Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 212
21101
If you can love the powerOf the Eternal Now-Time,
Then God will lead you
To His Infinity’s Satisfaction-Clime.
21102
God loves you proudlyBecause you are your mind’s
Clarity-day.
God will love you proudly
If you can become your heart’s
Hospitality-sun.
21103
The divine in us surrendersTo God the Faith.
The undivine in us surrenders
To man the disbelief.
21104
God will proudly feed your lifeOnly when your mind wants
What your heart needs.
21105
My heart,You were not born with insecurity.
Where did you get it from, where?
My mind,
You were not born with uncertainty.
Where did you get it from, where?
My vital,
You were not born with restlessness.
Where did you get it from, where?
My body,
You were not born with idleness.
Where did you get it from, where?
My life,
You were not born with imperfection.
Where did you get it from, where?
21106
If you want your heartTo compose a song on delight,
Then you and your mind
Must not mix with the ignorance-night
Of the unaspiring world.
21107
If you think that you areYour heart’s compassion-sea,
Then offer at least a few compassion-waves
To the unaspiring man-made world.
21108
Doubt invades your mindBecause you do not ask your heart
To sweeten your mind,
And you do not ask your soul
To enlighten your mind.
21109
If it is truth,Then it has to be thoroughly enjoyable.
If it is falsehood,
Then it is sleeplessly abominable.
21110
My aspiration-life,On you move!
Cling not to your old glories’
Summit-crown.
21111
If your mind is a blunt indifferenceTo your desire-success,
Then your heart’s aspiration-progress-flower
Is going to blossom.
21112
What is a desire-lifeIf not a birthless and deathless life
Of waiting?
21113
If your outer life is proudOf your long-term determination,
Then make your inner life a God-cry
Of sleepless aspiration.
21114
How long can your mind remainIn endlessly frustration-supported stupidity?
When will you look at your God-awakened,
Satisfaction-manifested beauty?
21115
Each unrevealed truthIs a rainbow
Of unmanifested achievement-divinity.
21116
What I need is eitherA cheerful Smile or a hurtful Frown
From my Lord Beloved Supreme
To take away immediately
The long-cherished groans
Of my doubt-cherishing mind.
21117
O human mind, do tell meIn which way are you better
Than a tempest-trembling
Uncertainty-tree?
21118
If your heart is not surchargedWith an indomitable will,
You may not be able to conquer
The inevitable,
But you can certainly postpone
The fully-prepared arrival
Of the inevitable.
21119
My sleepless aspiration-heart,God the birthless Compassion
And God the deathless Compassion
Are yours for the asking.
21120
Keep your heart’sObedience-door open.
Lo, God’s Golden Shore
Is beckoning you.
21121
God transcends His highest HeightSo that the darkest night
Of the human mind
Can be better examined
And illumined.
21122
OpportunityIs a most precious gift.
The seeker’s surrender-life
Cheerfully accepts this gift.
21123
Attention, attention —This is what the human in us wants.
Participation, participation —
This is what the divine in us wants.
21124
A heart of gratitudeIs a delightful responsibility
And a fruitful divinity.
21125
At long lastMy Absolute Lord Supreme
Has come into my life
To abscond with my ignorance-night.
21126
Yesterday I becameMy mind’s desire-storms.
Today I have become
My heart’s aspiration-blossoms.
Tomorrow I shall become
My soul’s realisation-sun.
21127
Time is always too short.Aspiration is always too weak.
Realisation is always too self-giving,
Furthermore, all-giving.
21128
The Master’s final request:Either dive deep within
To please me,
Or go away, far away from me,
To please yourself.
21129
My Lord’s Compassion-SmileIs at once
My mind’s inspiration-garden
And my heart’s aspiration-flower.
21130
When I enter intoMy heart’s silence-temple,
Even before I call,
God replies.
21131
Dedication creates orderFrom chaos.
Aspiration creates perfection
In order.
21132
Your doubt-mind has blindedYour vision-eye.
Therefore, you do not see
When God paints a rainbow
Across your devotion-flooded heart-sky.
21133
Confidence comes from commitment.Commitment comes from aspiration.
Aspiration comes from compassion.
Compassion comes from vision.
21134
When God asks you to try,You must realise
That not only does He know
What He is talking about,
But He also knows
That you do have the capacity.
21135
When the physical bodyDoes not aspire,
It is definitely among
The living dead.
21136
Fortify your fragile faith.God will grant you
His Infinity’s Oneness-Heart.
21137
Without experience-flames,How can I increase my faith in God?
Without realisation-delight,
How can I carry man’s life-burden
Into God’s Heart-Garden?
21138
You do not have to surrenderTo world-cynicism.
You do not have to fight
Against world-criticism.
God will do the needful for you.
He only asks you not to belong
To ignorance-era.
21139
God believes inYour eventual God-realisation,
Although you do not have
Even an iota of belief in Him.
21140
Blunders are inevitable:So says the human mind.
Perfection is inevitable:
So knows the divine heart.
21141
Your mind’s desire-attackIs a very old story.
Your heart’s desire-conquest
Is today’s plus tomorrow’s
New story.
21142
There is no substituteFor the mind’s
Constant and willing faith-experience
In God’s life-transforming Light.
21143
God is asking youTo be true to your own heart first.
Listen to Him
If you want Him to tell you
What you are supposed to do next.
21144
God calls.Man’s heart devotedly answers.
Man’s mind proudly does not answer.
21145
A purity-gratitude-heartIs a supreme gift of God
And not man’s creation.
21146
Only one thing I need:The assurance
Of God’s constant Forgiveness.
21147
A big mindCannot receive satisfactorily.
A small heart
Cannot give unconditionally.
21148
Two Eternity’s rivals:Heaven’s soul-bird
And
Earth’s life-cage.
21149
My mind’s thousands of yearsAnd my heart’s just tomorrow
Are the same.
21150
A doubting mindIs always in transit
To nowhere.
21151
Alas, I do not knowHow many centuries
Will dawn for me
Before my life becomes
A gratitude-heart.
21152
By feeding your imaginary sufferings,You are separating your life
From God’s Compassion-Eye.
21153
God observesHis happy Birthday
Inside my gratitude-heart-bud.
21154
I have known about my surrender-lifeFor many incarnations.
But where is it?
Does anybody know
When or where it will come
And befriend me?
21155
Like my soul,I wish to be
An eternal optimist,
Not just
A long-term optimist.
21156
O life’s misfortuneAnd tragedy-stories,
I really do not want
To be fed by you
Any more.
21157
With my prayer-mindAnd meditation-heart
I am going to transform my life
Into a temple of God-songs.
21158
Everything that God doesFor our aspiration-heart
And dedication-life
Is unconditional.
It is simply impossible for God
To be otherwise.
21159
Not the loftiest experience,But God-realisation itself,
Is the ultimate reach
Of meditation’s longest arms.
21160
Each good thoughtAnd each good action
Is indeed a descendant
Of God’s Heart-Fragrance.
21161
Neither God nor even deathWants to hear from me.
I am worthless and useless
In every way!
21162
O disobedience-fool,Will you ever know
That you do not even care
To understand yourself?
21163
If you really want to realise God,Then do not postpone your obedience
Until the endless tomorrow.
21164
I am so happy,O my mind,
That your disobedience-life
Is so swiftly sinking and dying.
21165
I become a burden to myselfWhen I want to see everything
In my own way,
And when I want everything to be done
In my own way.
21166
God smiles at meMost compassionately
And most proudly
When I stretch my heart-dreams
To the sky.
21167
O my mind,I am not an inch from the truth
When I tell you that
You are nothing other than
A non-practising perfectionist.
21168
Each time I do selfless service,God blessingfully tells me
To enjoy a feast
Of His Compassion-Smiles.
21169
The seeker who wants nothingFrom this world
Is equally as wise
As the one who loves
And wants to depend
Only on God’s Compassion.
21170
An unaspiring personIs he who is sustained
By lifeless dreams
And fruitless hopes.
21171
My Lord SupremeEvery day commands me
To nurse
My soul’s sleepless thirst.
21172
Try to please GodIn God’s own Way.
Otherwise, your life is bound
To remain saddled
With unfulfilled expectations.
21173
You are bound to danceWith your mind’s tragedies
If you do not bring into your mind
Your soul’s wisdom-flooded light.
21174
You want to know howI remain spiritually so rich.
I remain spiritually rich
By keeping careful watch
Over my mind-thief.
21175
O my mind,Be reasonable, be wise,
Be truth-searching
And do not try to live on
Tomorrow’s extravagant hopes.
21176
Although a true seekerDoes not invite disobedience,
Disobedience often visits him
Uninvited.
21177
O seeker,Ignorance never falls asleep.
Therefore, do not think of
Working for God
When ignorance is asleep.
21178
He who lives all the timeIn the heart and for the heart
Is definitely suited to serve God
In a very special way.
21179
The absurdities of imperfectionDo not leave us on their own.
At every moment
Consciously and heroically
We have to cast them
Far away from us.
21180
I am sureThere shall come a time
When my mind’s disobedience
Will be sick of itself.
21181
God swims in the sea of tearsWhen I desperately desire
To outshine others.
21182
ObedienceHas a few select companions:
The sincerity of the mind,
The purity of the heart
And the spontaneity of life.
21183
You will haveLife-transforming experiences
Only when God-thoughts
Inundate you with joy,
Just as gold delights
A deplorable miser.
21184
O idleness,You steal my hours,
You steal my days.
But I know that very soon
My soul’s dynamic energy
Will catch you red-handed
And energise you
To become a choice instrument
Of God.
21185
Alas, we keepOur aspiration-heart-eye closed
And blame God unnecessarily
For not blessing us
With His Compassion-Eye-Smiles.
21186
Every dayI remind my unaspiring mind
Of its worthless thoughts
And useless actions.
21187
The vital and the mindEvery day ask the heart
For advice.
But alas, they never take it.
21188
The depression of the mindFinds it very easy
To make friends with
The aggression of the vital.
21189
God allows me to sharePrivate moments with Him
Only when I become
A Heaven-climbing heart.
21190
What I like best about GodIs His Compassion-Eye,
For His Compassion-Eye
And His Forgiveness-Heart
He has kept inseparable.
21191
My first nameIs hope.
My middle name
Is determination.
My surname
Is self-offering.
21192
We cannot even properly imagineThe gap that lies between
Our planning mind
And our serving heart.
21193
From now onI would like to be soulfully involved
Only in the activities
In which my aspiring heart excels.
21194
To make this world really happy,I must keep my heart-garden safe
Every day
From my mind’s impurity.
21195
Who knows if the “golden days”Were really golden?
But we do know that the present days
Are not only challenging
But also devastating.
21196
Your latest fall took placeWhen you deliberately belittled
The goodness
Of your God-loving soul.
21197
O disobedience, if you thinkThat you are enjoying yourself,
Then you may as well feel
That God is also enjoying
His indifference.
21198
The sweetness of God-devotionEventually conquers
The bitterness of disobedience-pride.
21199
When I say that I love God,I immediately see
His Feet.
When I say that I need God,
I immediately marvel at
The Rainbow-Beauty
Of His Heart.
21200
My Lord, can You keep a secret?“Certainly, My child, I can.”
My Lord, from this moment on
I shall definitely fulfil You
And please You in Your own Way
In everything that I say and do.