Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 96

9501

Are you a seeker?
Then for you
There is only one reality-smile,
And that reality-smile
Is your heart’s aspiration-cry.

9502

If you do not start shortening
Your wishful-thinking list,
You will not be able to free yourself
From the unforeseen,
Inescapable consequences.

9503

He who has become a God-lover
Cannot be a stranger
To self-giving.

9504

A seeker’s faultless faith
In God’s Heart-Nest
Is God’s Vision-fulfilling Happiness.

9505

Do you know the gift
Of your silence-mind?
It is the vastness
Of illumination-sky.

9506

Disobedience is firmly standing
On your life’s doorstep.
How then can God
Kindle your heart’s aspiration-flame?

9507

Once you have accepted
The spiritual life,
Your mind’s hesitation
Is nothing short of ruthless disobedience
In disguise.

9508

God will not grant you leave of absence
From your spiritual life.
But you can absent yourself —
Of course, without receiving
God’s Satisfaction-Salary.

9509

If your mind is weak
In accepting your heart’s delight
As a true treasure,
Then yours will be the life
Of utter confusion.

9510

O my mind,
When are you going to announce
The death of your unrecognised enemy,
Doubt?

9511

If you push the desire-button,
You will see the temptation-deer
Coming out
Only to charm and destroy your life.

9512

If you can consciously raise
The value of your faith-life,
You will before long see
The downfall of your doubt-mind.

9513

Are you a fool?
Why do you want to repair
Your broken ego?
Break it once and for all!

9514

Possession-trees eventually become
Fruitless, flowerless and even leafless.
Detachment-plants grow and glow
In rapid succession.

9515

If you listen
To what silence says to you,
Then you will not be struck
By desire-hand.

9516

What do you want?
A heart of aspiration
Or a life of admiration?
Make up your mind,
And make the right choice!

9517

A true seeker knows the value
Of his inner progress.
His inner progress outshines
His life’s outer prosperity.

9518

Breathe the air
Of aspiration.
Live under the sky
Of dedication.
Perfection-Emperor
Will fast approach you.

9519

Cherish not
The long-dead treasures
Of dark attachment,
For you are a chosen runner
In God’s earth-illumining Race.

9520

Your heart’s sweet smile
Can easily conquer
The unconquerable stark frown
Of the outer world.

9521

It is not enough
To chain your heart’s
Ingratitude-beast.
You must slay it
Once and for all!

9522

You are your world-loving
Mountain-thoughts.
Therefore, God is going to be
Your lifelong Satisfaction-Partner.

9523

He who ignores ignorance mercilessly
Can easily adore
His heart’s ever-blossoming
And ever-radiating
Wisdom-sun.

9524

O prisoner of possession-life,
Can you not see
That nobody wants to stay
In your heart-cave?

9525

Do not surrender
If the ferocious ignorance-tiger
Attacks you.
Be brave
And conquer the devouring tiger!

9526

You do not have to go to the length
Of speaking ill of others
Outwardly.
With your negative feelings,
Cleverly and secretly,
You are already creating
Untold problems for them
Inwardly.

9527

Faith and meditation go together.
From faith,
A seeker’s meditation
Becomes more powerful.
From regular meditation,
Automatically a seeker’s faith
Increases.

9528

Each supreme Request
God makes
Only for the expansion
Of your aspiration-heart.

9529

You do not need to know
Who is right and who is wrong.
In the Court of the Supreme
The supreme Judge
Is Oneness-Light and Oneness-Delight
For both parties.

9530

Every day remind yourself
Of the supreme fact
That the past is something
You do not need.

9531

To reach your goal the fastest,
Every day
Make a new attempt;
Every day
Feel that you are a fresh flower.

9532

He is a master poet
Who reaches the highest height
In one poem
And swims in the sea of ignorance
With his oneness-identification-heart
In the next.

9533

My Lord,
Are You happy with me?
“My child,
If you are soulfully happy,
Definitely
I am happy with you.”

9534

God granted his desires
Because God saw that he was not meant
For the spiritual life.
But God is not going to grant
The silly desires of a true seeker,
Never!

9535

Here on earth if you fail,
There in Heaven you may also fail.
But here on earth if you succeed,
There in Heaven you will definitely succeed.

9536

O foolish seeker,
If you do not aspire,
Do you think you will be granted
God’s Compassion-Flood
Forever and forever?

9537

Something is rebelling consciously
Against God’s unconditional Compassion.
What is the name
Of that worst possible thing?
Your own mind’s stupidity-donkey.

9538

Why has disobedience started?
Because the vital is enjoying impurity.
When will obedience start?
When the vital is nothing but purity.

9539

You are wondering
Whether your prayers and meditations
Are really helping God.
I am telling you,
You are helping God
Because simply by thinking of Him
You are becoming good.

9540

Sincere prayers can produce divine results
In many ways.
Your prayers for mankind
Are definitely helping you,
Not to speak of helping others.

9541

If you do not want to make progress,
What can poor God do?
But at least do not try to stop Him
In His own Progress-March
Through His Heart’s
Vast Creation-Garden.

9542

My life is not
My expectation-walk.
My life is
My promise-march.

9543

He has finally found a cure
For his disobedience
To his Supreme Pilot.
He has jumped from the Golden Boat
Into the sea of ignorance-night,
Where the question of disobedience
Does not even arise.

9544

He is cherishing disobedience.
What else is he doing?
He is embracing his spiritual death.

9545

If you want to make progress
In your own way
And not in God’s Way,
Then you will have to make it
In your own tiny raft,
And not in God’s Golden Boat.

9546

If it is really good for you,
It is also good for God.
If it is good for God,
It is really good for you.
This is the oneness
Between the God-seeker and God Himself.

9547

There is another world.
To that world
You will not be able to carry
Earthly blessings,
But only Heavenly blessings:
Aspiration-purity,
Dedication-beauty
And meditation-divinity.

9548

Without discipline and obedience,
Man belongs
Not to the divine world,
Not even to the human world,
But to the all-devouring animal world.

9549

A God-realised soul
Gives to humanity
Beautiful Peace, soulful Light
And powerful Bliss,
And receives in return
The world’s untold suffering.

9550

My Lord,
One moment my entire being
Is flooded with light and delight.
The next moment
I am totally helpless.
Is it because
I do not really want constant joy in my life
Or is it because
I become a prey
To ignorance-force?

9551

What has become of humanity?
In the days of the hoary past,
People had tremendous faith.
Therefore
They made tremendous inner progress.
But now each person
Carries a heavy load of doubt.
Therefore
Inner progress is not to be seen.

9552

How to receive
God’s Heart of Love and Gratitude?
Be regular in your life
Of devoted and selfless service.

9553

You are running away from God.
Why?
Because your stupidity-mind
Is telling you that
God does not need you
And He has never cared for you.

9554

The Western world cried
For salvation from sin.
God granted its prayer.
He sent His Son, Christ.

The Eastern world cried
For liberation from ignorance.
God granted its prayer.
He sent His Son, Sri Krishna.

9555

I have been God the lover.
I now have to become
God the Beloved.

I have been God the creation.
I now have to become
God the Creator.

9556

Even a true God-seeker
Cannot enjoy
An interest-free loan
From God.

9557

Lucky he was
To see the beginning
Of his God-manifestation-plant.

Unlucky he was
That he could not see the plant
Grow into a huge banyan tree.

9558

O seeker,
Be not discouraged
By the long climb ahead of you.
Regain your enthusiasm-surge!
Lo, you have transcended
Your depression-height.

9559

Unless I make
A fresh progress-start
Every day,
World-ignorance will drag me back
To my same old, stupid self!

9560

If you can meditate
A little longer,
It will be better for you,
As long as you meditate
On your heart
And not on the hands of the clock.

9561

Do not be discouraged!
Aspiration-mountain
Cannot be climbed
With one stride.

9562

Just work for God,
Even if you work reluctantly.
Eventually your sincerity will pinch you
And compel you to work for God
Soulfully and devotedly.

9563

Man’s soulful gratitude
Gives the Supreme
More hope for him
And more faith in him.

9564

Your devotion
To your depression-life
Is compelling your breath
To yield to your spiritual death.

9565

Sadness is when I do not
Claim God.
Gladness is when I realise,
“Whom do I need
To be dependent on,
Save God?”

9566

He evicted his sincerity-mind
Because
He thought that his sincerity-mind
Was too weak.
He evicted his purity-heart
Because
He thought that his purity-heart
Was too obstinate.
Alas, alas!

9567

If you cannot enter
The God-opportunity-room
Every day,
Your desire-disease
Will remain incurable.

9568

Each human being
Wants to join the perfection-parade,
Knowing perfectly well
That his own perfection-life
Is still a far cry.

9569

Unless your mind’s hostility
Surrenders
To your heart’s humility,
You will be struck
By frustration-thunderbolt.

9570

Self-indulgence:
An experience that has to be buried
In oblivion
Forever.

9571

If you are a deliberately blind traveller
Along Eternity’s Road,
You will never be able to see
The rising of your soul’s
Satisfaction-sun.

9572

Sincerity
Is a good teacher.
Purity
Is a better teacher.
Surrender
Is by far the best teacher.

9573

Sincerity is the first step,
But you may fall back.
Only if you have determination
With sincerity
Will your every step go forward.

9574

While meditating with your Lord Supreme,
Ask Him
To grant you the capacity
Only to smile at Him.

9575

Humanity’s Saviour,
Divinity’s Beloved Son,
We bow to You
Because You forgive us.
We love You
Because You are protecting us.
Our beautiful souls are of You.
Our fruitful lives are for You,
For You alone.

9576

Everybody wants
To become a candidate
For perfection-award,
Although almost nobody
Has faith in surrender-power.

9577

You have not yet begun
Your aspiration-draft.
How do you expect to complete
Your manifestation-book?

9578

Each seeker and each God-lover
Must be blessed
By the sunrise of golden enthusiasm.

9579

Faith is a reliable partner
In my aspiration-life.
Surrender is an indispensable partner
In my dedication-life.

9580

In a seeker’s life
Faith-happiness is an antidote
To doubt-sorrow.

9581

When your heart’s dedication
Declines,
Your life cannot remain immune
To imperfection-disease.

9582

Lose not receptivity,
The silver secret of the inner life.
Receptivity’s rapid result
Is the seeker’s perfection-song.

9583

If your mind knows
How to resist,
Then ask it to assist your heart
In its God-loving progress
Evermore.

9584

Every year God is brave.
Every year He makes
The same Resolution:
No Compassion-Light;
Only Justice-Height.
Fortunately, He badly fails
In keeping His Resolution.

9585

Your earthly hours
Cannot be more important
Than God’s Heavenly Hours.
If God has the time
To meditate on you,
Then can you not also
At least take the time
To pray to Him?

9586

Already you have the lead
In the inner race.
But instead of exercising your own capacity
And continuing forward,
Why are you standing in front
Of other inner runners
And blocking their way?

9587

My Beloved Supreme,
I know, I know,
When You ask me to do something
And when You ask others to do something
But do not ask me,
It is invariably for my own good.

9588

A true seeker’s
Full inner conviction:
As I am right in what I say and do,
Other seekers may also be right
In what they are saying and doing.

9589

He only works and works.
She only meditates and meditates.
But only a life of both
Work and meditation
Can hope to achieve
A world of perfect harmony.

9590

A God-lover comes into the world
Only to love
And, through love,
To raise humanity’s consciousness.

9591

God is a Dreamer.
He dreams of only one thing:
The transformation of His Vision’s creation.
You can also be a dreamer
If you do not allow
The imperfections of life
To forever torture you.

9592

A seeker belongs to only one school:
The inner school.
This school has only one Teacher:
The Beloved Supreme.

9593

O vast ocean of peace,
In you I see all perfection,
For your infinite expanse
Easily engulfs
All my imperfections and limitations.

9594

If you do not remember
Your aspiration-past,
How do you expect God to remember
Your satisfaction-heart?

9595

If you think
Religion is nothing other than ritual,
Why not try
To go beyond the ritual
And enter into the heart
Of the world-heart:
Yoga?

9596

Put your wisdom-light to work.
The life of aspiration-dedication
Is for daily use.

9597

Your ignorance-days are numbered!
Your mind does not want to study
The doubt-doctrines any more.

9598

Flow with the consciousness-river
Within.
You will be able to learn
The language of God-perfection.

9599

There is only one book you should read,
And that book is inside your heart-cave.
The name of that book is
Oneness-satisfaction.

9600

Aspiration is a land
Where beauty’s love
Grows on divinity’s trees.

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