Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201
20001
O seeker,Every day start
Your life’s journey
With a gratitude-heart-song.
20002
Are you a fool, O seeker?Why are you afraid
Of abandoning
Your old and useless
Ignorance-companion?
20003
Even insideThe mind’s ignorance-night,
The flickering light of the heart
Shines.
20004
Wild ambitionsAnd huge frustrations
Have orphaned many minds
And many hearts.
20005
Even whenGod’s Justice descends,
It is accompanied by
His unseen Compassion.
20006
No division-power of the mindCan either love or serve mankind
Divinely and supremely.
Only the oneness-power of the heart
Can love and serve
Plus transform the world.
20007
Nothing is simple to accomplishWhen we use our doubting mind.
Nothing is too difficult to accomplish
When we use our crying heart.
20008
Alas, at timesI am in a reality-bound cave
And at times
I am beyond the dream-free skies.
20009
The aspiration-heartHas and is the capacity
To fly into the sky
Of Eternity’s Oneness-Beyond.
20010
The candles of the heartCan easily be lit
Once and for all
By the God-oneness-flame
Of the soul.
20011
When your heart becomesA soaring aspiration-bird,
The Beyond is bound
To beckon you.
20012
How can you be happy,Really happy,
If you cannot separate your heart
From your mind’s
Stark and ruthless confines?
20013
It is so strangeThat the mind wants to live
Permanently
Inside its pitch-dark thought-prison.
20014
To feedGod’s ceaseless and breathless Hunger,
What we need
Is a child-heart-joy.
20015
A pure thoughtBrightens the mind,
Sweetens the heart
And enlightens the life.
20016
Be carefulOf your lethargy-body.
It can, at any moment,
Devour
Your heart’s inspiration-joy.
20017
Every dayI try to celebrate
The oneness-dream of my heart
Even inside
The division-enjoyment-mind.
20018
To a seeker,Nothing can be more precious
Than his sacred
Morning meditation-hour.
20019
We can sweeten and gladdenOur thoughts
Only with
Our heart-fragrance-prayers.
20020
It is youWho have to push aside
Your mind’s mountain-doubts
With the help of
Your soul-abundance-power.
20021
A receptivity-heartKeeps all its inner doors open
To welcome
Its Lord Beloved Supreme.
20022
You must never allow your mindTo drag you inside
The dark, darker, darkest
Thought-tunnel.
20023
God knowsMy gratitude-songs
By heart
And quite often sings them
To increase my aspiration-intensity.
20024
O my heart,When are you going to be
The possessor of Infinity’s
Self-giving and God-fulfilling
Capacities?
20025
Alas, what a rogueThe human mind is!
With its shameless doubts
It tries to harass and embarrass
The divinity of the heart.
20026
My realisation-soulAnd my aspiration-heart
Have the same message:
This world of ours
Will definitely have peace one day,
For the omnipresent God
Will reveal and manifest
His universal Peace.
20027
Needless to say,God has countless attributes.
But by far
The most significant attribute
Is peace.
20028
Peace is founded upon love.Love is fulness-perfection
In the outer world.
Love is oneness-fragrance
In the inner world.
20029
God the Vision and God the RealityAre inseparable.
Alas, when will man the dream
And man the reality
Become consciously, inseparably one?
20030
Anything that we truly needFor our abiding happiness
God will definitely grant us
At His choice Hour,
For God is eager to share
His Happiness with us.
20031
Do not stop dreaming!One day your world-peace-dream
Will inundate the entire world.
20032
A disciplined outer lifeIs indeed a result of
The life of inner freedom.
20033
Perfection you want?Then add regularity and punctuality
To your meditation-silence-meal.
20034
There is only one placeFor a seeker to place
His devotion-heart,
And that is at his Lord’s
Compassion-flooded Nectar-Feet.
20035
The mind desiresA sympathy-audience.
The heart desires
A oneness-audience.
The soul desires
A God-loving,
God-caring and
God-fulfilling audience.
20036
A fulness-heart’s tearsCan and shall satisfy
God’s Summit-Manifestation-Light.
20037
O God-lover and world-server,Be not doomed to disappointment,
For there shall definitely come a time
When you will see
The transformation-face of humanity.
20038
We have one common goal:Peace.
But how do we achieve it?
Only through meditation
On peace itself.
20039
The fastest outer sprinterAnd the fastest inner sprinter
Are not rivals.
They are two complementary souls.
The outer sprinter
Charms the inner sprinter.
The inner sprinter
Illumines the outer sprinter.
20040
Precisely becauseWe are God’s chosen instruments,
He has given us
His most secret, most sacred
And most precious inner wealth —
The inner hunger.
20041
The name of God’s LifeIs infinite Compassion.
The name of God’s Heart
Is immortal Love.
20042
God the CompassionBlesses us
With His Satisfaction-Delight.
God the Justice
Blesses us
With His Perfection-Height.
20043
Every day I join my heartWhen it sings God-obedience-songs.
Every day I join my life
When it sings God-surrender-songs.
20044
A faith-runnerOn the aspiration-road
Can deal easily
With doubt-attacks.
20045
When humanity’s lethargyComes to power,
Ignorance-night is bound
To rule supreme
On earth.
20046
My heart’s soulfulness-speedIs fed and multiplied
By God’s own Dream.
20047
God lovesOnly one philosophy,
And that is the
Do-it-here-now philosophy.
20048
Concern givesAccording to its limited willingness.
Love gives
According to its complete cheerfulness.
20049
God wants each and every seekerTo be a thief —
To steal beauty from His Eye
And bliss from His Heart.
20050
If you do not meditateOn your Inner Pilot,
Definitely you are going to miss
Something most significant.
If you meditate
On your Inner Pilot,
You will grow into
A greatness-mind-tower
And a goodness-heart-flower.
20051
Peace will show youThe way to God.
Bliss will teach you
How to preserve God.
20052
O my heart, dive deep withinAnd see if there is anything
That you have not yet given
To your Beloved Supreme.
20053
My prayer-mindIs my uncertain investment.
My meditation-heart
Is my certain, absolutely certain,
Investment.
20054
I never feltAnd never even thought
That God would be so eager
And anxious
To see me happy.
20055
Each soulful thoughtIs unimaginably precious
In serving God the creation.
20056
The mind is always readyTo blame somebody else.
The heart is quite often ready
To blame itself.
The soul says:
“O mind,
By blaming others
You can never be happy.
O heart,
By blaming yourself
You will get nothing worthwhile.
O mind, O heart,
Stay not in the world of blame.
Pray to God, meditate on God
For illumination.”
20057
Alas, why is God so indifferentTo me, my suffering?
Alas, when will God play the role
Of my Saviour
And not my Observer?
20058
Be brave, sleeplessly brave.Do not surrender
To the inevitable.
The strength of your soul
Can silence the buffets of fate.
20059
O my eyes,When will I see
The beauty of the dawn
Inside you and around you?
O my world,
When will I see
The peace of the evening
Inside you and around you?
20060
InspirationIs the God-journey’s start.
Aspiration
Is the God-speed.
Realisation
Is the God-destination.
20061
O my suspicion-mind,I thought you had left me
For good.
Alas, you have come back again
To torture me, my entire being.
Unless and until, my mind,
You are ruthlessly under arrest,
Peace will remain a far cry.
20062
Do not complain;Do not complain.
Just train your mind
To look at the world
With a compassion-eye.
20063
Are you not the worst fool?If not, why do you allow your mind
To lord it over you
Day and night?
20064
The outer world thinksMy little heart is useless.
But the inner world knows
My little heart is both
Priceless and measureless.
20065
In the inner worldMy name is tolerance.
In the outer world
My name is perseverance.
20066
May my innerGod-aspiration-necessity
And my outer
God-manifestation-capacity
Remain always inseparable.
20067
Where isMy mind’s freedom?
It is inside
My heart’s peace.
It is inside
My life’s surrender.
20068
The vital is always eagerTo fight.
The mind is always eager
To doubt.
The heart is always eager
To cry.
The life is always eager
To surrender.
20069
Truth is notA new invention.
Truth is not
A new discovery.
Truth is
Eternal self-evidence.
20070
O my oneness-heart’s rose-beauty,Where are you?
O my division-mind’s thorn-torture,
Why are you here?
20071
From ancient times,Even until now,
The transformation of human nature
Has seemed to be
An impossible task.
20072
The smiles of victoryAnd the tears of defeat
Exist only
In the aspiration-famine
Of the human mind.
20073
I knowMy spiritual riches will grow
Only when I go
Straight to my heart’s
Aspiration-garden
Every morning.
20074
We may not seeBut we do feel
That there is a Hand
Which is beckoning us
To a supreme Destination.
20075
When my vision-eye fliesTowards the moon,
My heart becomes beautiful and pure.
When my vision-eye flies
Towards the sun,
My heart becomes confident and sure.
20076
Each self-giving act of mineHelps my life
To strengthen my soul’s
God-manifestation-promise.
20077
In all human beings lies hiddenThe seed
Of God-satisfaction-promise.
20078
It is not advisableTo measure the depths
Of life’s
Most deplorable failures.
20079
Let each and every human beingBe cautious of
His violence-temper-destruction.
20080
Each aspiration-heartIs indeed a radiance-smile
Of God’s Compassion-Eye.
20081
O my mind,When will you start
Praying and meditating
At the foot
Of my soul’s peace-mountain?
20082
When the heart is chargedWith enthusiasm-flames,
All earthly barriers
Can be surmounted.
20083
May I be my mind’sInspiration-march.
May I be my heart’s
Aspiration-flight.
May I be my soul’s
Illumination-depth.
20084
When the mind arrives soundlesslyAt the heart’s door,
The inner host immediately
Opens the door.
20085
Who is a God-realised soul?A God-realised soul is he
Who carries Eternity’s
God-ordained
Responsibility-oceans.
20086
O my Lord Supreme,Do give me an iota
Of Your Tolerance-Ear
And an iota
Of Your Compassion-Heart
To love You in the inner world
And serve You in the outer world.
20087
My life’s pendulumIs moving to and fro
Between my mind’s
Uncomely and ancient thoughts
And my heart’s
Beautiful and noble feelings.
20088
When I do not pray and meditateEarly in the morning,
I invariably enter into my mind’s
Anxiety-anguish-jungle.
20089
We must renounceOur ego-pride-life
If we want God to announce
His Victory in and through us.
20090
The absence of faithIn the heart
Can easily be the cause
Of the destruction-rain
Of the spiritual life.
20091
The human in me thinksMy life is a big joke.
The divine in me knows
My life is a Dream of God.
Alas, I am lost
Between my human experience
And my divine reality.
20092
A resolute mindAnd a self-giving heart
Can surmount all obstacles
Without fail.
20093
O my mind,Can you not see
That you are day by day
Withering
In your hopeless, helpless
Forest-life?
20094
O my mind,Throw away the desire-clutches
And desire-nets
If you want to fly
In the firmament of Infinity’s Freedom.
20095
If you please GodHere on earth
In God’s own Way,
At the end of your journey’s close,
God Himself will greet you
And receive you
At His transcendental Palace
In Heaven.
20096
Each time I offerMy heart’s willingness-smile
To my Lord Supreme,
He blessingfully invites me
To come close, closer, closest
To Him.
20097
In the inner lifeWe must become meditation-mountains
To transcend ourselves.
In the outer life
We must become dedication-trees
To transcend ourselves.
20098
Because my heart isA breathless lover of God,
The whole world belongs
To my heart’s oneness-love.
20099
May my life be dedicatedOnly to those
Who believe in world-peace
And wish their inner lives
To be inundated with peace.
20100
First use your imagination-powerTo create a better world.
Then sleeplessly serve
The present world
To turn your imagination
Into reality.