Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 135

13401

My Lord,
I need only one thing from You.
I need to be soulfully, lovingly
And perpetually
The willing prisoner
Of Your Heart’s Oneness-Love.

13402

Alas, every day we waste so much
Of our soul’s precious time.
Every day we delay our soul’s
God-fulfilment-message
On earth.

13403

The flames of inner faith
Are so beautiful to look at
And so lovely to play with,
They always make us feel
That we belong to a higher world
And a deeper world.

13404

May each day be
My God-expectation-day
And
My ignorance-cancellation-day.

13405

Nobody wants me to drink deep
Of tomorrow’s measureless sorrow-ocean.
Therefore, my aspiration-heart and I
Can swim in the sea of delight.

13406

Friendship lovingly begins
And oneness fruitfully completes
The game divine.

13407

My mind’s long-standing doubts
Were finally dissolved.
How?
By my heart’s ecstasy-tears.

13408

We don’t need an earthly
Incandescence-mind.
What we need is a Heavenly
Renaissance-heart.

13409

God wants our satisfaction-heart
To enter into partnership with
His Perfection-Manifestation-Dream.

13410

Now that you are a sincere seeker,
You are willing to tell
The whole world
That truth is not your sole monopoly.

13411

To obey the mind blindly
Is to be in a helpless state
Of perpetual crisis.

13412

God will open the flood-gate
Of His Divinity
If you just open
Your heart’s humility-window.

13413

If you have to loosen,
Then loosen your tight heart-muscles.
If you have to tighten,
Then tighten your loose vital-muscles.

13414

Do you know why
God has not been speaking to you
Of late?
He has not been speaking to you
Not because
You are a lost cause,
But because
You have completely given up
Your faith-nourishing life.

13415

Vehemently challenge the pride
Of doubt!
Your long-lost life of faith
Will reappear
To energise you
And fulfil the Divine in you.

13416

God’s Compassion-Eye
Every day comes down
To feed my aspiration-heart’s
Morning dreams.

13417

If we are satisfied
With our mind’s imperfection-night,
Why should God
Take the trouble
To show us our heart’s perfection-day?

13418

When I left God’s Heart,
God said to me,
“My child, your heart can leave Me,
But My Heart has no choice
But to follow you
Blessingfully, lovingly and cheerfully.”

13419

Only one question God likes
To hear from me:
“When am I going to realise You?
When?”

13420

Each human being has the freedom
Either to ascend
The zenith-aspiration-mountain
Or to descend
Into the nadir-frustration-sea.

13421

When I live in my mind,
I become my mind-addiction-expectation.
When I live in my heart,
I become my heart-surrender-satisfaction.

13422

Self-giving means
A secret and sacred way
Of God-living.

13423

God tells me that
If I require an explanation
For everything that He does
In me and for me,
Then my aspiration-flames
He will never have time to kindle.

13424

Unfortunately, for a very long time
The human mind has been
In the same unsatisfying profession:
Frustration.

13425

My Lord, there is only one way
You can hasten my transformation-life:
By chastening my unruly mind!

13426

What does anger need?
Evaporation!
What does doubt need?
Explosion!
What does joy need?
Perfection, oneness-perfection!

13427

There are two ways
To reach our lofty goal:
Either by appreciating
Our heart’s gratitude-flowers
Or by eating
Our soul’s surrender-fruits.

13428

If you enjoy riding
Your merry-go-round of hesitation,
How can God sing
His Satisfaction-Song for you?

13429

To deal with the darkness within,
We must establish our oneness-connection
With God’s Compassion-flooded
Eyes of Light.

13430

God lends His listening Ear to us
Happily and unconditionally,
But our fear of His Omnipotence
Prevents us from speaking to Him.

13431

God tells us not to read the story
Of humanity’s bondage,
But to sing the song
Of humanity’s freedom.

13432

Humility’s flower-fragrance
Will definitely stop
Your mind’s resentment-performance.

13433

God’s Heart can tolerate anything
Except the breathless tears
Of His seeker-children.

13434

Wake up, my mind, wake up!
It does not become you
To remain fast asleep
In the ancient arms of modern ignorance.

13435

God forced me only once.
He forced me to cancel my return trip
To the devouring ignorance-tiger-life.

13436

I never cut jokes
About my aspiration-heart
And my dedication-life.
But I do not know why
I often cut jokes
About my God-manifestation
On earth.

13437

No matter how hard a human being tries,
Without help from Above
He cannot escape his vanity-vital.

No matter how hard a human being tries,
Without help from Above
He cannot escape his insanity-mind.

13438

As the human mind is not tired of losing,
Even so, the divine heart
Is not afraid of winning.

13439

If you can remain unspoiled
By your success-life,
God will definitely multiply
Your progress-life.

13440

If you do not care to be under
God’s Shelter-Canopy,
How can God ever grant you
The opportunity to become
A truth-lover and God-server?

13441

In my spiritual life
I have two indispensable
Travelling companions —
My faithful life
And my soulful heart.

13442

Your heart’s happiness-flowers
Are bound to wilt away
If you are not compelling your mind
Forcefully
To run along the road
Of aspiration-perfection.

13443

Not only the mind-clock
And the mind-time,
But everything the mind says and does
Abounds with imperfection-mistakes.

13444

How can you abandon
Your aspiration-heart-child
If you want to be
A realisation-emperor?

13445

God does not have to convince you
Of His Existence.
You just convince yourself
That you came into the world
To do something great
And be something good.

13446

Smile beautifully,
Smile powerfully,
Smile!
You will be cured
Of your mind’s doubt-disease.

13447

God is extremely proud of my soul
For my soul’s promise-resurrection.
God is extremely proud of my heart
For my heart’s aspiration-resurrection.
God is extremely proud of my life
For my life’s hope-resurrection.

13448

What we call our heart’s
Gratitude-flower,
God calls His Perfection-Manifestation.

13449

Never mind if you are a latecomer
To the spiritual life.
God will supply you
With the same nectar-delight
That the early arrivals have received.

13450

God enjoys your conversations with Him
Not because He learns
Something new from you
But because He gets the opportunity
To help you empty your ignorance-mind
And unlearn your pride-lessons.

13451

Early every morning
You must push aside
Your doubt, suspicion, anxiety
And worry-curtains.

13452

Be practical!
If you are attracted
Only by theories,
Nobody will appreciate you,
And needless to say,
Nobody will need you.

13453

You can at least every day
Secretly whisper your shortcomings
To your Lord Supreme.

13454

If you can part company
With self-indulgence,
In the inner world
Yours will be
God’s Satisfaction-Effulgence.

13455

To make friends with anger and pride
Is the beginning
Of destruction-disaster.

13456

O God-seeker,
Be not afraid of jumping
Into the abysmal abyss of your mind
To illumine it,
So that you can be
A choice instrument of God
In every part of your entire being.

13457

Your heart’s unwillingness
Thinks you are going
Away from God’s Compassion
Fast, faster, fastest.

13458

God wants you to be pleased
With yourself.
Therefore, do not allow
The dark shadows of unworthiness
To engulf you.

13459

Alas, it is so difficult
To overcome the heart’s
Insecurity-attacks.

13460

I assure you that
You will be able to run the fastest
In the inner world
With your newborn
God-Satisfaction-Promise.

13461

Do not think of tomorrow’s
Hope-bud.
Meditate on tomorrow’s
Promise-flower.

13462

I am so fortunate
That every day
I am sheltered
By God’s own Protection-Eye.

13463

No matter what you do
And no matter what you are,
God’s Justice-Light
Will only illumine you
And not punish you.

13464

My joy abides not
In my mind’s imagination-flight.
My joy breathes ever
In God’s sleepless Light.

13465

Over the years I have had
Many bosses.
Needless to say, my mind
Was by far the worst.

13466

My heart and my life were born
Only for one thing:
God-Satisfaction.

13467

Very often we are not compelled,
But we are addicted to
The pleasures of ignorance-night.

13468

To have implicit faith
In God’s Compassion
Is the beginning
Of a faultless journey
Along the spiritual path.

13469

My poor heart!
It has to plead sleeplessly
With my mind
To get on the right track:
Self-offering.

13470

The world sees my public joys,
But my heart and I feel
Our private sorrows.

13471

Many times I have fallen,
But I will never allow myself
To be broken.
This is my solemn promise
To my Inner Pilot Supreme.

13472

God wants us to change
Our sad desire-possession
Into aspiration-satisfaction.

13473

If you do not have
The imagination-courage of a hero,
You will not be able to succeed
In any worthwhile field.

13474

God’s Justice-Mind
Asks me to give and give.
God’s Compassion-Heart
Asks me to receive and receive.

13475

Your constant self-sacrifice
Will make you
An impossibility-achievement-victor.

13476

Man without God’s Satisfaction
I have seen many times.
But God without man’s complaints
I have never seen.

13477

My every soulful smile
Is a beautiful plant
In God’s Heart-Garden.

13478

I do not want
A satisfaction-mind-life,
But a perfection-aspiration-heart.

13479

Man consciously or unconsciously
Forgets to offer
His heart’s gratitude-gift
To God the constant Giver.

13480

You will be a failure
Only if you allow your heart’s joy
To be eclipsed
By your mind’s clouds.

13481

Now that I have become
An aspiration-mendicant,
The desire-prince has left me
For good.

13482

Make up your mind!
What do you want —
Ego-mastery or ego-slavery?
Choose the right thing!

13483

At God’s Heart-Restaurant
Your devotion can enjoy a divine meal
Free of charge.

13484

The impurity of your mind
Does not allow your heart
To be in the company of God.

13485

Give what you have
Cheerfully.
Give what you are
Constantly.
Then you will hear God’s Footsteps
Approaching you fast,
Very fast.

13486

My poor mind!
Every day you are forced
To climb up
Endless confusion-staircases.

13487

Is there any human being
Who has not misused
God’s Compassion-Light?
Is there any human being
Who will not eventually be illumined
By God’s unconditional Compassion-Light?

13488

A fully satisfied life
Is indeed a rare creation
Of God the Dreamer.

13489

Your aspiration
Is nothing other than
Your heart’s pilgrimage
Along Divinity’s God-flooded Road.

13490

Remember, O seeker, remember
That even the strongest temptation
Can never be omnipotent.

13491

Because of God’s
Compassion-prompting
I see my life’s
Aspiration blossoming.

13492

Your life’s insecurity-insects
Will run away
When they see the flood
Of your heart’s gratitude-tears.

13493

Success-crown
May be a fragile thing,
But never progress-throne!

13494

If God’s Compassion-Light
Is not visible
In your success-pride,
Then your victory
Will be of no avail.

13495

Every day an unaspiring mind
Not only welcomes
But also treasures
Impure and clouded thoughts.

13496

Because of your purity-heart,
God will exempt you from studying
In ignorance-night-school.

13497

Is there any seeker
Who has not suffered
During his aspiration-adventure on earth
From untold despair-pangs?

13498

Bring to the fore
Your soul’s purity-power.
Then you will not suffer
From insecurity-suffocation.

13499

Whenever I do not feel
My gratitude-heart,
I see myself clearly
At the farthest point
From my Lord’s Satisfaction-Heart.

13500

If you are truly dedicated,
Then your aspiration
Can never be complicated.
It has to be as bright as a star
And as direct as a sunlit road.

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