Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 31

3001

Now that you have surrendered
Your life to God,
You have at least one Person
Who will listen to you,
And that Person is God Himself.

3002

Are you a thief
That you have to enter
Into God’s Heart-Room
On tiptoe?

3003

Always carry your soul-map
With you
If you really want
To reach Heaven.

3004

Nobody wants to know
Your mind’s expert opinion.
Everyone wants to have
Your heart’s perfect union.

3005

You are afraid
That God does not speak
Your language.
But God does speak
Your heart-language.

3006

Something in my heart tells me
That I shall not only realise God
In this lifetime
But also manifest God on earth
Far beyond my expectation.

3007

His wisdom-life
And his ignorance-death
Are fighting all the time
Inside his heart.

3008

God’s Fountain-Love
Is not above
My division-head
But deep inside
My oneness-heart.

3009

You may not know,
Perhaps you will never know,
That you are not only
Humanity’s hope
But you are humanity’s only hope.

3010

Enthusiasm is energy.
Energy defeats
Failure-life.

3011

There may not be
Any place for God
Inside you,
But inside God’s Heart
I am sure there is always
A place for you.

3012

Your vital attachment
Has totally destroyed
The heart-plant
Of your inner beauty.

3013

If you are
God’s chosen instrument
On earth,
Then do not take anything
For granted.

3014

If you surround yourself
With purity,
Heaven’s divinity will
At every moment
Shake hands with you.

3015

It is not
His fear of death
But his fear of life
That has separated him
From human society.

3016

It happens all the time
That when God sends for me
I am unavailable.

3017

One song
I shall never forget:
My Lord’s
Daily Forgiveness-Song.

3018

I want to complete
The last page of my life’s book
Only with my heart’s gratitude-tears
And my life’s surrender-cheers.

3019

If you blow
Your ego-trumpet,
How do you expect God
To keep you
Inside His Compassion-Net?

3020

Your confidence-light
You must feel
At this very moment
And not leave
To the distant future.

3021

To speak to you
About your heart’s surrender-life
Is more useless
Than talking to a brick wall!

3022

Do not try
To imitate perfection.
Your very attempt
Will end in a sad fiasco.

3023

Each individual
In his own clever way
Thinks he can easily have
A cloud-free aspiration-cry
If he wants to.

3024

So much I owe
To God the man!
I really do not even dare
To think of it.

3025

If you want to repeat
Anything in your life,
You can do so,
Except for one thing:
Do not repeat
Your life’s repeated defeats.

3026

Your heart’s purity-bird
Has flown away
Because your mind
Has totally destroyed
Your life’s beauty-nest.

3027

If you have a soul,
Which you have,
Then you must ask your soul
To show its victory-light
Inside your body-room.

3028

God’s only question
To humanity:
“Children,
When will you start
The victory-voyage
Of life?”

3029

Only a purity-pilgrim
Has the right
To walk on the soul’s
Perfection-road.

3030

You are not the only one
Who suffers from
The infectious doubt-disease.
Doubt-disease has covered
The length and breadth
Of the world.

3031

It is now high time
For you
To gather together
All your heart’s
Immortal treasures:
Affection, purity, love
And oneness.

3032

God the Justice
May not wait
At the end of every road.
But God the Compassion
Will definitely wait
At the end of each and every road.

3033

Even his eyes
Do not have
Any trace of desire,
Not to speak of
His heart.

3034

The outer world
Does not want to claim him
Because the inner world
Does not trust him.

3035

If your mind knows
How to confine your life,
Then your heart knows
How to pine for liberation
And also
How to dine with God-Satisfaction.

3036

God does not want you to have
A hermit-heart.
He wants you to have
His own Emperor-Heart.

3037

His mind enjoys
Only one thing:
Constant confrontation
With God’s Compassion.

3038

Your heart’s cheerful willingness
To obey God
Will wash away
Your mind’s ignorance
Of millennia.

3039

I sing my God-songs
Only for God
The Listener.

3040

Poor God
Has no time for Himself.
He uses all His time
To listen to humanity’s complaints
Against Him.

3041

You may be helpless,
But never, never think
That you are hopeless,
Absolutely hopeless.

3042

You can boast
Of your desire-fire
Only until
God the Fireman arrives.

3043

His heart was surprised to see
That his mind
Had totally collapsed
Owing to its unwillingness
To obey the soul.

3044

His lack of enthusiasm
Has helped him
To build his own
Failure-prison.

3045

Tell God your troubles.
If you do not tell Him,
He will spend all His time
Listening to others’ troubles,
And you and your troubles
Will remain inseparable.

3046

God does not command you.
It is you
Who command your life
To be disobedient
To God’s Will.

3047

Your body, vital, mind and heart
All want to play with God.
But God plays only
With your heart
And its purity.

3048

God did not want you
To give up.
He just wanted you
To give in
To His Immortality’s Will.

3049

If you see
A sincerity-landmark,
That means
That secretly an angel-heart
Is leading you
On the right path.

3050

Now that you have stepped down
From your ego-pedestal,
God is not just walking,
But running
Towards you.

3051

Your body
You cannot expand.
Your mind
You cannot expand.
But your heart
You can definitely expand.
What for?
To embrace God’s universe.

3052

Nothing can change him.
No, not even the threat
Of imminent death!

3053

Are you walking
Beyond the borders
Of an unbounded time?
Then you are bound to have
A new Companion:
God.

3054

What do you want?
Do you want
God’s two strong Arms
Or
His one Silence-Heart?

3055

His mind forgets
That he has not made
Many attempts.
It only remembers one thing:
No success.

3056

I do not want to be
A tennis ball,
But I really want my life
To be as perfect
As the surrender
Of a tennis ball.

3057

They say
Man is evolving
And progressing.
Alas, what do I see?
Barbarian behaviour
Is the order of the day!

3058

Why does God refuse
Man’s desires?
Is it because He is
Incapable?
Or is it because He is still
Compassionate to mankind?
Aspiration-lovers and desire-lovers
Have different answers.

3059

Every day
When I pray soulfully
And meditate peacefully,
God provides me
With a new heart-room
To work on my life’s ideals.

3060

God’s Compassion plays
With the broken hearts.
God’s Satisfaction chats
With the chosen lives.

3061

A willing God-servant
Always loves mankind
Not only unreservedly
But also unconditionally.

3062

There is always
A terrible fight
Between false hope
And real success.

3063

A self-giving moment
Has the giant capacity
To move a chain
Of ignorance-mountains.

3064

In the morning
I pray to my Beloved Supreme
To shut my mind-gate
Against uncomely thoughts.

In the morning
I meditate on my Beloved Supreme
To grant me the capacity
To come out of the deep cave
Of blind darkness.

3065

The death
Of your devotion-life
I cannot believe —
I cannot even imagine!

3066

If you want to run a race
Every day,
Then I advise you to run only
Your life’s cheerfulness-race.

3067

Humanity’s unfulfilled
Desire-sorrow
Is no match for
Humanity’s fulfilled
Desire-joy.

3068

Alas,
His heart is totally defenceless
Against his mind’s
Unexpected doubt-invasion.

3069

Did you ever imagine
That you would be so pure
That you could see God’s Eye
And be at God’s Feet?

3070

You have taken upon yourself
An impossibility-task:
To forge God’s
Blessing-Signature.

3071

Everything that you have
Is undivine.
Even inside your humility
What looms large
Is your pride.

3072

An impurity-heart
Is a loveless heart.
A loveless heart
Is a God-Visionless heart.

3073

One good decision
Leads to another:
“I shall realise God...
I shall become perfect.”

3074

I will fail God:
This is a secret
That I do not want
Under any circumstances
To be divulged.

3075

A mind of suspicion
Needs a heart of purity
For its newness-illumination
And vastness-perfection.

3076

You want to know
Who will be the keeper
Of my heart-castle.
God the Lover
Has graciously agreed
To do the job
Unconditionally.

3077

His hope-tree
Was shattered
The day his mind’s doubts
Replaced his heart’s faith.

3078

Each life must cultivate
Every day
A green newness-field
To collect a bumper crop
Of aspiration.

3079

Your ceaseless thirst
For purity in God’s world
Will someday
Definitely be quenched.

3080

My mind enjoys
Isolation,
My heart enjoys
Consolation
And I enjoy
My Lord’s Compassion.

3081

Make up your mind!
Do you want God to please you,
Or do you want God’s infinite Blessings
To please God?

3082

Do you want to serve God?
Then you need more
Heavenly credentials
And you need no
Earthly experience.

3083

God is your
Open Admirer.
Can you not
At least try
To be His secret admirer?

3084

Your heart’s gratitude-bird
Flies away
Quicker than your mind’s
Imagination-bird.

3085

The gratitude-heart
Of your meditation-life
Earns God’s most powerful
Silence-Smile.

3086

God does call
Your heart’s aspiration-name
All the time.

3087

When you talk to God about me,
It is not just
Between you and God.
I must also know
All about it.

3088

Your heart has to be
Always
A patient pilgrim
On your inner path.

3089

Insecurity is a contagious disease
That one sufferer receives
From another deplorable sufferer.

3090

I always wanted
To be tall in the inner world.
I always wanted
To be strong in the outer world.

3091

Do not miss a moment
If you do not want to leave
Any room for regret
In your aspiration-life.

3092

Destruction-mountain
Lies right on top
Of depression-land.

3093

One peaceful word of Yours
Has awakened my heart.
One powerful word of Yours
Has illumined my heart.

3094

Who can appreciate stupidity?
Not even the man
Who possesses stupidity
In abundance!

3095

You will not be able
To recognise God
Unless you admire
God’s selfless Dedication-Army.

3096

You are yearning
For an extra-special love.
What you actually need
Is an extra-fruitful awareness.

3097

What you need
Is not desire-deprivation.
What you need
Is desire-illumination.

3098

My body revolts
Against my heart
Every day.
My heart does not know
And does not want to know
How to revolt
Against my body.

3099

He who indulges in cynicism
Thinks that there is nothing good
On earth.
But the Absolute Supreme
Knows that there is nothing not good
Either on earth or in Heaven.

3100

My Lord,
This heart is Yours.
Even if You do not forgive me,
I shall not forget
The Compassion-Beauty of Your Heart.

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