Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 101

10001

I do not know
Where I lived before,
But I do know
Where I am living now:
I am living
In God’s Compassion-Power-Nest.

10002

I question and doubt
Whether any human being on earth
Is not curious
To know and grow into
The Unknown.

10003

You have all along been a student
Of the brain.
But I am begging you to study
Something new —
I mean the heart —
And become a professor
Of the heart.

10004

Although we live in time
And are captured by death,
God the Compassion
Can liberate us easily
If our longing is fire-pure.

10005

First walk along the road
Of progress,
And then you may study the map
Of the invisible worlds.

10006

The fathomless sorrows
Of the world
Quite often come from
The ruthless torture
Of uncomely thoughts.

10007

Fear not the assault of hell!
You can invoke
God the Lover
And rest in the Arms
Of His Protection-Certainty.

10008

You have come down
To the suffering, tearful earth.
Do you know why?
Just for a lasting experience
From the Light of the Beyond.

10009

If you lose enthusiasm,
If you lose determination,
You are bound to suffer
From the sore feet
Of hurtful failure.

10010

Every day he increases
His wonder-producing faith.
Therefore he saves his life
From doubt’s destruction-doom.

10011

Where is your free will
If you live inside
Your binding mind?

Where is your bondage
If you live inside
Your all-encompassing heart?

10012

If you see that Heaven
Is frowning at you,
Then love earth more
And care more
For its soul-stirring smile.

10013

Why does doubt-courier carry
Many undivine things every day?
Because it enjoys carrying
The bundle of curiosity.

10014

Now that you have learnt the art
Of conquering your despair-life,
Try to develop more purity-joy
Inside your mind.

10015

Because you live
Inside your heart-garden,
God is inviting you to visit
His own Delight-Sanctuary.

10016

The heart that obeys
Knows not
What earth’s night is.
It only knows
What Heaven’s day is.

10017

Aspiration is always ready
To shake hands with you.
But ask yourself:
Are you ready to shake hands
With aspiration?

10018

The mind that obeys
The division-power of the world
Is far away from
The Oneness-Power that God eternally is.

10019

Two unknowing eyes
The mind has, alas.
Yet it is so proud
Of those stark blind eyes.

10020

God is always ready
To publish your heart-book.
But have you ever written
Or will you ever write
A heart-book
That God can publish happily and proudly?

10021

What is failure?
It is something
That unconsciously exposes
Its own attachment-weaknesses.

10022

Each flash of inspiration
And each flight of aspiration
Can increase the fragrance
Of our perfection-longing-life.

10023

Silence speaks.
It speaks quietly.
It speaks slowly.
Also,
It speaks with the voice
Of oneness-love.

10024

To face failure and greet success,
One must deliberately go out of
The doubt-territory.

10025

I obey God.
That means my heart loves God.
My heart loves God.
That means my life needs God.

10026

If your heart does not aspire,
Then your mind can easily be captured
By indifference-emptiness.

10027

The mind’s suspicion-dream
Expands
When the heart’s aspiration-candle
Is not kindled.

10028

He is a true seeker.
Therefore, every day
His soul inspires him
To renew his life’s perfection-pledge.

10029

If your aspiration is based on
Feeble uncertainty,
How can you become
A chosen instrument-soul
Of Heaven’s Divinity?

10030

O my mind,
If you have nothing else to do,
Then at least admire
Your soul’s lofty God-fulfilment-promises
On earth.

10031

No wonder you are slowed down
By hesitation-handicap!
Can you not see
That your heart’s aspiration-flower
Is totally withered?

10032

Often, the ambition-castle
Of the vital
Is nothing other than
The hallucination-castle
Of the mind.

10033

You cannot be both
At the same time:
Your mind’s oversized ego-tree
And
Your heart’s small happiness-plant.

10034

Man’s aspiration-heart
And God’s Compassion-Eye
Every day barter their hopes.

10035

Ask your mind-pessimist
To stop dominating your life.
Beg your heart-optimist
To be in charge of your life.

10036

Each aspiration-cry
Can reach the heights
Of all-fulfilling peace-clime
And become God’s divinely proud
Peace-representative on earth.

10037

Each soulful prayer
And each heartful meditation
Can and will, without fail,
Create a confidence-giant
In the God-seeker’s life.

10038

Your doubting mind
Has already challenged you.
It is up to you
Either to ignore its challenge
Or to destroy its volcano-attack.

10039

Why do you have to keep
Unparalleled frustration-records
Of your life?
Can you not start keeping
Satisfaction-records
Founded upon your heart’s aspiration-cry?

10040

Not because he does not want God,
But because he wants to destroy
His own life,
God has crossed him off
His Compassion-List.

10041

A disciplined mind
And a tamed vital
Are the seeker’s
Perfection-promise-builders.

10042

When he cared only for success-life,
He was compelled to suffer
From a paralytic progress-stroke.

10043

It is you
Who do not want to walk
Towards the open Heart-Gate
Of God.
Why do you blame
Falsely and shamelessly
Your innocent fate?

10044

At last I know
Where my mind lives.
My mind lives
In my desire-life-cemetery.

10045

You are known to be
Unworthy
Because you never arrive on time
To join God’s God-Expedition.

10046

It is not uncommon
For a self-lover to become
A manufacturer of misdeeds.

10047

Confusion-colleagues:
Fear, doubt and anxiety.
True, I lived with them;
I am still living with them.
But before long
I shall not even know
Who they are.

10048

Remember,
Your life is not and cannot be
Permanently devoid of
God-Satisfaction-Promise.

10049

You think it is only
An unconscious act of delay.
God thinks that you do not want
To play His celestial Game.

10050

My life and I
Need only one thing:
Ignorance-proof divinity.

10051

You are your stupid mind.
Therefore
Unhappiness has a free access
To your stupid life.

10052

You are your mind’s
Illusion-destruction,
Yet you think you are
A choice instrument
Of life-illumining light.

10053

Happiness can never be found
In loneliness.
Happiness can be found only
In a desire-forsaking life.

10054

Strike hard, very hard!
Then only will your ignorance-thief know
The gravity of his misdeeds.

10055

Your life is not a stinging wasp
Of abiding frustration.
Your life is the repertory
Of God’s birthless and deathless
Luminosity.

10056

If your heart is crying,
Then make it sincere.
And if your heart is sincere,
Then make it perfect
In God’s own Heart-Nest.

10057

If you do not deny
Your lower vital emotions,
You will unmistakably betray
Your higher self.

10058

You are an amateur
In your aspiration-life,
But you want to get the rewards
Of a manifestation-pro!

10059

There is no difference
And there can be no difference
Between your gratitude-smiles
And God’s Satisfaction-Tears.

10060

A life of certainty
Does not find it difficult
To make friends with
Infinity’s Beauty.

10061

If you do not keep
Your God-appointment
Early in the morning,
Then during the entire day
You will be blessed with
Bitter disappointment.

10062

Your mind knows only
How to compile complaints.
Your heart knows only
How to sing oneness-song.

10063

If you do not pray for the extinction
Of your suspicion-mind,
How will you be able to watch
Your soul’s delight-documentary?

10064

How can you discover
Your highest reality
If you do not breathe in the purity
Of your heart’s freedom-light?

10065

My Lord Supreme chides me
If I do not pray to Him
Every day.
And I speak ill of the world
If it does not praise me
Every day.

10066

If you are a strong soul,
Then you must live
Your heart-life
In God’s Vision-Eye.

10067

Do not neglect or forget
The Beauty of God’s Compassion-Eye
And Satisfaction-Heart.

10068

If you do not fly above
Your mind-clouds,
How can you succeed
In God’s Vision-Journey
Through you?

10069

God never minds
When you converse with Him
Familiarly,
But He does mind
When you converse with Him
Unwillingly or indifferently.

10070

If you are prompted
To measure your service-life,
Then your entire being
Cannot reach out
Towards God-Perfection.

10071

Your continual thirst for God
Is not enough.
Unless you have a sleepless God-hunger,
You will eventually fail
In your Heaven-reaching attempt.

10072

If your seeker-heart
Is flooded with hope,
God will definitely come to you
With a Liberation-Smile.

10073

If you enjoy
Your lethargy-treasure,
How can you escape
The dangerous bite of failure?

10074

You will have only the freedom of loss
If you do not want God to be
Your loving and illumining Boss.

10075

Because you live inside
Your heart’s flower-garden,
You have seen God’s smiling Face
Everywhere.

10076

The life of a true seeker
Is not only an aspiration-cry,
But also the beginning
Of a perfection-smile.

10077

Your mind is enjoying
The absence of doubt.
Therefore
God is planning to create
A new universe for your mind.

10078

Unless you consciously climb up
Your aspiration-ladder,
Your heart is not going to feel
God’s Satisfaction-Delight.

10079

Anxieties and worries
Hound us
Because we do not look at
God’s Compassion-Eye
Before us.

10080

He who wants to rise
Is bound to rise.
He who does not want to rise
Will, without fail, sink
And live in the abysmal abyss.

10081

What is ignorance-life?
Ignorance-life is another name
For man’s failure-cries and sighs.

10082

Your self-seeking smiles
Cannot illumine you.
Your self-seeking tears
Cannot save you.
Your God-seeking life
Will not only illumine you
And save you
But also fulfil you.

10083

Because of your continuous
Indulgence-life,
Your soul has finally withdrawn
Its sweet intimacies
From you.

10084

True, doubt comes disguised.
But you do have the capacity
To expel it from your mind-room
At your own sweet will.

10085

Your Inner Pilot is ringing
His Heart’s Compassion-Bell.
Therefore
Your life-boat can never sink.

10086

Your heart is always ready
To clean your mind-room.
It is only waiting for
Your mind’s kind wisdom-permission.

10087

Now that your disobedience-days
Are numbered,
Make a new attempt
To become inseparably one
With your heart’s obedience-life.

10088

Do not visit the worlds
Of ego-exhibition
If you want to keep your own ego
Under perfect control.

10089

God definitely wants you
To take notes
When He gives talks
On heart’s aspiration
And life’s dedication.

10090

From intellect to intuition
Is indeed a long journey.
From intuition to perfection
Is infinitely longer.

10091

Perfect thinking you had.
Perfect living you are.
Absolute self-transcendence
You shall become.

10092

If you want to run the fastest
In your life of aspiration,
Then every day you must remember
That doubt is a clever,
Life-deceiving stranger.

10093

If you can become
Your heart’s confidence-room,
Then nobody will be able to compel you
To live inside
Your mind’s frustration-palace.

10094

You are not your mind’s
Desire-jungle.
You are not your vital’s
Destruction-beast.
You are your heart’s
Aspiration-lamp.

10095

Surrender to God’s Will
And become an unconditional
God-lover.
Do it!
You can!
Lo, you have already done it.

10096

Do you know that every day
God invites us to participate
In His Heart’s Satisfaction-Contest?
But where are you?
Why are you never available?

10097

God definitely puts pressure
On your life.
Do you know when?
He puts pressure on your life
When you deliberately enjoy playing
With destructive ignorance-night.

10098

If you do not have the courage
To conquer your lower self,
How can you see
The Master-Architect, God,
And His creation-design?

10099

Put your heart-life-feelings
In God’s Blessing-Hands.
Your soul’s satisfaction-sun
Will soon come to the fore.

10100

Follow, follow every day
The promptings
Of God’s Compassion-Eye
And His Forgiveness-Feet.

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