Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 122

12101

My Lord Supreme,
May my life,
Even in its unconscious moments,
Not repeat
Its past imperfection-performances.

12102

Because you will remain faithful
To your final breath,
You are not going to miss
Either the Golden Boat
Or the Golden Shore
Of your Inner Pilot.

12103

Yesterday my life was
The full growth of supreme greatness.
Alas, today I have become
Unforeseen frustration-night
And the hurtful sighs
Of ceaseless sorrows.

12104

What is my inner silence doing?
It is searching for my outer life’s
Cheerful acceptance.

12105

How can you ever succeed
If yours is a poorly lit
Mind-street of self-confidence?

12106

What I give God
Is a tiny drop
Of my mind’s humility.
God in return gives me
His Heart’s Infinity-stretching
Appreciation.

12107

Why do you allow your heart’s faith
To be blown away
By your mind’s unhealthy, uncomely
And conflicting ideas?
Why?

12108

If I can soulfully and unconditionally
Wait for my Lord’s choice God-Hour,
Then I have nothing to lose —
Only everything to gain.

12109

Anger, O anger-beast,
You are, indeed, the greatest,
Quickest and surest waste
Of man’s life-energy.

12110

Alas, I do not know
How long I shall remain
With my failure-fed fate.
Alas, I do not know
When I shall be illumined
By my problem-solving
Compassion-soul.

12111

His life is in between
His mind’s amazon ambition
And his doubt’s
Indiscriminate destruction.

12112

A doubting mind
Is nothing short of
A fruitless reality
Rising from ashes of uselessness.

12113

God demands your heart’s
Time-tested faith
Before He grants your life
Liberation-perfection.

12114

Be a surrender-superstar.
Your life will be
Your victory’s delight
In profuse measure.

12115

If you are not aspiring soulfully,
Then each new moment
Is found to be
A regular dose of disappointment.

12116

The fleeting victory
Of a doubting mind
Is too inconsequential
To mention.

12117

The final expectation-breath
Of my heart
Brought me a sea of peace.

12118

God-chosen seeker-souls
Only know how to walk
On the one-way truth-road.

12119

To give humanity’s heart
Ceaseless nectar-delight,
God always keeps open
His Heart’s Oneness-Store.

12120

Fast, very fast
You will be able to run
If you see everything devotedly
From the angle of self-awareness.

12121

Although my mind
Is full of problems,
It does not accept
My heart’s God-solutions.

12122

O torture of uncertainty,
O torture of uselessness,
When will you accept
My rejection-resolution?

12123

If you bid adieu
To your aspiration-heart,
How can you expect
A perfection-flooded
Satisfaction?

12124

Depend not too much
On chance-breath,
Or you will be standing
In a long line of failure.

12125

God once
Unmistakably felt,
God forever
Tangibly and permanently found.

12126

The human mind
Means doubt in the background.
The human heart
Means fear in the foreground.

12127

God has blessed my heart
Unconditionally
With a faith-calendar
That has no doubt-days.

12128

When it comes to God’s
God-Activities,
Most of us really know nothing.
We are just useless talkers.

12129

I wanted to fly
On aspiration-plane.
Alas, I am now found
On ambition-flight
Bound for destruction-land.

12130

As one can drink water easily,
Even so, the human mind
Can twist truth easily
And mercilessly.

12131

Try harder, infinitely harder!
Your heart’s aspiration-cry
Will last longer.

12132

No matter how softly and secretly
Doubt walks,
Its footsteps are unmistakably heard.

12133

Allow not your heart’s
God-manifestation-soldiers
To be plagued by bold “perhaps”-troops.

12134

Every day I pray to God
To keep me surrounded
By my heart’s God-surrender-will.

12135

You are bound to succeed
Since you have
An inexhaustible supply
Of hope-flowers.

12136

He is flooded with happiness
Because he was able to eavesdrop
On the golden future.

12137

Lethargy,
Do not dare come near
My body-temple!
I do not want you
To clip the wings
Of my soulful willingness-bird.

12138

With your ebbing faith-stamina,
How can you please God
The way you did once upon a time?

12139

I know not how or why
Suddenly a life of success
And a life of progress
Are beckoning me.

12140

To my extreme sorrow
You have buried yourself
In a tomb of self-pity.

12141

Every morning I tell my heart
What to save,
And promptly teach it
How to save.

12142

Every evening I tell my mind
What to throw away,
And compassionately teach it
How to throw away.

12143

To conquer your mind’s
Daily frustration-fatigue
With your heart’s
Cheerfulness-light
Is always worth a try.

12144

A long-lasting
Gratitude-heart-tree
Is, alas,
Beyond man’s grasp.

12145

My Lord, do help me eat
Sweetness-gratitude-heart-fruits
Every day, without fail.

12146

O my aspiration-heart,
Do not go visit my mind
In its swelling
Selfishness-compartment!

12147

O my mind,
You are the reigning monarch
Of self-doubt.
How can you ever please me?

12148

Surrender, cheerfully surrender
To God’s Will.
You will not be buffeted
By the strong winds of worry.

12149

I am simply shocked
To see the constant escalation
Of your mind’s blind suspicion.

12150

His final descent into his mind’s
Confusion-doubt-dungeon
Is utterly deplorable,
If not despicable.

12151

May my love of God
Remain for me
Something indefinable
So that I will remain
Eternally joyful.

12152

Nobody is an exception —
At least, not I.
We all live in the fruitless
Frustration-world of desire.

12153

What a fool I am!
I made my desires out of nothing,
And now I am allowing them
To be my everything.

12154

God, You are my heart-accepted
Reality’s Divinity.
God, You are my mind-rejected
Stupidity’s futility.

12155

When I close my eyes,
I become the dreamer
Of golden dreams.
When I open my eyes,
I live in the purgatory
Of eyeless fears.

12156

Do not embark
On self-indulgence-journey.
You are bound to arrive
At self-destruction-destination.

12157

I am sure there is a way
To escape from the grinding jaws
Of ignorance-tyrant.

12158

O quicksand-doubt,
I do not want you any more;
I do not need you any more.
You are totally forgotten
Folly of yore.

12159

Your head is full
Of profit-measurement,
But your heart is full
Of love-enlightenment.

12160

O my mind,
I vehemently detest your scoffing
At my heart’s stupendous
God-manifestation-success.

12161

The human mind is quite peculiar.
Secretly it enjoys living
In a thicket of obstacles.

12162

O my heart,
Every morning I want you to sing
My Lord’s Heart-Sky-Manifestation-Song
Before you do anything else.

12163

I am not going to spend
The rest of my life
With my mind-made unworthiness.

12164

I am my heart’s flower-smile
Because I know that
I am in the everywhere-care
Of my Lord Supreme.

12165

Now that wisdom-light
Has entered into my entire being,
I shall not drown
In the sorrowful seas
Of my expectation-tears.

12166

Because of my Lord’s
Unconditional Compassion-Light,
At long last my hesitation-minus-life
Has turned into
My willingness-plus-life.

12167

Who can destroy
Your selflessness-heart?
Nobody!
Who can take away from you
The seeker of the year award?
Nobody!

12168

How can you love God
If you cherish the bitterness
Of your mind?
How can you love God
If you treasure the resentment
Of your vital?

12169

Because you are a giver,
I see you as the morning sun.
Because you are a taker,
I see you as the evening moon.

12170

Slowly, steadily and unerringly
He climbed up his life’s
Transformation-stairs.

12171

God blessingfully appreciates
Your life’s dedicated
Service-smiles.

12172

The moment I relinquished
My ego-trophy,
God gave me the most fruitful
Surprise-visit.

12173

Momentous and prosperous
Are purity’s possessions.
Dangerous and imperious
Are impurity’s claims.

12174

My Lord Supreme has told me
That no self-giving act
Can ever be trivial.

12175

O jealousy-dwarf,
You do not belong to me.
O oneness-giant,
I am of you
And I am all for you.

12176

O my heart’s aspiration,
Do you not think
That you are oversleeping?
Do you not think
That it is high time
For you to wake up?

12177

Who or what can help you conquer
Your insecurity-addiction
If not your own
Mightier than the mightiest
Willingness?

12178

O happiness-rainbow,
My heart’s sky is sleeplessly
Crying for you.

12179

Live a humility-oneness-existence
If you want to swim in the Sea
Of God’s Fulness-Delight.

12180

An unwillingness-life
Was born to be frustrated
And is destined to continually fail.

12181

Say farewell to frustration-mind
If you want to be
A permanent member
Of your heart’s aspiration-group.

12182

Even your midget-sized willingness
God can utilise,
And grant you satisfaction-delight
Far beyond your imagination.

12183

If you want to qualify
For a spot on God’s Team,
Then make your heart
An aspiration-flame
And make your life
A dedication-plant.

12184

Man’s favourite refrain:
“God, give me!”
God’s favourite refrain:
“Man, take Me!”

12185

Envy based on stupidity
Is the real destruction
Of a true happiness-life.

12186

When I fail
To aspire regularly,
My life becomes wilted petals
Of expectation-flowers.

12187

Every day, every hour, every minute
The human mind-night
Has to be brightened
By the divine heart’s
Delight-stars.

12188

There are many dark spots
In your life’s dedication-smiles.
Therefore,
You are not able to please
Either man’s eyes or God’s Heart.

12189

O my poor vital-fool,
I simply do not know
Who will ever be able to end
Your deathless aggression-sufferings.

12190

What is insecurity?
It is indeed a limitless negative force
That destroys the beauty and purity
Of human life.

12191

Easy to predict
The compassionate God’s next move,
But not man’s whimsical moves.

12192

I love the company of hope.
I shall not allow
My garden of hope
To be uprooted by doubt.

12193

Wish-power tells me
That one day, someday,
I shall definitely be able
To realise God.
But will-power infallibly tells me
That I am another God.

12194

Surrender now,
And you will see
Satisfaction will soon follow.
Aspire always,
And remain
An eternal gratitude-student.

12195

To feed the hungry fear
With ceaseless failure
Is a common experience.
Each seeker, no matter how great he is,
Will agree.

12196

My mind’s confusion-flag
Is cut to pieces
By my heart’s
Illumination-sword.

12197

I have decided to utilise
Both desire and need.
Desire, you I shall keep
Beneath my thunder-feet.
Need, you I shall keep
At my Lord’s Lotus-Feet.

12198

The human mind stumbles
Through a suspicion-wilderness
Before it reaches
The heart’s oneness-garden.

12199

To achieve unconditional surrender
To God’s Will
Is undoubtedly man’s hardest struggle.
But the struggle is finally embraced
By the Light Supreme.

12200

I was born to be perfect.
I was born to be a choice
Instrument of God.
I was born to fulfil God
In His own Way
In every way.

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