Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 225
22401
Only one thingKeeps my heart alive:
My God-oneness-hope.
22402
Alas, I do not knowWhy my gratitude-heart
Begins to die
The moment it is born.
22403
God’s frustrationOnce I was.
God’s Satisfaction
Now I am.
22404
My heart’s purity-breathGod treasures
Beyond measure.
22405
Because of my intenseAspiration-heart-fire,
My desire-life will
Before long expire.
22406
A life of desireIs always accompanied
By the torture of fear.
22407
O my God-faith,Beauty-flooded is your heart;
Purity-flooded is your breath.
22408
Only two thingsA God-lover needs:
His nature’s perfection
And his love for God-Satisfaction.
22409
The mind derives joyFrom receiving something special.
The heart derives joy
From becoming something special.
The soul derives joy
Neither from receiving nor from becoming,
But from pleasing God
In God’s own Way.
22410
Is there anybody who does not desireTo arrive at the destination
Long before God’s choice Hour?
22411
In the battlefield of lifeThere is only one hero,
And that hero is
The self-offering-hero.
22412
My self-transcendence-songIs the only treasure
That my Lord Supreme cherishes
And will forever cherish.
22413
Alas,Will there ever be a time
When my life’s lion-heart
Will roar and roar
For the full manifestation
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme?
22414
How can we ever expectTo arrive on time
At our inner destination
When we use our mind-vehicle
To take us on the rush-hour-road?
22415
Be a self-giver.Everybody will follow
In your all-illumining footsteps.
22416
Nothing divineCan either be achieved
Or purchased by anxiety.
22417
God’s Cry awakensThe world-peace-dreamers.
God’s Smile feeds
The world-peace-lovers.
22418
I am happyWhen I do something good.
I am infinitely happier
When God’s Compassion-Rain
From God’s Heaven
Descends upon me.
22419
An adamantine willIs a sure cure
For jealousy-meanness-life.
22420
True, God needs my pure heart,But He needs my self-giving life
Infinitely more
To feed His Compassion-Eye.
22421
My Lord,Do tell me if and when
My backward-running race
Is going to end.
22422
God’s Compassion-EyeEvery day swims
In the tearful sea of my heart.
22423
My happiness is beyond measureWhen I see God’s smiling Heart
In God’s Compassion-Eye.
22424
Each kind thoughtIs a direct representative
Of God
To illumine the ignorance
Of the world.
22425
Perfection on earthly soilIs not possible today,
But tomorrow it will be inevitable.
22426
My mind has no solace for me.My mind does not even know
What solace is.
My heart not only knows
What solace is,
But also has solace for me
In measureless measure.
22427
O my earthly life,Why are you such a fool?
Why do you still long for more possessions?
Can you not see
That you are already ruthlessly possessed
By possession itself?
22428
If you are a God-seeker,Then you automatically become
A man-inspirer.
22429
Because of my heart’s climbingAspiration-flames,
I am no longer anchored
By my old desire-life-chains.
22430
I call itMy heart’s aspiration.
God calls it
His own Experience-Adventure.
22431
O my mind,Start aspiring immediately
Before you are disgraced
In the world’s eye.
22432
If you are a heart-citizen,Your eyes will feed
The God-hunger-cry
Of the world.
22433
A heart that isCompletely dedicated to God
Is bound to feed God the man
And man the God.
22434
The God-touchCan be either very gentle
Or very powerful,
As necessity demands.
22435
When I am completely aloneWith God,
I feel that I am nothing
But a speck of dust,
Meaningless, worthless and useless.
22436
God does not want me to beMy mind’s cave-dweller.
He wants me to be
My heart’s palace-enjoyer.
22437
If you are a true seeker,Then you must not participate
In unhealthy and barren
Intellect-tournaments.
22438
My wise head tells meHow I can be generous
In God’s Eye.
My warm heart tells me
How I can be precious
In God’s Heart.
22439
When I lose my gratitude-heart,Whatever I say about God
Is stupid, ridiculous and absurd.
22440
My mind-doubtsAre small and ineffective storms
Inside my soul-eternity’s still and calm,
Eternal and infinite peace-sea.
22441
God forgives meTo awaken my heart.
God blesses me
To fulfil my life.
22442
O my mind’s insincerity,Will you ever realise
How ruthlessly you torture
My Lord’s Compassion-Eye-Sun?
22443
No soaring enthusiasmIn my heart,
No Satisfaction-Eye
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
22444
I cannot easily believeThat I will soon become
A choice instrument
Of my Lord Supreme.
22445
If my life does not liveIn my heart-nest,
My Lord will have no chance
To rest.
22446
Inspiration-flamesI was.
Aspiration-fire
I now am.
Realisation-sun
I shall become.
22447
My Lord has left itIn humanity’s hands
To build
The Kingdom of Heaven
On earth.
22448
It is not difficult for meTo tell the world
How undivine I am.
22449
The idleness of the mindAnd the timidity of the heart
Are always found together.
22450
Alas,My Lord is so little understood
In this world,
Yet I do nothing
To illumine the mind of the world
Or to feed the heart of the world.
22451
PeaceIs neither my new home
Nor my old home.
Peace
Is my only home.
22452
Do not try to makeThe future visible.
Try to make the present
Not only as visible,
But also as useful as possible.
22453
My Lord of Compassion tells meThat my nature’s perfection
Is now not too far off.
22454
Whenever I live in the mind,I am forced to pass through
The depths of ignorance-night.
22455
The desire-life is the lifeThat knows
What thirst is,
But knows not
How to quench it.
22456
God starts laughing at meEven long before I admit
That I am hopelessly useless.
22457
If ever you do somethingGood for humanity,
You will be thanked
By God Himself.
22458
Only because ofGod’s unconditional Forgiveness-Light
Am I able to see Him,
Not for any other reason.
22459
May the eyes of my heartSee my Lord Supreme
In the very near future.
22460
O seeker,If patience is not
One of your strong points in life,
You will never succeed.
22461
O seeker, rememberYou are not
Your mind’s stupidity,
And you are not
Your heart’s timidity.
22462
We pride ourselvesOn our outer success.
God prides Himself
On our inner progress.
22463
Like God,I shall never refuse anybody
As a friend of my heart.
22464
Compassion, not compromise,Can solve the teeming problems
Of human life.
22465
My smiling heartIs the summit of my life’s
Progress-mountain.
22466
Volcano-egoAnd mountain-sovereignty
Can never part.
22467
I get infinitely more joyFrom my aspiration-heart
Than from my satisfaction-life.
22468
I need only one thing:A heart that is always ready
To command my mind.
22469
When I singWith my heart’s rising moon,
I am eternally happy.
When I dance
With my soul’s rising sun,
I am totally fulfilled.
22470
God can be caughtAnywhere He is sought
By your heart-tears.
22471
To be a partner of the mindIs to sigh.
To be a partner of the heart
Is to fly.
22472
The heart’s ecstasyComes from
God’s Oneness-Intimacy.
22473
God reveals HimselfThrough my heart-tears.
God fulfils Himself
Through my soul-smiles.
22474
Your mind’s narrow roadIs wide enough
For doubt and jealousy
To walk along.
22475
Conviction tells meWhat I can eventually become.
Realisation tells me
What I eternally am.
22476
The beauty of my heartAnd the fragrance of my soul
Always fly together.
22477
I do not know how powerfulThe mind is,
But I do know how powerful
The fear of the mind is
For me.
22478
An unwillingness-mindWill eventually have to fight
Against immense dangers.
22479
NothingCan always remain the same —
Alas,
Not even my intense love
For this earth-planet.
22480
Each time I have a new hope,A new and illumining world
Lovingly welcomes me.
22481
O my mind,Pray and pray to God,
So that you can escape
Ignorance-mind-impurity.
22482
What my searching mindPropounds
My crying heart
Expounds.
22483
The attachment of the vitalCannot escape from
Eventually sobbing and moaning.
22484
As long as God’s CompassionIs in charge,
Our stupidity will not meet
With its well-deserved
God-Justice-Light.
22485
Although our aspiration is ancient,It can remain untouched
By earth-dangers.
22486
O ingratitude-mind,It is high time
For you to leave the world
For good.
22487
When I am in a rage,I find myself in my mind’s
Inescapable cage.
22488
As an artist delightsIn painting,
A seeker must delight
In aspiring.
22489
O sincerity-heart,Where are you?
O stupidity-mind,
Where are you not?
22490
How fruitfulMy silence-heart is.
How hurtful
My sound-mind is.
22491
How I wish I could enjoyMy God-manifestation-reality
The way I enjoy
My God-aspiration-dream.
22492
O my mind,The time has come
To stop your wilderness-expedition
And begin your stillness-journey.
22493
The human in me shamelessly wantsTo dominate the world.
The divine in me lovingly
And self-givingly wants
To liberate the world.
22494
It is the doubt-cloudsOf my mind
That want to separate me
From my sunshine-heart.
22495
No matter what I do,No matter how hard I try,
I cannot run away
From the battlefield of despair.
22496
I ask God whyI am so undivine and unspiritual.
The Compassion-Eye of my Lord
Refuses to give an immediate answer.
22497
I failWhen I am not
The urgency of my mind.
I fail
When I am not
The intensity of my heart.
22498
For tilling the aspiration-ground,What I need is a searching mind
And a self-giving heart.
22499
Not the doubting mindBut the faithful heart
Is always ready
For changes and improvements.
22500
O my Lord,Do take from me every day
What I have for You
And what I am to You.
What I have
Is a heart of love,
And what I am
Is a soul of gratitude.
