My heart-boat-Captain
Is beckoning me.I must not delay any more!
```Hauntingly,
The more my heart-birdCan sing for God,
The sooner I shall be ableTo place myself at God’s Feet.
```The more we can love God,
The louder we can ringGod’s Victory-Bell.
```Since we do not know
When God’s Hour will strike,We should do all divine things
As quickly as possible,Plus eagerly and self-givingly.
```God is asking me what I am doing.
I tell HimThat I am riding
A huge enthusiasm-wave. ```God is asking me what I am doing.
I tell HimThat I am counting
Most devotedlyMy gratitude-heart-tears for Him.
```God is asking me what I am doing.
I tell HimThat I am trying
To remember when and whereI had the last glimpse of His Feet.
```God is asking me what I am doing.
I tell Him that, at long last,I am claiming Him
As my own, very own. ```My Lord,
I shall do everything for You,Only for You
And only for You! ```The heart is astonished
When it sees the limitationsOf the mind-world.
```Experience
Helps us changeOur nature.
```The mind’s knowledge
Roams aimlesslyIn a desert.
```The heart’s wisdom
Enjoys walkingIn the Heart-Garden
Of God. ```The aspiring souls
Are always eagerTo learn
From one another. ```To transform our earth-planet,
Only one thing is needed:Spirituality’s breath.
```The mind,
Consciously or unconsciously,Can harm others.
```The heart
Never harms anybody,Even unconsciously.
```God’s Power
Does not and cannot stayForever.
```God’s Love
Stays forever. ```In the mind,
Inspiring thoughtsCome and go.
```In the heart,
Aspiring feelingsGrow and flow.
```Ill fate
Can easily shatterAll our God-fulfilment-eagerness.
```Our thoughts come only to go,
And our feelings do the same,But our will comes
And stays forever. ```The mind does not take
The problems of the heart seriously,But the heart takes
The problems of the mindVery seriously.
```Determination
PrecedesFulfilment-action.
```When I am
With my soul,I make promises.
```When I am
In my mind,My mind erases everything
That my soul and I have done. ```God asks me repeatedly
What has happenedTo my aspiration-life.
```Affection-sweetness
Is the very bestWe can offer
Our brothers and sisters. ```We must not allow
Ignorance-mindTo plunder
Our divine thoughts. ```We can easily live our lives
Without speaking ill ofThe rest of the world.
```Do not accept
The mind’sDoubt-supremacy.
```Think of yourself and God.
This will help youTo remain far away
From world-disharmony. ```Alas, my poor heart
Is sufferingUnder the heavy burdens of life.
```Alas, I have no idea
How my life became crammedWith untold problems.
```Everybody has to pay dearly
For the presence of stupidityIn his life.
```Meditation augments
The beautyOf the heart.
```Another name for God-obedience
Is God’s VictoryAnd my victory.
```Nothing
Can be as uselessAs self-deprecation.
```The moment I see God,
My heart becomesGratitude-throbs.
```My gratitude-heart
Loves to hear all the timeGod-Whispers.
```At every moment
I can be foundEither inside the mouth of a tiger
Or enjoying my God-embrace. ```The mind
Does not want to compromiseWith anything or anybody.
```To serve mankind
Is a God-opportunityTo fulfil God’s Life.
```My gratitude-heart
Is congratulatedBy God Himself.
```Never postpone anything —
SpeciallyYour heart’s aspiration-cries.
```We do capture God
From time to time,But it does not last for long.
```My happiness-smile
Is the only thingThat God wants from me
All the time. ```My Lord,
Do tell me when I shall be ableTo place myself
At Your Lotus-Feet. ```May my love of God
Have no restlessness,Anxieties or worries.
```No more
Do I haveA God-resistance-mind.
```Sacrifice
Enlarges my mindAnd strengthens my heart.
```My Lord,
If You really love me,Then do torture me
So that I can wake upAnd sleep no more.
```The success of my outer life
And the progress of my inner lifeHave only one source:
My God-obedience. ```When God wants me to do
Something great and good for Him,He does not ask me
For my previous experience. ```My Lord’s
Compassion-Eye-SmileIs the only safe place.
```My Lord,
Is it too late to give upAll earthly desires?
“No, My child,Still there is plenty of time,
But give up as soon as possibleAll earthly desires.”
```On earth,
When there is a raceBetween God the Eye
And God the Heart,God the Heart always wins.
```I do not care for earthly possessions.
I care only for one thing:My God-satisfaction-joy
Every day. ```When you please God
Eagerly and self-givingly,God may expedite
His choice Hour. ```Those who enjoy complacency
Are not ready forThe spiritual life.
```My spiritual progress blossoms
When my mind is absolutely clearAnd my heart is utterly pure.
```If love of God
Is not practical,Then what else is?
```My mind springs a surprise
On God:From now on,
My mind will obey God’s WillImplicitly.
```To my greatest joy,
My Lord Supreme is telling meThat my love for Him
Is no longer insignificant. ```I must try to remember
How many timesMy Lord Supreme has smiled at me,
And how many timesI have been able
To meet with Him personally. ```God wants every good seeker
To be a most valuable playerOn His earth-awakening Team.
```The complete surrender of my mind
To God’s WillHas surprised all the members
Of my inner family. ```My old desires
Are bitterly shedding tearsBecause I no longer feed them.
From now on,I shall be feeding my God-hunger
To the fullest. ```Alas, when will come the day
For me to feelThat God does many, many things
For meIn absolute secrecy?
```When my heart sings,
ImmediatelyMy Beloved Supreme
Sheds Tears of Joy. ```My mind,
How is it thatEverything always has to be
In your own way,And why?
```If we cannot meditate well, no harm.
God wants usTo prayerfully and soulfully sit
At our shrineAt regular hours.
```God came with His Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-HeartTo visit me.
Alas, I was absent.My mind had asked me
To go out for a walk. ```Although a fool may not know
What he is doing,He has to be accountable
For his actions. ```My mind and I
Are always freeTo descend.
```Alas, my heart and I
Find it so difficultTo ascend.
```When God comes to me,
I say to Him:“My Lord,
Please be seatedWherever You want.”
My Lord chooses to sitInside my teardrop.
```The mind’s God-resistance
Is the heightOf its stupidity.
```Desire is nothing but
A venomous snakeEncircling us all the time.
```My God-surrender
IsMy only perfect prayer.
```I always try
To obeyMy Lord’s Silence-Dictates.
```The power
Of God-surrenderCan never be measured.
```God’s Compassion and Protection
My heart and my life needAt every moment.
```The seeker has to be
A perfect strangerTo ignorance-night.
```The narrowness-mind
I was. ```The vastness-heart
I now am. ```The mind
Likes to exclude,To derive joy.
```The heart
Loves to include,To derive joy.
```I do not need world-recognition.
I only need the Compassion-EyeOf my Lord Supreme.
```If I aspire,
I shall become significantIn the inner life,
And in the outer life as well. ```Keep the mind
Under perfect control.You do not have to destroy it.
```I must prevent my mind
From invitingPoisonous thoughts.
```Joy will remain
A far cryIf you have
A criticism-mind. ```Limitations
Are not meant for extinction;Limitations are meant
For enlargement and illumination. ```At every moment
God gives me the chanceTo choose,
And I must always makeThe right choice.
```I must not delay.
Time does not waitFor anybody.
```God always thinks of
His completely surrendered seekers first,When He wants to perform
Something momentous. ```My approach
To RealityIs caution.
```God’s approach
To RealityIs immediate Love.
```The depression
Of the vital and the mindHas to be replaced
By the dynamic enthusiasmOf the soul.
```The blind mind dislikes
Anything that has to do withThe all-illumining Light.
```My only aim
Is to reachGod’s Feet.
```God’s only Aim
Is to make me happyAnd see me happy.
```God wants only my surrender-life
To receive HimWhen He arrives.
```There is only one answer
To each and every single questionOf life:
“I love God and I need God.” ```I was crying, I am crying,
I shall continue cryingUntil my Lord Supreme returns.
```I lose faith in myself
Quite often,But my Lord Supreme
Never loses faith in me —Never!
```I shall not allow anybody
To hinderMy God-aspiration-cries.
```No, it is not obligatory
For any human beingTo swim in ignorance-sea.
```The seeker must be
The possessorOf a fearless heart.
```God’s Silence-Speech
Gives meUnimaginable joy and fulfilment.
```God’s Confidence in me
Compels meTo shed tears of gratitude.
```In my case,
Whenever I do somethingWith my mind,
I do not succeed. ```At every moment,
My Lord and I craveFor our mutual satisfaction.
```Our divine qualities
Come to the foreOnly when we are extremely sincere
In our spiritual life. ```An unfulfilled dream
Cannot forever remainThe same.
```My God-pleasing days
In fullest measureAre fast approaching.
```Indomitable strength blossoms
In the heartOf enthusiasm.
```Joy is complete
Only when it is founded uponThe inner strength.
```Every day
I study the silence-lessonsOf my soul.
```Victory-power
Does not lastIndefinitely.
```Ultimately,
The fulfilment of any longingIs attainable.
```The transformation of nature
Takes placeOnly in the soil of oneness.
```I do everything
For God,Selflessly and unconditionally.
```To my greatest joy,
God has given me a special seatIn His Heart-Boat.
```Beauty’s Divinity
And Divinity’s BeautyNeed no explanation.
```My Lord is showing me today
The flowering of His Heart’sNew creation.
```Our spiritual life succeeds
Only when each and every breath of oursLives for the Satisfaction of God.
```To go beyond expectation
Is the most important goal. ```Love builds;
Power breaks. ```Love does not have to move around.
It just spreads its wingsTo cover
The length and breadth of the world. ```Knowledge
Tries to graspEverything.
```Wisdom
Tries to claspOnly God’s Feet.
```Facts are at times
So stubborn,It is not worth knowing them.
```Divinity loves to grow
In the soil of integrity. ```Negativity
Can never solveAny problem.
```Everything can be under control,
But I wish to beOnly under the Control
Of my Lord Supreme. ```God’s Sound-Aspect
Frightens me. ```God’s Silence-Aspect
Enlightens me. ```Excellence dwells
In actionAnd not in inaction.
```If you think you can,
Then do it!Definitely, God is not going to stand
In your way. ```The mind thinks
That it already knows the world.Therefore, it does not have to
Get to know itOnce more.
```To be good
Is, indeed,A necessity.
```To be kind
Is, indeed,Indispensable.
```From God,
Everything I getIs what I need.
```From man,
I need nothing,Yet I want everything.
```If we are not careful
In our inner life,Then everything inner
Scares us to death. ```When I dream of God,
God loves me. ```When I work for God,
God embraces me. ```I examine my strength
Not to discover its length. ```I examine my strength
To give my allTo mankind.
```Earthly education
Is expensiveAnd expressive.
```Heavenly education
Is intensiveAnd extensive.
```A foolish man says
That he will try to do thingsIn his own way.
```A wise man thinks
That there is only one way —God’s Way;
Therefore, he has to actIn God’s Way.
```Time does not come to us.
We must either grab TimeOr capture Time.
```Laugh at the world.
If you cannot,Insanity will fast approach you.
```Keep trying, keep trying!
The Goal cannot remain foreverA far cry.
```Old age
Must start dreamingOnce again.
```Learn sleeplessly;
Share your learning unreservedlyWith the rest of the world.
```Invariably,
Failure will becomeYour new name
If you try to please everybody. ```Keep your eyes fixed
On your Goal;Obstacles come
Only to go. ```If you want
To love God,Then kneel down.
```If you want
To love yourself,Then do not carry the past.
```Patience infinite
Does not end in vain —It does arrive at the Goal.
```The outer education
IsInformation-collection.
```The inner education
IsThe world-illumination-dream.
```Intelligence
We needIn the outer world.
```Surrender in sleepless action
We needIn the inner world.
```There are two kinds of people:
One loves to serve the world;The other tries to lord it
Over the world. ```If you are afraid of
Making mistakes,You will never become perfect.
```The mind tries
To find a wayTo please itself.
```The heart has already
Found a wayTo love and serve God.
```Open your heart-door
Completely —The mind-door will
Automatically close. ```My mind
Loves to be amongThe greatest.
```My heart
Loves to be amongThe lowliest.
```To be completely free
From desire-prisonIs not an impossible task.
```I need only one thing:
My constant God-obedience. ```If I am not all the time
For God’s Victory,Then I do not think
I deserve to be calledA real seeker.
```God-fulfilment-opportunities
ArriveTime and time again.
```Surrender is one thing
That my Lord wants from meMore than anything else.
```The vital
Commands. ```The mind
Demands. ```The heart
Pleads. ```God loves
To be capturedBy my heart.
```God loves
To be heldIn my arms.
```At every moment
My soul wants to find meIn God’s Embrace.
```I always want to remain
In betweenMy gratitude-heart
AndMy surrender-life.
```My heart
EmbodiesAn enthusiasm-fountain.
```There is no difference
Between God’s ScoldingsAnd God’s Blessings.
```God loves
To move aroundMy gratitude-heart-garden.
```God-inspiration
IsA secret and sacred necessity.
```I am determined
To please God.No difficulty
Can stop me. ```Try again and again
To please God,Even if it has to be
Countless times. ```Whenever God asks the mind
To do something,The mind asks for clarification
And justification. ```Whenever God asks the heart
To do something,The heart sooner than at once
Obeys God. ```Nothing
Is too insignificantFor God’s Concern.
```Because the heart loves God
Most sincerely,God directly dictates everything
To the heart. ```Temptation
Comes inOn tiptoe.
```Aspiration
Is the essenceOf a seeker’s life.
```An ignorance-life
And an impurity-mindLove to compliment each other.
```When aspiration
Has purity in it,It means so much
To God. ```May happiness
And my heartBe interdependent.
```The mind
Makes fun ofThe problems of the heart.
```My mind has fear;
My mind has doubts. ```My heart has faith;
My heart has love. ```Ignorance says to the seeker:
“Come, I shall show youWhat I have
Under my control.” ```Wisdom says to the seeker:
“Come, I shall not only show you,But also give you,
What I haveInside my heart.”
```My mind loves
Independence-subjectThe most.
```My heart loves
Surrender-subjectThe most.
```God misses me.
So says God! ```My heart trusts God.
My mind does not. ```This world is suffering
Because ofA terrible faith-shortage.
```Not my failure
But my victoryHas become a wall
Between my Lord and my heart. ```My God-desire-fulfilment
IsWhat I am living for.
```Let me perform
My God-ordained taskHappily and proudly.
```God’s Justice-Light
Frightens meMost powerfully.
```God’s Forgiveness-Height
And DepthIllumine me.
```God watches me secretly
All the time.I must be careful.
```God has taken
My gratitude-heartAs His best attendant.
```I must give everything
To God,Not out of fear
But out of unceasing love. ```Alas,
The God-disobedience-mindTries very hard to devour
The God-obedience-heart. ```God’s secret and sacred Name:
Beloved Supreme. ```Anything that my Inner Pilot
Tells meCarries a world of joy.
```The golden dawn
Every day inundates usWith beauty’s smile
And duty’s assurance. ```To meet God within
Is infinitely easierThan to meet God without.
```My meditation time
Is the only time in my lifeThat I never misuse.
```Nothing gives me
More joyThan my love of God.
```Each seeker’s
Heart-homeIs God’s paradise.
```No matter how many times
I go to visit my Lord Supreme,It gives Him a tremendous thrill.
```My sleepless aspiration-heart
My Lord most proudlyTreasures.
```If it is true that my mind gives me
Painful experiences,Then it is also true
That my heart gives meBlissful experiences
Infinitely more powerful. ```Enthusiasm-flames
Quicken our inner progressUnimaginably.
```If I can properly
Take care of my heart,My Lord is bound to
Take care of my life. ```Descending mind-life
I was. ```Ascending heart-breath
I now am. ```Self-intoxication-life
I was. ```God-satisfaction-heart
I now am. ```The vital feeds us
With sighsQuite often.
```The heart feeds us
With eagerness,Soulfulness and oneness.
```God’s Feet
Are extremely fond ofThe sincere seeker’s
Humility-life. ```Every day
My Lord Supreme blesses meWith His most beautiful
Life-liberating Smiles. ```We love to draw
God’s attention;God loves to offer us
His attraction. ```The outer world
Is not to beRejected.
```The outer world
Has to beElevated.
```I am fully satisfied
Only when I read my heart-bookWritten by my Master.
```My heart-tears
DecorateMy Lord’s Feet.
```My soul-smiles
DecorateMy Lord’s Eye.
```We need an adamantine will
To feel the Presence of GodIn the heart of each moment.
```When I most soulfully compete,
My Lord tells me that He will strikeMy victory-gong
If I can turn my entire lifeInto a surrender-song.
```I do not mind
If I lose everythingIn my life,
Save and exceptMy sleepless love of God.
```My Lord Supreme
Literally devoursMy devotion-heart-tears.
```To hear about God
IsThe first step.
```To think about God
IsThe second step.
```To pray to God
IsThe third step.
```To meditate on God
IsThe fourth step.
```To contemplate on God
IsThe fifth step.
```To surrender to God’s Will
IsThe sixth step.
```To become
The Heart-Breath of GodIs absolutely
The last step. ```If I delay in pleasing God
For one single moment,It creates tremendous sadness
In my soul. ```My Lord, You have asked me to do
So many things.Yet I cannot do even one thing correctly!
Please tell me what I should do.“My child, I have only one Message for you:
Never give up, never give up, never give up!” ```My Lord, do give me the capacity
To breathe inThe beauty and fragrance
Of all-fulfilling humility. ```God fulfils me,
Not when I occasionally want Him,But when I desperately need Him.
```To think of God
In every actionIs necessary.
```To feel God
In every actionIs indispensable.
```When I keep my eyes open
During my meditation,I see only one thing:
The Smiles of GodPlaying inside my heart.
```Every day
My heart writes a bookAbout God
And my Lord most lovingly editsThe book.
```My Lord,
Do come to me and teach meHow to increase my speed
In my inner race. ```Without God’s
Unconditional Grace,We can never arrive
At God’s Feet. ```At times,
Relaxation plays the roleOf our true saviour.
```God laughs at me twice:
When I say I canAnd when I say I cannot.
```Every morning
God comes to meWith a new Message.
How I wish every dayI could take His Message seriously.
```Thought changes
At every moment,But the will never changes.
```When there is a fight
Between purity and impurity,The victory quite often goes to impurity.
But, to our greatest joy,The victory of impurity does not last long —
The victory goes back to purity. ```The beauty of the heart
Is, indeed, important,But the fragrance of the soul
Is infinitely more important. ```When I am angry with God,
God laughs, both inwardly and outwardly.Alas, how is it that,
When God is angry with me,I cannot do the same?
```If I have to choose
Between the might of the mindAnd the light of the heart,
I shall immediately chooseThe light of the heart.
```If I have to choose
Between the outer heightAnd the inner depth,
I shall in no time chooseThe inner depth.
```The beauty
Of the outer lifeMay create problems.
```The fragrance
Of the inner heartNever, never creates
Any problem. ```The Lotus-Heart of God
I do love,But the Lotus-Feet of God
I love infinitely more. ```We always have to wait
Happily and cheerfullyFor God’s Hour to strike,
For that is the only wayWe get true satisfaction.
```Every time I express my love to God,
God, like a street beggar, tells me:“My child, a little more,
A little more!” ```The morning songs
AwakenMy consciousness.
```The evening songs
DeepenMy consciousness.
```If you do not gaze
At God’s Feet first,You will not be allowed
To see God’s Face. ```The difference between God and man
Is this:God loves friendship
More than anything else.Man loves leadership
More than anything else. ```When my mind adores God,
God starts walking slowly, very slowly,Towards my mind.
```When my heart loves God,
God runs faster than the fastestTowards my heart.
```The brightness
Of the mindThe world admires.
```The oneness
Of the heartGod proudly treasures.
```God does not have to prove to me
How kind He is;It is I who have to prove to God
How good I am. ```God does not take seriously
My capacity-mind,But He does take seriously
My sincerity-heart. ```God deeply suffers
When I ignoreMy God-starvation-life.
```Is there anybody
Who cannot thinkOf God?
```I really want to know
How many unmistakably needGod the Dreamer, God the Lover
And God the Server. ```My God-distance decreases
Only whenMy God-devotion increases.
```When I cry,
God immediatelyConsoles me.
```When I smile,
God immediatelyHires me.
```God does not mind
If I speak illOf Him.
```God does mind
If I thinkThat I do not need Him.
```Medical science
Deals only withThe things it knows.
```Spirituality
Deals only withThe things that
God wants us to know. ```When I do not
Take care of my body,God gets upset.
```When I do not
Think of my soul,God sighs and sighs.
```To know how to succeed
In the outer lifeIs infinitely easier
Than to know how to proceedIn the inner life.
```I shall have to make
My outer lifeAbsolutely beautiful.
```I shall have to make
My inner lifeAbsolutely peaceful.
```Life is
A constantly evolvingAnd serving art.
```My outer temple
IsMy all-protection-fortress.
```My inner temple
IsMy God-illumination-shrine.
```My heart,
Do becomeMy soul-beauty’s eye.
```My eye,
Do becomeMy God-duty’s love.
```God wants my heart
To grow every dayInto a new aspiration-flood.
```Self-doubt
IsA fatal danger.
```Nothing is impossible!
To offer peaceTo our uncomely thoughts
And make them beautiful,Prayerful and soulful
Is not an impossible task. ```God wants me to play
With my aspiration-flamesEvery day.
```I have made myself free,
Completely free.I am no longer captured
By the outer world. ```Not to speak of my heart,
Even each thought of mineIs enraptured
By my Lord Supreme! ```Every day
I must increaseMy God-eagerness-speed
In my inner lifeAnd my outer life, as well.
```When we have an inner smile,
We are able to accomplishFaster than the fastest
What would otherwise have takenA very, very long time.
```God wants me to use
My soul’s adamantine will-powerTo conquer the pride
Of insurmountable adversities. ```Again and again,
God tells meNot to cherish my weaknesses,
Even unconsciously,For a single moment!
```If we do not strengthen our heart,
We will not be able to haveA God-oneness-life.
```When we most soulfully pray to God
And meditate on God,We never exhaust even an iota
Of our life-breath. ```My life shall be complete
Only when I feel that I have becomeThe golden dust of my Lord’s Feet.
```The inner victory dawns
When we are extremely strongIn our God-fulfilling eagerness.
```My Lord,
Do allow me to chooseYour Feet
As my Eternity’s only rest. ```The very thought
That there shall come a timeWhen the God-seekers
Will be able to manifestGod’s Light on earth
Gives me boundless joy. ```My Lord,
If You really love me,Do assert Yourself completely,
All the time,Over my life.
```I am very happy that,
Day by day,My Lord Supreme is becoming strict
With my mind. ```When God opens
His Heart-Door,I start singing
Ecstasy-songs. ```When I open my heart-door
Only for God to come in,God grows into
His own Infinity’s Pride. ```God allows only my soul,
And not even my heart,To paint His Heart.
```My Lord never punishes
My countless weaknesses —He only cures them.
```God sheds bitter Tears
When I tell HimThat I will never be able
To do enough for Him. ```Even if I live my life
A million times over,I shall not be able to fathom
My Lord’s Compassion-Eye. ```I am not completely happy
When I place my life in God’s Hands,But I am completely happy
When my heart and I can mingleWith the dust of God’s Feet.
```I must raise the height
Of my aspiration-flamesTo receive infinite Blessings
From Above. ```Only the silence-power
Of the heartCan conquer
All the negativitiesOf the mind.
```The human in me
Needs constantlyGod’s Face.
```The divine in me
Needs desperatelyGod’s Grace.
```My self-giving tears and smiles
Reveal my inseparable onenessWith my Inner Pilot.
```God’s biggest headache
IsMy unwillingness.
```My Lord,
I promise YouThat You will never be found
Unloved and alone! ```God tells me
That my inner invitationIs enough —
He does not need a written invitationFrom me.
```Anything
That has ego in itWill collapse.
```If I do not give God
Exclusive rights over my life,Then how can I be
His choice instrumentHere on earth?
```When my mind prays to God,
It prays only forIts own victory.
```When my heart meditates on God,
It is allGod for God’s sake.
```Expectation destroys
Our heart’sAspiration-flames.
```Desire
On any plane of consciousnessCan create serious problems.
```Each good thought
Can be turned intoAn excellent deed.
```Even a momentary disobedience
Can be extremely dangerousAnd destructive.
```God the Father always loves
To have His childrenAll around Him.
```God expects every day
To hear somethingFrom my aspiration-heart.
```My life
Is a God-chosen passengerIn my Lord’s Heart-Boat.
```It deeply pains God’s Heart
When I tell HimThat He does not care for me.
```The tricky mind
And the aggressive vitalAlways try to fool God
In vain! ```When God arrives,
It is the time for my heartTo swim
In the sea of bliss. ```The beauty of my soul
Comes from the SmileOf my Lord Supreme.
```My outer success
And my inner progressAre like the obverse and reverse
Of the same coin. ```I am not
The darknessOf my mind.
```I am
The lightOf my heart.
```I am
The DelightOf my soul.
```Like a flower,
I shall always go back to my roots:God’s Compassion-Eye
And His Forgiveness-Heart. ```I live between
The attachment of my mindAnd the oneness of my heart.
```Alas, words can create
Such misunderstandingBetween two human beings!
```Torture captures me
When I even thinkOf pleasure.
```My Lord tells me
That my sincerity-heartIs much more precious
Than my giant mind. ```The outer world
Becomes extremely jealousOf the inner world
When it sees that the inner worldIs directly run by God.
```My Lord,
I beg of You to chain meTo Your Forgiveness-Heart.
```The heart is always eager
To find beautyIn every human being
And in everything in God’s Creation. ```My Lord,
I am begging You to bless meWith two eyes that see only goodness
In every human being. ```Since the beginning of creation,
Ignorance and desireHave been the closest friends.
```My heart-ear
Is eagerly waiting to hearMy Lord’s
Heaven-descending Messages. ```To my greatest joy,
One by one,My life’s ignorance-forces
Are disappearing. ```My Lord,
I sing only for You,Not because others do not want to listen,
But because my heart criesFor Your Affection, Love, Sweetness
And Fondness. ```Like a magnet,
God’s Compassion-EyeAttracts me.
```This earth-planet
Is destined to revealGod’s celestial Beauty
Throughout the length and breadthOf the world.
```May my God-fulfilling
Aspiration and determinationBe extremely sincere and strong.
```Be not
A captiveOf desire-prison.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
FeedsThe world.
```God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Illumines and preservesThe world.
```Every day
I make a garlandWith my gratitude-heart-tears
To place at the FeetOf my Lord Supreme.
```The heart
Is not afraid ofThe doubting mind.
```The doubting mind
Is terribly afraid ofA surrendered life.
```My devotion-heart-tears
AreSweeter than the sweetest.
```My surrender-life-smile
AndMy surrender-life-breath
AreMightier than the mightiest.
```O my mind,
Do not allow desireTo invade you!
```In an unaspiring life,
God remainsUnattended.
```The heart
Of a real seekerNever grows old.
```My Lord wants me
All the timeTo live in my heart-grove.
```The more we become
The beauty of our soul,The more duty
We shall be entrusted withTo serve the world.
```Fear tortures me
The moment I come out ofMy heart-fort.
```The inner beauty
And the outer purityMust go together
To manifest God. ```My God-love has to be
Not only pureBut also unconditional.
```My inner bird
Every morning awakens meLovingly and compassionately.
```My Lord Supreme,
In Your PresenceMy long-cherished desire-mind
Immediately disappears. ```As long as we live on earth,
We must give absolutelyFirst and foremost importance
To manifesting God’s LightHere, there and all-where.
```God tells me
Not to think of who is worthyAnd who is unworthy —
He who loves God sincerelyWill be loved by God Himself
Enormously. ```God wants to liberate me —
He is just waiting for the arrival ofMy soulfulness and eagerness.
```I love God
And I serve God,Not because I am a dreamer,
But because I am a conscious self-giver. ```To solve my outer problems,
I take helpFrom many, many human beings.
```To solve my inner problems,
I take helpOnly from my Lord Supreme,
And nobody else. ```May my Lord’s Compassion-Bell
Start ringingTo awaken me
To the infinite Light. ```I strongly feel that
The outer achievementsAre no match for
The inner achievements. ```The human in me
Always lovesTo hope.
```The divine in me
Always lovesTo promise.
```My Lord,
Whenever I think of You,The entire confusion-world attacks me.
Alas, alas! ```God’s Ways
I may not understand,But of God’s Guidance in my life
I am absolutely certain. ```There shall come a time
When the mindWill definitely feel God’s Love.
```For each soul
There is a well-trod pathTo God’s Heart-Home.
```In any capacity,
We can approach God. ```When man surrenders to God,
God feels proud,Not only of man
But also of Himself. ```When the heart claims God,
It is acclaimedBy God Himself.
```God’s sacred Feet
I must discoverIn my heart-breath.
```Each human being
Needs only one thing:Progress-delight.
```Unless and until the doubting mind
Expands its horizon,It will never have
Even an iota of peace. ```No God-fulfilment-hope
Can forever remainUnblossomed.
```A disobedience-life
Is, indeed,A terrible shock-experience.
```The mind becomes
Frightened to deathWhen it is summoned
By God. ```Our joy is the only thing
That God asksFrom us.
```Harmonise your life.
You will automaticallyBe energised.
```The heart
Loves to singOnly for God.
```The mind
Wants to beEverybody’s king.
```God-obedience
Not only saves usFrom all obstacles
But also expeditesOur spiritual journey.
```Wake up!
Wake up, O my mind!God wants to tell you something.
```Self-created tragedies
Are innumerable. ```The mind is
Quite oftenCynical and critical.
```The heart
Is alwaysLovable and desirable.
```Earth’s ascending hope
And Heaven’s descending PromiseCan surely establish
God’s Heaven on earth. ```Aspiration-height
MeansProgress-delight.
```Aspiration-journey
IsProgress-discovery.
```The mind knows
How to declareIts supremacy.
```The heart knows
How to whisperIts intimacy.
```I must not allow
My aspiration-sunTo be buried in the dust.
```I have made God’s Heart
My life’s SchemerAnd Planner.
```Each soul
Wants to liveIn God-Ecstasy.
```My surrender-heart
IsMy soul-beauty’s flower.
```God wants everybody
To brighten His FaceWith a continuous supply
Of good news. ```Each life-breath
Will eventually defeatIgnorance-night.
```To lose God-attention
Is to slow downMeasurelessly.
```When I look at God
From my mind-door,I see God
Is farther than the farthest. ```When I look at God
From my heart-door,I see God
Is nearer than the nearest. ```My Lord wants to see me
Always inside my heart-gardenAnd nowhere else.
```To follow God’s Footprints
Is my heart’sOnly desire.
```The mind and the heart
Never come fromThe same source.
```May my life
Be a continuousGod-service-flow.
```May my heart
Always remain in fullLove-devotion-surrender-bloom.
```God’s Heart is always eager
To shelter us,But, alas, we deliberately stay away.
```God wants my life
To beA ceaseless heart-song.
```For every undivine force,
There is an all-curingDivine antidote.
```All my dreams are fulfilled
Now that I am firmly seatedAt my Lord’s Feet.
```God-fulfilment-opportunities
Must never be delayedOr neglected.
```My blossoming heart
Meets withGod’s proudest Smile.
```Alas, just one undivine thought
Can separate meFrom my Lord Supreme!
```Let me just give my Lord
The chanceTo occupy my mind’s
Thought-room. ```My Lord,
Your Vision-fulfilmentIs not only a possibility
But an inevitability. ```Millions of ears are waiting
For my Lord’s blessingfulAnd bountiful Messages.
```My constant God-obedience
Keeps my heart divingAnd my breath flying.
```My aspiration-heart-cries
Are the only sacred booksI love to read.
```Only my Inner Pilot
Will open my heart-eyeAt His choice Hour.
```When I speak to God,
My entire beingGets boundless bliss.
```We do not have to show
Our heart-yearning for GodTo humanity —
We just have to feel it. ```To please God all the time
In His own WayIs the greatest pride
Of a God-seeker. ```My life has to be founded upon
The DreamsOf my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```God wants me to shine
With the inner lightOf my aspiration-heart-sun.
```Today my Lord has shown me
How to find the way out ofMy mind-jungle.
```My Lord tells me
That my heart’s love-powerIs infinitely more significant
Than my mind’s thought-power. ```My heart’s surrender-flower
Is the most beautiful bloomIn my heart-garden.
```I must serve the world
With my child-heart-qualities. ```Wherever the repetition of God’s Name
Is practised,It creates a most sacred feeling
For the rest of the world. ```A true teacher
Is not a lecturer;He is a self-giver
To all his students. ```Even one gratitude-moment
Can make me feelHow close my Lord Supreme is.
```God wants everybody’s soul
To transmit His DivinityWith a blessingful God-Touch.
```God’s Affection-Game
Is the most enjoyable pastimeThat He has ever created.
```I must find my earth-existence
Between my heart’s soulfulnessAnd my soul’s fulness.
```God keeps His choice children
Sleeplessly and breathlesslyBusy.
```My constant God-reliance
Is my life’sAbsolute security.
```May my heart
Sleeplessly roamIn my Lord’s Heart-Garden.
```Every day
God paintsMy aspiration-heart
With His transcendental Delight. ```May my aspiration-heart
Rise every dayHigh, higher, highest
To reach the FeetOf my Lord Supreme.
```My cheerfulness-child-heart
Is the closest NearnessOf God.
```The mind loves to be chained
To doubt, disbeliefAnd suspicion-pillar.
```All my divine feelings
Spring fromThe very depths of my heart.
```We quickly fulfil
The Dream of GodThe moment we near Him.
```When God entrusts you
With a special MessageFor the world,
It means that He has chosen youTo be a choice instrument of His.
```I have come to realise
That without my constant surrenderTo God’s Will,
My life on earthWill be a waste of time.
```God commands me
To mix alwaysWith good God-seekers.
```May my inner joy
Forever remainUnshaken.
```When I dive deep within,
I immediately discoverMy divine soul-bliss.
```To be a superlative God-lover
And God-server,I must become a sleepless God-seeker.
```My Lord again and again
Teaches meHow to worship Him
In a most prayerful, soulfulAnd self-giving way.
```God-Sound
Teaches meHow to be dynamic.
```God-Silence
Teaches meHow to be perfect.
```It is, indeed,
A secret joyTo think of God.
```It is, indeed,
A sacred joyTo love God.
```It is, indeed,
A perfect joyTo serve God.
```One question looms large
In my heart:Do I really love God?
```When I want to offer
My love, devotion and surrenderTo God,
I must not delay —It has to be quicker than a lightning flash.
```The deeper a God-seeker dives,
The nearer he comesTo God.
```God expects only smiles and smiles
From meUnder any circumstances.
```Self-offering
Has to be practisedOn a daily basis.
```God makes the rules,
And He has every rightTo break the rules.
```Not once,
But as many times as needed,Say “No!” to your doubting mind.
```The desire-mind
Proves always to beA hopeless case.
```I do not meditate
To enter into trance.I meditate
Only to feel my Lord’s PresenceInside my heart, most tangibly.
```Let me assure you, my mind,
There shall come a timeWhen you yourself
Will die to please GodIn His own Way.
```I do not care
If the whole world does not like me;I care only
For my Lord’s Satisfaction. ```No relaxation,
Once you acceptThe spiritual life!
```The easiest way to please God
Is to come to GodAs a child.
```No desire whatsoever
Can ever satisfy usPermanently.
```My life has to be
A ceaseless adorationOf my Lord Supreme.
```My God-cries
Must be audible. ```Anything undivine
In usKnows how to whine.
```Anything divine
In usKnows how to shine.
```We must fight against
Ignorance-night,For that is the only reason
We came into the world. ```If we think of God’s needs,
God will definitely feed usTo our heart’s content.
```During our meditation
We hear the soundless sound,Which is the life-breath
Of the Universe. ```I am in between
My heart’s effulgenceAnd
My body’s indulgence. ```True God-lovers
Must not sleepFor many long hours.
```A good thought
Is, indeed,A gateway to a higher life.
```O stupid seeker,
Do not come to GodAs your last resort.
```I keep only
One memory vivid:God’s beaming Smiles.
```A real spiritual Master
Keeps his heart-doorAlways unlocked.
```Unless and until peace reigns supreme
Here on earth,The transformation of human nature
Will not take place. ```We cannot take
Giant steps HeavenwardUntil we make
Our surrender complete. ```To feel that our self-sufficiency
Is all we needIs the height of our stupidity.
```I love
The supremacyOf my soul.
```I love
The intimacyOf my heart.
```I love
My onenessWith God’s Breath.
```God will hoist your victory-banner —
Just continue loving Him more,Ever more.
```Darker than the darkest
Is the desire-mind-sky. ```Doubt-clouds do exist,
But again,God has given us the capacity
To rise above them. ```There is only one message
For each and every human being:Love God and become another God.
```There is always a tug-of-war
Between my self-importanceAnd my God-surrender.
```The outer world
IsAn unfamiliar story.
```The inner world
IsA most familiar song.
```Those who run after happiness
Will never be happy.Happiness is something
That has to come to the foreFrom within.
```God wants me to fly
AlwaysOn my God-surrender-wings.
```When we please our soul,
Our soul blesses usWith torrential blessing-rain.
```My daily God-service-duty
Is the most important thingIn my life.
```I must flood the earth
With my God-Blessing-tears. ```I love my Lord’s Lotus-Feet
Infinitely more thanI love my earth-existence-life.
```No soulful morning prayer
Can ever remainUnheard.
```A desire-life
Is a journeyInto the unknown.
```An aspiration-life
Brings down GodFrom Above.
```If our heart is not clothed
In purity,Then for us to rely on God
Will be an impossible task. ```I am a most sincere adorer
Of the golden silenceOf the morning.
```God-eagerness and God-intensity
I must haveBefore I do anything.
```My sole duty
Is to bring to the foreMy God-fulfilling divinity.
```No sincere faith in God
Will ever allow us to swerveFrom the path of Truth.
```Try again and again.
Your heart’s God-surrender-songsYou will be able to sing
Most beautifully. ```A God-hero’s heart
Is full of God-manifestation-dreamsOn earth.
```Do not give up.
You too one day will becomeA supreme God-dreamer, God-lover
And God-fulfiller. ```I cherish only one dream:
God-satisfactionIn God’s own Way.
```Meditation
Is God-invocationIn silence.
```Meditation
Is God-onenessIn action.
```My likes and dislikes
Are entirely dependentOn God’s Will.
```He who lives in the inner world
Does not have to think —He does everything according to
His inner feeling. ```If I really love someone,
Then I shall do everythingFor that person.
```My Lord,
When You come to visit me,My body, vital, mind, heart and soul
All together danceIn ecstasy.
```True, I cannot speak to God
All the time,But I can definitely
Talk to the world about GodAll the time.
```The source of everything
That we see and feelIs the Cosmic Energy.
```The divine God-lovers
Are the descendantsOf Lord Sri Krishna.
```Occult power
Is quite difficultTo control.
```Spiritual power
Is flooded with poise;Therefore, it is easy
To control. ```My heart
And my hopesNever part.
```Delight
IsGod Himself.
```The outer world
Loves to challengeAll human beings.
```The inner world
Loves to embraceAll human hearts.
```My Lord,
How I wish to pay homageTo Your Feet
Every day, early in the morningAnd late in the evening.
```Cheerful surrender
Is alwaysThe shortest path.
```Sacredness and purity
Have completely disappearedFrom the world.
```My Lord,
Do breathe Your sacred BreathInside my crying heart.
```Heaven is not inside
The blue sky.Heaven is inside
Our heart-temple. ```It is hope
That still keepsThe world alive.
```“What has God done
For me?”This is the question
Of the mind. ```“My Lord has done everything
For me.”This is the answer
Of the heart. ```Each heart has
A very special God-songTo sing,
Right in front of God. ```Pride
Constantly triesTo control the world.
```Humility tries
To help the worldGrow into a God-oneness-reality.
```God wants us to live happily,
Here and now,And not to think of the future.
```God says that
At His choice HourHe will take care
Of the world’s problems. ```When they hear my prayers,
Angels from HeavenCome down and dance.
```A God-unwillingness-life
IsStupidity incarnate.
```My lifelong mission
Is to please God all the timeIn His own Way.
```Unless I surrender unconditionally
To God’s Will,Happiness will remain
A far cry. ```God acts in and through me
Only when I do not expect anythingFrom Him.
```My Lord has given me
A new name:Surrender-smile.
```A heart of peace
IsThe strongest force.
```If we can greet God
With an open mind,Then we will be able to make
Faster than the fastest progress. ```Two things I badly need:
Success-fightAnd progress-delight.
```I must prove to the world
That I am God’s child.How?
Through my God-tearsAnd God-smiles.
```My gratitude-heart
Is the master keyThat opens all the rooms
Of my Lord’s Heart-Palace. ```God tells me repeatedly
That I am not a finished product —I am still in preparation.
```A jealousy-mind
Does not want anybodyTo succeed.
```A God-intimacy-heart
Wants everyone to succeed,Here on earth and there in Heaven.
```Like God,
I shall include the entire UniverseIn my concern-heart.
```We all must study at
Our nature-transformation-school. ```If I do well spiritually,
Then definitelyMy Lord Supreme will meet me
At the Golden Shore. ```Self-giving actions
Are absolutely rare. ```I pray to God to tell me
What I should doAt the next moment.
```If I am totally sincere
In my spiritual life,Then I should definitely feel
God’s GuidanceAt every step.
```We do not learn anything
From our mistakes;We learn everything
From our Lord’s Dictates. ```Nobody
Can define GodAdequately.
```Anything
Of the highest magnitudeIs far beyond words.
```I do not want to be a disciple
By accident;I want to be a disciple
By my inner and outer choice. ```A long life
My desire-mindWants.
```A life full of love and affection
My aspiration-lifeDesires.
```The sincerity
Of the heartIs definitely needed.
```The sincerity
Of the mindIs absolutely essential.
```A spiritual Master
Imports God’s Love and BlessingsIn boundless measure
From Heaven to humankind. ```Each goal attained
Is the very beginningOf a higher goal.
```Wherever I go,
I flyWith God-Surrender Airlines.
```My life’s decision-maker
Is not my proud mindBut my humble heart.
```God will not teach me
The realisation-songUntil I have learnt well
The aspiration-poem. ```The heaviness
Of my mindIs simply staggering.
```One divine smile
Is quite enoughTo establish friendship
In many hearts. ```An unconditional
God-surrender-smileIs of utmost importance.
```Millions and millions
Of God’s Forgiveness-BooksAre being sold every day.
```Be not discouraged!
Start once moreFrom the very beginning.
Rest assured,Success will be all yours.
```When God speaks to me,
All His MessagesMy soul most carefully records.
```I have two more names:
God’s Compassion-TearAnd
God’s Forgiveness-Smile. ```No more shall I be bitten
By insecurity-mind-insects.I shall only move forward,
Fly upward and dive inwardBy the Grace of my Lord’s
Compassion-Eye. ```When I am
Inside my mind,It is all indifference.
```When I am
Inside my heart,It is all compassion,
Concern and love. ```I have
Totally done away withInsecurity.
```I am no longer
A member ofThe pride-demonstration-committee.
```To my greatest joy,
My Lord has made meA member of His immediate
Love-Concern-Oneness-Family. ```Self-indulgence
Is, indeed,A danger-dagger.
```Unless and until
We break off all contactWith insecurity and jealousy,
Our peace of mindWill remain a far cry.
```Love
Is the God-pathfinderIn the spiritual life.
```Surrender
Is the most valuable achievementIn the spiritual life.
```There is not a single moment
When my Lord does not inspire meTo run the fastest
In my inner life. ```When I lose faith
In God,God laughs and laughs.
```When I lose faith
In myself,Poor God sheds bitter tears.
```Adoration
Is inThe physical, vital
And mental planes. ```Devotion
Is inThe psychic plane.
```Every day
God Himself watersMy gratitude-heart-plant
With utmost Concern and Pride. ```Self-effacement
StartsThe Cosmic Game.
```Self-enlightenment
CompletesThe Cosmic Game.
```My Lord Supreme,
I pray to You,Do give me a sleepless
Aspiration-life-breath. ```When I offer my gratitude-heart to God,
He blesses meNot only with His Plenitude-Smiles
But also with His Infinitude-Pride. ```Truth is
The Life of God. ```God is
The Breath of Truth. ```Forgiveness descends
Only when we sincerely feelThat God’s Compassion-Eye
Is absolutely and eternallyUnconditional.
```Anything we do with soulfulness
Pleases God infinitely moreThan we can ever imagine.
```We all need
A God-oneness-mindThe way we already have
A God-oneness-heart. ```Liberation
Is freedom fromIgnorance-night.
```Realisation
Is God-oneness —Inseparable and eternal.
```Nothing can be more significant
In a God-seeker’s lifeThan constant God-fulfilment
In God’s own Way. ```A sweetness-heart
Melts God’s HeartFaster than the speed of light.
```The outer beauty
Loves to enjoyCompetition.
```The inner beauty
Loves to watch the competitionOf God’s Cosmic Game.
```My Lord,
Already You have given meMany good qualities.
May I beg YouTo add one more good quality:
Self-giving? ```Nature’s transformation
Is absolutely neededFor the betterment of humanity.
```God-remembrance
Is the only thing that we all needTo become the chosen children
Of God. ```Aspiration
IsThe seed.
```Revelation
IsThe plant.
```Manifestation
IsThe tree.
```God-Satisfaction
IsThe fruit.
```My Lord,
Do give me the ceaseless hungerTo devour the golden dust
Of Your golden Feet. ```In our spiritual life,
Humility is the express trainTo arrive at
The God-Destination. ```When I make a promise to God
That I will becomeAn excellent seeker,
His Pride in meIn no time increases.
```My God-obedience
Means my God-satisfactionAt every moment,
In my inner life of aspirationAnd my outer life of dedication.
```Enthusiasm
Is the motorIn our life-car.
```It is so strange
That we love light dearly,Yet we are extremely afraid of light —
The inner light. ```If we most sincerely value
Our soulfulnessAll the time,
Then we shall definitely acquireEgolessness.
```If we sincerely pray
For God-Satisfaction,Then God-Protection automatically
Comes into our existence. ```Once we establish purity
In the mind,Our inner journey
Becomes infinitely easier. ```Every morning and evening
God wants me to hoistHis Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-Heart-BannerTo the highest.
```Only a constant God-acceptance-light
Can illumine our mindAnd fulfil our heart.
```When I most sincerely offer
My gratitude-heartAnd gratitude-life
To God,God tells me that
His Pride in me is immeasurable. ```Gratitude
Is the most beautiful flowerIn our heart-garden.
```The higher worlds
Visit us quite often,But we are not receptive.
```Humility
Creates capacityIn every walk of life.
```Each seeker
Has come into the worldTo offer love divine
To this world. ```There is only one person
Who can show me the Light,And that Person is
My Inner Pilot. ```Do not be a fool!
Be wise and depend on GodFor everything.
```Life is all about
The unlearning of the mindAnd the learning of the heart.
```I must never, never enjoy
A negativity-mind,Even for a fleeting moment.
```Spirituality
Means the integrityOf human life.
```Every day
I pray to GodTo give me access
To the Cosmic Energy. ```I must always
Look at the bright side of lifeSo that I can make real progress.
```God-dreamers
Look inwardTo see God.
```God-lovers
Dive deep withinTo see God.
```God-servers
Look all aroundTo see the Presence of God.
```Each new attempt
To realise GodMust be appreciated.
```We are destined to climb up
The consciousness-ladderAnd place ourselves
At God’s Feet. ```Each seeker
Is shaped and mouldedBy the joys of the soul
And the sorrows of the heart. ```In the spiritual life,
Self-doubt is absolutelyThe worst enemy.
```May my victory
Carry me forwardTo the farthest Destination.
```May my defeat
Carry me inwardTo the innermost Destination.
```Be always watchful —
Inspiration can knock at your mind-door,Aspiration can knock at your heart-door
At any time. ```Selflessness
Is the most powerful capacityThat a seeker has.
```When the mind swerves
From the path of Truth,Bring it back immediately
Into the heart of Truth. ```Never allow
Humility-flowerTo wither.
```Whatever the loving heart
Gives you,Immediately accept.
```Whatever the doubting mind
Gives you,Immediately reject.
```My Lord,
May I live betweenThe beauty of my heart
AndThe fragrance of my soul.
```I use my dauntless determination
To enter intoThe earth-consciousness.
```I use my sleepless aspiration
To enter intoThe Heaven-consciousness.
```My Lord, please tell me
If I can love You as the CreatorAnd serve You as the Creation
At the same time.“My child,
You certainly can,And without fail you must!”
```Never cherish loneliness;
Cherish only fulnessIn your inner life
And in your outer life. ```I need the horizons
That haveNo boundaries.
```An act of soulful obedience
Can expediteOur spiritual journey.
```Today
God is beyond my grasp,But He will not remain so
Forever. ```My heart
Desperately needsA silence-drop.
```No matter from which plane
Peace descends,Peace has a very special value
For our consciousness. ```God’s Eye
Saves meFrom future danger.
```God’s Heart
Saves meWhile I am in danger.
```May my heart be
A constantly ascending waveOf ecstasy.
```My imagination
Is being blessedBy tomorrow’s dawn.
```Every day I follow
My heart’s rising sun. ```I wish to please God.
Indeed, this isMy one and only prayer.
```How I wish I could become
Inseparably oneWith the breath of my
God-surrender-song. ```My God-gratitude
Is fed byMy God-devotion.
```On the outer plane,
We need courage. ```On the inner plane,
We need will-power. ```I have made it very clear
To my mind:My aspiration-cries
Are not for my gratificationBut for my Lord’s Satisfaction.
```How happy I am,
Now that I do not have to wrestleWith my doubting mind!
```Prayer journeys upward,
Meditation journeys inwardAnd I journey forward
All the time. ```My inner peace
Can easily devourMy outer anxieties,
Worries and imperfections. ```My self-giving breath
IsMy Lord’s spokesman.
```God wants to see
Everybody’s spiritualityFully alive
Inside the sacred Heart of God. ```God’s Compassion
I have been receivingFor years and years.
```God has decided to inundate
My very existenceWith His unfathomable Concern.
```Man’s expectation
Is neverFully satisfied.
```Forgiveness-tears
I love. ```Repentance-tears
I shun. ```A true God-seeker
Cannot cherish pleasureAt any time.
```God’s guiding Light
Has been waiting for a long timeTo come
And raise my consciousness. ```A gratitude-flower-heart
IsEternally needed.
```My insecurity-heart
Has now become inseparably oneWith God’s Compassion-Eye.
```Devotion binds us to God
More powerfullyThan any other virtue.
```I never keep
A ‘closed’ signOn my heart-door.
```Every time God comes to me,
He comes withHis blessingful Joy, Concern
And Pride. ```My readiness,
My willingness,My eagerness
AndMy self-giving
Are at my Lord’s disposal. ```When I sing devotion-songs
From my heart,Again and again God tells me
To continue. ```I derive
Unimaginable joyFrom my God-satisfaction-smile.
```Death says to life:
“My Brother,I have been waiting for you
For a long time.Please come, come. Please come!”
Life says to death:“I am sorry, Sister,
I am coming at God’s choice Hour.” ```Life
Is GodIn action.
```Death
Is GodAt rest.
```Some deaths
Are avoidable,While others are not —
They sing the song of God’s Will. ```Life
Beautifies us. ```Death
Purifies us. ```Daily
God grants countless extensionsTo countless lives.
```It is never advisable
To put any patientTo eternal sleep.
```The soul likes to have experiences
In and through the body, vital,Mind and heart
Until one breathes one’s very last. ```Life shows us
What beauty is. ```Death shows us
What peace is. ```When we say
That it is an untimely death,Quite often we are mistaken.
```Fear wants to kill us
Many, many times —Long before death arrives.
```Fear of death
IsQuite natural.
```To live a long life
IsNot our aim.
```Our goal is to have
A constantly God-fulfilling life. ```Accidental deaths are caused by
Darker than the darkest,Uglier than the ugliest
Hostile forces. ```We must surrender everything
To God’s Will.Needless to say,
This includes our life. ```A long life,
If productive,Is, indeed,
A true and powerful blessingFrom Heaven.
```Aspiration
Is a very brave stepInto the Unknown.
```My Lord,
Do give me the capacityTo pray to You
To make me a divinely choice instrumentOf Yours.
```In each tiny drop
We must try to discoverThe vastness of the ocean.
```The outer speed
We appreciate and admire. ```The inner speed
We adore and love. ```When we judge others,
We shall not only be judged,But also
Our consciousnessUnmistakably descends.
```If we do not bend our heads,
God does not careTo descend.
```To me, human friendship
Is nothing short ofThe silliest and most unfortunate
Joke. ```To me, with divine friendship,
God is more successfulIn and through His choice children.
```When we love God,
Our joy increases,Plus God’s Confidence in us
Also increases. ```True love of God
Does not indicateSelf-abnegation.
```My Lord repeatedly tells me
Not to enjoyMental hallucination.
```My Lord tells me
To enjoyPsychic illumination.
```Temptation shunned,
God-Victory won. ```My God-reliance
Every day blooms and blossomsMost beautifully.
```Quite often,
Danger secretly livesInside our desire-life.
```When I long for perfection,
I make my LordExtremely happy.
```Do not pay any attention
Even to your last mistake.Just go forward!
```My Master’s concern
For meIs my peerless treasure.
```I must not live
Any moreIn my mind’s painful reality.
```My heart houses
Tomorrow’s dream-beauty. ```I am terrified
And horrifiedBy my own doubt-attack.
```The surrender-life
Is the lifeOf dancing heart-flames.
```To surrender to God’s Will
At every momentIs the only way
To improve God’s world. ```I am praying to God
Most ferventlyTo make me an inner member
Of His God-loving and God-serving family. ```Every day
God whispers to my soulWhich direction to follow
To meet with Him. ```I am fully aware
That my Lord,With Patience infinite,
Is waiting for my arrival. ```The aspiration-stars
In my heart-skyAre helping my life
To reach its Destination. ```Alas, I do not know
If and when I shall be readyFor God to shape and mould
My lifeIn His own Way.
```God is not tired
Of His Creation,And I must be the same.
```I wish to have
A new name:Constant God-readiness.
```Unless I develop
The inner hunger,How can poor God
Feed me? ```My life
Is an ever-increasing extensionOf God’s Compassion.
```Nothing is familiar to me,
Nobody is familiar to me,Save and except
My Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart. ```I must not live any more
Between my yesterday’s tearsAnd my tomorrow’s smiles.
```The power of imagination
Can never be measured. ```The ignorance-thief
Secretly steals awayOur heart’s wisdom-flames.
```Devotion
Is the magnetThat pulls us very fast
To God’s Heart. ```My Lord,
Do tell me once againThat I shall not fail You any more —
I shall only succeed and succeed. ```Not because I am great,
Not because I am good,But because I am God’s child,
He is extremely fond of me. ```No more
Desire-vacation,No more!
```My heart-river
Is flowing fast, very fast,Towards the infinite Compassion-Ocean
Of my Lord Supreme. ```When I look at my Lord,
I strongly feelThat He is utterly unloved
And completely alone. ```When I sit
At my Lord’s Lotus-Feet,In a twinkling I become
Divinely soulfulAnd supremely beautiful.
```My heart’s
Aspiration-songsAre my highest meditations.
```My heart lives
In the beautyOf a rainbow-sky.
```Nothing
In the mind,With the mind,
For the mind,Can ever be certain.
```Disobedience
Is something with whichThe mind and vital
Are familiar. ```We must dive deep within
To achieve the Goal of goals:Transformation.
```Expectation extinguishes
Our God-satisfaction. ```I can live
Either in the heartOf my sweet thoughts
Or in the soulOf my selfless deeds.
```The heart
Loves to meditateOn God-realisation.
```The mind
Loves to meditateOn its own glorification.
```God wants
To see us happyAll the time.
```We want
To make God happyAll the time.
```My God-hope-seeds
Have germinated and grown intoBeautiful plants.
```God’s Forgiveness-Train
Never stops. ```A doubting mind
Is likeA broken tape-recorder.
```God can hide everything from us
Except one thing:His Forgiveness-Heart.
```My God-surrender
IsMy heart’s secrecy supreme.
```Independent
Nobody is —We just fool ourselves.
```The mind’s hesitation-chains,
Alas, quite oftenI enjoy.
```My mind does not deny
That God hasA very special Care and Concern
For it. ```Selflessly,
I must keep focusing my heartOn my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.
```The inner cries
Are infinitely stronger thanThe outer strength.
```In my aspiration-life,
UnwillingnessIs a forgotten story.
```God does not care for
The mind’s disobedience;He cares only for
The mind’s sincerity. ```My mind,
God is coming.Do not run away!
```God’s acceptance
Of my spiritual lifeIs, indeed, a miracle.
```When I try
To defend myself,God smiles and cries.
```My Lord,
I am ready to love You,But not humanity.
“My child,If humanity remains unloved
By you,Your love of Me
Shall forever remain insufficient.” ```My Lord,
I want to remain alwaysYour Forgiveness-beggar.
```An aspiration-day means
A new God-bestowedOpportunity.
```My insecurity
Is totally emptyOf light.
```To surrender to God’s Will
Is to enjoyThe freedom of Infinity.
```My heart
Is the compassOf my life-boat.
```My Lord,
You have firmly caught my heart —I shall never be lost.
```Love, joy and peace
Must flowSelflessly and effortlessly.
```Hope and promise
Keep humanity and DivinityTogether.
```My mind
Knows how to despiseThe world.
```My heart
Knows how to love the worldAnd become the world.
```Self-giving means
AwarenessOf the highest Height.
```God-obedience
Is the only thingThat my heart
Desperately needs. ```Everything divine within
We must cherish. ```I shall not allow
My outer worldTo be captured
By my mind. ```God-love
Is my constantPrayer-breath.
```Self-doubt
Means the very beginningOf self-destruction.
```It is quite possible
To compel my thoughtsTo be under my control.
```He who is spiritually strong
Can face any obstacle. ```When my heart sings
Devotion-songs,God gets excited.
```God is waiting to see
Only one thing:My God-manifestation-eagerness-heart.
```The soul
Is the real beautyOf life.
```The soul gives us our progress
And watches over our progressAs well.
```The disobedience
Of the mindIs a very old story.
```My self-assertion
Is the very beginningOf my destruction.
```May I begin each day
With my totalGod-surrender-determination.
```God always encourages us
To mixWith the cosmic gods.
```My life-breath
Is running the fastestTo sit at my Lord’s
Forgiveness-Feet. ```We must be spiritually confident.
Only then can we manifest LightHere on earth.
```God-revelation
Unmistakably beginsThe road
To God-manifestation. ```On earth and in Heaven
I must seeMy beauty-flooded soul.
```The more we hunger
For God’s Compassion,The closer God comes to us.
```No matter how many times
I shall have to come into the world,I shall always pray
For my Lord Supreme’s Victory. ```God wants me to worship Him
Not only with my soul,But also with my every single breath.
```A doubting mind
Tortures itself unconsciouslyMore than it tortures others.
```God can hide
From anything He wants to,But not from my gratitude-heart-tears.
```When we surrender
Our very existence to God,God feels it is high time
To appear before us. ```God wants me
To think of the worldInfinitely more than
I think of myself. ```My heart is always eager
To share its beautyWith my mind.
```May my gratitude-heart
Sing the songOf Infinitude.
```My negativity-mind
God ruthlessly casts aside. ```We lose nothing
When we give ourselves awayFor the betterment of the world.
```The difference
Between God and meIs this:
I hope;God dreams.
```May all my weaknesses
Come to the foreSo that I can silence them
At my sweet will. ```My self-giving life
Looks at the highest HeightOnly to become the Height itself.
```May each thought of mine
Either fly high, higher, highestOr dive deep, deeper, deepest.
```Only a oneness-heart-world
Can surely please God. ```Whenever I hear
My Lord’s Heart-Bell ringing,I enter into the world of ecstasy.
```No human thoughts
Can ever express GodProperly.
```My heart-surrender-prayers
Please God the fastestIn His own Way.
```Whenever God smiles at me,
I feel myself to beA chosen child of His.
```My prayers
NeedMore intensity.
```My meditation
NeedsMore depth.
```I need integrity
In my lifeMore than anything else.
```I love God
Because every morningHe inundates me
With enthusiasm. ```I love God
Because His Compassion-EyeIs always ready
To take care of me. ```My Lord
Feeds each seekerAccording to his necessity.
```We must not forget
That humanity started its journeyFrom oneness-roots.
```Love what you do for God.
God will love youInfinitely more.
```For everything
There is an ideal time,And that ideal time is now,
At this very moment. ```God’s Compassion-Eye
Every day feedsMy aspiration-heart-flames.
```God comes to me
Quite often,Plus quite unexpectedly.
```The flowers
Produced by the mindHave no fragrance.
```Satisfaction-dreamers
We all are. ```Perfection-seekers
We are not. ```Greatness
Begins with the mindAnd ends in the mind.
```Goodness
Begins in the heartAnd endlessly continues
Its journey. ```Love has many definitions.
The best definition isA oneness-heart-smile.
```You can fulfil God
Only if you have conqueredYourself.
```God’s Sweetness-Smile
IsHis most endearing quality.
```By praying to God,
We becomeWhat we want to become.
```By surrendering to God’s Will,
We becomeWhat God wants us to become.
```My meditation
IsMy infinite soul-inspiration.
```God wants me to strike
My heart-happiness-gongEvery hour.
```To pray
Is to get backOne’s childhood-life.
```To become an angel
You must surrenderYour individual will
To God’s Will. ```When we kneel down before God,
God’s Divinity does not increase,But our own divinity increases
In boundless measure. ```God lives inside my heart
Only for two things:My God-realisation and
My life-transformation. ```My unconditional surrender-prayers
God treasuresMore than anything else.
```My inner vision
Must come to the foreTo illumine the world
Around me. ```God wants each and everyone
To love and enjoyA God-focused life.
```All is not lost
When we loseAspiration.
```All is lost
When we loseFaith in ourselves.
```When I speak to God,
He tells me:“Now that you are speaking to Me,
I would like you to speak for MeAnd for the entire world.”
```My Lord,
When will You allow meTo speak for You?
“My child,Speak with yourself first,
Most happily and proudly.” ```My heart’s God-surrender-joy
Can never be described,Even by my soul.
```We must freely offer joy
To everyone who wants to beA member of our heart-boat.
```We must try to have a free access
To the other worldsExactly the way we have
To our world, here. ```I pray to my Lord
For a Compassion-Drop.He says to me:
“My child, are you a beggar?Take from Me My Compassion-Ocean!”
```The Kingdom
Of my Lord Beloved SupremeIs infinitely larger
Than I can ever imagine. ```Who is your Master,
If not your ownHigher self?
```My Lord, when I place myself
At Your Feet,Everything is not only beautiful
But perfect. ```My Lord,
May my sleeplessly adoring eyesTouch at least once
Your Compassion-flooded Feet. ```In my heart
There is only one thing:God-separation-pain.
```Once we have reached a higher goal,
We must try to remain there,Until we are called to reach
An even higher goal. ```My Lord,
How often do You suffer for my sake?“My child,
I suffer only when you do not give MeThe full responsibility for your life.”
```My joyful heart
Is my Lord’sSatisfaction supreme.
```Anything that I do for my Lord
With my surrender-heartAnd my surrender-life
Pleases my Lord SupremeImmediately.
```My surrender is at once
The strongest powerAnd also the deepest thrill.
```God makes mistakes —
So says my mind.My heart shudders
When it hears my mindCriticise God.
```My Lord,
I want to give You much moreThan I am giving You now.
“My child,Do not worry.
Just think that you are eagerTo give Me more
Than what you have been giving.” ```My Lord sends a Love-Message
Every dayFor me to play aloud in my heart.
```God will never be satisfied
With only a quarter, or even half,Of my heart.
```Let my heart-temple
Be as pureAs purity itself.
```My Lord,
I have faith only in one thing —Your Compassion-Smile.
```My Lord,
In life after life, endlessly,May I follow
Your Nectar-flooded Footsteps. ```You enjoy the long lists
Of others’ shortcomings.But at the end of your life,
God will ask you:“First, count all your misdeeds
And let Me know.” ```My Lord,
I try to get Your attention all the time.Am I doing the right thing?
“My child,If there is soulfulness involved,
Then you are doing the right thing.” ```My Lord, I pray to You
Only for two things:The life of a simple seeker
And the heart of a pure seeker. ```My Lord, may I touch Your Feet?
“My child, you can, providedYou desperately and desperately
And desperately need to!” ```My Lord,
Even though I do not please YouWith my aspiration and dedication,
Your constant Concern and EncouragementSurprise me unimaginably.
```Who is my real enemy?
My real enemy isMy God-unwillingness-mind.
```My Lord has promised me
That His Compassion-EyeWill every day water
My heart’s hope-plant. ```Many times I have failed,
But this timeI am destined to succeed.
```I shall not allow any more
My mind-stormTo torture my heart.
```My Lord,
One piercing GlanceFrom Your Eyes
Destroys my darkness-mindImmediately.
```Without expectation,
This world of oursWould definitely be a better place.
```Constant love of God
Is, indeed,The birthright of every seeker.
```The mind
Can never do justiceTo the heart’s compassion.
```I value
My success-mind. ```God values
My progress-heart. ```My surrender-smile
Is immediately treasuredBy God Himself.
```Meditation is absolutely needed
To becomeA supremely choice instrument
Of God. ```God corrects my life
Lovingly and compassionately,And never ruthlessly.
```Oneness strengthens
My heartAnd brightens
My smile. ```A sincere heart
Never neglectsIts meditation-duties.
```Nobody knows
When the desire-floodWill subside.
```The heart knows
A good many waysTo please God
Most satisfactorily. ```My God-surrender
Decreases my desire-hungerAnd increases
My aspiration-hunger. ```The earthly beauty
AppearsTo the outer mind.
```The Heavenly Beauty
AppealsTo the divine heart.
```If my love of God is sincere,
I must not try to hide my ego-mindFrom my Lord Supreme.
```Inspiration
Is, indeed,A God-cherished force.
```O my self-deception-mind,
I have nothing, absolutely nothing,To do with you!
```My heart every day sings
A new progress-songFor my Lord Supreme.
```My outer success
And my inner progressCome from
My Lord’s Compassion-Eye. ```God does not want me
To blame my mind;He just wants me
To tame my mind. ```Perfect perfection,
And not stark imperfection,Will be provided to us
By our destiny. ```I have created
My mind-room. ```My heart-room was created
By God’s Compassion-Eye. ```Heaven does not mind
Bending down. ```Earth does mind
When it is askedTo raise itself.
```I have finally come to realise
That God’s Compassion-EyeIs my only breath.
```My heart feels
God’s PresenceOnly when I kneel down.
```God’s Closeness
Does not have to remainAlways a dream.
```When the mind defies God,
God pays more attentionTo the heart.
```Most of the time
I ask GodFor unmerited favours.
```So far, my life has remained
In my own hands.Now, wisdom has dawned —
I want to remain onlyIn God’s Hands.
```My heart does not charge.
No matter who comesFor advice,
My heart does not acceptConsultation fees.
```I prayerfully
Embrace God. ```God tearfully
Embraces me. ```When man disbelieves God,
God indefinitely waitsFor man’s mind to change.
```When we do not pray to God
Early in the morning,God sends us
Blessingful reminders. ```My mind
IsAn information-beggar.
```My life
IsA transformation-lover.
```My heart
LovesGod’s Silence.
```God’s Heart
LovesMy full awakening.
```Doubt
Is alwaysHarmful.
```Faith
Is alwaysBlissful.
```My Lord,
Please, please rescue meFrom my mind-jungle!
```I have failed at every turn
When I have taken responsibilityFor my life.
```No hyperactive vital,
No hyperactive mind,Will ever have
An iota of peace. ```My heart’s attachment
To God’s HeartIs my only freedom.
```God loves to abide
All the timeIn my faith-flooded heart.
```Oneness means
The joy of the heartAnd the understanding
Of the mind. ```My Lord,
Silence my mindSo that I can hear
Your FootstepsWhen You come to visit me.
```My Lord, I promise You
That I shall never squander any moreYour Compassion-flooded opportunities.
```My Lord,
I want You alwaysTo have the first word
And the last wordIn my life.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004
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