertFor God’s Life-Transformation-Call.
```We must discard vehemently
All the sad experiencesOf the past.
```No heart was born
Without an iotaOf climbing aspiration.
```Attachment is bad,
But if it turns towards God,It becomes a sleepless
And breathless aspirationTo realise God.
```Ignorance-night
Has to be conquered,Either with a smile,
Or with a frown,Or with an iron rod.
```There shall come a time
When mankind will reachThe Golden Shore
And live there permanently. ```Alas, how often we suffer
From our self-imposedSadness-torture.
```Anything that we receive
From silenceIs most precious.
```God gives me unconditionally
What He has: Love.I must give Him, at least unwillingly,
My obedience. ```The sky-embracing ladder
Everybody has to useTo reach the Highest
For God-realisation. ```No determination-fire,
No God-realisation-tower. ```May my old disagreements
With the worldDie in infamy.
```Enthusiasm
Rightly deservesTo take the lead.
```To renounce expectation
Is to announce God’s supreme VictoryIn and through us.
```May every breath of mine
EmbodyMy gratitude-heart-tears.
```No newness, no soulfulness.
No soulfulness, no oneness.No oneness, no fulness.
```O my mind,
By this time you should haveOutgrown your desire
For doubt and suspicion. ```One step at a time
Is more than enoughTo reach
My God-realisation-shore. ```From our very first day
Until we breathe our last,We have to feel that God-satisfaction
Is of paramount importance. ```May my aspiration
And dedicationHave no limit.
```Our God-service
Must give usIncomparable joy.
```Self-centred I was.
God-centred I now am. ```Insecurity
Cleverly hides. ```Confidence
Proudly rides. ```Silence infinite
MeansGod-Satisfaction complete.
```Everything will fail us
Save and exceptOur God-obedience.
```Prayer-life
Is, indeed,A hope-bloom.
```Meditation-life
Is blossoming intoA fully opened lotus-heart.
```The mind-power
Quite often attacks. ```The heart-power
Always protects. ```My heart’s inner cries
Are treasuredBy God Himself.
```A smiling God
Gives the journey’s start. ```A continuing surrender
Reaches the Goal. ```Divinity chooses
A purity-heartFirst and foremost.
```May my heart become
God’s Surrender-Nectar-Fountain. ```My Lord’s Victory-Banner
Brings meInfinity’s Bliss.
```My inner cries
And God’s outer SmilesMix together
And fulfil one another. ```I cherish in the very depths of my heart
Only one desire:God-Satisfaction in God’s own Way.
```My Lord,
Do turn me intoGod’s Satisfaction-hero-strength-bliss.
```I discontinue,
But God continues to love meAnd to think of my perfection.
```During meditation
We receive God-oneness-experiences,And we must preserve them
After the meditation is over. ```A service-life
Is the very beginningOf a God-oneness-heart.
```No devotion-breath,
No God-oneness-life. ```I live in between
My aspiration-criesAnd
My meditation-smiles. ```Each life is a mixture
Of failure-tearsAnd success-smiles.
```God’s Smile penetrates
Our ignorance-sleep. ```God’s only Plan
IsWorld-transformation.
```The inner smiles
And the outer tearsAre complementary
God-longing realities. ```Self-giving
Is the first step.God-becoming
Is the very last step. ```God does not want to know
My quest-altitude.He just wants to know
My quest-attitude. ```I have been with you, my mind,
For a long time.I now want to be alone
With my Lord Supreme. ```My heart was born
For the Lotus-FeetOf my Lord Supreme.
```The mind is good
For information.The heart is good
For aspiration. ```Every day
I get a new opportunityTo see a new light
In my heart-sky. ```My mind cares only
For advantage.My heart cares only
For a God-fulfilling opportunity. ```At long last
I have arrived at the Heart-DoorOf my Lord Supreme.
```An open heart
Can sprinkle God’s DelightEverywhere.
```Alas, the peace-planet
Has yet to take birth —Only God knows when and how.
```I have not come into the world
To lead the worldBut to mix with the world
For its God-satisfaction-endeavour. ```I am extremely happy to learn
That God is ready to beThe Owner
Of my heart-criesAnd my soul-smiles.
```God wants my heart
To examine all the thoughtsThat are produced
By my mind. ```My silence-heart
Receives everything immediatelyFrom my Lord Supreme
With boundless gratitude. ```An unconditional surrender
Empty of cheerfulnessCannot lead us
To our destined Goal. ```My mind is always tired.
My heart is never tired —It is always eager to receive
More Blessings, more LightAnd more Delight
From my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```The soul-beauty of the heart
Must be brought to the foreTo manifest fully
The Light of our Beloved Supreme. ```Happiness increases
Our aspiration-speed,Dedication-speed
And God-manifestation-speed. ```My Lord, my blossoming heart
Desperately needsYour tangible Presence.
```When my Lord smiles at me,
My mind is puzzled,My heart is thrilled
AndMy life is fulfilled.
```Every day without fail
I enjoy my Lord’sCompassion-Shower.
```Today my Lord Supreme,
Out of His infinite Bounty,Has given me a new heart,
Empty of ignorance-night. ```Alas, how long shall I remain
On earthWithout knowing
Who I really amAnd what I really stand for?
```Alas, my stupidity knows no bounds
When I supportMy darkness-flooded mind.
```Without peace
There can be no oneness.Again, without oneness,
There can be no peace.Therefore, give due value
To peace and oneness. ```I do not need support from the world
For my activities,As long as I am all the time
On my Lord’s side. ```My meditation-heart
IsMy most powerful protection.
```I dig and dig
Always with a new hopeTo find my inner treasure.
```I must not offend myself.
I must not defend myself.I must only love myself
More and more. ```My Lord does not teach me
What I want to know.He teaches me only
What He wants me to know. ```The past has to be
Corrected and perfectedBefore it enters into
The present. ```The mind has no conviction
About anything —Even about its own existence.
```The apologies of the mind
God does not accept.The aspiration-cries of the heart
God readily and proudly accepts. ```I deeply enjoy
The fragrant presenceOf my peace-heart.
```God does not need my gratitude,
But He accepts my gratitudeSo that I can feel
I have pleased Him. ```No more self-importance!
It is all God-importance,Twenty-four hours a day.
```Alas, alas,
Where has my God-obedience gone?I see it nowhere!
```May my thirst
For self-transcendenceBe endless.
```God’s Approval is needed
Every dayFor important things
That you do for Him. ```Lifeless receptivity
Is worse than useless. ```Any advice that I get from the mind
Creates a serious problemFor me.
```Every day
I must raise my consciousnessTo a higher height
Without fail. ```I am eagerly looking forward
To my self-doubt-starvation-day. ```A wave of compassion
Powerfully sweeps overMy heart.
```I must not remain any more
A slave to every wordOf my mind.
```I am so proud of
My enthusiasm,For it knows no fear.
```When I pray most sincerely
And meditate most intensely,I clearly see and feel
That my entire beingIs flooded with Delight.
```All my dreams
Are rootedIn the soil of a fertile Reality.
```May I always be found
Either praying and meditatingOr crying and weeping for God.
```Only one thing makes me happy
And keeps me happy:My progress-promise-report
To my Lord Supreme. ```God is extremely pleased with me
Because I prayed to HimTo be extremely sincere with me.
```Since I have accepted
The spiritual life,I must try to become
A first-class God-seeker,God-lover and God-server.
```Once he has embarked
On the spiritual life,Only a first-class fool
Will waste his precious time. ```No darkness
Can forever remainUnillumined.
```My heart lives on
Unconditional CompassionFrom Above,
Every single day. ```We do not have to prove to God
Our sincerity —He knows what was within us,
What is now, and what we shall haveIn the future.
```God does not mind if we disbelieve Him —
His Affection-Compassion —But He does mind when we lose faith
In ourselves. ```Unless and until we give God the chance
To direct our mind,We shall not succeed in our spiritual life.
```He who betrays others
Has already betrayedHis God-representative-reality:
His soul. ```God never likes
Our self-destructive thoughtsAnd feelings.
```When God came to see me,
My mind and I were enjoyingWild gossip;
Therefore, I failed to meet Him. ```Alas, I take suffering
As a great friendHelping to expedite my spiritual life —
Indeed, a mistaken belief. ```When I look at the world
With my inner eye,Everybody is beautiful,
Everybody is perfect,In his own way.
```I shall never forget the joy that I get
From the beauty and fragranceOf my God-dreams.
```Love, devotion, surrender —
They can never be a joking matter. ```Laugh and laugh
To your heart’s content —Ignorance-thief shall disappear.
```There is no difference between
Your Master’s inner guidanceAnd your Master’s outer presence.
```Devotion-eagerness
And austerity-practiceCan never be the same thing.
```Try to placate God —
You are bound to fail. ```Try to please God —
You are bound to succeed. ```The moment we accept spirituality,
Our life has to becomeVery serious.
```Success and progress-seekers
Can easily avail themselvesOf the express elevator:
Devotion. ```Together, my soul, my heart and I
Definitely shall conquerThe ignorance-night of the world.
```Indeed,
Love is readiness. ```Indeed,
Devotion is intensity. ```Indeed,
Surrender is at onceBeauty and fragrance.
```With a heart of sympathy
I make the fastest progress. ```My Lord,
May I not love Your FeetThe way You love my heart?
```The Lord of Heaven
Is waitingFor my eager call.
```Smile, smile, smile!
Happiness will endear youTo both God and man.
```God treasures
Everything that I offer HimLovingly and soulfully.
```My life
Has two necessities:Newness and fulness.
```When I am with Light,
I feel that I have the whole worldAt my disposal.
```When I am with Delight,
I feel that I have becomeDelight itself.
```Anything that is positive
Is of tremendous helpIn our spiritual life.
```I am the one
To disappoint me,And nobody else.
```My Lord,
Only Your TearsHave the capacity
To destroy my heart. ```A mind of silence
IsA first-class God-receptivity.
```Depression-indulgence
Is a very serious crimeIn the spiritual life.
```A life of discipline
IsA God-chosen instrument.
```Each hope-bud
Is of supreme necessity. ```My gratitude-heart-tears
BecomeGod’s Pride infinite.
```A God-surrender-life
IsA God-fulfilment-heart.
```My meditation-heart
Enormously enlargesMy life’s receptivity.
```Either ignore or conquer
Your mind’sFears and doubts.
```Aspiration can disperse
The clouds from the mind. ```I am sure my lotus-heart
Will bloom and blossomAt God’s choice Hour.
```My outer freedom
Can easily be devouredBy ignorance-night.
```My inner freedom
Is founded uponGod-Assurance.
```My God-devotion
Sooner than the soonestBrings tears to my heart.
```My God-surrender-life
Does not needGod’s thunderous Applause.
```In the spiritual life
We must give supreme importanceTo time and speed.
```If we do not give due value
To forgiveness,We can never be truly happy.
```Each gratitude-tear of mine
Is extremely preciousTo my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```God’s morning Blessing
Keeps me spiritually aliveDuring the entire day.
```I do not have anything to do
With temptationAnd its repeated calls.
```Each God-seeker
Has to take tremendous responsibilityTo please God
In God’s own Way. ```Go forward!
Never look backward!God is calling you with all His Heart.
```Devotion is sweetness
In the heartAnd happiness in life.
```If God is really pleased with you,
Only then will He allow youTo play with Him.
```We must have faith
In all our prayers and meditations;Otherwise, they will be
A useless waste of time. ```Do not blame the mind —
Tame the mind.You will be supremely happy.
```I must do everything
With my boundless loveFor my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```Peace divine,
Peace supreme,Peace infinite
Is my Eternity’s only choice. ```Mankind is the bloom
And blossomOf God’s Self-transcending Vision.
```My God-obedience at every moment
Shows me the shortest wayTo arrive
At the Destination. ```Alas, years of neglect
Have made my spiritual lifeExtremely weak.
But now I am all eagernessTo make the fastest progress
In my spiritual life. ```Every day
I pray to my LordTo give me the intensity
To think of Him more,Infinitely more.
```My heart-home
Is the only placeWhere God frequently comes
To bless me. ```My meditation must not have
Any time limit.My meditation has to be always
Beyond the arrest of Time. ```I shall no longer allow
My mind to be entangledBy undivine thoughts.
```I shall no longer allow
My life-escalator to go down.It will go only up —
High, higher, highest. ```My heart is a climbing cry.
It will continue climbingUntil it reaches the twinkling beauty
Of the evening star. ```May my two human eyes
At every momentLove and love and love
The celestial BeautyOf my Lord’s Third Eye.
```My devotion is, indeed,
My God-closeness-happiness. ```My surrender is, indeed,
My God-oneness-delight. ```Every morning and every evening
I pray to God to keep meInside His Protection-Heart-Ring.
```Self-offering
Is joy immeasurable. ```I must climb
Without failMy Lord’s Satisfaction-Mountain.
```Sleeplessly
My life needs joy. ```Breathlessly
My heart needs peace. ```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Is the only PilotOf my life-boat.
```I do not mind
If I have won or lost,But my Lord’s Victory
I constantly want. ```Who wants failure-fear?
We all want success-confidence. ```What do I need?
I need a lifeOf sleepless God-service.
```What have I destroyed?
I have utterly destroyedMy mind’s pride-monument.
```What I desperately need:
Oneness-heart-tearsAnd oneness-soul-smiles.
```My Lord, since I cannot satisfy You
With my letters,Can You not start writing letters
To Yourself? ```I pray to my Lord Supreme
To bless me with eagerness-speedIn everything that I do.
```Every morning,
My Lord Supreme watchesMost compassionately
The blossoming of my lotus-heart,Petal by petal.
```My Lord, do increase the number
Of my gratitude-heart-tearsEvery day, most surprisingly.
```May my life dwell
Between GodAnd His Power of Love.
```Although the transformation
Of human natureIs the most difficult task,
I am sure I will be able to achieve it. ```When I meditate deeply,
I clearly see a magnificent glowAround my heart.
```My Lord Supreme,
This morning, before I awoke,I clearly heard You whisper:
“My child,You have so many divine qualities.
Can you not add one more —Humility?”
```I do not have to worry about my destiny,
Because my destiny-makerIs my Master himself.
```May my heart’s prayerful
And soulful melodyChange my God-doubting mind
Forever. ```Because I have ample faith
In my Lord Supreme,I am sure I shall be able to climb up
Absolutely the highest mountainOf aspiration-height.
```When I love the world
With my Master’s breathInside my love,
I conquer the heartOf each and every human being
On earth. ```To my greatest joy,
This morning my Lord SupremeHas planted
Many, many, many aspiration-plantsInside my heart-garden.
```Sweet, sweeter and sweetest —
My life’s streaming gratitude-tearsFor my Master-Lord.
```If you do not expose your weaknesses
To your Lord Supreme,How can you ever become perfect?
```Alas, my stupidity knows no bounds.
I was completely puzzledBy God’s unconditional Love
and Compassion,Instead of surrendering to Him
Cheerfully, proudly and immediately. ```I must once more keep my heart-door
Wide open to my Lord SupremeFor His Will to be fully manifested
In and through my life. ```Poor mind,
It knows only one thing:It consciously or unconsciously
Takes prideIn disagreeing with God’s Will.
```My Lord, please, please,
Never allow me to keep,Consciously or unconsciously,
Any secret from Your Compassion-EyeAnd Protection-Feet.
```I shall never allow myself
To be carried awayBy my mind’s doubt-flood.
```Surrender-heart-seekers
Are very special to God. ```My aspiring heart
Is the closest associateOf my all-illumining soul.
```Each devotion-song
Has some special sweetnessIn it.
```A life without God
Is nothingness itself. ```May my life
At every momentRemain untouched
By attachment-darkness. ```I shall cast aside
My previous failure-lifeAnd run towards my golden dawn.
```Where is my heart’s confidence-light,
Where?I must not surrender any more
To my God-satisfaction-failure-life. ```I need constantly
A heart of aspirationAnd a life of dedication
To please my Master Supreme always,In His own Way.
```Without patience,
Nobody can ever arriveAt his life-goal.
```I have raced against my mind,
And I have defeated it very badly. ```What do I learn from my mind?
Fear and doubt.What do I learn from my heart?
My love of GodAnd my complete oneness with God.
```My Lord,
I know You never withdraw from me,But my mind tortures me at times.
My heart keeps me always safe.My heart tells me
That You will only love me more and more,And never withdraw from me.
```Every morning,
Before I open my eyes,I must catch a drop of Grace
From my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```How can I ever win the inner race
If I do not have Your full ApprovalOf my devoted actions?
```If we do not offer our gratitude
To our Lord SupremeConsciously and sleeplessly,
Our progress will be very, very slow. ```I always listen to my inner voice;
Therefore, my life hasBoundless happiness.
```The heart finds so many ways
To please the MasterAnd be his choicest instrument.
```Heaven is not behind me.
Heaven is not above me.Heaven is within me.
```Finally, the heaviness of my mind
Has surrendered completelyTo my constant, sleepless oneness
With my Lord Supreme. ```My soul, my heart and my life
Are all first-class passengersIn my Lord’s Train.
```My inner thrill
Is so powerfulWhen I sing God-songs.
```Do not extol
Your achievements.It is for God to do so.
```I must keep my aspiration-hunger
All the time,Here, there and everywhere.
```My heart’s aspiration-dream
Runs onGod’s blessingful Smile.
```God hopes to find
A few extremely sincereAnd pure seekers
To manifest His LightHere on earth.
```My eyes are only for
God’s Compassion-EyeAnd
His Forgiveness-Heart. ```God wants me to be
A fearless, sleeplessAnd selfless climber
To God’s Transcendental Height. ```I must never go back
To my desire-hungryMind-forest.
```My aspiration-heart
Sleeplessly spreads God’s LoveHere, there and everywhere.
```My Lord comes to me
Every morningAnd leaves behind
His Divinity’s Fragrance-Footsteps. ```My Godward journey
BeginsIn the depths of my silence-heart.
```When I aspire most soulfully
And most self-givingly,I see there is no deadline for me
To realise God. ```I clearly see my Lord Supreme
In my heart’s streaming tearsAnd beaming smiles.
```I have only one duty
And that duty isTo please God the Creation
At every moment. ```When I talk to God,
God listens to meOnly if I am soulful
And prayerful. ```God wants us to go to Him
With a purity-mindAnd gratitude-heart-tears.
```As long as I keep hope flowering
Within my heart,My Lord will bless me
With newness-encouragementTo arrive at my highest Goal.
```God sends me
His beautiful SmilesTo play with my tearful heart.
```I must put an end
To my endlessDesire-thunderstorms.
```The unwillingness-mind
Ultimately surrendersTo the God-willingness-heart.
```God enjoys the festival-prayers
Of our livesAnd the festival-meditations
Of our heartsFar beyond our imagination.
```While we are on earth,
God repeatedly asks usTo be the servers of Mother Earth,
And not the dreamers of Father Heaven. ```Every morning
My aspiration-heart placesFresh devotion-petals
Around the Feet of my Lord Supreme. ```My yesterday’s hope
Is transformedInto confidence today.
```I must destroy
My self-doubt-obstruction-walls. ```As soon as you see God,
The very first thing to doIs to look at His Feet,
Not at His Eye. ```My mind knows
How to make complaints,And these complaints
Never, never end. ```Every day, before I get up,
My Lord appears to meWith a Surprise-Smile.
```God does not need
A standing ovationFrom mankind.
He only needsA crying and climbing aspiration
From mankind. ```O my mind, no more frustration.
O my vital, no more depression.O my body, no more lethargy.
O my heart-aspiration,More, ever more!
```Unexpected blessings
Give usThe joy of the Unknown.
```May my heart-tears
Be as constant and flowingAs a fountain.
```Sincerity and purity
Are absolutely safeIn my heart of self-giving
To God. ```God asks me
To fan the flame of aspiration.Alas, I fan the flame of desire
Instead. ```If our faith in mankind is not unshakeable,
Then we cannot do anything really goodFor mankind.
```I must try to fly every day
On the wingsOf my God-loving dreams.
```God has done the first thing first:
He has given meA God-loving heart.
Now, the second and last thing He will doIs to perfect my nature
Totally. ```I love only my inner cries
And not my outer smiles. ```Life’s perfection-journey
IsBirthless and deathless.
```If we hesitate,
We will never be ableTo create anything
God-satisfying. ```Inside my progress-breath
I see my Lord’s endless LoveAnd Concern.
```There is a special place for everything,
And my heart is the very special placeFor my Lord to live.
```A spiritual Master
Lifts humanityOn his ever-widening heart-wings.
```Both God and I
Live onOur mutual hopes.
```We beg God for many, many things.
God begs us for only one thing:A soulful smile.
```Humility is the fastest elevator
To arrive at the topmost floorOf my Lord Beloved Supreme’s
Heart-Home. ```My Lord’s “No!”
Breaks my heartInto millions of pieces.
```In Heaven
God asks me to work with Him,Side by side.
```On earth
God asks me to work for Him,Only for Him.
```When I worship God,
My gratitude-heartJoins me.
```When God comes to me
As a guest,He blesses my head.
```When I go to God
As a guest,He embraces my heart.
```I love my purity-heart-breath
More than anything else. ```When I think of the loser,
My heart expands. ```When I think of the winner,
My life rejoices. ```I need a childlike heart
To give immense joyTo my Absolute Lord Supreme.
```Slowly and proudly
God descendsUpon my tearful heart.
```All our fears, doubts,
Anxieties and worriesMust crumble
To the ground. ```We imprison our spiritual life
With our constant expectationOf God’s Smile and God’s Blessings.
```My soul’s golden chariot
Always winsIn the competition with my mind,
Vital and body. ```Only those
Who love God unconditionallyAre chosen by God Himself.
```Those who serve God
Will be amply rewarded. ```My heart lives on
Eternity’s hope-rainbow. ```A soulful smile
Can easily stand againstA doubt-frown.
```God tells me
That I need patienceVery badly.
```My Lord will definitely occupy
The world-judgement-seat —It is just a matter of time.
```Surrender has
Both power and beautyTo fulfil God’s Will on earth.
```God tells me
That when I call Him,It has to be done lovingly,
Devotedly and self-givingly. ```There is not a single hour
That I keep asideTo please humanity.
My only goalIs to please my Lord Supreme
All the time. ```I must be true to my heart
All the timeIf I really want to make my Master happy,
Supremely happy. ```May my aspiration-flame
Be as beautiful and as powerfulAs the twinkling stars.
```He who has surrendered completely
To God’s WillWill be given the chance
To hoist God’s Victory-Banner. ```My soul heralds
My Lord’s Victory SupremeAt every moment.
```My Lord,
The Sunshine of Your SmileIs so beautiful,
And at the same time,So powerful.
I am entirely engulfed in Your Smile. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 35, Agni Press, 2004
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