Please
Do not forgetThat your soul
Is your Master’s breath. ```Please
Do not forgetThat your life
Is your Master’s feast. ```Please
Do not forgetThat your heart
Is your Master’s life-boat. ```Please
Do not forgetThat you have
Many, many friendsIn the world.
```Please
Do not forgetThat your Master
Has only one friend:Your heart’s satisfaction-smile.
```Please
Do not forgetThat you forget your Master
In season and out of season. ```Please
Do not forgetThat your Master
Never wants to studyIn the forgetfulness-school.
```Please
Do not forgetThat your Master
Is a constant beggar.He begs you to give him
What you have:Ignorance-night.
```Please
Do not forgetThat your Master
Is a sleepless and breathless beggar.He begs God to give him
What He has and what He isFor you, only for you.
```My mind-room
Is a room of hesitation,Confusion and hallucination.
```My heart-room
Is a room of God-illumination,God-perfection and God-satisfaction.
```Where do I live?
I live in the mindOf my sad face.
```Where do I live?
I live in the soulOf my happy heart.
```My Lord Supreme tells me that
To make Him happyI must love His creation first.
```Unless a seeker listens to
His heart-whispers,He will make no spiritual progress.
```A spiritual Master
Enters into the heartOf humanity,
Not to teach, but to awaken. ```A true meditation
Teaches us how to liveWithout any expectation.
```My inner life
Hungers for peace.Alas,
Peace is nowhere to be found. ```My outer life
Hungers for power.Alas,
Power is nowhere to be found. ```The heart-union
Is infinitely stronger thanThe mind-division.
```My Lord is conscious and alert
Even before I makeAny deplorable mistakes.
```Supreme,
Ignorance-night is too strongFor me to fight with.
Will You not conquerIgnorance-night for me?
```No matter how long it takes,
We must set our God-surrenderIn motion.
```My aspiration-multitude
Has devouredMy mind’s exasperation-attitude.
```My heart can never understand
Why my mind, vital and bodyAre so attached
To the fleeting finite. ```To release ourselves
From attachment-bondage,May our God-surrender
Bloom and bloom. ```I am afraid
If I continue disbelieving God,Who knows,
Someday I will become the dustOf uselessness.
```Alas, in vain
I am begging and beggingAnd forcing and forcing doubt
To make a swift exit. ```The beauty of sincerity-road
Will take us to our GoalSooner than otherwise.
```O my mind,
You yourself are empty of peace.How do you dare to bring about
World-peace? ```You will become
A supremely chosen instrumentOf God
If you spend all your thoughtsWith your heart’s wisdom-light.
```I do not know why
The whole worldIs always eager to eat
Temptation-candies. ```May my heart rise
Like incense-prayerTo the highest God-Temple.
```Despair:
A journey with noDestination.
```If you do not value
Your heart’s nest-home,Who can and who will?
```My divinity-flooded satisfaction
I getOnly when I can prayerfully
And soulfully sitAt the Feet of my Lord Supreme.
```My aspiration-heart’s
Journey to HeavenIs infallible.
```In my spiritual life,
My fastest speed comes fromMy Lord’s Compassion-flooded Eye.
```You believe in God.
To you, He definitely exists.Why do you not then please God
When He persists in asking youTo surrender everything to Him —
What you have and what you are? ```Instead of becoming proud,
Alas,I am extremely afraid
Of my heart-tears. ```Death does its duty
By closing our eyes for good.My Lord does His Duty
By injecting into usHis ever-charming,
Jumping Enthusiasm. ```Although I have fallen
Innumerable times,I shall, my Lord,
Always claim YouTo be my All.
```My Lord,
My mind cannot comprehendYour Greatness.
My heart cannot fathomYour Goodness.
But one thing is certain:Both my mind and heart
Are all for You. ```Which is bigger,
My prayer-mindOr
My meditation-heart?Needless to say,
My meditation-heart. ```My Lord,
I shall win against ignorance-night.Why and how?
I have You on my team. ```For an unaspiring human being,
A confusion-mindIs inescapable.
```God does not need science
To interpret.God’s Compassion is His own
Interpreter. ```My aspiration-heart-river
Is taking awayAll my worries and anxieties.
```The day we do not have
Our inner cries,That particular day
Is worse than useless. ```Leave me alone,
O ignorance-night.My Lord Beloved Supreme
Is hungryFor the beauty and fragrance
Of my heart. ```My mind, do not worry.
Sing, sing!Everything and everybody
Will take your side. ```I have declared to myself
That every dayIs a God-fulfilment-day.
```God tells me
That if He can increaseHis infinite Compassion,
What is wrong with me?How is it that I show no compassion
To my fellow citizensOf the world?
```When we stop
The freedom of the mind,Every day will be
A God-satisfaction-day. ```Today’s impossible achievements
Tomorrow may appearAs inevitability.
```A God-doubter
Is heWho will never be fulfilled.
```If you study
In ignorance-school,How can you avoid being
A total failure? ```I can either be
My mind’s desire-entertainerOr
God-illumination-prince. ```The mind wants to impress
The whole world with its capacity,Which is next to nothing.
```The heart wants to aspire
And aspireFor the whole world.
```When I am in the company
Of God-lovers,My falsehood-life disappears.
```Anything that is human in life
Has to go throughLife’s outer comedy
And inner tragedy. ```O my mind-jungle,
Do you not realiseThat I am only for
My heart-garden? ```If I live in the mind,
The world comes to my mindAs a question always.
```If I live in the heart,
The world comes to my heartAs an immediate
And everlasting answer. ```God’s official residence
Is inMy mind-territory.
```God’s private residence
Is inMy heart’s all-oneness-nest.
```Do not sleep!
If you sleep,How can you be summoned
By GodTo be with Him?
```From the soul’s point of view,
We do not needAn outer teacher in life.
What we needIs a private tutor.
```How to believe God?
He tells me that one dayMy love for Him
Will equal His Love for me. ```Each soulful song
Goes a long wayTo become a choice instrument
Of God. ```Intelligence
Is not aware ofIts impossible stupidity.
```Intelligence does not know
When and how it becomesBelligerence at times.
```Definitely God is far,
Very far,When you walk along the road
Of anxieties and worries. ```God asks me to shut up
When I criticise ruthlesslyHis beloved creation.
```God cries and cries and cries
When I shutMy world-oneness-heart-door.
```Speak to God
Any time you want to.He is the only one
Who will not walk away. ```If you forget God today,
Then tomorrowHe will not invite you
To play with Him. ```If we do not have faith in God,
What happens?Our troubles are shockingly
Multiplied. ```When a seeker
Surrenders his freedom to God,God embraces him most proudly.
```Kindness and concern
Always find the shortest wayAt the fastest speed
To God. ```Believe me,
God sheds bitter tearsIn your helplessness
And hopelessness. ```The moment
I am a God-realised person,I begin a new creation.
```War is not an adventure.
It is our stupidity’sEndless height.
```When I am in my vital
And my mind,I enjoy the superficial.
```When I am in my heart
And soul,I only enjoy the life and breath
Of the ever-transcending Beyond. ```Nature and mind
May fool each other,But Nature and heart
Will always be pleasedWith each other
And fulfil each other together. ```If you want God to dine with you,
Never, never,Even for a fleeting second,
Whine. ```When I am in my vital
And my mind,I am terribly afraid of Light.
```When I am in my heart
And my soul,I claim Light to be my own,
Very own. ```If you live in the mind,
You can at best beA schemer.
```If you live in the heart,
You are going to beA choice dreamer of God.
```It is almost an impossible task
To write a heart-aspiration-bookWhile the life is enjoying vacation.
```The more I mix
With my doubting mind,The sooner my life becomes
Perfectly imperfect. ```To sleep on the lap
Of Mother EarthWe came not into the world.
```We came into the world
To fight for Mother EarthAgainst her countless enemies.
```Each spiritual Master
Comes into the worldTo awaken the sleeping divinity
Of human beings. ```Look at my mind!
Empty-handed it went to God,Empty-handed it returns.
```Look at my heart!
With folded hands it went to GodAnd came back with God
The Bountiful. ```God’s Compassion,
God’s ForgivenessCan never be inaccessible.
```My God-thirsty hunger
Who can stop?No, nobody!
```I am happy,
Infinitely happy,When I bury myself
In the depthOf the Unknowable.
```One God-vision is enough
To destroy our untoldFears and doubts.
```Can you tell me,
O my mind,Where you have hidden
My child-heart? ```Devotion is needed
In boundless measureTo illumine my mind’s
Darkness-abyss. ```The beauty and fragrance
Of our aspiration-heartKnow no vacation.
```My Lord Supreme’s
Blessingful Eagerness to please meCan only be felt
And never be described. ```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-HeartAre showing me the way
To liberate myselfFrom my self-styled mind-prison.
```Instead of saying
“Oneness-responsibility,”Let us call it
“Oneness-beauty.” ```May each God-manifestation-choice
Of oursGet a championship prize.
```Without adamantine will-power,
Nobody can be awakenedFrom this nightmare-world.
```My joy is when
I bind my heartTo my Lord’s
Compassion-Feet. ```Who actually owns
My soul,If not the sleepless
God-server in me? ```Our faith
Is the freedom-keyFrom our mind’s
Abysmal abyss. ```The heart knows
No tiredness.The mind knows nothing but
Constant hunger for retirement. ```Each illumining Whisper from God
Shows my gratitude-heartHow to walk along Eternity’s Road.
```Imagination becomes illumination
When we liveIn constant God-preparation.
```To see God
In the twinkling of an eye,Enjoy your heart’s
Perpetual cry. ```We all must try to read
And understandGod’s Suggestion Book.
```Misused freedom
Is a life-threateningDanger.
```Yesterday you looked for God.
You did not find Him.Can you not look for Him today?
Who knows,Perhaps He will be available.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Is all-where.Only our awareness
Is missing. ```My mind, you tell me that
Your love of God is dead.Your pronouncement
Is not acceptable. ```Satisfaction-shortage
Is within, withoutAnd all-where.
```Receptivity-scarcity
Is the causeOf humanity’s downfall.
```My life-boat plies between
God’s Forgiveness-ShoreAnd God’s Compassion-Shore.
```The suspecting mind
Does not have anything nice to sayAbout God’s
Unconditional Compassion. ```God’s creation
May believeIn impossibility.
```God’s Vision-Eye
Never believesIn impossibility.
```How difficult it is
To come out of temptation-territory,But a genuine seeker
Definitely can come out of it. ```Man is man’s
ChangingMind-house.
```Man is man’s
UnchangingHeart-home.
```God Himself will amplify
Your effortsFor His Satisfaction.
```It may not be an easy task,
But certainly it is notAn impossible task
To stay awakeFor God’s choice Hour.
```My joy knows no bounds
That finally my God-doubting hourHas expired.
```What I sincerely need
Is God-relianceAnd not my self-confidence.
```God enjoys watching me
When I enjoy my pilgrimageTo my oneness-heart-home.
```It is not possible
For a human being to hideIndefinitely
His God-disbelief. ```I am on the lookout for hope.
Alas,Is there anyone to rescue me?
```I equally love
My aspiration-invitationAnd my desire-eviction.
```The inner commotion
DestroysAll our outer joys.
```I do not even want to look
At the faceOf my temptation-neighbour.
```The mind’s unwillingness
To accept God’s WillIs at once laughable
And painful. ```Look at the heart’s willingness
To love God:No matter what God does to the heart,
The heart remains totally faithfulTo God.
```Will-power has to be exercised
AlwaysIn the mind and heart
Of each and every human being. ```Everything in me loves
God’s Golden Shore,Even my uncertain mind.
```My God-pleasing soul
Devoured voraciouslyMy mind’s endless doubts.
```Be a lion-hearted
SeekerAnd a self-giving
God-lover. ```My soul,
I would like you to whisperOnly love and joy,
But power — never! ```If your life becomes
A God-surrender-heart-garden,Then easily you can illumine
The dividing mind. ```If you follow the path of devotion,
Go sincerely.Then love and surrender
Will follow you. ```Alas, I do not know
When my unconditionalSurrender-hour will begin.
Or will it never begin? ```My Lord, am I destined
Forever to remain insideMy mind’s confusion-abyss?
```The outer ears
EnjoyHumour and gossip.
```The inner ears
Prayerfully and soulfullyEnjoy devotion-discourses.
```Although the path
Is stony and steep,At the end of the path
Our Lord Beloved SupremeIs eagerly waiting for our arrival.
```Every day I pray to God
To give my mind the capacityTo swim in silence-sea.
```May my peace-hunger
Every day, every hour,Every minute, every second
Increase in measureless measure. ```When you carry
The fragrance of love with you,You run the fastest
Towards your Destination. ```I have a dream.
It is all about the transformationOf my unwillingness-mind.
```It is impossible
To fathom the powerOf self-deception.
```O God-seeker,
My heart-room I have keptClean, serene and pure.
Do come and be my lifelong guest. ```No matter where I go,
I meet with onlyGod’s Compassion-Bounty.
```The doubt-clouds must be dispersed
By the intensityOf our heart’s love for God
And faith in God. ```God invites me to listen to
His Sound,Which is at once soundless
And endless. ```The heart that loves
UnitesAll and sundry.
```The mind that divides
DisintegratesEventually.
```The Beauty of my Lord’s
Compassion-EyeIs my only heart-home.
```My ego
Likes to screamAll the time.
```My confidence
Loves to rule the worldAll the time.
```My God-surrender
Loves to please God,His entire creation,
All the timeIn His own Way.
```I shall no more allow
World-criticismTo destroy the beauty
Of my flower-heart-home. ```He who remains neutral
Can never be a true friendOf my heart.
```My soul’s nectar-delight
Is always eager to devourMy mind-poison
And my heart-sorrows. ```Every day my soul
Inspires me to pray to GodFor my temptation-defeat
And my illumination-victory. ```Every day my soul
Distributes God-newsTo all those
Who have staunch faith in God. ```My aspiration-heart is poised
Only in God’sCompassion-flooded Presence.
```The invisible mind presents us
With the visible thoughts,Encouraging and discouraging.
```My heart’s inner fear
MultipliesWhen I see the sunset
Shedding tears. ```If you cannot love the unlovable,
Then you are not worthyTo become
God’s supremely chosen instrument. ```How I wish I could have
Only one flowerIn my heart-garden:
Gratitude and nothing else. ```The more we cultivate willingness,
The sooner we discoverOur true Self.
```I am only interested
In the God-song,And I do not need to know
Who sings it. ```May determination be
My lifelong friendTo fight with me
Against ignorance-night. ```The members
Of my heart-familyAre, without fail,
All over the world. ```Of all the medicines
In the inner life,A smile is by far
The best medicine. ```A world of peace will be
The supreme achievementOf humanity.
```The very nature
Of inner depthIs to illumine
The outer life. ```Only a fool
Can be insecureWhen the world
Ridicules him. ```To have
A God-gratitude-heart,You must start your journey
Immediately. ```When I give my life
To God,He gives me His Life-Breath
In return. ```Never give up,
No matter how longYou have to suffer
From an uncertainty-mind! ```Only the mind of peace
Can enter intoThe silence-sea.
```May my outer life
Remain a devoted studentOf my inner life
Always. ```My heart-tears
Are proudly blessedBy God’s golden Feet.
```My Lord says to me:
“My child,If you conquer Me first,
Then only I shall conquerThe world for you.”
```The united heart
Is always more powerfulThan the divided mind.
```Each soul-flower
Has the capacity to carry usBeyond the domain of expectation.
```O my heart-river,
Where are you?When will you take
My mind-worries away? ```My Lord, I do know that
One dayThis hide-and-seek game
Will end,But do show me the way
To expedite it. ```My world-acceptance
Is in no way detrimentalTo my God-surrender-life.
```Leave me alone,
O my ignorance-night!I have absolutely
Nothing to do with you. ```My Lord,
Never allow my aspirationTo take even the shortest
Possible break. ```Yesterday I forgot
To love You, my Lord.Alas, therefore my life
Has become a broken heart. ```Unless you are
A devoted studentOf peace,
How can you ever dareTo claim peace
To come to your salvation? ```It is not a difficult task
To make the Supreme happy.Just continue to climb
Sleeplessly and breathlessly. ```My heart is longing
For simplicity’s lifeAnd sincerity’s breath.
```My mind is longing
For only one thing:Publicity.
```God has not created
Any life on earthTotally empty of light.
```Satisfaction will appear
Only whenWe can dare to claim
God’s Forgiveness-HeartAs our own, very own.
```There is not a single seeker
Who does not have the capacityTo run at top speed
Towards his Destination. ```God’s Light
Can be not only seenBut also possessed
When our self-importanceSurrenders to our God-reliance.
```What we need
Is an indomitable spirit,Soaring all the time
To please GodIn His own Way.
```My Lord,
You have given meSo many things.
Just one thing more:Do enfold me
In Your Infinity’s Peace-Heart. ```My Lord,
When someone looks at me,I beg of him
To look inside my heartTo see the real in me.
```My Lord tells me:
“My child,If you want to be real,
Then be here.Again, if you are going to be here,
Then be real.” ```My Lord has given me
Not one, but two handsTo serve.
Alas, what am I doing?Why am I not using them?
```My Lord has given me
Such a beautiful heart.How is it that I am not using it
All the timeTo love Him only?
```There was a time
When my Lord’s Protection-ArmsProtected me and my life.
```How am I being protected now?
I am now being protectedBy my Lord’s Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-Heart. ```Negativity-enjoyment,
No, no, no!Negativity-enlightenment,
Yes, yes, yes! ```My Lord asks me
In which way He is less attractiveThan any human being on earth.
How is itThat I am not falling in love
With Him? ```When I move around
In my Lord’s Heart-GardenWith a heavy heart,
He simply ignores me. ```When I move around
In my Lord’s Heart-GardenWith a happy heart,
He Himself comes to meAnd shows me everything
In detail. ```My Lord tells me
That my mind’s cleverness-smileWill never be a match
For my heart’s kindness-smile. ```My Lord tells me
That His Compassion-EyeIs not my Saviour.
Even His Forgiveness-HeartIs not my Saviour.
He aloneIs my Saviour,
My Eternity’s Saviour. ```My Lord tells me
That if I want to be His champion,Then I must not renounce the world.
I must accept the world,Love the world
And become the worldFor its ultimate transformation.
```Unless and until we can satisfy
Our Lord SupremeIn His own Way,
There shall always remain a vacuumIn the depth of our heart.
```By hating the mind,
We cannot changeThe mind —
Never! ```By shunning the mind,
We cannot changeThe mind —
Never! ```By loving the mind
And pleading with the mindFor its transformation,
We are bound to succeed.Let us try this here on earth.
```Each uncomely thought
Deprives usOf our God-receptivity.
```May my life
Be a devotion-sprintAnd not a march —
And definitely not a walk! ```Because you do not
Pray and meditate regularly,Your spiritual life
Is trampled by lost hopes. ```My devotion-heart,
You will run faster than the fastestIf you devotedly follow
The Hunger of my Inner Pilot. ```May each day
Be a new hopeFor a God-thirsty heart.
```My devotion-heart and I
Desperately needOur mind-illumination.
```My Lord, do not crown my career
With conquests,But allow my life to be only
The fulfilmentOf Your constant Behest.
```If you bind yourself
DeliberatelyTo your desire-life,
Then even God will not comeTo liberate you.
```You may think that
Your mind’s conviction-roadWill be void of obstacles.
You may be totally wrong! ```Obedience, I love you.
Why?Because God has implicit faith
In you. ```My Lord,
You have taught meHow to love You intensely
AndHow to love You immensely.
Now do teach meHow to love You sleeplessly
Plus unconditionally. ```God came to embrace him.
Why?Because he fired himself
With ceaseless God-glorifying prayers. ```I must feel
That my heartIs a most significant source
Of divine truth. ```The Motherland
Is the beauty-delightOf poetry.
```The Fatherland
Is the thunder-roarOf prose.
```When I love God frequently,
God tells me:“My child, take anything
That you want from Me.” ```When I love God
Sleeplessly and breathlessly,God tells me:
“My child, from now on,I am all yours.”
```If your morning prayer
Does not include gratitude,Then it is of no avail.
```Heaven’s official currency
IsMy God-gratitude-fragrance.
```My heart’s God-tears
Must irrigateThe entire world.
```Whenever God writes to me,
He never forgets to end the letterWith two specific lines:
“My child, I love you intensely.My child, I need you badly.”
```May my God-surrender-life
Become a permanent experienceFor me.
```Nothing can be
As beautiful and pureAnd nothing can be
More pleasing to GodThan our heart-tears.
```When I am in my soul,
I enjoy my soul’sEcstasy-sea.
```When I am in my body,
I enjoy my body’sLethargy-coma.
```At every moment
I treasure my Lord’sCompassion-Rain.
```At every moment
My Lord treasuresMy gratitude-flames.
```A sleepless surrender is needed
To better understand the purposeOf God’s Justice-Light.
```There can be
No satisfactory substituteFor my Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart.
```Do not stop dreaming.
Dreaming is the harbingerOf God-becoming.
```My seeker-friend,
Since surrender is missingIn your spiritual life,
You will have to coverA longer than the longest distance.
```God’s Love
My heart and IDefinitely have.
```God’s Peace
My mind and IDo not have —
Even an iota. ```We are so fortunate
That our heart-dictionaryDoes not house the word
“Negativity.” ```I am sure God is tired
Of my old life:A life of depression-night.
```Spirituality is nothing other than
Surrender to God’s WillAt every moment.
```We came down
From GodThe Transcendental Vision.
```We enter
Into GodThe Universal Manifestation.
```The highest quality
Of aspirationCan be attained
Only by sleepless self-giving. ```Every morning
My Lord enters into my mindTo kindle enthusiasm-lamp.
```May the beauty
Of the heartAnd the positivity
Of the mindAlways mingle together.
```As God devours
My darkness-night,Even so
I am determined to devourGod’s Light-Delight.
```My heart’s sweetness-smile
Is all my Lord wantsFrom me.
```We can never be perfect
If we fail to see ourselvesAll-where.
```The day breaks.
My God-gratitude-heartSings.
```Fame on earth
Has no accessTo Heaven.
```Faith in Mother Earth
And faith in GodCan unmistakably have always
A free access to Heaven. ```A reasoning mind
IsA floundering life.
```No matter how kind
And compassionate Light isTowards ignorance-night,
Ignorance-night is always readyTo fight against Light.
```May my searching mind
Always be preparedTo accept the Light from Above.
```The mind
Is apt to talkMost eloquently.
```The heart
Is apt to listenUntiringly.
```God the Compassion
Is the root of life.Man the God-acceptance
Is the branch. ```I cry with breathless joy
When I see God’s Forgiveness-FeetAre mediating between
Heaven’s indifferenceAnd
Earth’s insolence. ```If your unconditional surrender
To God’s Will is genuine,Then God will give you
A free passportTo enter into His Heart-Kingdom.
```Waste not a second!
The Lord Supreme is beckoning youTo fly to Him
At your fastest speed. ```We must never forget
That our very breathIs an unconditional gift from God,
Our Lord Beloved Supreme. ```If you give your love and gratitude
To God every day,Your outer life will grow strikingly
AndYour inner life will glow immeasurably.
```My joy knows no bounds,
For my heart has receivedThe receptivity-award
From my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```My Lord,
Each time I see Your SignatureInside my heart,
I make a new solemn promiseFor Your complete manifestation
Here on earth. ```A divine server
Is the fulfilmentOf God’s
Unlimited Dreams. ```The tranquillity of my heart
EmbodiesGod’s boundless Love.
```If you want to run at top speed
Towards your Goal,Then God-surrender
Is of paramount importance. ```The heart is happy
And satisfiedBy feeling that the moon
Is beautiful. ```The mind is happy
And satisfiedBy thinking that the moon
Is fearful and blightful. ```Who are my companions?
My companions areGod-hunger-seekers.
```God always wants me
To think ofThe transcendental Goal
And not of the distance. ```When I admire God,
God tells meTo come and stand
Very close to him. ```When I love God,
God tells me:“Hurry up, My child,
Hurry up!I am eagerly waiting
For an embrace from you.” ```Alas, when will this world of ours
Ever care forSimplicity-aspiration?
```Alas, when will this world of ours
Ever care forSincerity-devotion?
```Alas, when will this world of ours
Ever care forPerfection-indispensability?
```When our souls start glowing
Inside our hearts,They never stop.
```If you do not live inside your heart,
That means you are a real vagabondIn your inner world.
```Eternity laughs and laughs
At our earthlyMonumental achievements.
```If you want to live
Inside your heart-temple,Then sweep away the dust
Of the past. ```The heart is not afraid
Of God’s powerful Eye,But of His tearful Eye.
```My heart is not moved
By God’s Miracle-Hands,But by His Compassion-Eye.
```My Lord Supreme,
How could You go awayAnd leave me alone,
Knowing perfectly wellThat the devouring ignorance-tigers
Are all around me? ```When I self-givingly smile,
Heaven immediately opens upIts gate.
```Everything that God does for humanity,
Either in the inner worldOr the outer world,
Is free of charge. ```I have seen the beauty
Of my Master’s lotus-feet.I have enjoyed the fragrance
Of my Master’s compassion-feet.I am now the delight
Of my Master’s forgiveness-feet. ```God reveals Himself
In and through the smilesOf my face.
```God reveals Himself
In and through the tearsOf my eyes.
```On you proceed,
On you proceed!The road is infinitely longer
Than you can ever imagine. ```As soon as my doubting mind
Starts its doubting game,My aspiration-heart departs.
```Miracles cannot satisfy
Our heart-hunger.Miracles feed
Our mind-curiosity. ```Aspiration tells us
How farWe are supposed to go.
```Aspiration tells us
How littleWe are supposed to carry with us
Along the way. ```God the Compassion
Does not ask meHow much I can give Him.
```God the Compassion
Asks me onlyHow much I can take from Him.
```My goal is to traverse
The uncharted landOf my soul.
```May my life become
A God-promisingFulfilment-satisfaction.
```May my life become
A golden lightOf my God-blossoming heart.
```Do not cry,
Do not cry.Just prayerfully smile,
If God-ForgivenessIs your genuine expectation.
```My God-eagerness-heart,
You have simply no ideaHow I treasure you!
```My God-readiness-mind,
Every day you are increasingMy confidence and pride in you.
```My love, my devotion
And my surrender —These three divine gifts
I bring out from God’s HeartAnd place at God’s Feet.
```I do not want to remember,
Even for a fleeting minute,That once upon a time
I walked along the pathOf my narrowness-mind.
```What am I doing?
I am walking along the pathOf my wideness-heart
Slowly, steadily and unerringly. ```God invited me to be the master
Of my mind.Alas, I have become my mind’s slave
Instead. ```Divinity-flooded emotions
A true God-lover hasAnd is.
```My Lord
Lives in the vicinityOf my clarity-mind.
```My Lord
Lives in the purity-templeOf my heart.
```No matter how much frustration
I pour into my Lord’s Heart,He tells me:
“My child,Give Me more,
If you have still more to give.Empty yourself completely.”
```I am self-givingly accompanying
My speeding soul.Therefore, my Lord Supreme
Has abundant Pride in me. ```The sooner you extinguish
Your desire-fire,The more God will shower
His choicest Blessings upon you. ```A God-unbeliever becomes
A God-believerWhen tragedy-doom is imminent.
```A God-hater becomes
A God-loverNot because God is all-powerful,
But because God is all-forgiving. ```Do not be disappointed,
My heart.God will not be able
To remain away any longerFrom your orphan cries and tears.
```What do I drink ceaselessly?
I drink my Lord’sNectar-Delight-Forgiveness.
```Every day my Lord Supreme
Begs meTo devour voraciously
His Compassion-Smiles. ```God smiles and smiles and smiles
When I place at His FeetThe helplessness and hopelessness
Of my heart-tears. ```There is only one winner:
God’s sleeplessVictory-singer.
```Before our God-realisation,
Our heart remainsAn unexplored God-territory.
```My Lord,
If You want to forget everything else,You may do so.
But keep my life alwaysUnder Your Protection-Tree.
```How difficult it is
To believe the mindWhen it makes
Self-improvement-promises! ```I do not want my heart
Ever to knowHow maliciously and unjustly
My unlit mind criticisesMy heart.
```He who is all heart
Can only breathe inAnd breathe out
With a childlike simplicity.Others may fail,
But he who is all heartWill eventually succeed.
```If you want to maintain
Your innocence,Then do not allow
Your dividing mindTo overpower you.
```If you really want to be
A seven-year-old child,Then forcefully grab your head
And throw it into your heart-sea. ```Let us give all our mind-power
To God unreservedly.Lo and behold,
He will turn it intoHis Nectar-Delight.
```Make friends with
Your heart-gardener,And keep away from
Both the mind-jungleAnd
The mind-jungle-owner. ```We get the lessons of the heart
Only when we walk alongThe sunlit path.
```You must listen
To your heart-teacher,If you are planning to study
At the inner school. ```Age can never be
The real problem.The real and only problem
Is our self-doubt-mind. ```If we really fear God,
Then we do not have toBe afraid of
Any human being on earth. ```For our outer success
And inner progress,We must keep our body, vital,
Mind and heartUnder our perfect control.
```I always accept most gratefully
The scoldings of my Inner PilotTo make my fastest progress.
```When we give our Master
The full responsibilityFor our inner life and outer life,
He immediately claims usAs his own, very own.
```I shall never forget
All the blessingful smilesThat I have received from my Master
Over the years. ```I am ready to forget the days
When my Master admired me,But I am not going to forget
The day I offered my heart-tearsTo my Master.
```What can be more significant
In a seeker’s lifeThan to keep in mind always
His Master’s compassion-flooded eye? ```O seeker,
If your Master shows youA displeasure-face,
Immediately remember thatIt is absolutely necessary.
```If you cannot accept cheerfully
Your Master’s outer criticism,Then you may develop slowly
And steadilyInner cancer.
```Sing, sing all the time,
O seeker,Your heart-songs
Right in front of your mind.Your mind will ultimately surrender.
```My Inner Pilot tells me
To concentrate on my heartDuring my meditation
And not on the clock. ```Believe it or not,
If you sincerely aspire and meditate,Your aspiration and meditation
Are of tremendous helpTo your Inner Pilot.
```When your consciousness
Is at its highest,Do not forget that it is
A joint achievement of yoursAnd your Master’s.
```If you do not believe in God,
Who will be the real loser,If not the real fool in you?
```If your Master appreciates
Your good heart,That does not mean you can continue
With your wild mind and vital. ```Nobody can properly answer
The questionExcept your heart,
If you are, indeed,A true disciple.
```Every day I am treasuring
More and moreMy sweet God-surrender-life.
```Jealousy
Is nothing short ofA ferocious tiger
That can devour everythingIn a twinkling.
```We must know that
If we do not avoidOur undivine and uncomely thoughts,
Then we are heading towardsOur doom.
```Alas, fear has already convinced
Our mindThat it is a time bomb.
At one point,Fear can destroy us.
```Do not allow fear and doubt
To torture you.Your own love of God
Will frighten them. ```True, the world is false.
It is equally true thatThere are many individuals
Who are most sincerely tryingTo perfect their natures
For God-SatisfactionIn the world.
```When two oneness-hearts talk
To each other,We see the most beautiful dance
Of affection and sweetness. ```The ancient heart
Was floodedWith affection.
```The modern heart
Has always a shortageOf affection.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Does visit me every day,But my God-frustration-mind
Quite oftenBlinds my God-aspiration-heart.
```God-manifestation
Is an experienceThat cannot be separated
From the smiles and the tearsOf the heart.
```God-realisation definitely demands
Not one, but many incarnationsOf the heart’s
Mounting flames. ```God-realisation demands
Sleepless and breathless preparationIn the inner life of aspiration
AndIn the outer life of dedication.
```We are so fortunate
That God never loses hope.His Hope is our only salvation.
```The entire universe is sustained
By only one thing:God’s Hope.
```We need God’s Heart
For ourHeavenly realisation.
```God needs our hearts
For HisEarthly manifestation.
```The outer manifestation
NeedsGod the Power.
```The inner manifestation
NeedsGod the Beloved.
```Without humanity’s cooperation,
No spiritual Master will ever be ableTo expedite
The evolution of the world. ```God-realisation
AndGod-manifestation
Are a two-way street. ```If we do not conquer
Our inner enemies —Fear, doubt, pride, anxiety
And worry —Our fastest progress in the spiritual life
Will remain a fruitless dream. ```The human in me
Is responsibleFor God the Sorrow.
```The divine in me
Is responsibleFor God the Happiness.
```I am giving my Lord
What I have:My soulfulness-eyes.
```My Lord is giving me
What He is:His Fulness-Heart.
```May my heart-home
Always remain ignorant ofMy world-ignorance-night.
```My Lord comes to me
And tells meThat unless I give Him
My expectation-mind,He will not give me
His Illumination-Heart. ```My Lord Supreme,
Will You not help meTo become all Yours?
“My child,What else have I been doing
All the time?” ```Truth can have many faces,
But love has and isOnly one face.
```The hunger of the desiring mind
Leads usWithout.
```The hunger of the aspiring heart
Leads usWithin.
```The hunger of the illumining soul
Leads usUpward —
High, higher, highest. ```It is always advisable
To meditateOn Whom you love,
Your Beloved Supreme. ```It is always right
To concentrateOn God the Compassion.
```It is always right
To prayTo God the Forgiveness.
```It is always good
To contemplateOn God the Satisfaction.
```My Lord,
May I know who You are?“My child,
I am the breath of your soul,I am the heart of your life.”
```Ignorance has no place
AgainstMy God-oneness-heart.
```God-penalties
Must be cheerfullyAnd proudly accepted.
```Our repentance-tears
Do not purifyOur mind.
```It is God’s Compassion-Eye
That purifiesOur mind.
```Although I crawl,
Although I fall,I still feel that one day
I shall meetThe Lord Beloved Supreme.
```Even though we take regular
Aspiration-exercise,If we do not take regular
Dedication-exercise,Then how can we expect God to come
And teach usHis Eternity’s Song and Infinity’s Dance?
```God’s Universal Heart-Garden
Has a special placeFor my heart’s tiny
Gratitude-seeds. ```Each selfless deed
Of my heartIs a unique revelation
Of my Lord Supreme. ```When I am in my mind,
I move aroundIn nothingness-desert.
```When I am in my heart,
I enjoy the beautyAnd fragrance
Of my inner fulness-garden. ```God feels miserable
When I tell HimThat I love
Even the undesirableAnd unlovable human beings.
For Him, everybody is desirableAnd lovable.
```My Lord
Compassionately claspsMy tearful eyes.
```I lovingly and prayerfully clasp
My Lord’sForgiveness-Feet.
```We all need
A childlike flower-heartTo melt the Heart
Of our Lord Supreme. ```Alas, I do not know
How I will ever be ableTo extend
My narrow mind-horizon. ```The doubting mind
Is too smart to listenTo any divine discourse.
```May a new God-dream
Take birth every dayInside my aspiration-heart.
```Be wise!
Do not allow at any timeYour outer life-turbulence
To disturb your inner life-poise. ```I give God an iota of gratitude.
God gives me in returnA sky-vast Smile.
```Dissatisfaction
Is bound to befriendThe man who always lives
In the mind. ```God’s Greatness-Laughter
HumiliatesMy pride.
```God’s Goodness-Smile
EliminatesMy insecurity.
```My Lord Supreme,
I do not knowHow You can turn a deaf ear
All the timeTo my heart’s prayerful entreaties.
```The mind-inspiration-certainty
May at timesDwindle.
```The heart-aspiration-certainty
May at timesDwindle.
```The soul-realisation of the Supreme
Can never, neverDwindle.
```I am astonished to measure
The smallnessOf the unaspiring mind.
```No human life
Can indefinitely denyThe divinity of Truth.
```Each time I serve
My Lord Supreme selflessly,He blesses me with a new
Heart-Illumination-Smile. ```My mind,
You know onlyHow to talk and boast
And nothing more. ```I literally became ecstatic
The moment I saw my Beloved LordHolding His Flute
In His Hands. ```O fear, O overconfidence,
My aspiration-heartHas no room for you two.
```How can we separate joy
From sorrowWhen we see that joy
And sorrowLove to live together?
```A deceitful gain
Is the very beginningOf ultimate pain.
```I shall not allow
Either sweet memoriesOr sad memories
To disturbMy peace of mind.
```My heart’s soulfulness
Never forgets the blissOf God’s Compassion-Eye.
```Two things I love
Of my Lord Supreme:His Authority and Supremacy
In my life. ```My Beloved Lord Supreme
Keeps me from falling,Even though I do not pray
And I do not meditateRegularly.
```A new Command
From my Lord Supreme:“My child, do not waste
A fleeting moment.” ```A new Request
From my Lord Supreme:“My child, it is high time
For you to wake up.” ```God’s Compassion
Has time infiniteTo transform
My stone-heart-nature. ```I do not know
How I can expect anythingFrom God
When I do not haveA God-longing heart.
```My Lord, today I have
A very special prayer.I need a purity-heart
And sincerity-mindMore than ever.
```God’s hallowed Touch
Has not onlyMade my heart pure,
But also made my life perfect. ```My Lord tells me
That the more I am attachedTo Him,
The sooner I shall be ableTo detach myself
From my earthly bondage-life. ```If it is something spiritual,
Then do not try to acquire it speedily.Acquire it slowly, steadily
And unerringly. ```Oh, give me a new heart
Totally emptyOf expectation-frustration.
```Oh, give me a new mind
Totally emptyOf curiosity-futility.
```I pass my days
Hoping that GodWill one day fulfil
At least one of my desires. ```God passes His days
Hoping thatAt least one day
I will have no desires. ```Our love and devotion
Unmistakably take usTo God.
```To our surrender
God HimselfComes.
```God tells me that
I am perfectOnly when I live inside
My heart-home. ```My heart shall be supremely satisfied
Only when my Lord’s CompassionAnd Affection
Penetrate my entire being. ```My Lord, do strengthen
The determination of my mindSo that I can sincerely search
For You. ```My Lord, do awaken my life
So that I can speedily runTowards You.
```My Lord, do feed my heart
So that I can manifest Your LightOn earth.
```My Lord,
Will there come a day in my lifeWhen I shall be
A true happiness-satisfactionTo You?
```I love knocking
At my Lord’sCompassion-Heart-Door.
```God loves knocking
At myFrustration-mind-door.
```Unconditional surrender
Is nothing short of a goalThat can unmistakably
Be reached. ```Since my Lord Beloved Supreme
Loves my heart blindly,How is it that my life
Cannot follow Him proudly? ```My mind-cloud is dispelled,
Not by my Lord’sCompassion-Eye,
But by my Beloved Supreme’sForgiveness-Heart.
```My Lord,
I am really tiredOf coming and going.
May I not stay at Your FeetForever and forever?
```In everything we do
We must be daring,Specially in our
Love-devotion-surrender-life. ```My Lord,
Why do I forgetThat when I love You,
I get infinitely more from YouThan when I worship You?
```My life’s excruciating pangs begin
When my heart is not in tuneWith God’s Heart.
```My Lord, let me swim and swim
In YourCompassion-Affection-Love-Sea.
```My Lord, in Your absence,
Everything I need.In Your Presence,
I do not need a single thing,Either from this world or even from You.
```When my Lord makes fun of me,
It is nothing short ofSweet torture.
```My Lord,
Only with You in mindCan I go anywhere I want to.
```He who says he has no time
To meditateIs, indeed, a self-deceiver.
```Only a seeker knows
How painful it isTo disconnect his heart
From God’s Heart. ```Only when I love God,
I find that I have many good thingsWhich I never knew.
```My Lord,
My task is to love You only.Your task is to fulfil Yourself
In Your own WayIn and through me.
```My Lord,
If You really want to satisfy me,Then do allow me to place Your Feet
Inside my heart. ```If yours is a devotion-occupation,
Then God cannot remainAway from you.
```You may be physically close
To your Master,But in your inner life,
You may be millions of miles away. ```He may be far, very far, physically
From his Master,But in his inner life,
He may be closer than the closestTo his Master.
```Nothing can escape God’s Eye.
This conviction-belief I haveOnly when I live inside my heart
And not inside my mind. ```Alas,
Falsehood has the rare capacityTo germinate in every soil.
```Beauty
Is the morning starOf my aspiration-heart.
```Peace
Is the evening starOf my surrender-life.
```What is insecurity?
It is something that dampens the joyOf my heart-garden.
```What is an ignorance-mind?
An ignorance-mind is somethingThat never accepts defeat
In a noble way. ```God never allows
Any hero-seekerTo enjoy life’s battlefield-retreat.
```My selflessness-hours
Meet with God’s Delight-daysAnd nights.
```God’s very Presence
Inside my heartIs my enlightenment-thrill.
```There is no heart-road
That is not pavedWith God’s Love-Smile.
```My Lord tells me
That I can sleep,But I must never allow
My hope to sleep. ```My mind
Constantly looksFor faults in others.
```My heart
Immediately looksFor remedies.
```Peace, light and bliss —
They are infinite becauseTheir owner, God, is infinite.
```You fool!
God’s Wisdom-LightWill not give you any chance
To assert your willOver His Will.
```Even when we do not listen to God,
His Compassion-Heart quite oftenComes to save us.
```When we listen to God,
He gladly becomes fully responsibleFor what we do and do not do.
```There is no such thing
As overeatingGod’s Nectar-Delight.
```How did he realise God?
He realised God by devouringGod’s Peace, Light and Bliss
In measureless measure. ```O seeker, use the heart,
If you truly long forInner progress.
```O seeker, if you use the mind
All the time,You will be the loser
Both in the inner world of aspirationAnd in the outer world of dedication.
```It is quite natural
That the Master will giveUtmost opportunity to close disciples
To swim in the infiniteOcean-light and delight
Of his heart. ```My Lord, I can clearly see
That You have withdrawn from me.Will You not grant me
Another chance to please YouIn Your own Way?
```God never asks you
And will never ask youTo prove to the world
Your affection and love for HimBy resorting to austerity.
```What you need is illumination,
And this illumination can be foundIn God’s sweetest Affection
And Concern for you. ```If you have implicit faith in God,
Then only He will invite youTo come to His Heart-Temple.
```God will bless you
With His own Heart-ShrineIf you support your soul
In every way unconditionally. ```God’s Heart-Palace will always have
Plenty of room to accommodateAll God-seekers of the world.
```A oneness-heart
Is of paramount importanceFor the ultimate God-realisation.
```God will never be pleased
If you bury yourselfIn the Himalayan caves
For God-realisationAnd
God-manifestation.Those ancient God-practice-days
Are absolutely unnecessaryFor today’s man.
```What the modern seeker needs
Is world-acceptanceIn and through self-expansion.
```If it is true that your Master
Realised God for himself,Then it is equally true
That he is manifesting GodFor you, only for you.
```For God-realisation,
Your Master meditatedOn his heart
Sleeplessly and breathlessly. ```For God-manifestation,
Your Master has includedEach and every human being
To love and serve God. ```When I pray to God,
I pray for the bettermentOf the world.
```When I meditate on God,
I meditate for the fulfilmentOf God.
```Be not afraid
Of the wild world-criticism.Your God-realisation will never depend
On the world-opinion. ```How stupid I am!
I think the Supreme does not needMore than one flower-plant
In His Heart-Garden.Needless to say,
That particular plantHas to be me!
```Each seeker
Is a most beautiful flowerGod offers to Mother Earth
From His Heart-Garden. ```Each soulful prayer helps me
To come nearer to God’sHeart-Home.
```Each fruitful meditation makes me
A most significant memberOf God’s immediate Family.
```God’s Compassion-School
May be forOur life-entertainment.
```God’s Justice-School
Is definitely forOur heart-enlightenment.
```My Lord Supreme has made me
Immeasurably happyBy giving me the capacity
To become at onceA God-singer in my outer life
AndA God-lover in my inner life.
```Our spirituality demands
Constant vigilanceAnd alertness.
The ego-tiger can at any momentDevour us.
```With an unaspiring mind,
When I go to visit my Master,It is nothing but a pleasure-trip.
```With an aspiring heart,
When I go to visit my Master,It is, indeed, a divine pilgrimage.
```Nobody can be a supremely chosen
Child of GodUnless he has a magnanimous heart
And a self-giving life. ```The mind-feeders
Have the capacityTo separate countries.
```The heart-feeders
Have the capacityTo unite not one,
But all countries. ```No soulful song can ever be produced
By the doubting, dividingAnd suspecting mind.
```Where do I live
When I do not meditate?I invariably live inside
My heart-desert. ```Where do I live
When I do not pray?I unmistakably live inside
My mind-prison. ```May my morning meditation
Be blessedWith God’s torrential Joy.
```May my evening meditation
Be blessedWith God’s deepening Peace.
```O seeker,
Sing God-songs self-givingly.Immortality will beckon you.
```When we prayerfully and soulfully sing,
We clearly see that God’s BeautyIs growing very fast
Inside our heart-garden. ```When a seeker sings self-givingly,
He enters into the realm ofThe Musical Beyond.
```The inner art is a soulful song.
This song we offer to God,Both for God-realisation
And God-manifestation. ```Every day
If you sing a devotion-song,Your God-devotion is bound
To increase. ```We may not be proud of ourselves,
But God definitely is,For He sees us
With the Eye of His infinite Compassion. ```The Master’s physical presence
You may not feel,But the Master’s spiritual presence
You are bound to feelIf you can maintain your heart-cry —
Always sincere. ```If you do not have confidence
In your Master,If you do not have faith
In your Master,If you do not have an appreciation-mind
And an admiration-heartFor your Master,
I do not know how you will succeed. ```God is very proud of His seeker-children
Who are blooming and blossomingIn accordance with His sweet Will.
```O seeker,
The readiness of your mind,The eagerness of your heart
AndThe willingness of your vital
Will definitely make youA real spiritual leader
In the course of time. ```Let us pray,
Before it is too late,For the transformation
Of our nature. ```If you do not inspire others,
If you do not encourage others —Which is your bounden duty —
How can you expectYour aspiration-dedication
To give you satisfaction-delight? ```Whenever we fail to please God,
We must make a fresh attemptAgain and again,
Him to please in His own Way. ```Challenge we must
The outer world and the inner worldFor our self-transcendence.
```God hopes that soon, very soon,
He will compel usTo finish the race.
```My Lord and I
Are broadcasting each other.I am saying that because of my Lord,
One day I shall become perfect. ```My Lord says that
Because of me,He can have another name:
Satisfaction. ```If it is difficult for you
To meditate for long hours,Then at least try to smile
For a few minutes.The poison of your mind
Will immediately disappear. ```Self-giving
Is the beginningOf God-awakening.
```Spirituality —
Conscious God-oneness —Can solve all the problems
Of humanity. ```Charity can feed
The bodyBut not the soul.
```Spirituality can feed at once
Both the bodyAnd the soul.
```Wherever there is insecurity,
There will always be an absenceOf God-satisfaction.
```Self-control
Is one of the divine virtues,But not the only virtue needed
To realise God. ```Constant, sleepless
And breathless God-surrenderCan definitely make us
Realise God. ```My pride tells me
That God is incompleteWithout me.
```My humility tells me
That God does not need meTo complete His Divinity;
His Divinity is only helping meTo complete my life
By becoming one with GodAt every moment.
```Be absolutely sure
Whether you have comeInto the world
To fulfil your Master’s needsOr to feed your ego
In a secret way. ```The inner courage
Is absolutely necessaryTo be on any spiritual path.
```Wisdom
Is oneness-establishmentIn action and in speech.
```For the needy,
God will present HimselfHere, there and all-where.
```The best progress
Man can ever makeIs through the feeling
Of a oneness-world. ```The human love
Can at timesBe dangerous.
```The divine love
Is always gracious, preciousAnd God-glorious.
```May my heart’s gratitude,
May my life’s perfectionAnd
May my Lord’s SatisfactionAlways remain together.
```Where is perfection?
Perfection is in my heart’sGod-growing and God-glowing
Devotion. ```My life’s perfection
Is founded uponMy conscious surrender
To God’s Will. ```The beauty of my perfection-aspiration
Solely derives fromGod’s Satisfaction in me.
```My self-transcending perfection
IsGod’s all-smiling Satisfaction.
```God draws us to His Feet
Only by exercising the powerOf His perfect Satisfaction in us.
```My inner faith
Does not depend uponMy outer experiences.
```My inner faith depends upon
My cheerful self-givingTo God’s Will.
```The stronger
The inner revolution,The purer
The outer revelation. ```My Beloved Supreme,
I really do not want YouTo tell me a lie.
My gratitude-heartWill never be equal
To Your Compassion-Eye. ```God is responsible
For my life —This can be true only when
I am my all-surrender-lifeTo my Lord Supreme.
```No spiritual problem
Can ever be solvedBy the intelligence
Of the human mind. ```My Lord, You have protected me
Against many things.I would like You to protect me
From one thing more:My negativity-mind.
```My world-acceptance
Is the beginning ofMy life-perfection.
```When I make a mistake,
God gives me another chanceTo be perfect.
```When I criticise my fellow citizens,
Even God’s Compassion-EyeWithdraws from me.
```The more we can love
God the creation,The nearer we shall feel
The PresenceOf God the Satisfaction.
```I have not come into the world
To know my lifeBeyond birth and death.
```I have come into the world
To offer the beauty of birthAnd the peace of death.
```Our love of God-Silence
Entirely depends on our receptivityTo God-Smile.
```Everything you can get
In the world of silence,But for that you need one thing:
ReceptivityIn measureless measure.
```My Lord,
May we both have alwaysAttentive ears
To our pitiful cries. ```My Lord,
You have chosen meWith Your unfailing Love.
Therefore, how can I ever fail You? ```We shall have to long for God
At every moment,Not only in the darkness of night.
```When I look through
My Lord’s Eyes,Everything is growing,
Everyone is progressing. ```My Lord,
How can I ever love You enough?“My child,
You can love Me enoughBy repeating every morning:
‘Today I shall love my LordInfinitely more
Than I loved Him yesterday’.” ```When I most sincerely pray
And meditate,My Lord blesses me
With a security-lifeAnd a confidence-heart.
```I make deplorable mistakes
Only when I am not afraid of losingMy Lord Supreme.
```If anything is divine,
Then that very thingHas to unite us
With our Lord Supreme. ```Is there anybody in this world
Who is not stunnedBy life’s unexpected blows?
```We must realise that in life
Nothing starts in vainAnd nothing ends in vain.
```We are happy
When we consider ourselvesAs pilgrims on earth.
We are miserableWhen we consider ourselves
As strangers and foreigners on earth. ```The more I liberate myself
From this world,The more I get the opportunity
To bind myselfTo my Lord Supreme.
```When I pray,
I sow the seeds of love and devotionIn my heart-garden.
When I meditate and contemplate,I reap the harvest.
```The God-searching mind
Does have the capacityTo soar towards God.
```In this world,
Everything is deceptive —Even the happiness that we run after.
```I shall be happy, my Lord,
Only when my entire beingDevelops the capacity
To fly towards You. ```When I tell my Lord
That I have been waiting for HimFor a long time,
My Lord makes fun of me.He tells me,
“My child,Since you have been waiting
For a long time,You can wait a little longer.
Let My Hour strike.” ```In the inner world,
Unlike the outer world,We do not lose anyone
If we sincerely love. ```Surrender, O my mind, surrender.
The Delight of Heaven shall claim youAs its very own.
```If we do not have
A burning aspirationFor our Lord Supreme,
Then naturally our progressWill be slower than the slowest.
```O my unwillingness-mind,
You will suffer the greatest lossIn the long run.
```A constantly thinking mind
Will always haveA fruitless journey.
```May my determination-mind
Keep me always away fromStark ignorance-danger.
```Everything dies, everybody dies.
How is it that my mind’s desiresDo not die?
```There is only one pilgrimage,
And that pilgrimageIs our return-pilgrimage to God.
```When it is a matter of stop signs
On my way to God’s Palace,I shall never obey.
```The more I know,
The less I am eagerTo be proud of myself.
```My worries and anxieties cease
Only when my heart livesIn the heart of peace.
```Each thought is a bird that flies
Either in the confusion-mind-skyOr in the illumination-heart-sky.
```When I pray and meditate,
God smiles and dances,But He prefers to remain unseen.
```My Lord,
If You truly love me —Which You always say —
Then smash all my prideAll at once.
```My Lord,
If You have true concern for me —Which You always profess —
Then do sow humility-seedsIn my heart-garden immediately.
```Time does not want to wait for us,
Therefore, our Lord Beloved SupremeIs sleeplessly beckoning us.
```May every day
A new hope-flower blossomIn my heart-garden.
```My Lord,
Do give me the capacity to haveA perennial gratitude-flower
In my heart-garden. ```Happiness
Is extremely proud of living insideDivine thoughts.
```When I serve my Lord Supreme,
My soul gives me the salary,Which comes directly from God
In the form of Light and Delight. ```If you cannot stop desiring,
Then once and for allDesire God
And see what happens. ```My Lord, I beg of You
To spread Your divine NetTo catch my uncomely thoughts.
```Do you know
Who pulls me down?The ignorance-lover in me.
```Quite often we consciously invite
Hostile forces,Although we tell the world
They attacked us unexpectedly. ```I want to go to God,
But who holds me back?My God-fearing mind.
```O my doubting mind,
Everyone wants to enjoyA long vacation.
How is it that you do not careTo do the same?
```There is only one death
In the spiritual life,And that death is
Aspiration-famine. ```My Lord Supreme,
Please do not allow me to forgetThat it is I
Who am afraid of entering intoYour ever-protecting Compassion-Cage.
```Without the heart’s
Soulful tears,There can be no real meditation.
```A true seeker
Is he who smilesWhen his heart pines
For God. ```When I cry,
My Lord shows meThe Way.
```When I smile,
My Lord becomesBoth the Way and the Goal.
```God reminds me every day
To remain farther than the farthestFrom my mind’s doubt-zone.
```If we love God,
Then God will supply usWith extra time to do all the things
That we are supposed to do. ```May each citizen of the world
Enjoy the touch of God’s FeetThe way each and every soul enjoys.
```The beauty of love
And the fragrance of lovelinessAre twin sisters.
```I call it pain,
But my Lord calls itBy a different name:
An angel, His own angel. ```My Lord does not want me to understand
The heart of oneness,But to become and to remain
The heart of oneness. ```My Lord repeatedly asks me
To love the silence of my heartAnd not the freedom of my mind.
```My Lord,
This time when I come to You,Will You give me a totally new gift?
“Yes, My child,
This time I shall give youMy Heart’s golden Sky
For you to enjoy your soul’s flight.” ```My Lord,
Do You mind when I think ofBuying You?
“No, My child, on the contrary,
I have been telling youThat you can buy Me easily —
Just for a smile.” ```When I dive deep within
By virtue of my meditation,I enjoy the fragrance
Of my gratitude-heart-blossoms. ```When my Lord visits
My heart-home,He carries with Him
Thousands of His Heart’s Smiles. ```Never stop, never!
Carry on with your aspiration-heartAnd dedication-life.
Destined is your Goal. ```There is only one way
To lift the world,And that way is love, abundant love,
Ever-increasing loveAnd Infinity-Immortality’s Love.
```My Lord,
Do tell me what I should doTo please the world.
“My child,
Every day greet the worldWith a blossoming smile
From your heart.” ```My Lord,
When I come to You,Will You allow me to meet You
At Your FeetAnd not in Your Eye?
```When I enter into my Lord’s Heart,
He asks me to sing my heart-songs —As many as possible.
```When my Lord enters into my heart,
He commands meTo remain absolutely silent,
For He wants to create a new creationInside my heart.
```My Lord, if I give You
My heart’s pure devotion,What will You give me
In return?“My child, I shall immediately give you
The beauty and the fragranceOf My Heart-Garden.”
```Each soulful smile of my heart
Plays the roleOf a chosen instrument
Of God. ```May my daily life
Be the purityOf my heart-shrine.
```Like my soul,
May my heart be self-givingIn God-satisfaction-service.
```Alas, when shall I realise
That each unaspiring thoughtOf my mind
Is the slow descent of my life? ```God wants me to imagine
At every momentThat my self-discovery
Is within my reach. ```My gratitude-heart
Is the Satisfaction-PrideOf my Lord Supreme.
```How do I know what is truth
And what is falsehood?My heart-teacher secretly tells me.
```The mind is totally ignorant
Of the heart’s secretAnd sacred eye.
```A God-searching mind
Gladly followsA God-loving heart.
```If you are
A supremely choice instrumentOf God,
Then you will never run short ofReadiness, willingness
And eagerness. ```What is self-giving?
Self-giving is, indeed,Ecstasy-sea.
```If we can go beyond the mind’s
Preconceived ideas,Then we can climb up
Loftier than the loftiest heights. ```Develop dynamism
Within and without.Your age-old depression
Will nowhere be found. ```May my heart’s newness-joy
And my heart’s fulness-satisfactionRemain inseparable friends.
```O my mind,
God never wants youTo attend ignorance-discourses.
```If we can somehow carry
Our daily activitiesFar beyond the domain
Of the mind,Then we shall become
Our outer success-lifeAnd
Our inner progress-heart. ```No matter how short or how long
We want to walk alongGod’s Road,
We needs must haveWillingness-feet.
```If you do not practise
Your heart-songs,Your life will become
A true spiritual failure. ```I do not know why I am so stupid
That I memoriseIgnorance-teacher-lectures.
```The life of discipline only
Can experienceFreedom-light.
```Every day I am trying to go beyond
My self-taughtAnd self-indulgent limitations.
```Every morning
I pave my heart-pathWith love-devotion-surrender-petals.
```Enthusiasm has to activate
Every part of our lifeTo manifest
God’s Light on earthSwiftly and unmistakably.
```My Lord
Is my Lord’sHeart-Fragrance-Sweetness.
```I am
My heart’sSoul-beauty-tears.
```In vain, my heart every day
Begs my mind to joinThe God-Light-manifestation-team.
```The mind’s determination
And the heart’s cheerfulnessAre always feeding and nourishing
Each other. ```When I offer my Lord
My sleepless heart-tears,He blesses my heart
With His Rainbow-SmileAnd His Rainbow-Delight.
```When I live a surrender-life,
My earth-existence becomesMost inspiring
And most encouraging. ```When every second of our life
Tends towards meditation,God-Satisfaction beckons us.
```If you are hankering after
Name and fame,How can your soul ever radiate
God’s all-illumining Light? ```The doubting mind speaks
To the doubting mind.The aspiring heart speaks
To the aspiring heart.The self-giving life speaks
To the self-giving life.God the Speaker speaks
To God the Listener. ```He who has fear of failure,
Failure will inevitably devour —His heart, mind, vital
And body. ```Look far beyond your puny self!
God the infinite Light and DelightIs eagerly waiting for you.
```Depression is immediate subtraction
Of our inner lightFrom the Transcendental Source.
```Life’s surrender
And the heart’s happinessAre always interchangeable.
```I call it my silence-heart.
God calls it His heart-to-heartDialogue with me.
```Every day
I give my tearful heart-awakeningTo my Lord Supreme.
```Not our mind,
But when our heart nears God,It immediately unmasks itself.
```The meaning of Tomorrow
Is Eternity.Therefore, here and now
I must accomplishEverything.
```Quality-choice
And quantity-voiceMust go together in my life.
```The higher you go,
The clearer it becomesThat everything is predestined.
```If you want to succeed
In your outer life,Then keep moving.
```If you want to proceed
In your inner life,Then remain absolutely still —
Motionless. ```God-fulfilling opportunities
God Himself createsFor the sincere seekers.
```My heart has only one question
For me:“Have you seen the Feet
Of our Lord Beloved Supreme?” ```I have only one question
For my mind:“O my mind,
When are you going to runTowards God,
When?” ```My Lord, I do not need
Constant opportunity.What I need is
Constant willingnessFrom within.
```Silence strengthens
And enlightensMy aspiring heart.
```Silence awakens
And tamesMy unaspiring mind.
```Silence cautions
And intimidatesMy strangling vital.
```Silence commands
And strikesMy sleeping body.
```A suspicion-mind
Is apt to do mischiefAll the time.
```Every day
My Lord works so hardIn training my mind
To smile at Him. ```If you do not expect,
You are, indeed,A wise seeker.
```If you give more,
Infinitely more,With no expectation,
Then God-satisfactionIs blossoming
Inside your heart. ```The outer life
Runs afterSound-power.
```The inner life
Runs afterSilence-bliss.
```If you are a true seeker,
Then you are bound to feelThat God
Can never be indifferentTo you.
```If I am a genuine God-lover,
Then I must be satisfiedIn His incognito living.
```God does not have to convince us
Of anything He does or does not do.It is we who have to convince ourselves
That He is all-loving and all-giving. ```The silence of the mind
Is, indeed,Freedom from life-imprisonment.
```No matter how difficult it is,
I shall definitely go and visitThe dwelling of my soul.
```The outer eyesight
Can never readThe inner message.
```Each time a God-surrendering thought
Comes into my mind,My Lord Supreme weeps
Tears of Delight. ```God the man
IsOur strict teacher.
```Man the God
IsOur secret Tutor.
```God the man
Tells us not to embarkOn the Journey
If we are not well prepared. ```Man the God
Advises us to embarkOn the Journey.
Preparation will come on its ownAlong the way.
```God the man
Tells usHow far the Golden Shore is.
```Man the God
Not only supplies usWith the Boat,
But also becomes the Boatman. ```God the man
DemandsConstant fitness —
Inner and outer. ```Man the God
Whispers:Readiness, willingness
And eagerness. ```God the man
Tells usThat only the brave
Can arrive atThe Ultimate Goal.
```Man the God
Tells usThat whoever is chosen
Is destined to arrive atThe Ultimate Goal.
```God the man
DeterminesAll our actions.
```Man the God
RefinesAll our actions.
```God the man
Gives usWorld-detachment-incantation.
```Man the God
Gives usWorld-enlightenment-incantation.
```I am always afraid
Of nearingGod the man.
```I am always fond
Of swimmingWith man the God.
```My ego is at once
My mind-raptureAnd my heart-torture.
```My Lord Supreme,
Every morning do allow meTo place at Your Feet
A garland made out ofMy gratitude-heartbeats.
```When I am in my mind,
My God-exasperationBombards.
```When I am in my heart,
My God-satisfactionReigns.
```Can you imagine that
God the Compassion-OceanTells the whole world
That I deserve all the creditFor my God-realisation!
```My mind, I warn you!
Do not make facesWhen my Beloved Supreme
Embraces my heart. ```My mind never agrees
With my heartWhen my heart says
That to love GodIs to grow into God.
```Any thought transcendental
Automatically becomesIndomitable.
```If there is no
Life-awakening,There can be no
Heart-gratitude. ```Charity is laudable,
But to say charity can solveHumanity’s poverty-problem
Is absurdity. ```My world-service-determination
AndMy mind-transformation-satisfaction
Go together. ```There can be nothing
As cruelAs indifference.
```A compassion-flooded Master’s anger
Is not realAnd can never be real.
```If we want to please
Our Lord Supreme,Then we must try to cure
This eternally sick world. ```The more sincere you are
In loving God,The clearer you are becoming
The real God-man. ```At times
The mind-revolutionIs absolutely needed.
```The revelation of the heart
AndThe manifestation of life
Are always needed. ```No matter how sincere and pure
My gratitude is,It can never be worthy
Of my Lord’sCompassion-Eye.
```My Lord Beloved Supreme,
If You really love me,Then You will not wait
For a fleeting momentTo steal
My ever-torturing little ‘i’. ```God always loves us,
But He loves us infinitely moreWhen we speak to Him
In the interest of our fellow beings. ```It is the insecurity-mind
And not the purity-heartThat is terribly afraid of
Eternity, Infinity and Immortality. ```When the mind-understanding ends,
The heart-faith triumphantly startsIts journey.
```Oneness must always
Be encouragedFor its unfailing continuation.
```The heart’s oneness
AndThe life’s fulness
Secretly tryTo illumine the mind.
But alas, they sadly fail! ```O separation-mind,
Be wise!Immediately start longing for the One,
Searching for the OneAnd
Crying for the One Absolute. ```If the mind really loves God,
Then the life can never beAfraid of God.
```The heart can easily love God,
But the mind can beDeplorably afraid of God.
```A life of service
Is the most beautiful sparkOf the mind’s
Transformation-fire. ```The mind that knows
No onenessCan never be accepted
By peace. ```Judgement does not have
The capacityTo give us true happiness,
But illumination does haveThe capacity.
```God has repeatedly asked me
To transform my desire-lifeInto my aspiration-heart.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Has two most beautifulAnd powerful wings.
Every day they fly towards me. ```Silence has energy.
Silence has strength.Silence is a God-fulfilment-promise.
```If God can be always satisfied with me,
What is wrong with meThat I am satisfied with Him
Only on rare occasions? ```O vastness-sky,
Why, why are you hidingMy Lord Beloved Supreme?
```O God-Message-carrier-air,
I cannot believeThat you do not have
A special Message for meFrom my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```The mind longs for
An opportunity-companion.The heart longs for
A duty-fulfilment-companion. ```I look for
A God-satisfaction-enjoyerIn God’s own Way.
```God has given some choice souls
A special capacityTo enjoy the beauty and fragrance
Of ParadiseEven while they are on their way
To Paradise. ```Of all the troublemakers,
A suspicion-mindHas no equal.
```Infinite patience we need
Either to illumine or to eraseThe imperfections
Of our life. ```O my mind,
Do you know thatNon-attachment-songs
Are all-fulfilling realities? ```Without God-identification,
No virtueIs worth having.
```Out of His unconditional
And infinite Bounty,God has given me
His Victory-Satisfaction-KiteTo fly.
```My Lord,
You have given meA purity-heart.
Can You not bless meWith a sincerity-mind as well?
```Whenever I look at
My aspiration-heart,I see the blossoming
Of a new God-dream. ```If we face bravely
All our problems,Then God appears before us
With HisSweetness-Heart-Embrace.
```Always vote for
The divine in youIf satisfaction
Is what you actually need. ```Alas,
I do not know the differenceBetween my prayers and sighs.
```Our soul’s divinity-train stops
At three specific stations:Love, devotion, surrender.
```We break God’s Heart
When we offer HimThe helpless tears
Of our sorrow-flooded hearts. ```Humility
Is a most powerful magnetTo draw God’s
Immediate Grace. ```Our implicit faith in God
Will always remain inundatedWith God’s blessingful
Joy and Pride. ```Every morning
My heart-lotus blooms,And every evening
My heart-lotus blossoms.Alas, my unlit mind
Fails to recognise the bloomAnd the blossom.
```There is no human way
That will not complicatedly bindOur heart-breath.
```If you even hear
Your Master’s footfall,You are bound to be transported
Into ecstasy-kingdom. ```My prayers want to enter
Into the beautyOf the limitless skies.
```My meditations want to sing and dance
With the wavesOf a shoreless ocean.
```May my aspiration-heart
At every momentTry to amplify my Lord’s
Nectar-Message. ```True, there are many ways
To please God.My way is to consciously aspire
To become a tiny speckOf the dust of His Feet.
```My soul gives to my heart
What it has:Illumination.
```My heart gives to my soul
What it has:Affection.
```Patience always adds
To our inner and outerDivine capacities.
```How I wish my life and I
Could utilise wiselyEvery God-given opportunity.
```It is our stupidity-mind
That makes fun ofOur purity-heart.
```My Lord,
When You scold me ruthlessly,My heart feels
That You are praisingMy inner potential highly.
```The futile frustration
Of the mindAnd the baseless fears
Of the vitalAre intimate friends.
```Alas, why should I be sad
When people criticise me,When I know that my Beloved Lord
Has no lack of critics? ```I must accomplish
In this lifetimeMy God-satisfaction-mission.
```May my heart
Always remain famishedFor spiritual, God-intoxicating
Nourishment. ```May my searching mind
Be a devotedGod-newness-lover.
```He who outwardly makes friends
With inertiaUnconsciously makes friends
With self-destruction. ```The human ego
Is either marked for illuminationOr for demolition.
```My sole task
Is to be in the company ofMy soul-illumination
And to keep away fromMy mind-confusion.
```Every day
My Lord Supreme is an ever-newCompassion-Bestower.
```Alas, the moment my mind
Is not alert,My entire being is assailed
By undivine forces. ```O my doubting mind,
I warn you,You will be demoted
To nothingness-cipherBefore long.
```My Lord asks my heart
To sing once moreAnd my heart asks God
To forgive once more. ```God is so kind to me.
He has a very special AffectionAnd Concern
For my heart-land. ```Our inner journey
Is the beginningOf our God-discovery.
```My Lord, You knew
That I was wanderingIn my mind-forest.
Where was Your ConcernFor me, where?
“My child,
My immediate Advice to youIs to have a new heart,
A heart of oneness-love,To replace your stone-heart.”
```God the Compassion
Self-givingly acts. ```God the Concern
Eagerly observes. ```My Lord Beloved Supreme,
Why are YouSo pitifully sighing?
“My child,
Why are you deliberately forgettingThe supreme art
Of aspiration-blooming?” ```Who is my ego-transformer?
My ego-transformerIs the unconditional God-lover in me.
```Spirituality
Empty of humilityIs no spirituality.
```The mind’s disobedience
Is bound to be followedBy the heart’s regret.
```The outer sincerity
Is a difficult task indeed.The inner sincerity
Is infinitely more difficult. ```To have confidence in one’s own life
All the timeIs the mightiest obstacle.
```Persistent unwillingness
Will end inA spiritual crisis.
```Ignorance-night is always ready
To fight against the faithOf the seeker’s heart.
```Each divine thought
Paves the roadTo the soul’s infinite bliss.
```When I meditate
Prayerfully and soulfully,My Lord Supreme brings down
The melody of delight. ```May my inner life
Be blessedWith gratitude-fountain-tears.
```I owe everything
To my heart’s devotion-tearsAnd
My life’s surrender-smilesFor the fastest progress
That I have made in my spiritual life. ```A greatness-mind
May not find peaceAt all.
```A goodness-heart
May not find peaceAll the time.
```A oneness-life
Is bound to have peace,Both in the inner world
And in the outer world,All the time.
```Where does the human mind live?
It lives inThe separativity-mind-territory.
```The surrender of the heart
Is the nectar-drinkOf life.
```When my life becomes
A song of surrender,I run faster than the fastest
With God-pleasing strides. ```Within,
Unwillingness-clouds.Without,
Heavy misfortune-downpour! ```May my heart every day
Rise to a new aspirationAnd not to a new expectation.
```Each time I pray to God
Soulfully,He blesses my life
With a satisfaction-smile. ```May my heart at every moment cry
And champion the causeOf God’s Victory.
```O my mind, rest assured,
One day you will be forced to seeThe eternal sunset
Of your pride. ```When the heart comes
To embrace the mind,The mind responds with
Lukewarm greetings. ```Ego parades
And becomes the laughing-stockOf humanity.
```Humility scales
And becomes the admirationOf humanity.
```Each and every aspiration-mountain
EmbodiesA God-Satisfaction-nest.
```God’s Hope, God’s Love
And God’s PromiseBlossom only when I live peacefully
Inside my heart-temple. ```My Lord, do give me the capacity
Every dayTo go forward with my life’s
Progress-promise-determination. ```May my God-aspiration
Grow intoMy God-manifestation-reality.
```Nobody can be
A perfection-dreamerWithout being
An aspiration-lover first. ```O my stupidity-mind,
Why do you lamentOver your ego-loss?
```My mind is still undecided
About God’sLiving authenticity.
```Your God-longing will slowly,
Steadily and unmistakablyIllumine
All your wrongdoings. ```A gratitude-heart-song
GoesA very long way.
```If we forget God today,
There is every likelihoodThat God will forget us,
Not only tomorrow,But the day after.
```A true seeker is never tired
Of hearing God’s constantStrict Messages.
```If the mind becomes unruly,
How can the heart haveEven an iota of peace?
```Do not edit
Your soul’s messages.They are written
By God Himself. ```World-doubt and world-jealousy
Enjoy living togetherInside the mind-prison.
```My joy knows no bounds
That my heart and my soulAre taking turns
To illumine my doubting mind. ```The day I do not aspire,
I am unmistakably assailedBy unfriendly
And uncomely thoughts. ```Every day I confront
The expectation-armyWith my soul’s adamantine will.
```My Lord Supreme begs me
Every dayTo read at least one book
From His Compassion-floodedHeart-Library.
```At every moment
We must defy and denyDoubt-entrance
At our heart-door. ```My Lord does not want me
To leave anybody,But to carry everybody with me
When I long to arriveAt His Door.
```My Lord tells me
That I must never, never undermineThe power of my soul’s love
For my heart. ```God does not want me to cry.
He does not want me to weep.Definitely He does not want me
To wear out my heart.He just wants me to love Him more
In His own Way. ```My Lord Supreme,
You say that You love me dearly.Do prove it by smiling at me
Once a week at least! ```Where does my heart live?
My heart lives under the canopyOf my soul-bird’s outstretched wings.
```My Lord Supreme,
May the memoryOf Your Heart-Fragrance
Cling to my gratitude-heartForever and forever.
```My Lord, may Your Smile
Be my only companionAlong Eternity’s Road.
```Our heart-tears
Are bound to be answeredBy our Lord Himself.
```The beauty of the stars
Pales before the fragranceOf God-realisation.
```My Lord,
Why do You not tell meEven once
What You actually want from me?“My child,
I need only, only, onlyA self-giving life from you.”
```My heart’s inner peace
Has stoppedMy outer desire-hunger.
```Appreciation
FeedsMy praise-hungry mind.
```Admiration
FeedsMy supremacy-hungry vital.
```Adoration
FeedsMy crown-throne-hungry life.
```Oneness
FeedsMy God-hungry heart.
```O my mind,
How stupid you areThat you do not take shelter
In God’s Fulness-Heart-Nest. ```Quickly up it goes —
The greatnessOf the mind.
```Suddenly down it falls —
The greatnessOf the mind.
```The goodness of the heart
Only goes up high, higher, highest.It is, indeed, a one-way street.
```My mind, be not miserable
All the time.Do a little bit of self-offering.
ImmediatelyHappiness will beckon you.
```You will never be able
To succeed in your outer lifeAnd
Proceed in your inner lifeIf you do not dare to look
Far above your ownEarth-bound height.
```The Master can clear the way
For you,Not only from time to time,
But every day.But it is you who have to develop
The hungerTo walk, run and sprint
Along that special way. ```The acceptance of obedience
Is difficultFor the greatness-mind.
```The acceptance of obedience
Is easier than the easiestFor the goodness-heart.
```My Lord,
I may not be Your dearest child.Even then, can You not show me
The shortest road? ```I may not have faith in God.
So what?As long as God has faith in me,
I shall definitely be savedAnd illumined.
```My Lord,
Do You not see thatYour Visits are so infrequent,
And what is more painful,They are fleeting?
```My Lord,
I know that I love You,But I shall never dare
To claim You.But once I touch Your Feet,
I shall never allow YouTo send me back.
```May my aspiration-heart
Be as sleepless and breathlessAs my desire-mind is.
```Believe it or not,
God is afraid ofMy sadness-mind.
```God has no fear of
My happiness-heart.Therefore, God lives inside
My happiness-heart bravely. ```My heart is absolutely sure
That nothing can eclipse my heart,As long as my heart is all gratitude
To my Lord Supreme. ```God is the only one
Who is always eagerTo be the slave
Of my life. ```O my Lord of Compassion,
Do not even imagine leaving me.If You leave me,
My soul, my heart and IShall immediately collapse.
```My Lord,
I shall keep calling YouAgain and again,
Even if You do not care to answerMy Compassion-hunger-call.
```My Lord really loves me.
Therefore, He never fulfilsMy desires and demands.
```My Lord,
Let us be togetherAnd forget all our worries.
Let the worries take care ofThemselves.
```If our happiness
Is not mutual,It is meaningless
And worthless. ```My Lord,
Your Advice always rings trueInside my heart,
Whether I accept it or not. ```My Lord,
Do tell me the secret of secrets —How my company will be enjoyed
By You. ```My Lord,
Do come to me if You so desire,Not because You are bound to fulfil
My absurd demands. ```As a demanding seeker,
I played my role quite powerfully.My Lord,
Now as a loving and surrendering soul,I will be successful in my new role.
```When my mind does not listen
To my heart,I become a real victim
To despair-night. ```An iota of God’s Concern
Can illumine my mind,Save my heart
AndFulfil my life.
```When am I a total failure?
I am a total failureOnly when I get God
On my own terms. ```My Lord,
Days are passing into weeks,Weeks into months, months into years.
I have been sitting all aloneAt my heart-window,
Watching for Your Arrival. ```My God-Arrival-expectation
Is not only destroying my sleep,But also delaying
My God-realisation-achievement. ```My Lord tells me that
I deserve no explanationWhy He has banished me
From His Palace. ```O my mind,
How is it that I do not feelThat you have experienced
The heart of joy? ```When my Lord makes fun
Of my stupidity,I immediately enjoy
His sweet torture. ```The worst punishment
That a seeker receivesFrom his Master
Is his Master’s indifference to him. ```The true religion
Is nothing short ofGod-union.
```My Lord, I am lame.
Do not wait for me.Please take those
Who have the capacityTo run the fastest to their Destination.
```Spiritual arrogance
Is infinitely worseThan any other arrogance.
```O seeker, do not go back
To enjoy ignorance-sleep.Our Beloved Lord
Is fast approaching you. ```You have gone away from God’s Feet
Foolishly,But at least try to return
Wisely. ```My Lord’s
Compassion-Light-KingdomIs my only heart-home.
```Once you enter into the spiritual life,
Be careful!You are not entitled
To while away your time. ```If you do not become
A non-attachment-mind,Then your life-enlightenment
Will never take place. ```O seeker, do not forget
That your mind-disobedienceIs nothing short of
Your future heart-torment. ```A God-surrender-life
Is beyond the claspOf earthly tears and smiles.
```Those who live only in the mind
Have a tendency to thwartThe progress of others.
```Non-attachment
Is the beauty and divinityOf enlightenment.
```The inner divinity
Cannot come to the foreIf you are always engrossed
In the externals. ```Mine is a God-surrender-breath
To please God at every momentIn His own Way.
```The heart of a true seeker
Enjoys the tearsOf purest joy.
```My Lord,
I need Your constant help.Do carry me everywhere
In Your Arms. ```As long as my Lord Supreme
Cares for me,What does it matter
If I fall again and again? ```A divine friend
Is the choicest joyOf humankind.
```I do not want to be
A God-Satisfaction-seekerBy halves.
```My Lord,
Keep away from meMy power, my fame,
If You want me to feelThat You truly love me.
```Man will evolve higher
Not by the mind’s courage,But by the heart’s spontaneous
Love for God. ```Only when my soul sings
God’s Victory-SongAm I entitled
To clasp His Feet. ```Eventually we shall all arrive
At the altarOf perfect perfection.
```My all-loving heart
Has tremendous confidenceIn my mind’s eventual God-search.
```The Master never withdraws,
AlthoughIt may appear so.
```The judgement-seat
Rarely embodiesHappiness-smile.
```Nature’s transformation
If you want,Then enter the field of service.
```If you are not going to face
Your anxieties and worries,Then how are you going
To overcome them? ```Always try to be with
Your God-lover-friends.They are the ones
Who will inspire youAnd encourage you
To run the fastest. ```A true disciple knows
At whose feetWill be his journey’s start
And his journey’s close. ```The promise of a truth-seeker
May not be fulfilledAll the time.
```The promise of a God-lover
God HimselfFulfils.
```Your receptivity will tell you
How far you can go,How high you can go,
How deep you can go. ```Liberation from expectation
Is satisfactionUnsurpassable.
```God’s Hour is
God’s Blessing-DelightAnd
Man’s surprise-height. ```A true God-lover
Is made by God HimselfA fear-conqueror.
```Our earthly plane
Definitely has a special purposeIn the process of evolution.
```If you do not want to please
God the finite,How are you going to please
God the Infinite?Impossible!
```The expansion of the heart
In itselfIs supreme satisfaction.
```Because the mind
Is bound by reason,The mind is always wanting
In newness-fulness-smiles. ```A oneness-heart
Is perfectly synonymousWith a satisfaction-life.
```The separation of two lives
IsAn unfinished story.
```When I live inside
My mind-jungle,I think that my Lord
Is eternally old. ```When I live inside
My heart-garden,I feel that my Beloved
Is eternally new. ```An aspiration-life
MeansA life of desire-emptiness.
```Limited,
Extremely limited,Our God-rejecting
And man-doubting mind. ```Unlimited,
Extremely unlimited,Our God-loving, mind-serving
And man-caring heart. ```The beauty and fragrance
Of silenceAre always attracted
By the Divinity of God Himself. ```Not your heart but your head
You have to bowTo your Absolute Lord Supreme,
If you ever want to discover Him. ```Loving may not be
A slow process,But surrendering definitely is.
```God does not hide
When my heart livesIn the world of happiness.
```God definitely hides
When I swimIn the sea of sorrows.
```Wherever I go,
I see the same face of spaceAnd the same heart of time.
```Unless and until
Silence captures my mind,I shall never have
Satisfaction-delight. ```My goal is not
The beauty of the finite,Never!
```My goal is
The fragrance of the Infinite,Ever!
```In the silence-mind,
Everything can be achievedFaster than the fastest.
```My world-oneness-heart
Is a perfect strangerTo loneliness.
```Simplicity
Is a successful beginningOf a spiritual journey.
```If you cannot control your mind,
Then you are not the lordOf anything.
```What I really need
Is a burning aspirationTo be in the Presence
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```I call it
My inner hunger.God calls it
His Ecstasy-Thrill. ```Our present needs
Are our futureGod-blossoming deeds.
```Time
Is of paramount importanceIn every sphere of life.
```At long last
I have come to realiseThat God for God’s sake
Is the only satisfaction. ```God blesses me
With His proudest SmileWhen I soar towards Him
On the wings of my love. ```Identification
With one’s own inner divinityIs a supreme secret
For a seeker to multiplyHis inner progress and outer success.
```O my mind,
Trust the inner boat,Trust the Inner Pilot,
Trust the inner journey.They all will satisfy you.
None of them will fail you. ```Sleeplessly I remember
My Lord’s blessingful SmileAnd
His encouraging Eye. ```When we encourage others
With no personal motives,We raise high, very high,
Humanity’s progress-standard. ```It is the supreme duty
Of each and every human beingTo surround himself
With God-Compassion,God-Protection
AndGod-Satisfaction.
```Since all tasks come from God,
We must offer the resultsOnly to God
And to nobody else. ```To express gratitude
At every momentIs to have a short cut
To arrive at God’sHeart-Palace.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9, Agni Press, 1998
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