Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 265

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26401

Each moment we can perform
A thrill of magic
If we abide by the soul’s dictates.

26402

If we have a oneness-breath
With God’s Will,
There is nothing that we cannot do
For the betterment of humanity.

26403

Blessed are those
Who know how to smile at God’s Eye
And how to weep at God’s Feet.

26404

My Lord, use me
If it is Your Will.
Do not use me
If it is Your Will.
Do freely exercise
Your Will.

26405

What is love?
It is something that has
Infinite possibilities
To enlarge and expand.

26406

If you cannot conquer your ego
Altogether,
At least keep it at the lowest profile,
So that you can make
A small amount of progress.

26407

Do not think of retiring,
Even when you think your duties
Are all done.
Retirement and enlightenment
Can never be found together.

26408

What do you see
When you look at yourself?
If you see yourself
As an exact prototype of God,
Then you are perfect.

26409

The mind actually does not know
How to smile self-givingly.
It only pretends to smile.

26410

How I wish I could change
The habits of my mind
Once and for all
To please my Lord in His own Way.

26411

Until you stand in front of God Himself,
How will you know correctly
How great and good you actually are?

26412

If you are a self-enamoured
God-seeker,
You will only sink and sink.
You will never rise.

26413

Obedience
Is the foundation
Of my heart-home.

26414

If you are a stranger to persistence,
Then excellence will never knock
At your door.

26415

When you open your heart-door,
You must realise that you are opening it
For the Eternal Now to come in
And not for the distant future.

26416

If you cannot have implicit faith,
Then at least cultivate positive thinking
To give joy to yourself and joy to others.

26417

There is no speed limit
On the road
To perfection.

26418

God embraces us.
He does not believe in shaking hands,
Or even saying hello to us.

26419

Optimism is indeed a subject
That is being taught
At God’s Perfection-School.

26420

I find two new worlds:
One inside the Forgiveness-Heart
Of my Lord Supreme,
And one inside the Compassion-Eye
Of my Lord Supreme.

26421

If you pay attention
To the disapproval of others,
Your progress-life
Will immediately stop.

26422

God is truly fond of
A sincere seeker’s
Budding devotion.

26423

We must pour out our heart
To our soul
To give our life the fastest speed.

26424

Poor God does not know
How to justify Himself,
But we all know
How to justify ourselves.

26425

A blossoming divinity
Is the sign
Of an awakened heart.

26426

If you have a single-minded
Yearning for God,
Then nothing can stand in your way.

26427

The intensity of devotion
Is of paramount importance
To make the fastest progress.

26428

Heaven itself is at a loss
When I do not want to become
A conscious Heaven-lover.

26429

May I remain
A ceaselessly hospitable soul
Every day and every hour
Of my life.

26430

The temples of the skies
Are not afraid of our impurity-minds,
But they are afraid of
Our unwillingness-hearts.

26431

God does not live
On my proud opinions.
He lives on my humble devotion.

26432

Everybody may be capable
Of God-lectures,
But how many are capable
Of listening to a Lecture
Of the real God?

26433

A sincere seeker feels
That he is in big trouble
When he is even a few inches away
From his purity-heart.

26434

My mind has to be guarded
At every moment
From the hostile attacks
Of self-doubt.

26435

My Lord Supreme has many, many
World-illumining plans for me.
But I am satisfied only when my life
Is above all, alas.

26436

The indifference of the mind
And the insolence of the vital
Take us two giant steps
Towards our own self-destruction.

26437

My Lord,
I do not take the trouble
Of saying even “Sorry” to You
When I fail repeatedly
To obey You.

26438

Alas, the more God’s Hopes
For my aspiration-dedication-life increase,
The more I disappoint Him!

26439

When we live in the mind
And we live for the mind
With our anthill-height
In spirituality,
We feel as high as the Himalayas.

26440

A man of exorbitant pride
Sincerely feels
He is another God.

26441

God is not suffering so much
From our lack of love for Him,
But He is suffering
From our total indifference to Him.

26442

No matter how insincere,
How weak or how stupid I am,
I know only one thing:
I must never befriend depression
If ever I want to become truly happy.

26443

We do not want to mould our life
According to God’s Vision-Light.
We are only satisfied in begging
Or forcing God
To tolerate our self-chosen way of life.

26444

If you do not want to become
Your pride-destroyer,
Then you will never be a real
Joy-creator
In your life and for your life.

26445

My Lord,
You do not have to take my side
When my spiritual height is low.
If You use
Your Tolerance and Patience-Light,
I shall regain my spiritual height.

26446

Every moment God visits
My body, vital, mind and heart.
My heart smilingly and lovingly
Welcomes God,
But the rest of the members of my family
Remain fast asleep
When God visits my inner home.

26447

Alas, if we count how many days a month
We do not pray and meditate,
Our sincerity-heart will be
Unimaginably shocked.

26448

What is obedience?
Obedience is our sincere belief
That God cares for us
And is doing everything
For our fastest progress
And brightest smile.

26449

Today my mind is parched
For inspiration-light
And my heart is parched
For aspiration-delight.

26450

When the forces of nature
Become destructive,
We can overcome them
On the strength of our purity-prayer
And divinity-meditation.

26451

O my mind,
It is you who have stranded yourself
On the island of uncertainties.

26452

In our spiritual life,
We must not expect anything
Good, divine, illumining and fulfilling
From our iron-cast, stubborn mind.

26453

A sprinkle of God-Light
And God-Delight
Is enough to give us
Abiding satisfaction.

26454

My Lord tells me
That when He illumines my mind
With His Justice-Light,
He is more satisfied
Than when He illumines me
With His Compassion-Height.

26455

At each moment
I enjoy the Beauty and Fragrance
Of God’s Compassion-Heart.

26456

My mind blindly sports
In demonic play
Which is utterly self-destructive.

26457

No more shall I allow myself
To be suffocated
In the dust and sand of the past.

26458

We definitely do not know
And we do not want to know
That we are all part of
God’s Master-Plan.

26459

We enjoyed the desire-feast,
But alas, we are starving.
We will always starve
Unless we can satisfy God
With the right thing,
And that right thing is our aspiration-cry.

26460

Alas, I do not know
When the hour will strike
When I will be able to enjoy
The rainbow-dawn of my desire-free life.

26461

My Lord, do give me
One sleeplessly self-giving seeker
To make You happy
Instead of letting me enjoy the minds
Of useless disciples and admirers.

26462

My prayer-life is not my duty.
My prayer-life is not my responsibility.
My prayer-life is my supreme necessity
To please God the man in me.

26463

I do not want to waste my time
Thinking of my endless
Future progress.
I want to start making progress
Right from here and from now on.

26464

If clarity in the mind
Is visible,
Then life’s purification
Can make fast progress.

26465

I really doubt
If the closed mind-closet
Contains any real love for God.

26466

My Lord tells me that my birthday
Is when I spend all my time
Going within my surrender-being.

26467

God does not hide
His Secret-Hour from us.
Unfortunately we do not know
What God’s Hour is.

26468

Divinity is always ready
To enter into the portals
Of my mind’s hell.
But I do not give Divinity the permission.

26469

Austere and rigid intellectuality
Will always remain
Farther than the farthest
From spirituality.

26470

If we really love the inner silence,
Then the inner silence
Will definitely reveal its hidden treasure:
Satisfaction-delight.

26471

A spiritual Master is he
Who is bound to guide humanity
Through the darkness-years ahead.

26472

We are on the brink
Of a new millennium.
Are we ready to welcome
The new millennium
With the newness of our mind
And the fulness of our heart?
Alas, no, no, no!

26473

My Lord, no matter how hard I try
To please You more,
I fail and I fail.
Please show me the way.

26474

I must bring back my devotion-eye,
I must bring back my devotion-heart,
I must bring back my devotion-breath,
So that once more I can heartily smile.

26475

Where is the real universe?
The real universe is not outside
My existence-reality.
It is inside my own
Aspiration-blossoming heart.

26476

Humility can be achieved very fast.
Humility can be made very vast.
Humility can give us
What nothing else can give us:
Inseparable oneness
With God’s Delight.

26477

I do not know what will happen to me
If or when God stops listening
To all my grievances.

26478

It is not necessary to be first
In the outer race.
It is not necessary to be first
In the inner race.
But it is absolutely necessary
To have the race-speed
To arrive at the destination.

26479

The secret and sacred language
Of all God-lovers
Is ceaseless and unconditional surrender.

26480

O my mind,
How do you consider yourself
To be always imperial?
God’s Compassion-Flood
In and through me
Will before long overpower you.

26481

O my vital,
Tell me one thing:
Are you not sincerely and totally ashamed
Of your daily disloyalty
To our Lord Supreme?

26482

God does not make
His Victory-Predictions.
It is the bounden duty of God-lovers
To do it.

26483

It is your loss, O my dry mind,
And not God’s,
When you fail to appreciate
God’s infinite Beauty in nature.

26484

Every day I get three wake-up calls
From my Lord Supreme:
The first time
I get His Inspiration-Call,
The second time
I get His Aspiration-Call,
The third time
I get His Dedication-Call,
And then, happily and proudly,
I wake up!

26485

My mind’s readiness
And my heart’s willingness
Are as powerful as ocean waves.

26486

A heart of genuine devotion
Will sooner or later
Reach the summit-heights of purity.

26487

A genuine aspiration-heart
Is always apt to compose
Universal oneness-songs.

26488

My God-searching mind
Was horrified
By unexpected, cascading doubts.

26489

God is nurturing
My aspiration-heart
In my
Prayerfulness-fecundity-soil.

26490

Sometimes I wonder
Whether thoughts are made of misery
Or misery is made of thoughts.

26491

This world of ours
Wants to live by lawless might
And not by lawful light.

26492

Everything is meaningless and useless
To the universal whole
If we do not dare to accept spirituality,
Which is God’s Heart-Breath.

26493

Alas, I did not realise
That I would be so ruthlessly tortured
By my mind’s desire-night.

26494

Is there any day
When our life and death
Do not borrow necessities
From each other?

26495

It is absolutely unnecessary
To be certain of tomorrow.
What is of absolute necessity
Is our ever-blossoming oneness
With the Eternal Now.

26496

We have spoken ceaselessly
And unreasonably.
Now let us allow poor God
To have His turn.
He has been wishing to speak
For a long time.

26497

If you want to receive God-Glory
From God Himself,
Then do not run away
From the God-paved road.

26498

Each time I have a deep meditation,
My entire being beams
With the beauty of inner tranquillity.

26499

If you can place your God-given talents
In the service of God,
Then God will give you what He has for you
And what He is to you:
His Infinity’s Love and Infinity’s Pride.

26500

When I quote the messages
Of my soul accurately,
I make my life beautiful, cheerful
And perfect.

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