I must and must be worthy
Of my Lord’s ConfidenceIn me.
```My Lord,
I beg of YouTo be the sole Owner
Of my life. ```Desire-fulfilment-hunger
I had. ```God-enjoyment-hunger
I now am. ```What do I need?
I need onlyMy God-fulfilment-eagerness.
```My Lord Supreme watches
My inner breathAnd my outer life
At the same time. ```I shall not be satisfied
With God’s VictoryIn my life alone.
I need and I want God’s VictoryIn each and every human being
As well. ```For God-willingness
And God-eagernessWe must every day pray.
```If you are a true seeker,
Then God’s VictoryWill give you
Unimaginable joy. ```We must cultivate
Divine passionFor our Lord’s Victory.
```He who does not
Pray and meditateIs, indeed, a toy
Of ignorance-night. ```My happiest moment
Is when I please my Lord SupremeIn His own Way.
```No matter what I do,
No matter what I say,My Lord will not give up on me —
So says my Lord Supreme. ```The whispers of the angels
Awaken meTo watch the beauty
Of my Inner Pilot. ```My Lord,
I do not want to knowAbout Your Life-History,
But I do want to know from YouAbout Your Life-Mysteries.
```I came into the world
To celebrateMy Lord’s continuous Victories
In the inner lifeAnd the outer life as well.
```If I can grow into
My heart-fountain,Then only will God invite me
To entertain Him. ```The desire-life shouts:
“God, You are so unfair!” ```The aspiration-life says to God:
“My Lord, please give meThe capacity
To fulfil You all the time,In Your own Way,
From this very moment!” ```My God-fulfilment-task
Must not waitEven for a single second.
```God cares infinitely more
For my honest effortsThan for my actual successes.
```Self-styled leaders
Are found everywhere,But, alas,
Where are the God-ordained leadersOf mankind?
```I always quote
My Lord’s favourite Utterance:“My child,
You are bound to succeed!You are bound to succeed!”
```The mind-force
Is no matchFor the heart-power.
```The undivine forces
Are terribly afraid ofThe supremely happy hearts.
```My Lord, from today on,
I shall fulfil Your Desire —I shall not hide any more
Inside my mind;I shall live only inside
Your Heart of Compassion infinite,Love infinite and Satisfaction infinite.
```The outer bird flies and flies —
And gives us immense joy. ```The inner bird flies and flies —
God watches and admires. ```God is all eagerness
To receive my heartAnd, at the same time,
To be received by my heart. ```Every day without fail
God visitsMy surrender-heart-shrine.
```Disappointment-tears
Are not meantFor the real seekers.
```May my mind
Grow intoAn inspiration-fountain.
```God tells me
That my only aimIs to offer Him and His Creation
All my heart’s aspirationAnd life’s dedication.
```Each and every heart
Loves the Lord Beloved SupremeAt first sight.
```God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Knows no sleep. ```God means
God’s Compassion-Eye,And nothing else.
```Only a heart
Of constant surrenderKnows the way
To God’s Heart-Home. ```Nobody has the right
To claim God’s affectionAnd God’s attention.
```Disobedience
Is definitelyPunishable.
```Depression
Has its antidote:God’s Smile.
```My God-thirst
Can neverBe quenched.
```All our troubles
StartIn our mind-jungle.
```Not quantity
But quality God-seekersGod needs.
```I have only one home
And that homeIs my Lord’s
Compassion-flooded Heart. ```Anybody else can love
The owner of the mind,But not me.
```My Lord,
Do not allowMy purity-heart-vessel
To remain empty. ```Like my soul,
I wish to swimAll the time
In my delight-heart-sea-tears. ```True God-servers feel
That they do not needAny vacation.
```Is there anybody
Who does not cryFor God-attention?
```My Lord,
Today I wish to dreamWith You;
Tomorrow, and for the rest of my life,I wish to dream
Only for You. ```No matter how high
The gratitude-mountain is,The seeker has to climb.
```Alas, I have no idea
How and when, or even if,I will ever be able to please God
In His own Way! ```I have only one law:
Immediate obedienceTo my Master’s command.
```Rooted in God
My soul, my heart, my mind,My vital, my body and I were.
```God
Now wants us to beHis Divinity-Beauty’s Blossoms.
```Loneliness does not know
That oneness-freedomDoes exist.
```In life,
The heart that sleepsIs of no avail.
```When I am in my mind,
I seeThe dust of nothingness.
```When I am in my heart,
I seeThe flowers of love.
```Alas, I am in between
The emptiness of the mindAnd the fulness of the soul.
```Each heart
Is an islandOf God’s Dreams.
```My God-love-tears
Literally burnMy heart.
```Jealousy
Is, indeed,An emissary of death.
```Life was never meant to be
An unendingIgnorance-sleep.
```Tears are heart-strength;
Smiles are soul-power.My life swims between the two.
```Happiness knows
No time-limit. ```The clutter of the vital
And the clamour of the mindAre extremely dangerous
In the spiritual life. ```The wrongdoings of life
Come fromThe false thinking of the mind.
```Timelessness
Is at onceSacred and secret.
```The inner silence
EmbodiesGod’s Message-Voice.
```Meditation
Paves the wayTo transformation.
```Our love of God-prayer
Knows no equal. ```Desires and worries
Are extremely difficultTo separate.
```If your spirituality
Is genuine,Then you belong
To the whole world. ```Our lives
Are the travellersOn this earth-planet.
```Our hearts
Are the dreamersOn this earth-planet.
```Our souls
Are the God-Light-revealersOn this earth-planet.
```Sincerity and happiness
LiveInterdependently.
```Ego-life begins
Only to endAfter covering a very short distance.
```Do not impose
AnythingOn others.
```Do not expose
Your inner selfTo others.
```Do not propose
That others follow your way,Thinking that your way
Is the only way. ```Angels visit us
Only when we haveA purity-mind
AndA self-giving heart.
```The vital
Can only beatThe self-glory-drum.
```May my mind
Devotedly followMy hunger-wish
For God-Satisfaction. ```Patience we need,
Faith we need,To climb up the God-ladder.
```Each soul
IsA God-manifestation-fulfilment-dream.
```Mother Earth
Came into existenceFrom God’s infinite Compassion-Heart.
```My silence-heart-temple
Is expeditingMy Lord’s Arrival.
```Unless we discard
Our competitive spirit,We will never be happy.
```Infinite horizons
AreBeckoning me.
```My heart-eye
Sees only one thing:God’s Eye.
```My Lord’s Seat
I always treasureInside my heart-garden.
```The transformation-vision
Of humanityIs unprecedented.
```A oneness-heart
Proudly collectsAll the good things
That are available on earth. ```We shall have to be faithful
To both our outer selfAnd our inner self.
```May my heart’s
Beauty-prayersNever cease.
```My life is
My God-readiness-breathAt every moment.
```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Is the only SourceOf all my capacities and qualities.
```My Lord,
Do destroy my shamelessUnwillingness-mind.
```A God-seeker does not need
Outer degrees,But he does need
The inner God-loving, God-servingAnd God-fulfilling certificates.
```The mind that cherishes doubt
Has to be totally discardedLong before one enters
Into the spiritual life. ```God-servers
In the outer worldAre God-warriors
In the inner world. ```God-willingness and God-eagerness
Carry usFaster than the fastest
To God’s Heart-Home. ```A life empty of God-love
Shall be attacked mercilesslyBy the undivine forces.
```I must force my mind
Not only to touch God’s FeetBut also to stay at God’s Feet
Forever. ```My Lord’s Love for me
Is not only constantBut also
Peaceful and blissful. ```Each divine thought
Has to be transformedInto an immediate action.
```O my mind-intelligence,
Do you not realiseHow far you live
From my Lord’s Heart-Home? ```Each morning
My Lord blesses meWith a beautiful hope
AndA powerful promise.
```I must destroy
My desire-bondageAnd not merely try to escape.
```I must immediately accept
My heart-gardenAnd reject
My mind-jungle. ```My purity-heart
Blossoms every dayWith a new God-loving hope
And God-fulfilling promise. ```When my Lord and I enjoy
Our heart-to-heart conversations,Time does not dare to approach us.
```My physical health
And my spiritual healthMust progress side by side
Most satisfactorilyTo please my Lord Supreme
In His own Way. ```My happiness-heart
Shows me the wayTo arrive
At God’s Heart-Door. ```God tells me all the time
Only one thing:“My child,
I want you to beThe crown
Of My divine Pride.” ```Where does peace live,
If not insideMy sleepless God-hunger?
```My Lord, I have no idea
How many lives I have wasted.Please do not allow me to waste
Even one single day more!Allow me to remain every day
Conscious of You. ```Every day
I must embarkOn a new God-expedition.
```My mind,
Enough of your talking!Start immediately loving
Your Inner Pilot. ```Every good experience
Unmistakably takes usInto our Lord’s Heart-Garden.
```My heart and I
Are running fast, very fast,Towards our Supreme Lord,
The way a river runsTowards the ocean.
```My heart’s sleepless tears
Are cryingFor the express Arrival
Of God’s Compassion-Eye. ```Bliss blossoms
InsideMy God-worship-heart.
```Each seeker
Has to eventually becomeA God-hero-warrior.
```I need certificates
From all the God-SchoolsIn the inner world.
```I need
A God-readiness-mindAll the time.
```I need
A God-willingness-lifeAll the time.
```I need
A God-eagerness-heartAll the time.
```I must be
A God-fulfilling God-loverAll the time.
```My life is an earthly speed;
My heart is a Heavenly speed.I am crying to God
To bless meWith His own Speed.
```My Lord comes to me
Smiling,From far beyond
The horizons of my dreams. ```My Lord’s one Smile
Is enoughTo remove all my mind-tensions.
```God’s golden Feet
I have clasped. ```My mind-jungle
I have rejectedForever.
```My Lord,
Without YouI do not want to live,
Even in the highest Heaven. ```My Lord,
Do give me a heartThat will run
With an ever-increasing speed. ```Aspiration and dedication
Come in many forms,But God-realisation
Comes only in one form. ```After a very long time,
My heart is reunitedWith my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```My Lord blesses me,
Loves me and fulfils me,In spite of all my mistakes
And weaknesses. ```My Lord,
I am offering my inner lifeAnd my outer life
UnconditionallyTo fulfil Your Will
Here on earth. ```I must examine
My mind’s sincerityAnd my heart’s purity
Before I do anythingFor my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```My sincere longing
For my Lord SupremeIs always appreciated
By the Heart of my Supreme. ```My Lord, from now on
Your Heart will beMy permanent Home,
Only Home. ```My Lord,
The moment I see You,My heart becomes
The beauty, light and blissOf a rainbow.
```We must not delay,
Even for a second,Embarking on
Our Godward journey. ```When I use my mind,
It is the longest distance.When I use my heart,
It is the shortest distance.Alas, even the shortest distance
Is extremely difficult to coverOn the road to God-realisation!
```For years and years
I have been cryingFor the same thing:
God-Satisfaction. ```My love, my devotion, my surrender —
Everything has to beAbsolutely sincere and authentic
For God. ```My Lord,
How I wish I could countThe number of times
You have made me,My heart, my entire being,
HappyIn a very celestial way!
```My mind thinks that God is far, very far.
My heart feels that God is near, very near.And I know that God has been waiting,
Waiting and waiting for meFor a very long time.
```My Lord tells me, again and again,
That He does not want me to be His slave.He wants me to be His friend,
Eternal friend. ```No ignorance-storm
Can shakeMy God-surrendered life.
```My soul-blessed heart
HasImpenetrable poise.
```Adversity
Is a disguisedOpportunity.
```The more you think,
The farther away you areFrom Reality.
```Your inner light
Will definitely shine forth —It is only a matter of time.
```The world needs you and me
At this very moment —Not in the near or distant future.
```Do not form stupid
And unhealthy opinionsThat lower your consciousness.
```Jealousy
Is a most seriousAnd often fatal disease.
```When troubles
Attack you,Just smile them away.
```Is there anybody
Who does not sufferFrom ignorance-fever?
```The mind has problems,
But the heart is more than eagerTo solve the problems
Of the mind. ```God speaks
Through your soul. ```God listens
Through your heart. ```A depression-mind
Is a destruction-lifeInevitable.
```Tenderness, softness, sweetness —
These divine qualitiesDefinitely strengthen the heart.
```I follow my heart’s
Golden flute-melodyEverywhere.
```My heart-tears
Cry. ```God’s Lotus-Heart
Whispers. ```Desire and selfishness
Eventually strangleEach other.
```Anything that is sacred
In our outer lifeComes from our secret inner treasure.
```A heart of tranquillity
Is a sourceOf tremendous happiness.
```Happiness is within —
An absolute Truth. ```Desire misleads us
And misguides us. ```The old and critical mind
Has to be dethronedImmediately.
```My heart’s surrender-compass
Is guiding meDirectly to my Lord Supreme.
```May all my frustrations
Be buriedInside my mind-jungle.
```May each gratitude-heart
Only blossomInside God’s Heart.
```Anything that stands against
God’s WillNeeds emergency surgery.
```I deeply enjoy
My heart-boat-sails. ```Peacemakers
Are one step aheadOf present-day humanity.
```My Lord’s
Compassion-EyeIs my outer name.
```My Lord’s
Forgiveness-HeartIs my inner name.
```Aspiration itself
IsA divine victory.
```My aspiration-heart
Has to be transformedInto a God-gratitude-song.
```My Lord,
At Your FeetI am placing what I already have,
And there I shall also placeWhatever I receive
From the outer world. ```My soul enters into my mind
And compels itTo look towards the Light.
```My soul and my heart
Are always extremely fond ofEach other.
```My heart and my vital
By natureAre not friends.
```My mind and my life
So oftenBlame each other.
```My inner life
Must developIntense God-hunger.
```Imagination
Starts the Game. ```Aspiration
Ends the Game. ```Aspiration-fire
Can easily burn awayImperfection.
```My heart-garden
Is the only place that gives meAbundant peace.
```Oneness means
When my heart and I sing togetherFor God’s Victory.
```If I do not discipline
My constantly roaming thoughts,Who will come to my rescue?
```My Lord,
I am clasping Your Feet.Please allow me to remain
Clasping Your FeetFor at least five minutes!
```My Lord,
If I cannot please YouFrom this very moment,
My life will end utterly in vain! ```My Lord,
I have been hoping and hopingThat, before long,
You would summon me. ```Keep moving!
Movement is of paramount importanceTo arrive
At the Destination. ```No more dreamland, my Lord!
From now on, I shall liveOnly in the Reality-land
To love You, serve YouAnd fulfil You.
```Anything negative
IsUtterly destructive.
```May my heart
Always remainA fresh gratitude-flower.
```May my heart-flower bloom
Early in the morningAnd early in the evening
Every day. ```Man-separation
We can endure.God-separation
Is simply impossible for usTo endure.
```When I do not have inner poise,
I cannot please my Lord Supreme,Either in this world
Or in any other. ```I must become a heart of purity
And a life of humilityTo please my Lord
In His own Way. ```If I do not treasure my Lord Supreme
In every aspect,Then mine will be the heart
Of endless suffering. ```My soul is always eager
To guide me and lead meTo the heights of Perfection.
Alas, I am not ready! ```Whenever I look in a mirror,
My Lord,May I see Your Compassion-Eye!
```If I want to be an excellent God-seeker,
Then I must cherish my Lord’s Presence,Not only inside my heart,
But inside my entire being. ```I must succeed
In pleasing my Lord,In spite of all world-temptations.
```Without purity in his mind,
Without sincerity in his heart,Without humility in his life,
No seeker will ever be ableTo meet God.
```There is only one Goal —
God-realisation —And we must be committed
Only to that Goal. ```My Lord,
You give me chance after chanceTo be a good seeker.
I beg of You to give meThe determination needed
To become an excellent seeker. ```No genuine devotion,
No hope at allFor God-realisation.
```There are many virtues.
GratitudeIs at the top of all virtues.
```My Lord, do tell me,
When will this world be freedFrom its mind-jungle?
```My Lord,
Every dayMay Your Footsteps
Bless my inner worldAnd my outer world as well.
```Sweet
IsMy sincere God-love.
```Sweeter
IsMy God-devotion-heart.
```Sweetest
IsMy God-surrender-life.
```May my life-breath
Swim constantly betweenMy aspiration-shore
And my dedication-shore. ```To be in the company
Of a good discipleOf any Master
Is, indeed, a tremendous helpFor any seeker.
```Even the false seekers
Are given repeated chancesTo become sincere God-seekers
And God-lovers. ```Peace descends,
Not from God the PowerBut from God the Lover.
```What I need
From my Lord Beloved Supreme:Everything of everything!
```God-realisation
Is not an election. ```God-realisation
Is a selection. ```Each pilgrim on earth
Must realiseThat he is in transit to Heaven.
```A first-rate seeker
Is, indeed,An unconditional surrender-giver.
```My Lord tells me
That a very nice surpriseIs in store for me.
He will tell me soonWhat it is.
```As my aspiration-mountain
Grows higher and higher,Even so, my longing for God
Has to grow deeper and deeper. ```Every time I fall,
My Lord lifts me upWith more Compassion,
More AffectionAnd more Concern.
```No more shall I be interested
In my mind-jungle.From now on, I shall stay always
Inside my heart-garden. ```I must pray, from dawn to dusk,
To receive my Lord’s ceaseless BlessingsFrom Heaven.
```Every day, I pray to God
To be in top spiritualAnd physical condition.
```My Lord,
Do make me a sleepless self-giver,To become
Your most faithful instrument. ```The mind and ignorance
Love each other so much.Alas, they do not want to part!
```Do not question, do not doubt,
Just love and love your Master.He will do everything for you
In the inner world,And in the outer world as well.
```The mind-path
Is, indeed,A constant obstacle course.
```God-Forgiveness-Delight
Is all I need, all the time,From God Himself.
```My God-obedience
Thrills meFar beyond my imagination.
```My heart-tears
Are all the time climbingTowards my Lord’s Heart-Home.
```My Lord,
You are at onceThe Lord of my prayers
And alsoThe Lord of my happiness and sorrow.
```My love-devotion-surrender-joy-tears
My Lord Supreme cherishesMost proudly.
```God tells me
That the purity of my surrender-tearsIs exceedingly beautiful.
```Everyone, without exception,
Has to sitFor the God-realisation-examination,
Either in the near futureOr in the distant future.
```My Lord suffers like anything
When I do not believe inHis Affection, Love and Concern infinite.
```My Lord is so kind to me.
He reminds me thatMy spiritual duties
Are to be givenFirst and foremost importance.
```My Lord feeds my heart
Most happily and proudlyOn a regular basis.
```Every day
I renew my soul-promiseTo God
For the transformation of mankind. ```A loving heart
And a feeling lifeAre all I need
To please my Lord Supreme. ```I must realise
That my Lord SupremeIs always within the reach
Of my heart-cries. ```Not true
That my life is in my own hands!My life is all the time
In the HandsOf my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```Let me enter into my silence-room
And invoke my Lord SupremeAnd His infinite Compassion.
```I trust my Lord Supreme wholeheartedly
When He tells me thatBright, brighter, brightest days
Are ahead of me. ```When my desire-life disappears,
I most sincerely feelThat my life is worth living
For the realisation and manifestationOf my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```My Lord,
I do not know where You areAnd where I am.
Please, please carry meAnd place me at Your Lotus-Feet!
```The most painful truth
Is that I still have not madeMy complete surrender
To God’s Will. ```I always try to speak
With my heartWhen I speak to God.
```My self-giving
Shall reach perfectionOnly when I am able
To love and serve the worldFor the betterment of the world.
```Lo, the miracle of miracles:
My God-defiance-mindHas become
My God-reliance-heart. ```My hope-heart
At every momentSecretly and eagerly clasps
My Lord’s Compassion-Feet. ```My Lord Supreme,
Please do not allow meTo take my concentration off
Your Lotus-Feet. ```My Lord Supreme,
Do rescue meFrom my mind-cherished
Ignorance-cave! ```Who can help me,
Who will help meWhen I fall,
If not my Lord’s Compassion-Eye? ```If you want to be
On God’s Team,Do not waste even a fleeting second.
Cry for God-Arrival on earth. ```My Lord wants me
To smile, sing and danceFor Him.
He has made the decisionTo give me the capacity
To run the fastest in my spiritual life. ```My Lord Supreme,
Out of His infinite Bounty,Distributes all His Love and Affection
Among His chosen children. ```To be a front-row seeker,
I must be extremely eagerAnd self-giving.
```Fortunate are those
Who do not need the repetitionOf God’s Advice
A second time. ```I must kick all my doubts
And suspicionsSo that I can become
God’s true pride. ```Vision
I always had.What I need now
Is prayerfulAnd self-giving action.
```Since I know that there is
An inner life,How is it that I am not
Paying more attentionTo that inner life?
```Love is not enough,
Devotion is not enough,Surrender is not enough,
But oneness is more than enough! ```My Lord,
Do tell me who I wasIn my previous incarnation.
“My child,Those who march forward ceaselessly
Are My true children,And I would like you to be one of those.”
```Of all the undivine forces
In our nature,Self-admiration
Is the worst possible. ```My God-oneness regained
Makes meUnimaginably happy.
```My Lord,
How I wish to supply YouWith happy, happier and happiest news
Every day. ```A hyperactive mind
Goes nowhere. ```Every day
I enter into my silence-heart-roomTo hear my Lord’s Messages
For the transformation of the world. ```May my eyes
Remain always fixedOn my God-realisation-task.
```The road to Heaven is paved
Not with outer abilitiesBut with inner qualities.
```To think of
Overnight God-realisationIs the height of stupidity.
```Anything
That we do soulfullyCannot be a waste of time.
```My Lord is so indulgent
To me!He allows me to do so many things
Against His own express Will. ```The mind-jungle
Will definitely be illuminedBy the heart-garden.
God alone knows the exact hour! ```How often we swerve
From the path of Truth,Yet God forgives us
Again and again. ```What a cosmic joke:
My Lord takes prideIn me!
```God smiles and cries
When we pride ourselvesOn our achievements.
```To invite God,
We must keep our heart-doorWide open.
```How I wish
I could decorateMy Lord’s Heart-Room.
```How I wish
I could paint a portraitOf my Lord Supreme.
```God-awareness today,
God-intimacy tomorrow,God-satisfaction in God’s own Way
The day after. ```When we work for God,
We must pay all attentionTo our attitude.
```We cannot be perfect
Unless and untilOur body, vital, mind and heart
Work in perfect unisonFor God.
```God-pleasing activities
Are not so difficultTo perform.
```God aspires, God reveals, God manifests
In and through me,But He wants me to take the full credit,
And I shamelessly agree. ```My mind, can you not see
My heart has already touchedMy Lord’s Feet?
My mind, why do you delay? ```Whenever God asks me
To do something,Out of His infinite Bounty,
He gives me the capacityUnparalleled.
```My cries for God
On earth and in HeavenHave to be the same —
They must maintain the same standard. ```Mother Nature is so compassionate!
She shows us how to aspireFor the Highest
Unconditionally. ```Even if I live my life
A thousand times over,My gratitude-heart will not be worthy
Of my Lord’s Compassion infinite. ```My life was fully secure
The day I placed my proud headAt the Feet of my Lord Supreme.
```God’s
Compassion-EyeDreams.
```God’s
Forgiveness-HeartFulfils.
```May my one moment
With GodBe like an Eternity.
```Spiritual discipline
Must precedeAll other good qualities.
```If the cosmic gods
Do not want to mix with me,No harm,
As long as my Absolute Lord SupremeThinks of me and plays with me.
```When Delight will be manifested on earth,
We have no idea,But we do feel that God’s Delight
Will one day inundate the earth. ```Only spiritually strong seekers
Will be able to manifest GodMost satisfactorily.
```When I see my life-breath
Kissing the Compassion-FeetOf my Lord Supreme,
My joy knows no bounds. ```My heart loves to do
Only one thing:It loves to sing sleeplessly
Devotion-songs. ```Without the purification
Of the body,Life will remain unchanged.
```If it is a true aspiration-fire,
Then nobodyCan extinguish it forever.
```God thinks of our oneness-hearts
When He sings our praisesTo the cosmic gods.
```When I become completely one
With the dust of my Lord’s Feet,I feel that I have become
Perfect perfection. ```Self-giving at every moment
Creates a new GodInside our heart.
```A mountaintop can give us
The message of silence,But not the message of delight.
```The ultimate realisation
Is not enough.The ultimate manifestation
Completes the Game. ```No other medicine,
Save and exceptMy Lord’s Scolding-Medicine,
Cures all my earth-weaknesses. ```My gratitude-heart
Is, indeed,My proudest achievement.
```No more
Will worldly pleasuresBe able to bring me down!
```Bliss,
Do allow meTo accompany you
To the Golden Shore! ```When the heart makes progress,
It is solidAnd permanent.
```When the mind
Achieves success,It is all uncertainty.
```O rainbow-beauty,
Do pay a short visitTo my life-duty.
```Expectation
IsA joy-extinguisher.
```When God’s Eye
Smiles,I run towards God.
```When my heart-eye
Cries,God runs towards me
Faster than the fastest. ```To achieve the Goal of goals,
Your heart has to beAll eagerness
And your life has to beAll oneness.
```The mind watches
The stupendousScience-achievement channel
Only to be confounded. ```The heart watches
The momentousGod-discovery channel
To be completely illumined. ```Look at God
Only withA God-dreamer-eye.
```Feel God
Only withA God-oneness-heart.
```Our funny life-stories
Even GodCannot resist hearing.
```Your wild desire
Is to becomeThe Lord of the Universe.
```Your mild desire
Is to beCompletely at God’s Feet.
```My heart-garden-joy
Shall always remain unparalleledIn my life-story.
```Give not God a tiny portion of credit
For your earthly success-life.Give God, if you are wise,
The full credit. ```The heart-invitation
Is more than enough —So says my soul.
```The mind-invitation
Neither GodNor God-surrendered people
Take seriously. ```Today
My life’s dream-boatThinks incessantly
Of the Golden Shore. ```Those who live in utter faith
Will one day be amply rewardedBy my Lord Supreme.
```Anything
That the mind makesIs collapsible.
```Devotion
Is an express trainTowards the Destination
Unknowable. ```My devotion
Is my Lord’sReal Satisfaction.
```An unwillingness-life
Shall have the bitter tasteOf ruthless failure.
```Every day
God’s Compassion-EyePrunes my heart-garden.
```My Lord
Always keeps my heartInside His own Heart-Safe.
```Every day
My Lord has a tough dayWith my mind and vital.
```God’s tiredness and weariness
DecreaseThe moment we give Him
A smiling face. ```Only the good heart-singers
Love to listenWhen God rings
The attendance bell. ```My Lord,
Do give me a new mind,But please, please,
Keep my old heart forever! ```When God leaves me,
I tell Him He is stone-hearted,But when He is in me and for me,
Do I offer HimEven an iota of gratitude?
```God starts crying for me
Even beforeI start crying for God.
```Days turn into nights,
Nights turn into days —Still I forget to think of
My Lord Supreme. ```I cry for two things:
God-closenessAnd
God-fondness. ```Before,
Only my heart was for God,But now my entire existence —
Mind, vital and body —Are all for Him.
```Great men come into this world
And great men go away from this world,But when good men come,
Mother Earth clasps themAnd does not allow them to go away.
```Rest assured,
Your humility-heartWill before long
Be rewarded. ```My Lord, I love You only!
“My child, I know it.It is all true.”
```God’s Presence
And my heart’s infinite joyCan never be separated.
```No, no, my Lord —
Even Your fleeting AbsenceShall stab my heart!
```I live on earth
Only to make my Lord happyAnd keep Him happy.
```My Lord,
I have been cherishing anger towards YouFor a long time,
But now You have melted my heartWith Your Wisdom-Delight.
```Your ardent love of God
Shall definitely expediteYour inner journey.
```When it comes to God,
Be as sincere and self-givingAs possible.
```My ceaseless love
Of GodIs my only source
Of happiness. ```To be favoured by God,
I must prayerfully claim HimAs my own, very own.
```My God-love comes from
My aspiration-heartAnd from nowhere else.
```My Lord tells me
That if I think that I am hopeless,Then He cannot and does not want
To do anything with me. ```My Lord, when I look into Your Eye,
I am not fully satisfied,But when I sit at Your Feet,
I am satisfied —More than satisfied!
```The human life
Says to the divine life:“Why are you so indifferent?”
```The divine life
Says to the human life:“Why are you so unaspiring?”
```When my heart rings
My Lord’s Heart-Bell,The divine in me
And the undivine in meTogether dance.
```When I am with my soul,
I see my GoalAt a distance,
But when I am not with my soul,I see not my Goal anywhere.
```The true seekers’ lives
Are made of God-aspirationAnd God-satisfaction.
```My Lord,
Do You know that I am extremely happyWith my aspiration-heart
And my dedication-life?“My child,
Perhaps I have something to do with it!” ```I call it
My aspiration-hour.God calls it
His Compassion-Shower. ```My Lord,
Why are You so slow in pleasing me?“My child,
What else can I doIf you sleep and sleep and sleep
More than I ever expected?” ```My Lord,
Are You aware of all my activities?“It all depends on you, My child.
If you feel that I am fully aware,Then I am.
If not, I know nothing of you,Plus I do not want to know anything of you!”
```My Lord,
Are You really pleased with me?“My child,
I am not your teacher,I am not your tutor.
Ask your heart, the teacher.Your heart will give you
The most correct answer.” ```O world,
I do not care even if you disdain meTo your heart’s content!
I shall always fight againstYour treacheries and mockeries.
```There is nothing
That cannot be acquired and achievedIn the inner world.
```Let me assure you,
O world —I came to you to serve you,
And not to instruct you. ```Personal success:
This is what each human beingWants.
```We must need,
At times,Trance-bound meditation.
```What is self-doubt,
If notDeath-invitation?
```Inaudible God-cries
Are no cries. ```In the spiritual life,
Relaxation meansThe immediate descent
Of consciousness. ```Anything desire-born
IsDissatisfactory.
```The mind does not know
That it is attractedTo inevitable destruction.
```There was a time
When I knew onlyHow to whine,
But now I know onlyHow to shine.
```The silence-sound
Of the heartProtects us, illumines us
And fulfils us. ```My Lord,
I think only of my needs.Do give me the capacity
To think of Your Needs as well. ```There is a constant battle
BetweenThe mind’s wild thoughts
AndThe heart’s pure feelings.
```If realisation is your aim,
Then look deeperAnd live an inner life.
```The desire-life
Is closely followedBy a severe penalty.
```A tall aspiration-tree
Is not afraid ofA desire-knife.
```The proper meaning of life
Is a forward marchAnd not a backward walk.
```If we only had taken the time
To better the world,We would have definitely
Succeeded! ```Love
Is a gateTo a higher life.
```Devotion
Is a gateTo the inner life.
```Surrender
Is a gateTo the God-life.
```I have tried in so many ways
To conquer my self-doubt,But I have failed.
Now I have taken toSitting at my Lord’s Feet
As my last resort,And I am sure I will succeed.
```My Lord,
I really love YouInfinitely more
Than my spoken words can express! ```I always try to smile
With my heart’sGratitude-sunshine.
```I have forsaken
Everything in my life,Save and except
My Lord’s Smile. ```God tells me
Never to keepMy heart-door locked.
```Sleeping for long hours
Has no charmFor a true God-lover.
```Indulgence
Comes in;Intelligence
Goes out. ```The moment I open my heart
Is the very beginningOf my spiritual start.
```Why do I need a Master?
Why do I needMy progress-assurance!
```Lack of faith
Means a cataclysmIn spirituality.
```My Lord,
Do not allowMy manifestation of Your Light
On earthTo be stagnant.
```The self-sufficiency-boat
Is bound to capsizeSooner or later.
```Only my unconditional surrender
Has the capacityTo take giant steps
Heavenward. ```God-faith-famine
Reigns supreme. ```True, the mind-sky
Has dark clouds,But what prevents me
From rising above them,With the help of my soul?
```Heaven’s Beauty
Fascinates me. ```Earth’s duty
Illumines me. ```God wants me to be
An aptitude-seeker;He does not want me to be
A multitude-admirer. ```The outer world
IsDarkness-pride.
```The inner world
IsGod-aspiration.
```The outer world
Is afraid ofThe unknown.
```The inner world
Is not afraid of the unknown —Not even of the Unknowable.
```There is always a tug-of-war
Between insecurity-prideAnd security-confidence.
```If you do not have implicit faith
In your Inner Pilot,Then it is not worth entering into
The spiritual life. ```If you do not have devotion
To your Inner Pilot,Then you are wasting your time
In the spiritual life. ```Heaven
Believes inPowerful promises.
```Earth
Believes inFlowering hopes.
```We do not have to pursue happiness.
Happiness will run towards usWhen we make progress
In our God-surrender. ```My Lord,
Your Absence has createdExcruciating pain inside my heart.
Do descendWith Your torrential Blessing-Rain!
```Grace infinite is needed
From AboveTo change humanity’s face.
```The heart
Has to be clothedIn purity.
```The mind
Has to be clothedIn sincerity.
```The vital
Has to be clothedIn intensity.
```The body
Has to be clothedIn alacrity.
```The life
Has to be clothedIn simplicity.
```The soul
Has to be clothedIn divinity.
```My Lord’s Lotus-Feet
Are for the pure heartAnd the impure mind
Alike. ```How I wish I could live
All the timeIn the hallowed sanctuary
Of my heart. ```If there is no regularity
In our prayers and meditations,God has every right
To remain silent. ```I looked everywhere for shelter.
Finally, I came and took shelterInside my heart-nest.
Now happiness is my new name. ```Only one question looms large
In my mind:How many times
Is God going to forgive me? ```Occult power
Has to work, at times,Quicker than a lightning flash.
```I have practised every day
My self-giving lessonWithout fail.
```The higher a seeker goes,
The more earth-responsibilitiesHe has to embrace.
```We expect everything from God —
Celestial and terrestrial —But God expects only one thing from us:
Happiness. ```Say “No!”
To your mindOnce more.
```Say “Yes!” and “Yes!” and “Yes!”
To your heartEver more.
```God-Victory
Here and now!Everything else can be done
In the near or distant future. ```May God’s Protection-Feet
Always take care ofMy life.
```God wants me
To establish with HimA sacred friendship-bond.
```I am no longer at a loss,
For my Lord SupremeIs taking care of my inner life,
And outer life as well,With His infinite Compassion-Heart.
```Faith has only one place,
Our aspiration-heart. ```A happy heart
Does not believe inIdle rest.
```Alas, it is so easy for doubt
To enter secretlyInto the mind!
```My Lord Supreme,
Out of His infinite Bounty,Tells me only one thing:
“Never give up, My child,Never give up!”
```My Lord Krishna
Plays His Heart-Flute-MelodiesInside my own heart
All the time. ```To smile sincerely
Is to have a heartOf peace and bliss.
```My Lord always thinks
Very highly of me.How is it
That I cannot do the same? ```My heart is calling me
Most urgently.I cannot roam any more
In my mind-jungle. ```There was a time
When I carried many things with meWherever I went.
But now I carry only one thing,God’s Compassion-Eye,
Wherever I go. ```I follow
Faithfully and devotedlyMy Lord’s Forgiveness-Feet.
```When I am happy,
HeavenIs just next door.
```When I am happy,
God acts in and through me,Faster than the fastest.
```When I am happy,
God tells meThat my perfection-life
Is already blossoming. ```When I am happy,
I see absolutely nothing wrongIn this world.
```When I am happy,
I am in allAnd I am for all.
```When I am happy,
I do not mindIf each and every human being
Goes ahead of me,For I have established my oneness
With them. ```God’s
Secret HandsGuide me.
```God’s
Sacred HeartBlesses me.
```When my mind is pure,
My heart becomesHappier than the happiest.
```I have forced
My ignorance-friendsTo leave me.
```My mind
Has completely stopped for goodAll negativity-thoughts.
```My heart
Always prefers loveTo power.
```God’s pride-seeds
Grow fast, very fast,Inside our devotion-hearts.
```Heaven shines
In all its beautyWherever it sees peace.
```When I offer my smiles to God,
He says to me:“My child, you are all Mine.”
```When I offer my tears to God,
He says to me:“My child, I am all yours.”
```My mind of negativity
Has finally surrenderedTo my
Oneness-heart-happiness-smile. ```My Heaven
Is whereMy Lord’s Compassion-Eye is.
```My Heaven
Is whereMy Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart is.
```My Heaven
Is whereMy Lord powerfully commands me.
```My Lord repeatedly tells me
That I belong to His World-FamilyAnd not to my own puny self!
```Ignorance
Is our torturer,Yet we are its lover.
```To open God’s Heart
Is to close the mouthOf ignorance.
```To offer encouragement
To othersIs to expedite our own
Aspiration-journey. ```My Lord,
At Your FeetMy heart, mind, vital and body
Will turn into flower-blossoms. ```I must take my life
Very seriouslyIf I want to please my Lord
Constantly. ```My only qualification
Is my implicit faithIn my Lord Supreme.
```Slowly, steadily and unerringly —
Not in a rush —Is the only way to enter into
My Lord’s Heart-Home. ```I need only three friends:
Eagerness-heart,Willingness-mind,
Readiness-life. ```The God-dedicated life
Is all importantIn the spiritual world.
```God takes very special care
Of the heart-lettersThat are exchanged
Between Him and humanity. ```I must become a God-lover first,
And then, only then,Can I become
A true God-believer. ```The mind
Loves to showThe ‘stop’ sign.
```The heart
Loves to showThe ‘speed’ sign.
```Heaven
Loves to showThe ‘caution’ sign.
```When we stop in the middle of
Our Godward journey,Neither the higher worlds
Nor the lower worldsCare for us.
```The outer school
Does not knowHow to educate —
It only knowsHow to elucidate.
```My Lord’s Compassion
MeansHis Heart-Fragrance.
```God never minds
If I am extremely greedyFor His Compassion and Affection.
```Spiritual music
Comes directlyFrom God’s Heart.
```Power
Frightens us. ```Beauty
Enlightens us. ```God’s unconditional Grace
Carries us unmistakablyTo Him.
```Only I know,
And my heart knows,That God really, really loves me.
```Only I feel,
And my heart feels,That there is nothing
That my Lord SupremeWill not do for me
To expedite my spiritual journey. ```Only I see,
And my heart sees,That God’s Creation
Is all beauty. ```To love God
Is to eventually becomeGod Himself.
```When God comes to me,
He sees that I am not at all prepared,But His unconditional Compassion
Waits and waits for me to be fully ready.When I am all ready,
God proudly takes meAs His life-partner.
```I love
My God-gratitude-heart-tearsInfinitely more than anything else.
```God loves to swing
Between my gratitude-heartAnd surrender-life.
```The mind
Loves to enjoyGod-criticism.
```The heart
Suffers terriblyFrom God-criticism.
```A gratitude-express-heart
Is treasuredBy God.
```To be independent
Is to walkOn quicksand.
```God-dependence
MeansThe firmest life-footing.
```The face of Fate
Constantly changes. ```He who does not aspire
Feels that deathIs the very end.
```Unfortunate days
Can be turned intoFortunate days
On the strength ofOne’s self-offering
To God. ```May my heart blossom
Every dayAt the Feet of my Lord Supreme.
```Progress-joy
Beckons meFrom afar.
```Aspiration-ride
Is always a thrill. ```My Lord’s
Heart-Market-StoreNever charges.
```Dauntless seekers
Are alwaysOn the march.
```Stupidity
And insecurityNever succeed.
```Any moment
Is the right momentWhen we want to do
Something good. ```Peaceful prayers
Come to the foreFrom the very depths
Of the heart. ```God knows well
That His Commands will not succeed;Therefore, He laughs and laughs
To change our nature. ```Everything has to be one-pointed:
One-pointed God-aspiration,One-pointed God-dedication,
One-pointed God-fulfilment. ```The mind
Never winsThe best meditation-prize.
```God repeatedly tells me
That it is not an impossible taskFor me to become
As perfect as He is. ```My Lord’s Heart-Garden
Invites all kinds of seekers,Irrespective of their sincerity and purity.
```Like my Lord,
I shall always followThe law of love.
```Whenever the mind-plane
Suffers from inclement weather,It has a special place to crash:
Doubt-jungle. ```Receptivity is deeply valued
By both GodAnd the seeker.
```The mind says to the heart:
“God is nowhere.” ```The heart says to the mind:
“Are you blind? Are you deaf?God is right in front of us,
Talking and talking!” ```Earth
Needs soundTo speak.
```Heaven
Needs silenceTo speak.
```The beauty
Of the earthIs irresistible.
```The fragrance
Of HeavenIs immeasurable.
```Without discipline,
Life is a purposeless and uselessMerry-go-round.
```The vital and the mind
Always love to enjoyThe absence of wisdom.
```God whispers
In secrecy supreme;Man is protest incarnate.
```Be careful of Time —
It may stealAll your achievements.
```Publicity
Was not bornWith sincerity.
```Publicity
And insincerityAre twins.
```Because of my sleepless
Heart-cries,God is fully alive
Inside my life. ```God is peaceful
Only when we are beautiful,Within and without.
```Our sincere smile
Is God’sHighest reward.
```God’s Blessing-Smile
Steals all our unhappy,Miserable thoughts.
```The frustration of my mind
Eventually must give wayTo the poise of my soul.
```I may be able to run away
From God’s Eye,But never, never
From His Feet. ```Beauty celestial
We drink. ```Duty terrestrial
We abhor. ```Today’s despair-friend
Is tomorrow’sDestruction-enemy.
```Do not give up hope!
You, too, can easily beA super-excellent God-fulfiller.
```Ignorance-night,
I have been with youFor a very long time.
It is more than enough!Now I am desperately searching
For a new friend,And I am sure that new Friend
Is fast approaching me. ```Real desire
And real happinessAre not compatible.
```My Lord, save You,
I cannot and I do notClaim anybody
As my own, very own. ```If you want to proclaim God’s Victory,
Then this is the real time —This is the only time!
```To discover God,
Silence is neededWithout fail.
```May my life-boat ply
BetweenMy God-sincerity-life-shore
AndMy God-intensity-heart-shore.
```Desire and darkness
Are interchangeable. ```Aspiration and light
Are interchangeable. ```Each God-service
Has a special significanceOf its own.
```My soul-songs
Serve GodAs His great nourishment.
```Only genuine aspiration
Can be emptyOf expectation.
```Devotion
Is the heightOf intensity.
```Devotion
Shortens our roadAnd quickens our speed.
```To draw God close,
Devotion-magnetIs par excellence.
```God expects from us
Only the thingsThat will make Him happy.
```My heart
Is a successfulJoy-implorer.
```Only one question looms large
In my mind:Does God still love me?
```Self-offering-exercise
Is absolutely the bestTo make us
Stronger than the strongest. ```Do not try to explain God
To the mind.You are bound to fail.
```Again and again,
Ceaselessly say “No”To your doubt-mind.
```Love the Master’s heart
Sleeplessly and breathlessly. ```Serve the Master’s feet
Unreservedly and unconditionally. ```Lock the mind-door
And unlock the heart-doorSimultaneously.
```Wisdom-light versus ignorance-night:
A constant battle.Victory eventually goes to
Wisdom-light. ```Protect your heart’s
Sweet feelingsAbout God.
```I must not become
Another seeker-failure. ```You are safe only when
You seek shelterIn your own heart-nest.
```I meditate every day
With the golden silenceOf the blossoming dawn.
```My desire-life
EnjoysDictatorship.
```My aspiration-life
EnjoysGod-ownership.
```Since God is all love for me,
What is wrong with me?Can I not be the same for God?
```Rest assured,
IgnoranceIs not going to leave you —
You are the oneWho must do the needful.
```O seeker,
God has already fully blossomedInside your heart.
Use your Eye that sees,And not the eyes that do not see.
```When my devotion-heart approaches God,
God jumps up from His golden ThroneTo welcome and embrace
My devotion-heart. ```My soul is ringing
The final bell:My Lord is arriving!
```When a happiness-heart
Sings,It is most haunting.
```There shall come a time
In the near futureWhen I shall be living
Only for my Lord Supreme. ```When my heart
Speedily runs,I transcend all barriers.
```The outer strength
IsExtremely limited.
```The inner power
IsUnimaginably unlimited.
```Ecstasy is my name,
For my Lord has occupiedMy entire being.
```Pushing is not the right way;
Pulling is not the right way.Surrender unconditional
To God’s WillIs the only right way.
```The easiest thing
For the mindIs to think ill of others.
```The most difficult thing
For the mindIs to identify itself with the victories
Of another individual. ```I must realise God
Long beforeThe final curtain falls.
```Unbelievable!
In spite of all my imperfections,My Lord thinks very highly of me.
```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Has a very special connectionWith my life-energy-flow.
```The harder we try
To hide from God’s Eye,The sooner we get caught!
```The outer heat
Is the sourceOf our discomfort.
```The inner heat
Is the beginningOf our self-discovery.
```When with two empty hands
I go to God,He laughs and laughs at me.
```When with an empty heart
I go to God,He immediately embraces me.
```God does not want me
To sacrifice my earth-existenceTo Him.
```God wants me
To offer HimMy all.
```If we can take everything
In a divine way,Then there is no real misfortune.
```Each time I offer
My prayerful and soulful tearsTo God,
My life and IMake the fastest progress.
```When I look upward,
I seeGod’s beautiful Eye.
```When I look forward,
I seeGod’s powerful Eye.
```When I look inward,
I seeGod’s blessingful Eye.
```If we cannot dare to claim God
As our own, very own,Then God-realisation will remain
A far cry. ```The mind-teacher teaches me,
But because of its cleverness,It never takes any responsibility.
```The heart-teacher teaches me,
But because of its compassionAnd affection,
It comes forward and is eagerTo take full responsibility for my life.
```God wants my mind
To take my defeatAs my victory.
With my mind, He fails. ```God wants my heart
To take my victoryAs my defeat.
With my heart, He succeeds. ```God feels sad but not mad
When a seeker is afraid of answeringGod’s question.
```A sleepless
God-obedience-heartIs
An extremely rare achievement. ```God loves us more, infinitely more,
When we are sincerelyAnd self-givingly eager
To think of Him and need HimMore than we do now.
```Being an Indian soul,
I must first think of GodAnd pray to God
Before I do anything else. ```Every day we must try
Lovingly, devotedly and self-givinglyTo exceed
Our past achievements. ```My morning God-songs
Are full ofNewness-smiles.
```My evening God-songs
Are full ofWhispers from the Beyond.
```The life does not want
But unmistakably needsSimplicity.
```The mind does not want
But unmistakably needsSincerity.
```The body does not want
But definitely needsWakefulness.
```The vital loves aggression,
But what it needsIs dynamism.
```Quite strange!
The heart loves insecurity,But security is the only thing
The heart needsAll the time.
```Friendship
Takes birthOnly in mutual trust.
```I worship God
Because it is the only thingThat gives me real joy.
```Be not afraid of vastness.
It is vastness that our mind needsTo arrive at
The ultimate Truth. ```It is easier for the vital and the body
To listen to GodThan for the doubting and suspecting mind.
```When we establish
Our friendship with God,At times He enjoys fulfilling
Even our absurd demands. ```The human life has to be accepted
And not rejected,If you really love God
And want to manifest GodHere on earth.
```Beautiful, more beautiful,
Most beautiful —The golden disc in the eastern firmament
Early in the morning! ```The outer height
Gives the body, the vitalAnd the mind
Abundant joy. ```The inner height
Gives my heart, my soulAnd even my Inner Pilot
Infinite joy. ```The outer bird
We try to feedLovingly.
```The inner bird
Feeds usCompassionately and self-givingly.
```Once God rings the bell,
He just tolerates the late-comers,Whereas He deeply appreciates
Those who arrive immediately,At the right moment.
```Every morning
God enters my heart-groveAnd sings most hauntingly
His celestial Songs. ```God, if You really love me,
Then You must scold me mercilesslyIf ever I do something wrong,
Even something quite insignificant. ```God finds my impurity-mind
Easier to takeThan my insincerity-heart.
```My Lord, I try so hard
To merge intoYour Consciousness!
Just for a fleeting second,Please, please fulfil
My long-cherished desire. ```Divine beauty is not to be found
In the mind, vital and body.It is to be found
Only in the purity of the heart. ```When I pray,
God gives meLightning-speed.
```When I do not pray,
God gives meIndian bullock-cart-speed.
```Of all the cosmic gods,
Lord Shiva is the oneWho, when pleased,
Fulfils our desiresSooner than the soonest.
```When we please Lord Vishnu,
His Compassion-EyeAnd His Forgiveness-Heart
Start functioning in our heartsWith utmost velocity.
```When we please God
Most self-givingly,He invites us to accompany Him
While He walks along the heart-avenues. ```The sun is powerful,
The moon is beautiful,But only the God-loving heart
Is bountiful and fruitful. ```My Lord, I wish You to dwell
In betweenMy heart’s streaming tears
AndMy soul’s beaming smiles
All the time. ```My Lord, is it true that quite often
The angels come and dreamThrough my eyes
And dance inside my heart?“My child, wake up, wake up!
The answer is in the affirmative!” ```When my soul sings
My heart-melodiesBefore my Lord Supreme,
His Joy knows no bounds. ```In the inner world
The tranquillity of the mindRemains always unparalleled.
```O Goddess Lakshmi,
Why do you hide your celestial beautyAnd your infinite wealth
From me?Why, why?
```May my life-boat
Reach its DestinationIn this lifetime, without fail.
```It is the inner light
That awakens usFrom our age-old slumbers.
```The finite can embody
The InfiniteIf so is the express Will of God.
```God tells me that to please Him
In every part of my beingIs not an impossible task.
```Try, try we must
If progressIs our sole aim.
```It is absolutely true that patience
Is of paramount importanceIf we want to succeed
In our spiritual life. ```Darkness loves to cling to us.
It is we who have to cast aside darknessFrom our entire being.
```While I was taking birth,
My Lord asked my soulNot to allow my body
To wallowIn the pleasures of abundance-sleep.
```God compels and forces some seekers
Who are inwardly fully awakened,Yet outwardly take time
To abide by God’s Will. ```Without positive thinking,
We cannot makeAny satisfactory progress
In our inner life. ```As satisfaction has no end,
Even so,Perfection has no end.
```To see the Face of God
Satisfactorily,First I must sit at the Feet of God
Gently, prayerfully, soulfullyAnd self-givingly.
```Even if we try our best
Not to think of God,There comes a time when
Someone from deep withinCompels us to think of God
Against our will! ```Every day
The beauty and fragranceOf newness
Must enter into my heart. ```Up until now, my Lord,
I have been asking You to give me.Today I have changed my mind:
From now on, I shall give You ceaselesslyWhat I have and what I am.
```Centuries pass by.
Humankind’s progressIs meagre.
```There was a time
When I loved to enjoy competition.Now, I love to watch the completion
Of any soulful game. ```Stop thinking, by all means!
Lo, how beautifully and perfectlyYou are able to meditate on God.
```The outer run
Makes our mind and vitalVery happy.
```The inner run
Brings us the messageOf God-realisation
And God-manifestationHere on earth.
```Self-sufficient human beings
And God-sufficient seekersNever sail together.
```When God gives us the inner power,
He repeatedly tells usTo use the inner power
Only constructivelyAnd never destructively.
```God constantly tells me
To smile at Him,Even for a while.
```The difference between my heart
And my mindIs this:
My heart loves to whisper,And my mind loves to murmur.
```When I see God’s Eye,
I take everybodyAs my friend.
```When I feel God’s Heart,
I take everybodyAs a perfect human being.
```My mind, be kind!
Be generous!Give positive thinking
At least one chance. ```If you want to succeed,
Be sincere in your mind,Be pure in your heart.
```When ignorance is challenged
Drastically,It surrenders helplessly.
```One glance from my Lord Supreme
Can turn the darkest nightInto the brightest day.
```No service
Can ever equalOur God-service.
```We must realise
That our God-readinessLeads us immediately
To God-closeness. ```God’s smiling Beauty
My heart drinks and drinksAll the time.
```If the cry comes
From the doubting mind,It is no cry
At all. ```If the cry comes
From the aspiring heart,Indeed, it is
A God-fulfilling cry. ```Every day
We must try to cultivateA self-giving heart.
```Unlike the mind,
The heart sees everythingAs beautiful, more beautiful
And most beautiful. ```Do not delay,
Do not delay,When it is a matter
Of God-hunger! ```My happiness-smile
Is immediately treasuredBy God Himself.
```Deepen your heart.
Enlighten your mind.Awaken your life.
```I must, at once,
Learn wisdom-lessonsAnd unlearn ignorance-lessons.
```My victory is not my aim.
My God-satisfactionIs my only aim.
```If I enjoy my self-indulgence,
How can I ever dareTo invoke God’s Assistance?
```God Himself
HoistsMy God-surrender-flag.
```Devotion itself
Is a kind ofGod-dedication.
```Spirituality
Is notFor the curiosity-monger.
```My life-boat I sail
Under the guidanceOf Heavenly stars.
```God is eager
To playWith my devotion-heart-tears.
```May my heart sing
All the timeGod’s Victory-Songs.
```Those who are thirsty
For world-attentionWill have to remain far away
From God-illumination. ```Disobedience
Is at onceThoughtless and brainless.
```My soul
Learns God-SongsDirectly from God.
```Nothing is more precious
To GodThan my heart-cries.
```God plants every day
New seedsIn my heart-garden.
```Every moment I must take
As a supreme opportunityTo create a life-masterpiece.
```Never postpone
Your visitTo God’s Heart-Palace.
```My surrender-life
God proudly carries with HimWherever He goes.
```Outer action
Has to be the result ofInner meditation.
```I am extremely eager
To beA selfless God-server.
```God-disobedience-road:
I must never knowWhere it is.
```My Lord
Is Forgiveness-DelightAround the clock.
```How I wish
I could see everythingThrough my Lord’s
Compassion-flooded Eye. ```How I wish
I could feel everythingThrough my Lord’s
Ever-forgiving Heart. ```God’s Will
Does not care to makePublic appearances.
```God never reads
My mind’sWorld-complaint-letters.
```When I kneel down
At God’s Feet,He gives me His Heart-Wings
To fly. ```I must always be on the lookout
For God’s SatisfactionIn every possible way.
```How far or how near I am
To God-realisationOnly God knows.
```I am
My weeping heart;God is
His consoling Smiles. ```My Lord quite often
Takes my heartTo accompany Him.
```Everything of everything
Can be offeredTo God.
```Everything of everything
Can be placedAt the Lotus-Feet
Of God. ```If you do not have concern
For God the man,How can you have concern
For man the God? ```My Lord gives Himself
To me,Not only wholly,
But also unconditionally. ```God tells me
That when I am devoted to Him,He becomes attached to me
Immediately. ```God’s Heart keeps looking for me.
Alas, where am I?Where is God?
```God tells me that the heart is right
When it says it owns God,And nobody else.
```Disobedience does not care
Even for a floodOf God-longing tears.
```We need infinitely more concern
For God the Lover, God the FulfillerAnd God the Dreamer.
```A devotion-heart
Is made ofPurity and simplicity.
```Unlike us,
God’s Mind never changesHis Phone Number.
```Unlike us,
God’s Heart never changesHis Home Address.
```Every day
God expects to hear from meInspiring and exciting news.
```I am so grateful to God!
He has made meA lifelong passenger
In His Heart-Boat. ```Even a fleeting distraction
Can be very harmful. ```My Lord,
I know You know everything,But I would like You to know something:
I am more eager to manifest YouThan You can ever imagine!
```Day by day, I must try to know
How far I am supposed to goTo arrive at
God’s Forgiveness-Heart-Destination. ```O seeker, be not a fool!
God definitely wants youTo be around Him
All the time. ```I ask God
The most difficult question:“God, please tell me,
Am I Your dearest child,Or is somebody else?”
```If I dare to believe
That God loves me infinitely moreThan I can ever imagine,
Then I shall invariably make progressIn my inner life.
```Eagerness shortens
Our God-realisation-journey. ```When my heart is guided
By my Lord’s Compassion-Eye,I feel that in spite of all my complaints
Against the world,I still have love for the world.
```The gratitude of the mind
Must not be takenSeriously.
```Reality can easily
Be seen and caughtBy the streaming tears
Of the heart. ```I must serve my Lord Supreme
Sleeplessly,With readiness, willingness
And eagerness. ```My Heaven is inside
The sacredness and blissOf my heart,
And nowhere else. ```Every day
I most fruitfully listenTo the Whispers
Of my Inner Pilot. ```I must not allow my heart
To be empty of love,Devotion and surrender
For my Master. ```My mind
No more lovesDesire-stories.
```By loving God,
The joy that I haveInside my heart-breath
No human being will be ableTo take away.
```Every day
I plant a new seedInside my heart-garden
To please my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```I no longer allow my mind
To make decisions for me.I compel my mind
To obey my decisions. ```God tells me
That if I speak unjustly of someone,Then there will be twenty human beings
Who will immediately speak ill of me! ```My heart’s goal
Is to receive boundless LoveFrom the Compassion-Eye
Of my Lord Supreme. ```My Lord, no matter what kind of hell
I create for myself,Your boundless Affection
And boundless ConcernWill save me,
Provided I keep my heart-door openTo You, only to You,
And to nobody else. ```When my Lord asks me
To run towards Light —Light infinite —
He does give me the capacityTo fulfil His Request.
```When I cherish
Even the smallest doubt,My Lord Supreme becomes
Extremely sad. ```When I please my heart
Happily and proudly,My soul immediately garlands me
With boundless love and joy. ```When my aspiration rises,
I see no darknessIn any human being.
```My God-obedience
Is my heart’sParadise-experiment.
```God asks me
To keep my cheerfulness-mindAlways available
For Him to use in His own Way. ```A purity-heart
Protects a seekerFrom the hostile forces.
```From now on I shall not miss
Even one single opportunityTo please my Lord
In His own Way. ```I am crying
For my Absolute Lord SupremeTo return.
```My heart and I are basking
In the Compassion-SunshineOf my Lord Supreme.
```My life will be fulfilled
Only when I loseMy earth-existence
In the Heart of the Unknowable. ```When I sit at God’s Doorstep,
God tells me:“Come in
And be in My Heart-Garden,Because that is the right place!”
```When I pray and meditate
In the small hours of the morning,God comes running towards me.
```When I have good thoughts
During the day,My Lord tells me
That His Happiness knows no bounds. ```I wanted to have outer height.
God said to me:“You fool! I want you to be
Taller than the tallestIn your inner height.”
```I place my Heaven-thoughts
Most devotedlyAt my Lord’s Feet.
```Devotion
Shortens the distanceBetween Heaven and earth.
```The heart aspires.
Heaven reveals and manifestsEverything that is divine in us.
```Everything is bliss
When you keep GodIn mind.
```My tears and my smiles
Liberate meFrom my mind-jungle.
```The mind
Knows howTo hesitate.
```The heart
Knows howTo accelerate.
```To be free
From the mindIs to be closer
To God’s Feet. ```God uses
My lotus-heartTo meditate.
```God has become
His own BreathTo love the world
AndTo care for the world.
```Unlike us,
God does not believe inVacation.
```In this very lifetime,
Everybody has to try hardTo realise God.
```My humility-whispers
God treasures. ```God is always ready,
Even eager,To solve our problems,
Outer and inner. ```The very first step
Of our life’s long journeyIs extremely important.
```The beauty of the soul
Can illumineAny human being.
```Not an impossible task
To breakOur world-attachment-bondage-ties.
```Until we have placed God’s Needs
Above everything,We shall not succeed
In the spiritual life. ```Even the spiritual Masters
Of the highest orderAre nothing but
A drop of the Infinite. ```The soul is a child of
God the Dreamer,God the Lover
And God the Transformer. ```No time for
Lethargy-enjoyment! ```We must forgive ourselves first,
Long before we forgiveOur enemies.
```Solitude makes us
Spiritually strongAnd dynamic.
```We are nothing short of
Our feigned satisfaction. ```Be generous
To the extremeIn self-giving.
```The mind has
Its ultimatum:Either build the world
Or destroy the world. ```The heart has
Its ultimatum:Stay at God’s Feet
Or stay not in God’s Creation. ```The spiritual path
Is very steep.We must all realise it.
```To be the beloved child
Of God,The vital-tiger
Has to be starved to death. ```The secrets of life
And the secrets of deathAre interchangeable.
```The proud mind
Ultimately bows toThe humility-flooded heart.
```I must be an ardent
God-seeker, God-dreamerAnd God-fulfiller.
```Our faith-muscles
Have to beExtremely, extremely powerful.
```Countless opportunities
Each human beingReceives from Above.
```O seeker,
Always be active,Dynamic and self-giving.
Then God-realisationWill be all yours.
```I long to be
A ceaselessly unfadingGod-faith-flower.
```Live inside your heart-garden.
Sooner or later,God Himself
Will visit you. ```Ignorance-sleep
Must never be encouraged.On the contrary,
Throw offYour ignorance-sleep.
```Whatever God gives us
Is undoubtedlyA source of
God-Heaven-climbing inspiration. ```My heart exports
My God-loving tears. ```My soul imports
Peace and BlissFrom Above.
```My soul feeds
All my aspiration-hungerDreams and realities.
```The mind
Foolishly tells usThat there is no Beyond;
It is all our mental hallucination. ```My soul and I
Have kept a very keen interestIn each other.
```A doubting mind
IsA progress-obstacle.
```My Lord’s Compassion,
Love and Concern-NetsCover the length and breadth
Of the whole world. ```The outer world-enjoyers
Cannot enjoyThe aspiration-flames
Of the inner world. ```My Lord,
You love me;I am so grateful to You.
I shall be infinitely more grateful to YouIf You just claim me
Once and for allAs Your own, very own.
```A oneness-heart
Is all God needsFrom each and every
Individual being. ```We must kill insecurity
If it does not openIts heart-door
To the divine light. ```God’s Creation
Is an ever-changingExistence-reality.
```No material wealth
Can dare to buyGod’s Compassion-Rain.
```Alas, progress-road
Is quite emptyOf travellers.
```The soul-awareness
In our heartSo often saves us
From uncomely happenings. ```Do not do anything.
Just stay where you areAnd wait
For God’s Trumpet Call. ```The world knows me
Only in my outer aspect.My real aspect
Nobody knowsSave and except me.
```Self-doubt
Makes us homeless,Senseless and useless.
```A seeker
Feels miserableWhen he becomes aware of
All his defects. ```Strangely enough,
Like veritable fools,We start boasting
About our achievements. ```Unless I can convince myself
That my Lord’s GraceIs everything,
I shall not be happyAnd I shall never make
Anybody happy. ```Every morning
My heart is floodedWith God-gratitude-tears.
```I must try and try,
For I am sureAt the last moment
I shall succeed. ```I shall never permit
My aspiration-heartAnd dedication-life
To dwindle. ```Lo, lo, lo,
Ecstasy has come to nestIn my heart.
```I must have confidence
In my God-receptivity-capacityTo face all the hurdles
Ahead of me. ```Smiling,
A Delight-TrumpetBrought me into the world.
```Proudly,
A Delight-TrumpetWill carry me to Heaven.
```Calamity there is.
God-ProtectionDefinitely there also is.
```My tiny God-service
Is now surchargedWith an avalanche of capacity.
```My progress-life
Knows no boundsWhen I go beyond
My mind’s control. ```Mine is the heart
That enjoys again and againGod-thrill-tremors.
```How stupid of me
To boastOf my worldly knowledge,
Which is worse than useless. ```I pray to God
For His complete VictoryOver my earth-existence.
```My Lord supervises
Everything that I doFor humanity.
```If we want to see God,
Then we must riseAbove the mind-world.
```I can never devour enough
The golden dustOf my Lord’s Feet.
```God-obedience
Is the only subjectThat I must study.
```God’s dealings
With ignorance-nightAre not yet over.
```Tolerance
Is what we believe we needWhen we think of the world.
```Patience
Is the only thingThat we actually need
When we think of the world. ```When you are ready,
You will see that GodHas been waiting for you
All along. ```God’s Compassion-Eye
Is neverOut of service.
```I place God’s Will
Upon my headAnd inside my heart
As my most adorable Reality. ```O doubting mind,
Either you will leave meOn your own
Or I shall send youTo eternal sleep.
```There is a secret short-cut-road
That leadsTo my Lord’s Heart-Home.
```I must develop
An insatiableGod-hunger.
```Each time
I do something goodFor humanity,
My Lord’s Eye shows meAmazement-Beauty.
```When we surrender
To God’s Will,God feeds us
With His own Heart-Ambrosia. ```Prayerful and soulful
God-gratitudeHas to be
The order of the day. ```Although I make
Blunder after blunder,God does not have the heart
To turn me away. ```It is high time
For my mindTo aspire.
```God is all ready.
When are youGoing to be prepared?
```The smiles
Of a gratitude-heartAre irresistible.
```Time and again
I have seen in my life:My Lord
Is His ForgivenessFor the asking.
```My heart knows that
Everything God saysIs not only true
But perfect. ```When we compare,
We lose the beauty and joyOf oneness-share.
```My Lord
Insists and insists. ```Alas,
I resist and resist. ```Finally,
Who is the winner?My Lord of Compassion Supreme.
```When we cry
For God’s Victory,His Joy and Pride-Galaxies
Descend upon us. ```Today
Perfection is invisible,But tomorrow
Perfection will be not only visibleBut also serviceable.
```A child marvels
At a new thing. ```A seeker marvels
At only one thing:God’s unconditional Compassion.
```A seeker’s life
Is notAn aspiration-examination.
```A seeker’s life
Is, indeed,A God-satisfaction-feast.
```Until we offer
Our heart-tearsAnd life-fears
To God,God-realisation
Will not dawn. ```Life is not
Desire-entertainment. ```Life is meant for
God-enlightenment. ```The fulfilment of God’s Will
Is the only religionI proudly claim.
```Even when I neglect
My God-temple-heart-worship,God’s Compassion-Eye
Never, never rejects me. ```Do not try to bring the future
Into your present-day life.It will hurt you.
```Do not bring back the past!
You will have to change your nameTo frustration.
```The inner life
Must never be sacrificedFor the outer life.
```When I do not expect,
God gives meHis All.
```Even
A doubt-whisperCan be very destructive.
```There is no quarter-price,
Or even half-price,For the aspiration-trophy.
```God-communion
Is, indeed,The mystery of mysteries.
```For everything,
God always remainsUnpaid.
```A real disciple
Cannot be separatedFrom his gratitude-heart.
```To sit at God’s Feet
We do not needA great length of time.
```Thinking prepares.
Acting revealsAnd manifests.
```My indifference to the world
Is a shocking sightTo God.
```I am waiting once more
For my heart-singing songsAnd life-dancing plays
To return. ```Humility
Does not have to beAn absent friend.
```Faith
Is the best promoterOf spirituality.
```A genuine prayer
Can never contradict GodIn anything.
```We must
Stand byOur God-manifestation-promises.
```Either consciously or unconsciously
The mind cherishesWorries and anxieties.
```My Lord,
When will You make meA child of Your Dream?
When? ```I am marvelling
At my heart’sGod-gratitude-flood.
```Desire
Is the lowestWay of life.
```My heart
Always livesIn the world of hope.
```My mind
Always livesIn the world
Of worries and anxieties. ```We must be on the alert!
God can come into our heartsQuite unexpectedly.
```God smiles at me
Only to mould my lifeAnd shape my heart.
```Darkness and light —
This is whatA human life is.
```Self-assertion
Is, indeed,A barren field.
```Self-assertion
EndsIn self-destruction
```I shall never
Stop singingMy God-adoration-songs.
```If you have to cling,
Then cling to God’s Feet.That is the only place
Where you belong. ```Life can never be complete
Without an aspiration-heartAnd a dedication-life.
```The life-tree needs only
Green leaves,With no thorns.
```Let my heart become
A most faithful servantOf God.
```Every day
Newness is eagerTo enter into
Our heart and life. ```My mind
Is afraid ofSerious meditation.
```My heart
Is extremely fond ofSerious meditation.
```I am
Proud ofMy serious meditation.
```My heart-garden
Is always floodedWith the beauty of the moon.
```Reality
Can be at timesExtremely painful.
```Love
Is the only hopeOf this world.
```Sleepless and breathless
Love of GodIs what God means
By unconditional surrender. ```Enthusiasm
Is the inner lightAnd the outer light as well.
```Why has God
Given us a heart?God has given us a heart
So that we can becomeAn aspiration-mountain.
```Why has God given us a life?
God has given us a lifeSo that we can become
A dedication-fountain. ```Before, I used to sing
To my Lord Supreme.Now, He wants me to sing
With Him. ```O my mind,
It is high timeFor you to love God
And need God. ```My heart
Is the connecting linkBetween earth and Heaven.
```My inner faith
CarriesGod-Assurance-Light.
```Aspiration
And dedicationHave an endless past.
```The path
Of the mindIs a blindfold-course.
```Not God’s Smiles
But God’s TearsHave stopped my desire-life
Completely. ```O Lord of all my prayers,
Where are You?Will my excruciating pangs
Ever come to an end? ```When God accepts us
To do something for Him,God tells us that we do not need
Any previous experience. ```A God-obedience-heart
Is fullOf ecstasy.
```My heart’s surrender-tears
Are extremely beautiful and pure —So says my Lord Supreme.
```What does my sacrifice do?
It immediately strengthens my heartAnd lengthens my life.
```There is
Only one safe place:My heart-garden.
```My Lord suffers sleeplessly
From this unaspiringAnd ungrateful world.
```My Lord,
Is it too late to becomeA super-excellent seeker?
“No, My child! Definitely not!” ```My love of God
Has to be alwaysSimple, sincere and pure.
```My God-disobedience
Means the immediate deathOf my heart’s progress
And my life’s success. ```I must not surrender
To my stupidity-mind. ```I shall surrender
Only to the dictatesOf my soul.
```My Lord,
Do give me the capacityTo speak to You
From my heartAnd never, never
Only with my lips! ```In the morning
My Lord teaches meHow to cry for the world.
```In the evening
My Lord teaches meHow to love God the Creator
And serve God the CreationAt the same time.
```My hope
Is my God-vision-powerInside the depths of my heart.
```I am fully determined
To repairMy despair-heart.
```My Lord Supreme has asked me
To walk beside Him,But I prefer to walk behind Him,
Far behind Him. ```When I visit my heart-land,
Who greets me?Who else, if not
My Beloved Supreme! ```My silence-heart
Speaks to GodTwenty-four hours a day.
```I have only one desire,
Both from my inner lifeAnd from my outer life,
And that desire is forThe Beauty
Of my Lord’s Compassion-Eye. ```God has a very special liking
For those who remain alwaysInside their heart-home.
```I must remain always prayerful
So that my life can beDivinely fruitful.
```Now that my heart is full of sincerity,
My Lord,I shall do everything to please You
In Your own Way. ```If I cannot cherish
Every moment of my lifeWith God,
Then I am not a real seeker. ```We think that we know everything,
But do we ever realiseThat at every moment
God is creatingBillions of absolutely new things?
```May every thought
Of mineBe sincere, pure and perfect.
```When you do anything for God,
It has to be completelyUninterrupted.
```When pride enters into
My mind,God asks me most difficult questions,
Which I can never answer. ```O my Lord Supreme,
I have been waiting for YouFor such a long time,
Yet I have no idea where You are,Alas, alas!
```Let me ceaselessly work
For my LordWith no expectation whatsoever.
```Today
My entire being is vibratingWith my Lord’s celestial Music.
```True, life is full of worries
And anxieties,But there must be some time
When I can pray to GodAnd meditate on Him
In absolute silence. ```How I wish to hear from my Lord:
“My child,You have slept more than enough.
Now, wake up!” ```To love God intensely
Is to come out of the mind-prisonImmediately.
```The body-fever
Tortures me. ```The God-fever
Enraptures me. ```My Lord Supreme
In so many ways is tryingTo secretly raise my consciousness
High, higher, highest. ```My Lord, what have I done?
I see You no more.I feel You no more.
What have I done, my Lord? ```If I do not forgive
My own failings,Who can and who will?
```My Lord,
I would like to beYour attraction-magnet
All the time. ```Each heart has to bow
Before God’s FeetTo be in perfect harmony
With God’s Will. ```Discover your soul’s
Ever-illumining lightAnd ever-deepening delight.
```Only devotion
Is allowed to enter intoGod’s express Satisfaction-Train.
```The eternal question:
“Who am I?”The immediate answer:
“Who am I,If not a direct representative of God
On earth?” ```My Lord,
You are so indomitableIn every aspect of Your Life,
Yet You are so lovable and sociable! ```My Lord, do give me the capacity
To engage myselfIn serving You
With utmost devotion. ```God tells me
That my longing for HimShould always have
Tremendous eagerness-power. ```To my greatest joy,
My heart and IAre going to stay permanently
At our Lord’s Feet. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 40, Agni Press, 2004
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