Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 54

5301

Every day
I play on a new heart-flute,
And every day
I surrender the melodies
To my Master-Musician,
My Beloved Supreme.

5302

Doubt,
The captain of my mind-boat,
Has misguided my life
To utter destruction.

5303

Never extinguish your heart-torch
If you want to see
The breath of illumination
In your mind-room.

5304

My heart-consultant
Used to advise me
Compassionately,
Yet I made no progress.
Therefore, my heart-consultant
Is using a stronger weapon.
It is advising me
Unconditionally.

5305

The petals of my heart-rose
I shall turn into
My life’s gratitude-tears.

5306

There is nothing
That cannot be done
Either here on earth
Or there in Heaven
By my soul’s patience-sun.

5307

The songs of my soul-bird
Can never be heard
By the restlessness
Of my mind-thoughts.

5308

If you want to be
The strongest aspirant,
Then every day
You must go to the inner Doctor
For your heart’s sincerity-check-up.

5309

My love of my soul
Has abolished totally
My mind’s sense of superiority.

5310

Aspiration-flames
Reach realisation-sun.
Realisation-sun
Becomes an intimate friend
Of God’s Self-Transcendence.

5311

Self-doubt
Can be compared to
A ferocious, man-devouring
Tiger.

5312

I have starved
My desire-thoughts.
Therefore
My aspiration-flames
Are climbing up very fast
And are about to touch
The Lotus-Feet
Of my Beloved Supreme.

5313

My soulful prayer
Every day and every hour
Comes from the breath of Heaven.

5314

Try to be
The eye of the cosmic gods,
And you will be found
In the lap of Infinity.

5315

Do not remember
Your past years
If you want to climb up
A new aspiration-tree
And walk
In a new transcendence-field.

5316

You have failed
In your aspiration-life
Precisely because
You allowed pride to rule
Your determination-mind.

5317

A mind of doubt
Is the majestic monarch
Of humanity’s life-confusing clouds.

5318

Alas, I was preoccupied
With my mind-doubts.
Therefore
I could not save my heart-child
When it was drowning.

5319

If your heart does not long for
A fully awakened wisdom-life,
Then you will, without fail, die
In a drowsy ignorance-night.

5320

Three self-evident truths:
I love God.
God needs me.
God and I will never fail
Each other.

5321

The moment you know
What God’s Will is,
God will grant you
His own Freedom-Trumpet.

5322

Once you know
That you are your life’s silver dreams,
God will grant you
His Life’s golden Visions.

5323

Two are the gifts
Of man’s sterling faith:
He cannot live
Without God’s Satisfaction,
And God cannot live
Without his aspiration.

5324

If you are ready
To ascend your heart’s stairs,
Then do not allow
Your vital-dog to bark at you.

5325

If you tell me
How you love God,
I will immediately tell you
Who you are.

5326

My soul asks my heart
Every day
To take some peace-light
From my soul
And give it to my peaceless mind.

5327

If you really have
A heart-house,
Can you not give
At least one room
Free of charge
To God?

5328

You may not see
God the Justice,
But you are bound to see
God the Compassion
Walking every day
On every earth-road.

5329

The doors of eternal Time
Will open only to those
Who possess the wisdom-light
Of ages.

5330

Every day
Sail your heart-boat,
And every day
You will see that you are reaching
A new soul-destination.

5331

In his life’s
Aspiration-mansion
There is no room
For death.

5332

If you do not love God,
Then who will?
If you fail to satisfy God,
Then I do not think
Anybody will succeed.

5333

From mental collapse
To psychic collapse,
Your entire life
Has crumbled to dust!

5334

There is no difference between
God and His Compassion,
As there is no difference between
My mind and my frustration.

5335

Only God’s Justice
Can speak of God’s Forgiveness
With God’s Authority.

5336

His is the mind
That is always tired
Of living.
Again, his is the heart
That is always afraid
Of dying.

5337

Unless you declare
Your ego’s death,
God is not going to declare
The birth of His Satisfaction-Sun.

5338

You think
That you are imperfect.
But I know
That perfection lives
Next door to your heart.

5339

True, I do not know
What the world can give me,
But I do know
What the world should give me:
Its heart’s oneness-love.

5340

I always laugh at one thing:
That is,
My mind-philosopher’s
Love-song.

5341

His heart of sympathy
Is feeling sorry
That his unaspiring mind
Is marching towards death
Instead of marching towards perfection.

5342

Although you have come
So late,
The cosmic gods are willing to hear
What you have to say.

5343

When God reveals
His Plans,
Show your immediate eagerness
To manifest Him.

5344

You are such a fool!
You always tamper with
God’s Illumination-Messages.

5345

Ups and downs
Always belong to
Humanity’s perfection-seeking life.

5346

His mind
Is indeed a world
That constantly needs direction
From his aspiration-heart.

5347

When the mind wants to teach you,
You should try to see
That the lesson stops
Where and when the lesson begins.

5348

A God-seeking heart
Will definitely have a life
Freed from all earthly turmoil.

5349

The speedy retreat
Of discouragement-phantom
Is my most precious achievement
Today.

5350

Today my mind’s purity
And my heart’s divinity
Are celebrating their joint victory.

5351

Alas,
Inside my sealed heart
How can I ever see
The Face of my Compassion-Lord?

5352

I am admiring
The waning of your destruction-night
And I am loving
The waxing of your aspiration-day.

5353

If you have
A hesitation-heart,
Then you will be found
Someday
In the insecurity-mart.

5354

A soulfully listening heart
My mind
Is constantly looking for.

5355

In the morning
Every day
He writes “Welcome!”
On his life’s purity-heart.

5356

No more, no more I need
A paralysis-life.
I need a life
Of quick accomplishment.

5357

Is there anybody
Who does not know the trickeries
Of wild attachment-life?

5358

You may not remember,
But it was you who invoked God
To put you inside
The temptation-prison.

5359

If you are firmly established
In your heart,
You will definitely be able
To plumb the depths
Of God’s Heart.

5360

The mind is not bad.
Just make it pure.
You will be able to enjoy
The purity-fragrance of truth.

5361

This world of ours
Is wild and miserable.
Let us take shelter
In the arms of our soulful prayers.

5362

Ignore your mind.
If you can do it,
Nobody will be able to force you
To abstain from Immortality’s Delight.

5363

Where life is pure,
Inspiration and aspiration
Are also pure.

5364

My Lord, what shall I do
With the heart that You have given me
If You do not give me
Daily hopes to accompany it?

5365

Every day
He and his life-transporting
Heart-cry
Get special invitations
From God.

5366

Your hatred-weapon
Will wound you
Even before you have aimed it
At the target.

5367

What is depression?
A strong undivine power
That destroys
The very breath of joy.

5368

When you fear,
You create a phantom-hour
That cannot be obliterated.

5369

I shall never invite ignorance
To come and play with me.
Indeed,
This is my sudden and immediate
But unchangeable decision.

5370

One hour of faith-cultivation a day
Is enough to satisfy
A seeker’s Inner Pilot.

5371

I gaze and gaze
Over my life’s pages,
Trying to transform
My dream-beauty
Into my reality-divinity.

5372

If you allow your faith
To waver,
Then your life will immediately
Start lagging.

5373

Although my life
Is always noisy,
God does not mind playing
His Silence-Song
Inside me.

5374

That ancient day
When God created man,
He wanted His blossoming Infinity
To be loved
By His embracing Immortality.

5375

It is not
That you do not know.
You do know
That your mind
Is a mountain of barren mistakes.

5376

Inside my God-hungry heart
I always keep a sweet, soulful
And beautiful
God-manifestation-dream.

5377

If you do not know
Which way your life-river should flow,
Then I ask you
To follow your heart’s aspiration-boat.

5378

Human love is not meant
For sweetness-smile.
Divine love is not meant
For bitterness-cry.

5379

My mind,
Do you remember God?
He remembers you.
He said to me
That you will be happy
If you can remember Him
Occasionally.

5380

Indeed,
You have done many things.
But you are not doing
The most important thing:
You are not leading a life
Worthy of God’s Appreciation.

5381

I really do not know
What has become of my satisfaction.
It is so distant
And so reluctant to visit me.

5382

There shall come a time
When even the unconscious mind
And the subconscious vital
Will long for transformation-light.

5383

His soul is extremely sad
Because his heart has become
A deserted shrine.

5384

The seer-poet
Not only remains unappreciated,
But also is misunderstood
By the modern intellectual world.

5385

If you want to eat
Supernatural food,
Then you must have
An unbreakable connection
With your aspiration’s inner source.

5386

Do you know
What the inner world does
Every morning?
It laughs and laughs
At your stupidity-mind.

5387

It was once so easy to love you
Because you prayed and meditated
From sunrise to sunset.

5388

I foolishly thought
That God would compassionately
Allow me
Not to give up my desire-life,
Since now I am doing well
In my aspiration-life.

5389

Everything is possible
In the strong arms
Of soulful prayers.

5390

Again I observe
My life’s spiritual awakening.
Therefore, I am looking
For my heart’s secret and sacred altar.

5391

I really do not know
Why my mind
Spends so much time
In the company of doubt-fools.

5392

I prayed to God
For a hiding place.
God has given me
A rising sun instead.

5393

God always has
Time for you.
It is you who never want
To listen to Him.

5394

I came to Your Lotus-Feet,
My Lord,
With a helpless hope-heart
To be forgiven.

5395

What gives life its value,
If not its inner cry
For self-transcendence?

5396

As soon as you become
Your heart-life’s cry,
God becomes
His Heart’s Satisfaction-Smile.

5397

If you follow the God-Road
To the end,
You will not only see God
But also become another God.

5398

His mind of transformation
Has now become
The beauty of God’s Satisfaction.

5399

You are so callous and ungrateful!
Have you ever inquired
If God requires anything
From you?

5400

If you are prepared
To give up everything else,
Then God will make you
The fulfilment of His Dream:
A perfection-God-child.

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