Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 141

14001

At the end of my morning meditation
I see the unparalleled sweetness
Of my heart’s dawning sun.

14002

I am simply astonished
To see that my tiny mind
Has imprisoned my vast heart.

14003

Early in the morning
I think of my own needs first
And not of God’s Needs.
This is how I create
My first disaster of the day.

14004

Unparalleled good news:
Today God has given my aspiration-heart
The capacity to be the bondage-breaker
Of my old way of life.

14005

God is happy with me,
God is proud of me
Only when I cheerfully sail
My aspiration-boat.

14006

Can you not see
That your machine gun-mind
Has completely destroyed your heart’s
Celestial rainbow-dream-palace?

14007

In our human life
There can be nothing more beautiful
And more fruitful
Than a sleepless God-obedience-hunger.

14008

My heart’s gratitude-cry
Is the last and only hope
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

14009

If you cannot believe
That God unconditionally loves you,
Then try at least to believe
That God is compassionately waiting
For you.

14010

Give up everything
If you have to.
But never give up
Your heart-beauty’s
God-manifestation-dream
On earth.

14011

You have become a trusted friend
Of God.
Do you know why?
Because you are disgusted with
Your very old friend:
Self-indulgence.

14012

Just a moment, only a moment
Of my unconditional surrender
To God’s Will
Makes me a perfection-superstar.

14013

I have seen my mind
Time and again
In a dark depression-cave.
Alas, how can I help my mind
Reach reality’s satisfaction-palace?

14014

Today
My soul, my heart and I
Are celebrating the grand defeat
Of our division-mind.

14015

If you want your life’s
Radical transformation,
Then your heart’s love of God
Must climb up
The highest meditation-mountain
Of your soul.

14016

My mind’s ignorance-ocean-roar
Can no longer reach
My heart’s God-invitation-door.

14017

If you allow your mind-doubt-dog
To bite you at every step,
How can your heart develop
Its deer-fast speed
To reach its faith-flooded destination?

14018

God definitely gave me
A flawless mind.
But by constantly misusing it,
I have made it reckless and useless.

14019

Can you not see
That God is shedding bitter tears
While counting the fragments
Of your heart’s shattered faith?

14020

When my mind is on the brink
Of temptation-cliff,
My poor aspiration-heart cries
Like an orphan.

14021

My prayer is breathlessly crying
For God’s higher Power.
My meditation is unconditionally waiting
For God’s choice Hour.

14022

I am absolutely certain
That I was not born
With my mind’s unwillingness-wall
But with my heart’s willingness-fountain.

14023

My heart wants me to have God
As my world-host,
To be fed by Him.
My mind wants me to have God
As my world-guest,
To feed Him.

14024

The Buddha’s message:
Life-liberation.
My message:
Heart-expansion.

14025

Today I want to bind God.
This is one of the countless things
I have decided to do.
Today God wants to liberate me.
This is the only thing
God has decided to do.

14026

God wants me to tell Him
What destination I am walking
Towards.
God does not want me
To tell Him
With whom I am walking.

14027

God does not mind
That I am imperfect.
But He does mind
That I am disobedient.

14028

God comes to me every day
Not because I am pleasing Him,
But because He just loves to sing
His Heart’s unconditional Songs
To me.

14029

My mind prays to God
To enlarge its newly-found oneness.
My heart meditates on God
To enlarge its newly-discovered fulness.

14030

Alas, I know that my Lord
Will never be satisfied
With my part-time aspiration, dedication
And surrender-service.

14031

For centuries I depended on my mind.
Therefore, I have never seen
And perhaps will never see
The luminous gateway to God.

14032

My Lord, You tell me
That my pain is Your pain.
Then what makes me stay away
From Your Compassion-flooded Heart?

14033

O insincere soldier of spirituality,
It is you who will eventually
Be forced to see
The collapse of your mind’s ego-building.

14034

My Lord,
I do not want to express my freedom
Either to You or to humanity.
I need only the capacity
To express my heart’s
Oneness-peace-beauty.

14035

Alas, alas, my impurity-mind
Is deliberately eclipsing
My God-promise-manifestation-sun.

14036

Alas, alas,
I see my life doing nothing else
Except running in desire-circles.

14037

Inside our little hearts
We can feel the Presence of God.
But alas, our big ears do not care
For God’s Nectar-Message-Delight.

14038

God’s supreme Pride abides
Only in those self-giving seekers
Who cheerfully dare to wait
For God’s Hour.

14039

Today my Lord Supreme
Has commanded
My Infinity’s silence-soul
To devour my volcano-mind.

14040

The human mind
And the divine Silence
Never think of establishing
A oneness-friendship.

14041

Silence is always full.
Therefore, it likes to feed
Lovingly and compassionately
The starving sound.

14042

Silence awakens the human in us,
Gladdens the divine in us
And fulfils the Supreme in us.

14043

My soul-bird loves to live
Only inside my heart’s
Tiny silence-nest.

14044

God’s Compassion-Eye
Enjoys satisfaction
Only after it has saved me
From my own stupidity-creation:
Insecurity-wildfire.

14045

Each soul is a God-representative
Flooded with a new
God-Heart-Fragrance.

14046

It is true
That we cannot make
Unconditional surrender to God.
It is equally true
That God cannot separate Himself
From His unconditional Compassion.

14047

With your aspiration-heart,
Dive into the silence-sea
If you want to enjoy
The beauty of oneness
And the divinity of fulness.

14048

No matter how small and weak
My gratitude-flame is,
God treasures it
Not only lovingly,
But also proudly.

14049

If you do not hanker after
Your success-march,
Then God will bless you with
Your fastest progress-flight.

14050

No genuine aspiration-cry
Will ever miss the stupendous power
Of the opportunity-moment.

14051

Like God,
You also must not worry
About your imperfection-possession-life.
Your surrender-heart to God’s Will
Can and will liberate you
From all bondage-fetters.

14052

I have so many things to tell God,
But when He comes to me,
I tell Him only one thing:
“My Lord Beloved Supreme,
When will I be able
To come and see You?”

14053

Are you a God-lover?
Are you a God-server?
If so, then you have already started
Awakening earth’s human mind
And satisfying Heaven’s
Divine heart.

14054

The fragrance of my aspiration-life
Earth may not appreciate,
But Heaven incessantly breathes.

14055

God came to see you,
But when He saw that
You were competing with the world
And not completing His Vision-Game,
He went away.

14056

Every day
God is an unparalleled Dreamer —
Dreaming of your perfect self-offering life.

14057

It is your division-mind
That suffers from power-struggles
And never your oneness-loving heart.

14058

God-hunger is the only hunger
That does not ruthlessly
Torment the seeker.
It only enlightens, feeds
And fulfils the seeker.

14059

God’s Compassion-Satisfaction
In infinite measure
Can descend upon you
Only after you have separated yourself
From your mind’s teeming ambition-worries.

14060

Enthusiasm-fountain
Is nothing other than
A God-seeker’s ignorance-daring
And ignorance-conquering youth-fire.

14061

Lovingly and devotedly
My heart’s purity-flames
Accompanied me
The day I entered into the earth-arena.

14062

That each moment of glory
Is short-lived
Is something extremely difficult
For my unlit confusion-mind
To accept.

14063

The moment we enter
Into the spiritual life,
God blesses us
Not only with conscious possibilities,
But also with
Perfection-fulfilment-inevitabilities.

14064

Where does my clever mind hide?
It hides inside my heart
After silencing
The supremely significant messages
Of my soul.

14065

Because I loved
Yesterday’s silver hope-dreams,
God has granted me
Today’s golden promise-realities.

14066

Be careful when you invoke
God the Transcendental Power.
But you never have to be careful
When you invoke
God the Universal Love.

14067

It is not the inner school
That does not want to teach my mind.
It is my mind
That is reluctant to learn anything
From the inner school.

14068

My mind’s inspiration-seeds
And my heart’s aspiration-flames
Are telling me only one thing:
God the Giver and God the Receiver
Can never brook separation,
Even for a fleeting second.

14069

At last my life-boat
Has arrived at Eternity’s shore:
God’s Satisfaction-Heart.

14070

Do not believe your mind
When it tells you
That you are extremely good.
Do not believe your mind
When it tells you
That you are unthinkably bad.
But believe your mind
When it tells you
That God loves your heart
And needs your life.

14071

Every day increase the beauty
Of your heart’s purity-cries for God
So that He can claim you
Confidently and proudly.

14072

Today God will not mind
Reading your long desire-list.
But tomorrow He will definitely mind
If you do not make it shorter.

14073

You do not trust God,
But you want God to trust you.
Poor God does not mind trusting you —
In fact, He does trust you.
But rest assured,
Remorse-train is fast approaching you.

14074

Yesterday you gave God
Your mind’s insincerity-sprout.
Therefore, God cried.
Today can you not give God
Your heart’s sincerity-blossoms
To feed His Compassion-Eye?

14075

My Lord,
When You think of my mind,
What do You feel?
“My child,
I feel that I have to go
A very long way
To derive satisfaction
From My creation.”

14076

My Lord,
What will You do
With my gratitude-heart
And my surrender-life?
“My child,
With your gratitude-heart
I shall build a bridge
Between earth and Heaven.
With your surrender-life
I shall immeasurably increase
My earth-Heaven-shuttle-speed.”

14077

When God saw you preoccupied
With yourself,
He did not care to leave
His Compassion-Eye and Satisfaction-Heart
With you.

14078

Every morning
My Lord’s Compassion-Eye tells me
That there is a world
Inundated with peace,
Far beyond my proud victory
And my sad defeat.

14079

I am beautiful
Only when I love God the Creator.
I am meaningful
Only when I serve God the creation.
I am perfect
Only when I offer my surrender
To God the Creator
And God the creation.

14080

I am blessed
With life’s revealing moments
Only when
I keep my mind-door closed
And my heart-door open.

14081

My purity-heart soulfully moves
Towards oneness.
My dedication-life cheerfully moves
Towards perfection.

14082

If you have nothing else to do,
Then at least resist
The tide of insecurity.

14083

Alas, alas, alas,
I have long ago lost
My heart’s satisfaction-friend:
Gratitude.

14084

My Lord,
Do liberate me from my mind’s
Anger-hunger-fire!

14085

What else can silence
Your inner voice
As easily as your animal pride?

14086

The surrender of a genuine seeker
Is always guided
By the benevolent Will of God.

14087

I must dare!
I must challenge the victory
Of ignorance-night!

14088

When my insecurity-cry
Ends,
My Lord’s Satisfaction-Smile
Begins.

14089

O seeker,
Remember one thing:
Your cherished God-Satisfaction
Will never betray you.

14090

May I every day grow into
My enthusiasm-blossom-smiles
In everything that I say and do.

14091

My heart is anchored
To the Infinite unknown
And my life to the Absolute Supreme
Unknowable.

14092

Temptation-dance
Is something that one can perform
Without learning.

14093

A God-dreamer’s dream
Is a giant step
Towards the perfection of humanity.

14094

You fool,
Do not argue with your heart!
God will always take your heart’s side.

14095

Show me the man
Who has never been
A God-exploitation-fool.

14096

Never overestimate
Your mind’s sincerity-power.
Never underestimate
Your heart’s purity-power.

14097

My Lord tells me
That I have infinitely more important
Things to do
Than enjoy world-criticism.

14098

My heart,
Your aspiration-ebb
Is torturing me ruthlessly
And sleeplessly.

14099

My Lord,
When I leave You,
Where shall I go?
“My child,
Why do you want to give Me
A new problem altogether?”

14100

God, why do You need me
Every morning?
“My child,
I need you every morning
To cry with My Compassion-Heart.”
God, why do You need me
Every evening?
“My child,
I need you every evening
To dine with My Satisfaction-Heart.”

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