Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95
9401
Each dayI become more and more conscious
Of who I am.
Each day
I grow more and more determined
To become a perfect instrument
Of God.
9402
It is not my earthly capacityBut my Heavenly wisdom
That will help me reach
My highest Goal.
9403
How absurd!He is forgetting
The aspiration part of reality
While trying to manifest
The perfection part of reality.
9404
God has always said,“Aspiration and manifestation
Are like two wings of the soul-bird.”
God has never said,
“You can neglect your aspiration
As long as you manifest Me.”
9405
As soon as we do anything wrong,If we try to correct it,
We certainly can.
But if we wait,
We may never be able to.
9406
How is it possible?Something that is so weak
Is ruling the world!
What is this power?
Insecurity, and nothing else.
9407
God is everywhere —Forward, upward and inward.
Do you want to go forward?
Bravely walk!
Do you want to go upward?
Swiftly fly!
Do you want to go inward?
Instantly dive!
9408
Do not be discouragedIf you know
That you have not pleased God
In His own Way.
Just immediately try again!
9409
The birthless and deathless sunInside your heart
Will illumine your dark days
Of no aspiration
With Eternity’s infinite Aspiration-Light.
9410
When you do something willingly,You get tremendous joy.
When you do something unwillingly,
Joy is nowhere to be found.
9411
If I have the feelingThat God is sometimes examining
My prayer and meditation,
Then my sincerity and intensity
Will beautifully and powerfully
Grow and grow.
9412
Sing a song soulfully.Immediately from head to foot
You will be flooded
With tremendous inner happiness,
And this happiness is true progress.
9413
Soulfulness starts in the heartAnd goes through the entire being.
Soulfulness is the promising beginning
Of fulness.
9414
Inside powerThere can be destruction.
But inside soulfulness
There is only inner joy.
9415
My adamantine will-powerNever destroys anything.
It only transforms
My ignorance-night.
9416
To achieve constant inner onenessWith humanity,
First you have to establish
Your constant inseparable oneness
With God’s inner Existence.
9417
Inside your intense inner cryYou will find the willingness
To do the right thing.
9418
YesterdayI saw an aspiration-flame
Inside your heart.
Today, to my wide surprise,
I see an illumination-sun
Inside your heart.
9419
I shall be tryingIn every possible way
To please my Lord Supreme.
O my doubting mind,
In vain you are standing in my way.
9420
Every dayGod Himself is blossoming
Inside our seeker-hearts
With new hope, new inspiration,
New aspiration, new love
And new promise.
9421
I shall perfect my mindTo feel God’s Concern for it.
I shall illumine my heart
To feel God’s Oneness with it.
9422
Who told youThat sincerity is enough?
Determination
Is absolutely necessary,
Along with your sincerity.
9423
If your mind is sincere,If your heart is pure
And if your life is devoted to God in others,
Then your God-realisation
Cannot remain a far cry.
9424
My Lord,I am coming to You
Because I want peace and need peace.
“My child,
Do not worry.
I happen to have Peace
In ample measure.”
9425
Strengthen your hope.Conviction will dawn.
Perfect your conviction.
God will smile.
9426
You are still maintaining the hopeThat you will be transformed.
But alas,
You have given up the aspiration
That must accompany that hope.
9427
You have committed a Himalayan blunder!But if you pray to God
For His Forgiveness, His Compassion
And His future Guidance,
He will listen to you;
He definitely will!
9428
Your outer runningMay never bring you a gold medal,
But if your consciousness is high,
Your inner running will definitely win
God’s Gold Medal for you.
9429
Outer importanceOnly strengthens my ego-chains.
But if I soulfully aspire,
Then ego-chains cannot bind me.
9430
The world cannot satisfy me.I can only be satisfied
If I can feel the Presence
Of my Beloved Supreme,
Who is always seated inside my heart.
9431
Yesterday God told me a secret:If He had not composed
So many earth-illumining songs,
He would have discovered
A most deplorable vacuum,
A real, sorrowful emptiness
Inside His Heart.
9432
O Lord,I tried to kick away
My insecurity
Like a football.
How is it
That such an insignificant football
Has now broken my foot?
9433
You fool!How can you make progress
When you feel
That you have many tasks,
And not one supreme task:
To lead a spiritual life?
9434
OutwardlyYou are getting joy
Through your self-offering.
Secretly
God is getting joy
As the inner Giver and Receiver.
9435
The outer musicComes from an outer instrument.
The inner music
Comes from the heart.
The name of this inner music
Is oneness.
9436
I am happyBecause I have realised God.
God is happy
Because I have not forgotten
My earthly brothers and sisters.
9437
Act reluctantly:Everything becomes difficult,
More difficult, most difficult.
Act willingly:
You can do everything most easily,
Plus most effectively.
9438
When aspiration is well-foundedIn the inner life,
It becomes solid and tangible manifestation
In the outer life.
9439
Once you tried to feel GodWith your own heart.
Why are you now trying to see God
Through others’ eyes?
9440
You do not have to knowWhat is happening all around you.
You have only to know
What is happening inside your heart.
9441
Why are you such a fool?All your intensity has gone away,
Yet you are cherishing the same hope
That you will one day be perfect!
9442
Those who disobey GodAre useless failures in life.
Those who listen to God
Are His most useful instruments.
9443
A sea of peace:This is the inner wealth
The East has been offering
To the West.
An ocean of dynamism:
This is the outer wealth
The West has been offering
To the East.
9444
Unless I do the impossible,I do not consider myself
To be a true child
Of my Beloved Supreme.
9445
His aspiration is inextinguishable.Something else also:
His mental confusion-forest
Is uncharted.
9446
As long as your heartLoves God implicitly,
You do not have to worry
About your mind’s opinion.
9447
A God-seekerAnd a God-musician
Together distribute
God the blossoming Peace and Joy
On earth.
9448
Your improvement and your transcendenceCame from God.
Therefore
To Him alone you should offer
Your heart’s gratitude-smile.
9449
Soulful inner happinessIs the only wealth
We can take with us
When our soul returns
To its celestial Abode.
9450
When you thinkOf manifestation,
Think of aspiration
First!
9451
You think that insecurityIs the play of human weakness.
But can you not see that insecurity
Is nothing other than
The ignorance-world’s strongest power?
9452
You can increaseYour heart’s intensity
And multiply
Your mind’s purity
Just by folding your hands
During prayer and meditation.
9453
Opportunity valued:Progress becomes your name.
Opportunity ignored:
Failure becomes your name.
9454
Alas,You cannot look at your heart,
But you can at least
Look at your face
To see if you look
Spiritually beautiful.
9455
When my Lord Supreme playsHis celestial Music,
I come to Him
Not to hear the Musician in Him,
But to see and feel
The Peace-Lover and Peace-Distributor
In Him.
9456
I know perfectly wellThat I am imperfect.
But my awareness
Of my imperfections
Is undoubtedly one of my true assets
As I walk along the transformation-road.
9457
You want to know what is happeningIn the world around you.
Therefore science is your necessity.
I want to know what is happening
In the world within me.
Therefore God is my necessity.
9458
Why should I thinkOf my past failings and shortcomings,
Or of the golden opportunities
That I have lost,
When my present inner awareness
Is making me truly happy?
9459
My Lord Supreme,What do You do
When You have all faith in me,
And when You have no faith in me?
“My child,
When I have all faith in you,
I stay ahead of you
And beckon you to follow.
When I have little or no faith in you,
I remain behind you
To give you a divine push.”
9460
Do what you canWith utmost sincerity, humility
And conscious oneness.
Lo, the success or failure
Will be God’s!
9461
Inside the tiny seedOf His present Manifestation
The Lord Supreme already sees
The banyan tree of the future growing.
9462
You are telling meThat you want to offer
The best in you.
I am telling you
That the best
Is your aspiration-heart.
9463
What God hasHe gives us: Delight.
What we have
We give Him: ignorance.
9464
Life is a great struggleBetween what we have and what we have not.
What we have is frustration-night.
What we have not is dedication-light.
9465
Our body constantly needsGod’s Compassion.
Our vital desperately needs
God’s Determination.
Our mind singularly needs
God’s Illumination.
Our heart badly needs
God’s Resolution.
Our soul eternally needs
God’s Satisfaction.
Our God unconditionally needs
Man’s co-operation.
9466
God says to man,“Do not demand, My child.
I shall not grant.
Just receive Me spontaneously.
I shall be all yours immediately.”
9467
The human in us desperately searchesFor world-recognition.
The divine in us unconditionally tries
For God-Manifestation.
9468
ForgetfulnessIs at times painful
And at times blissful.
Forgiveness
Is always and always blissful —
Once more I repeat, blissful.
9469
Imagination,You are my great friend.
Inspiration,
You are my good friend.
Aspiration,
You are my divine friend.
Realisation,
You are my birthless and deathless friend.
God,
Your Friendship
I soulfully and unconditionally desire.
9470
You say you want to fulfilYour innocent desires.
Unfortunately,
In the spiritual life
There is no desire
That can be called innocent.
9471
If you want to become great,Then do not ignore
Your imagination-capacity.
If you want to become good,
Then do not ignore
Your inspiration-divinity.
If you want to become perfect,
Then do not ignore
Your aspiration-reality.
9472
Do not think.If you think,
You will be asked to sit
In the waiting room.
Meditate in silence.
You will be ushered
Into the interviewing room.
9473
Live and believe:This is the human way.
Believe and live:
This is the divine way.
Believe unreservedly
And live unconditionally:
This is the Supreme’s Way.
9474
Peace,You are God’s inner Beauty.
Peace,
You are man’s peerless treasure.
9475
Wasting timeIs the connecting link
Between temptation and frustration.
9476
Do not expect GodTo make the stupid attempt
To please the human in you.
If He pleases you
In your own way,
That will be your bitter failure,
Your total spiritual defeat.
9477
You are with God,But you are not for God.
Your mind and vital
Are somewhere else.
What can poor God do?
9478
When he is in his mind,His soul sends him
Extra-small garments to wear,
To cover his face immediately.
When he is in his heart,
His soul sends him
Extra-large garments to wear,
To adorn his eye perfectly.
9479
God’s Mailbox receivesEvery day
Earth’s frustration-complaints
And Heaven’s
Indifference-satisfaction-notes.
9480
“Be quiet, be quiet!I am descending.”
This is what God says to earth.
“Be quiet, be quiet!
I shall return soon.”
This is what God says to Heaven.
9481
If your mind enjoys every dayA new cyclone of destruction,
How will you ever approach
In this lifetime
Your heart’s satisfaction-tunnel?
9482
What I see in youTo my wide surprise:
The sudden blooming
Of life-transformation-movement-bud.
9483
A cheerful mindHas always been a perfect guide
To a healthy body.
9484
O great student of the brain,No matter what you proudly gain,
You will be nowhere near
Satisfaction-light.
9485
No matter how successful you are,Your seeker-heart will tell you
That to live on earth forever
Fulfilling and fulfilling your desires
Would be the worst possible curse.
9486
My sweet Lord Supreme,In some ways
I have made tremendous progress
In my inner life.
But alas, I am going backwards
In other ways.
Will I ever please You totally
With my life’s
Perfection-progress report?
9487
One day he meditatesFor seven hours.
Then he thinks
That for seven days
He does not need to meditate.
Who else is a seeker-fool,
If not he?
9488
Alas,Your inner moon
Of purity, soulfulness and divinity
Has been eclipsed
By the clouds of doubt.
9489
Be a pioneerIn God’s Music-World.
Your dedication-life
Can offer God-Music
To many receptive hearts.
9490
How to keep your aspiration high?Just imagine your inner sun.
This sun has tremendous power
To keep your inner aspiration
Always in perfect condition.
9491
“My wayIs the only way,”
Says the mind’s dogmatism.
“My way
Is correct for me;
Your way
Is correct for you,”
Says the heart’s inner conviction.
9492
Why do you have toThink of your difficulties
As negative forces?
Just think of them as opportunities.
Lo, they will increase
Your inner and outer capacities!
9493
To win in the inner tug-of-war,You need the strength
Of your daily prayer and meditation.
9494
If you really wantTo accomplish something,
Never surrender
To outer circumstances.
9495
If you feelThat what you have already achieved
Is enough for this lifetime,
I am telling you,
Complacency has defeated you
Badly!
9496
Every dayWe must eat God’s inner Food.
His Affection, Love, Blessings,
Concern and Compassion
Are all unlimited,
And to enjoy them
God gives us unlimited receptivity.
9497
Concentrate on your heartbeat.You will be able to hear it
Like a hammer
Inside every part of your body.
Then if your mind bothers you,
Just strike your mind
With your heart-hammer.
9498
My sweet Lord,My soulful gratitude helps me,
But does it really help You?
“My child,
Rest assured, if it helps you,
Then it unmistakably helps Me.”
9499
Man’s desireWill never be supported
By the higher planes.
Man’s aspiration only
Will be supported
By the higher planes.
9500
Hold on to the past.God’s Compassion will love you.
Move on to the future.
God’s Satisfaction will embrace you.