Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 170

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16901

Finally I have discovered
My heart’s perfect beauty:
Gratitude.

16902

God loves
Our hope-heart-smiles
More than we can ever imagine.

16903

Negativity never cherish!
It weakens the heart’s
Beauty, joy and power.

16904

We must uproot
Not only the negativity-jungles
But also the separativity-trees.

16905

Today I am extremely proud
Of my mind,
For it is for the first time
Basking in my heart’s silence-sun.

16906

Desire-life
You cannot deceive me any more.
Aspiration-life,
You cannot escape me any more.
Dedication-life
You cannot hide from me any more.

16907

Expectation-clouds
Are always available.
Frustration-downpours
Are always available.
Surrender-sun
Is never available.

16908

If only this world of ours
Loved God a little more,
Our suffering hearts
Would grow into smiling lives.

16909

What I need
At every moment in my life
Is constant
Satisfaction-expansion-heart.

16910

My mind’s eloquence
Must come from
My heart’s sleepless silence
To feed the world-hunger.

16911

Willingness is
More than capacity.
Willingness is
The nearness of God.

16912

Economise
Rather than revolutionise
Your thinking mind-activities.

16913

When I pray and meditate,
I feel that each thought
Is either a God-thunder
Or a God-flute.

16914

It is I
Who have to make the choice
To make myself
Happy and perfect.

16915

My heart’s necessity-blossoms for God,
My heart’s capacity-blossoms for God,
My heart’s willingness-blossoms for God
Are always unlimited.

16916

Every morning my heart and I
Drink together only one thing:
Hope-nectar.

16917

Hope-flames
Must climb up
High, higher, highest.
They are not meant to sink.

16918

For year and years
My heart has been studying
At patience-school
To know the purpose
Of human life.

16919

My Master’s
Life-transforming touch
I await
Prayerfully and eagerly.

16920

You looked enough
At your outer world.
Now look at your inner world.
Your own soul-beauty
Will not only inspire you
But also immortalise you.

16921

Each night
Before I go to sleep
I pray to my Lord Supreme
To plant
Beautiful and positive dream-seeds
Inside my gratitude-heart-garden.

16922

If we have no cheerfulness,
How can God bless our mind
Even for a moment
With an angelic Vision-Light?

16923

You are a fool.
That is why you have cancelled
Your inner commitment
To your Lord Supreme.

16924

Where do I live?
I live in between
My Master divine
And
His life-transforming touch.

16925

Aspiration-intensity,
Aspiration-immensity,
Aspiration-luminosity
My heart needs sleeplessly.

16926

Only a surrender-heart
Or a silence-mind
Can hear God’s Angel-Whispers.

16927

Nature’s message to mankind:
Do not kill me!
God will bless you
With His Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-Heart.

16928

In the spiritual life
The loss of a simple life
And the loss of a pure heart
Can only be felt
And never adequately described.

16929

It is very strange
That each human being
At times is afraid
Of his own tiny mind.

16930

Do not worry!
God never asked you to worry
Either about Him
Or about others.

16931

Both the desire-mind
And the aspiration-heart
Must surrender
To the Absolute Lord Supreme.

16932

Nature’s last message to mankind:
Do not mistreat me!
If you mistreat me
You will be a deplorable loser
In the battlefield of life.

16933

My outer commitment to mankind
Is to become a great man.
My inner commitment to God
Is to become a perfect slave.

16934

What I need
Is indomitable strength
In my mind.

What I need
Is inimitable surrender-joy
In my heart.

16935

If your brave promise is broken,
Then be prepared to make
A braver promise
To arrive at perfection.

16936

What kind of love is it
That does not embody
The message of universal service?

16937

Each new message from Above
Indicates God’s
Unconditional self-giving Joy.

16938

I call it
My perfection-heart.
God calls it
His Satisfaction-Eye.

16939

My mind’s unchanging occupations:
Frustration-roar,
Depression-sigh.

16940

Where there is no smile
Inside the heart,
That means the mind
Has shut the heart-door.

16941

What I desire
Is man-supremacy.
What I need
Is God-intimacy.

16942

God will change your fate
In a twinkling
If you do not cherish
Your weakling-heart.

16943

I am impure.
In whose eyes?
In God’s Eyes
Or in the eyes of the world?
If it is in God’s Eyes,
I shall try to proceed
Higher and higher,
To become a perfect instrument of God.
But if I am impure in man’s eyes,
Then I shall have to remain
Only soulfully silent.

16944

The confusion-mind
Is never allowed to enter
Into the heart-illumination-temple.

16945

To me,
Beautiful is my heart’s helplessness,
But not my mind’s hopelessness.

16946

The mind’s discipline-life
Determines
The perfection-speed of humanity.

16947

There can be no inner Heaven of delight
For a human being
Who does not aspire to become
A perfect citizen of the world.

16948

I need God the Compassion
To watch over my heart.
I need God the Forgiveness
To watch over my mind.

16949

When I meditate,
My Lord gives me
A heart without walls.
When I pray,
My Lord gives me
A mind with open doors.

16950

How can God
Ever be pleased with you
If you cherish
Your mind’s sole occupation:
Frustration?

16951

O my heart,
You may not be wanted
By the world,
But you are not only wanted
But also needed
By the Lord Supreme.

16952

My Lord Supreme tells me
That His Heart-access
Is not restricted to the poor.
It is for all.

16953

If you want God
To broadcast your achievements,
Then you must never allow your mind
To resort to self-parade.

16954

O seeker,
I am telling you
That God-manifestation
Is not a far cry
From God-meditation.

16955

Nothing else
But the ancient wisdom-thoughts
Will be able to cure
The maladies of modern man.

16956

My Lord,
I need from You
Only a sunrise-heart
And a sunset-mind.

16957

May each human heart become
The aspiring morning’s
Enthusiasm-flower-smile.

16958

There is only one real life,
And that real life begins
Immediately after the death
Of the ego.

16959

Alas, I do not know when
I shall have the capacity
To make a long-distance call
To my Lord’s perfect Satisfaction-Smile.

16960

O my stupid mind,
Stop enjoying
Your constant and shameless
Doubt-drizzle.

16961

Only a silence-mind
Can perfectly hear
The Whisperings
Of God the infinite Compassion.

16962

Beauty’s peace-dove,
I soulfully love you.
Humility’s peace-dove,
I sleeplessly need you.

16963

There is only one way
To liberate me
From hurricane-anxieties,
And this is through
My heart’s God-loving
Gratitude-cry.

16964

God sings His Satisfaction-Songs
Only inside the hearts
Of the cheerfully self-giving seekers.

16965

The mind’s stubborn refusal
To accept the heart’s
All-illumining light
Is utterly shocking.

16966

Every time my mind
Makes friends with doubts,
My Lord Supreme suffers
From undeniable disappointments.

16967

The destructive pride
Of the suspicion-mind
Must immediately
Be smashed asunder.

16968

Today’s dream-seeds
Are tomorrow’s reality-trees,
Reality-flowers
And reality-fruits.

16969

An iota of faith
Can blossom into
A sunshine-victory.

16970

When I starve my earthly desire-mind
And feed my Heavenly aspiration-heart,
God invites me to come and be a member
Of His immediate Family.

16971

If you do not respond
To the call of your compassion-soul,
Then freedom from happiness
Will be your unavoidable fate.

16972

The entire world
Is helplessly surrendering
To the forest
Of depression-night.

16973

Each aspiring heart
Is destined to be flooded
With sweetness-happiness-fragrance.

16974

He is indeed
A deplorably poor man
Whose heart is empty
Of gratitude-joy.

16975

I do not want to have
Only the courage for newness.
I want to have
The willingness for perfect fulness.

16976

Each dreamer has
God the Compassion
As the Source
Of his inspiration-light.

16977

Justice-God,
True,
I am afraid of You.
But I do know
That it is You
Who can and will bless me
With Your Perfection-Delight.

16978

I do not need
A life of happy surprises.
What I need is
A heart of divine enterprises.

16979

Inside my heart-hermitage
I hear the Satisfaction-Flute-Songs
Of my Lord Supreme.

16980

Each small step forward
Is the new beginning
Of an all-transforming human life.

16981

I do not believe in service.
What you call service-mountain,
I call delight-fountain.

16982

It is infinitely easier
For a man to love you
Than to understand the message
Of your soul’s compassion-eye.

16983

The mind’s complexity-clouds
Have covered
The heart’s unity-sun.

16984

O my mind,
Be not afraid of perfection-light,
For it is nothing other than
Lasting satisfaction-delight.

16985

The human mind is always afraid
Of having new guests.
The divine heart is always welcoming
Both the new guests
And the old guests.

16986

It seems that
The desiring mind
And its isolation-loneliness
Are inseparable.

16987

Tomorrow is too late.
Even later today
May not be the right time.
Go and see God right now.
He is eagerly waiting for you.

16988

The God-Satisfaction-Game
Has many rules and regulations,
But they are all
Extremely compassionate.

16989

O my mind,
Be wise once and for all.
Don’t rest any more!
My heart has already started the journey.
The goal is beckoning you, too.

16990

My heart’s aspiration-cry
Will never fail.
My life’s dedication-smile
Will never fail.
My soul’s manifestation-dance
Will never fail.

16991

Be careful of impurity-thoughts!
They can run wild
Inside your mind-territory.

16992

Every day
I simplify my mind
So that I can
Amplify my Lord
Inside my aspiration-heart.

16993

If you want to develop
Adamantine will-power,
Then you must not foster ill will
Towards any human being.

16994

Every day
I cherish only one thing:
My heart’s sleepless flow
Of God-hungry tears.

16995

A realised soul is he
Who smilingly every day
Dives deep within,
Runs speedily forward
And flies high, higher, highest.

16996

God does not care for
My self-expression
And self-manifestation.
He cares only for
My self-investigation
And self-interrogation.

16997

My heart’s soul-bird
Has two wings
To fly in the firmament
Of Divinity’s unhorizoned delight:
A sleeplessly crying wing
And a sleeplessly smiling wing.

16998

O my mind,
Do not be afraid
Of speaking about God.
O my heart,
Do not be afraid
Of speaking to God.
O my life,
Do not be afraid
Of dining with God.

16999

How real is God?
God is as real
As my heart’s aspiration
And as real as my soul’s
God-manifestation-smiles.

17000

Every day my Lord Supreme
Watches my surrender-heart-bird
Flying in His own Heart’s
Satisfaction-Sky.

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