Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 89

8801

In my case
I did want to sprint
All the way
To God’s highest Abode.

In my case
God did help me
Unconditionally
To fulfil my heart’s aspiration-cry.

8802

If you wait for opportunities
To become easily available,
Then you will never be able
To succeed in life.

8803

He has turned his life into
A wave of anticipation.
Therefore
His heart is all suffering.

8804

God does not want you
To be a mind-orator.
He wants you
To be a heart-giver.

8805

God is not interested
In knowing your outer weaknesses.
He is not interested
Even in your inner weaknesses.
He is only interested
In your outer and inner
Oneness with Him.

8806

God is not asking me
To run after something new.
He is only asking me
To follow the Eternal.

8807

You are looking for a guardian
For your thoughts.
Can you not see your soul
Eagerly waiting
For that task supreme?

8808

God is not asking you
To be a prostrate worshipper
But a oneness-lover.

8809

The torture of indecision
Has shattered his unaspiring mind
And, alas,
Even his aspiring heart.

8810

I always see a cloud
Looming large on the horizon
Of his doubting mind.

8811

Every morning I tell my Lord Supreme
The secret story of my happiness.
Every evening I tell my Lord Supreme
The sacred story of my sorrow.

8812

God the Smiler
Sleeplessly looks for
His Eternity’s friend,
Man the crier.

8813

Every day try to walk
Along the avenue
Of your heart’s soulful experiences.
This is how you and your fellow seekers
Should campaign
Against ignorance-night.

8814

Because he is now growing
Ingratitude-plant
Inside his heart,
I see the black shadows
Of a total failure-life
Falling on his life’s
Aspiration-dedication-road.

8815

There should not be
A single day
When you do not ignore
Your mind’s fruitless
Ignorance-threats.

8816

From time immemorial
His aspiration-life
Has been living inside
God’s Compassion-Ocean.

8817

No, I do not want to become
A professional peace-lover
Of man.
I want to be
An unconditional peace-lover
Of God.

8818

If you want to enlighten
Your aspiration-heart
And dedication-life,
Then awaken
Your drowsy mind.

8819

For the best success,
Consult your illumining mind.
For the best progress,
Consult your liberated heart.
For the best satisfaction,
Consult your compassionate
Inner Pilot Supreme.

8820

If God can be peaceful
In spite of having
Countless problems every day,
How is it that
I cannot remain peaceful
Even for a fleeting second?

8821

If you have no time
For truth-seeking,
How can you see
A man-loving God?

8822

Alas, my human heart
Is not magnanimous enough
To establish its oneness
With another’s victory-delight.

8823

Unless you become totally
A man for God,
How can you unmistakably be
A man of God?

8824

You want to fulfil
Your desires?
Then you have to do it
All at your own risk.

8825

Why are you such a fool?
Can you not see
That you have most strikingly
Outgrown
Your own desire-life?

8826

Now that every day
I eat gratitude-fruits,
My life will not remain
The same unfulfilled hunger.

8827

You are asking God
For what you already have:
Your heart’s unconditional
Oneness-surrender
To God’s Will.

8828

You fool!
You ask your mind
To speak to your heart
About the supreme necessity
Of God.

8829

When we make
An unconditional surrender
To God’s Will,
We live in God’s Sweetness,
Fondness and Oneness-Clime.

8830

As long as God wants me
To sponsor His inner race,
I shall be more than willing
To satisfy Him
No matter how few participants
I get for the race.

8831

When I was rowing
My own boat,
I was watched
By only one spectator:
My frustration.

8832

Unless and until
Your towering mind
Admires your kneeling heart,
Your God-realisation
Will remain a far cry.

8833

A heart of plenty
Says big things —
God’s God-Things —
In simple and soulful terms.

8834

If you care only
For your mind’s great plans,
God will not allow you to see
His Vision’s Prosperity.

8835

Activate
Your aspiration-heart.
God will then ask you
To cultivate
His Satisfaction-Heart-Field.

8836

Not God’s Justice
But God’s Compassion
Has predicted
That man’s heart shall succeed
And not fail.

8837

You must know
That your mind is yours.
How, then, can you allow your mind
To stand in God’s way?

8838

God invented
Tranquillity-satisfaction.
Man has invented
Tension-destruction.

8839

Only when we please God
In God’s own Way
Shall we feel comfort.
Otherwise,
Everything will be an ordeal.

8840

If you are a true God-lover,
Then you will see
That God has created everything
For your pure heart
And not for your critical eyes.

8841

Just between you and me,
God has finally decided
To starve the doubting mind
To death.

8842

God has given you
The capacity to please Him,
And you have given ignorance
The capacity to destroy you.

8843

If you lock your mind
Inside the anxiety-prison cell,
How can anybody
Liberate you?

8844

Your old mind
Is not going to study
With your new heart.
Never!

8845

If you sleeplessly obey
Your soul,
You can easily have a life
Of perfect perfection.

8846

Shake off
The shackles of self-doubt
If you want God to treasure
Your life-breath
Proudly.

8847

Be a true possessor of faith.
Then you can,
Without any difficulty,
Be a renouncer of doubt.

8848

He who has
The power of surrender
Can make God
His genuine Lover.

8849

Let your inner world
Be free from fear.
Your outer world
Will automatically enjoy
The delight of freedom.

8850

If you forget
To be grateful,
Then God also may forget
To be fruitful.

8851

God’s Love will strengthen
Your weak heart.
God’s Compassion will forgive
Your wicked mind.

8852

O my suffering heart,
You are almost dead.
Do try to come to my soul
Alive!

8853

The moment God created
Your aspiration-heart,
He created for Himself
His Satisfaction-Heart.

8854

My Lord,
Give me the capacity
To be brave
And always to live inside
My heart-cave.

8855

Your mind and its burden
Are not far
From God’s Compassion-Heart
And Forgiveness-Eye.

8856

The short story
Of a seeker’s perfect life
Is the story
Of his heart’s gratitude-song.

8857

Man’s evolution-song
God sings.
God’s Manifestation-Dance
Man dreams.

8858

Do not misuse
Any power,
Especially your inner life’s
Heart-power.

8859

Not your life’s pride-trees
But your heart’s humility-plants
Will reach Heaven.

8860

Who is responsible
For world-destruction
If not
Your mind’s conscious enjoyment
Of confusion?

8861

You can enjoy
A limitless life of glory
If you do not allow
Your life to be bound
By your body’s rules and regulations.

8862

Until the loftiest height
Is reached,
Nothing is safe,
Nothing is delightful,
Nothing is fruitful.

8863

Every day
Your soul gives you
Ample opportunity
To claim
Its illumination-beauty
As your very own.

8864

Your mind
Has to triumph
Over doubt.

Your heart
Has to triumph
Over insecurity.

Your life
Has to triumph
Over uncertainty.

8865

A frustrated life
Is an unconscious collector
Of rubbish-thoughts.

8866

I can never separate my mind
From the school
Of ancient ignorance.

8867

The inner sun
With its infinite beauty
Can shine
Only when we do not banish God
From our hope-life.

8868

There is only one safe place
To rest,
And that place is
My Eternity’s aspiration-nest.

8869

The soldiers of the army of light
Do not kill any human being.
They only illumine
All human beings.

8870

God needs me.
Alas,
This is a message
Misunderstood by my mind.

8871

Why do you have to travel
Between a hopeless birth
And a helpless death?

8872

God does not want to be
Anywhere else
Except in our heart-temples.

8873

Be brave within and without!
Do not allow the tyranny
Of past memories
To destroy your heart’s hope-bridge,
Which will carry you
To the other Shore,
The Shore of Light and Delight.

8874

If you are willing
To accept God’s Decision,
Then how can God
Keep from you
Your sacred illumination?

8875

You do not have to be afraid
Of your mind.
You can command your mind
Not to be an expert
In fruitless negative thinking.

8876

God-discovery
Is nothing other than
A matter of not giving up
The game.

8877

It is purity
And not insecurity
That has to take full possession
Of your heart.

8878

Revive your old dying dreams!
God is standing in front of you
Unseen
With His Heart’s Satisfaction-Smile.

8879

You wanted to solve
The world’s problems.
Alas,
Your own problems
Are dissolving your entire life.

8880

You have lost
God’s Compassion-Eye.
That means you have lost everything,
You fool!

8881

Think of your heart all the time.
Sooner or later
Your mind will not mind
Following your heart.

8882

If you deliberately nurse
Your life’s regrets,
God is not going to give you
Another chance
To be victorious
In the battlefield of your life.

8883

Only you
Can determine the power
Of your self-giving
To God’s Will.

8884

Man’s incapacity
Never displeases God.
It is his unwillingness
That displeases Him
Far beyond man’s imagination.

8885

Surrender to God’s Will
Is infinitely more important
Than your greedy craving
For the fruits of your aspiration-cry.

8886

Two things are never final:
My failure-life
And God’s withdrawal-life.

8887

Failure is something
That can not only bind us
But also illumine us.

8888

If you cannot find
What you seek,
That does not mean
Your aspiration-flame
Is totally extinguished.

8889

The divine secret
Of God-possession
Is to surrender one’s desire-life
And even one’s aspiration-heart.

8890

Your heart’s surrender-song
And your life’s gratitude-dance
Are your extraordinary contributions
To God’s Manifestation-Committee.

8891

You have lost your implicit faith
In your inner life.
That means in the inner world
You are nearing your spiritual grave.

8892

Every day
You must take an enthusiasm-injection
To increase the beauty and divinity
Of your aspiration-tree
And to multiply
Your faith-plants.

8893

Why do you blame God?
Why do you blame man?
It is you who have decided
To give up learning
Aspiration-songs and dedication-dances.

8894

If you do not start
Swimming with God,
Who knows?
Someday you will be forced
By unknown forces
To sink with man.

8895

Death
Is quite contrary
To his God-given
Inner philosophy.

8896

A purity-heart
Can stride on earth,
And its progress
Can be measured in Heaven.

8897

God asks me
To tell the world
That I will not keep
Any God-secrets.
They are too precious
To be hidden.

8898

The things that touch
The depths of our hearts
Are sanctified
By the hallowed Feet
Of our Beloved Supreme.

8899

Why do you enjoy
Your inferiority-chain?
God always wants you to enjoy
His universal Equality-Reign.

8900

Be simple, be sincere,
Be pure and be humble.
Go back,
Go back once more
To the basics of your inner life.

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