My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 25
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Today I am determinedTo do everything
In God’s own Way.
APR 2110. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 13 December 2003.↩
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To have purity,The seeker has to feel
That he is a child
Of the Eternal Now.
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If you are searching for GodWith a genuine thirst and hunger,
Then God will without fail
Appear before you.
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My life is in betweenGod’s Compassion-Arms
And His Forgiveness-Heart.
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God’s Will does not operateIn a doubting mind.
God’s Will operates only
In a self-giving life.
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It is far beyond the capacityOf the mind
To think that God
Is all Forgiveness.
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The heart feelsThat God is sleepless
And unconditional Forgiveness.
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Shut up, my mind!My heart and I are ready
To fly
On our aspiration-wings.
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Alas,When God gives talks
On surrender,
The number of the seekers present
Is disappointing.
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A gratitude-heartIs a very rare reality.
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God-closeness depends uponThe brightness and sincerity
Of our smile.
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My gratitude-heartAnd my surrender-life
Are both needed
To fulfill God’s Dream on earth.
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My soul allows my heartTo talk to God
Only on one condition:
My heart has to speak to God
Only about God.
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God wants my inner experiencesTo guide my outer life.
APR 2123. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 14 December 2003.↩
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My lifeWithout fail
Tremendously improves
When I inspire others.
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My heartMakes the fastest progress
When it establishes its oneness-delight
With the entire world.
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Move not backward!Stark ignorance-night
Will once more tempt you
And devour you.
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Move forward!God’s Compassion-Eye
And God’s Affection-Heart
Are beckoning you.
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God loves meNot because I also love Him.
God loves me
Because I am ready,
I am willing
And I am eager
To love Him.
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The humanIn each human being
Always thinks differently.
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The divine in usAlways thinks
Exactly the way
God wants us to think.
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The child-heart-loserWith tremendous difficulties
Makes his spiritual progress
Inch by inch.
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He who has not lostHis child-heart
In his spiritual life
Is surprised by his own
Unimaginable progress.
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When I doubtfully thinkThat God loves me,
God immediately
Sheds tears of sorrow.
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When I unmistakably feelThat God loves me,
God’s Eye immediately starts swimming
In His Infinity’s Ocean of Delight.
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I tell the worldThat God dearly loves me.
The world asks me,
“Where is the proof?”
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When the world tells meThat God loves the world,
I tell the world,
“I need no proof,
For God has repeatedly told me
That loving
Is the only thing He knows.”
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My happy heartIs the only thing
That my Lord wants to have
From me.
APR 2137. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 15 December 2003.↩
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Every thought —Encouraging or discouraging —
Has a magnetic power.
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My Lord has a very special Love,Affection and Fondness
For the heart-blossoms
Of my life.
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Do not try to escape your past.Challenge and conquer your past
Once and for all,
So that you can march forward,
Dive inward and fly upward.
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Every day we must sayOur God-surrender-prayers
Early in the morning
And in the evening.
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My God-gratitude-thrillCan never be described.
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May I be the possessorOf an enthusiasm-heart
And a sleepless prayer-life
To please my Lord
At every moment.
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My heart,You must give your undivided attention
To the soul
When the soul comes down
To give you God-lessons.
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Out of His infinite Bounty,My Lord has taken me away,
Far beyond the domain
Of confusion-mind-darkness-night.
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Desire needs usDesperately.
Aspiration we need
Sleeplessly.
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If I do not aspire,I shall not be able to conquer
My ego’s self-advertisement-pride.
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A God-crying heartI am —
Two God-smiling eyes as well.
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Be a self-giverBefore you become a God-dreamer.
Be a God-dreamer
Before you become a God-lover.
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All our heart-progress-daysShall be garlanded
By God Himself.
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To be an atheistIs easier
Than believing in God.
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To believe in GodIs easier
Than thinking of God.
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To think of GodIs easier
Than praying to God.
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To pray to GodIs easier
Than loving God.
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To love GodIs easier
Than obeying God.
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To obey GodIs easier
Than having a sleepless
God-oneness-meditation.
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To meditate on GodIs easier
Than pleasing and fulfilling God
All the time.
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To please and fulfill GodIs easier
Than becoming a God-representative
On earth.
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To become a God-representativeIs easier
Than manifesting God
Throughout the length and breadth
Of the world.
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To manifest God all-whereIs to put an end
To the Cosmic Game
Of comparison.
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Dream-loverI was.
APR 2161. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 16 December 2003.↩
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Action-believerI now am.
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Self-giverI shall become.
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God-knowerMy Ultimate Goal is.
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I can have true love of GodIf I can go far beyond the frontiers
Of all man-made
And man-prophesised religions.
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Self-doubtersAre bound to be
Their inner happiness-losers
Plus their goal-destroyers.
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Each seekerHas to face ignorance-night
Undaunted.
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Do not take the worldAs a meaningless, useless
Object-display.
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Take the worldAs God’s full
Manifestation-Promise-Land.
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My Lord,I have very powerfully clasped
Your Feet.
No ignorance-force
Can dare to take me away.
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The real spiritual lifeIs a one-way
Progress-delight-road.
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Each heartIs
A God-singing song.
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The Compassion-EyeOf my Beloved Supreme
Thunders
At my disobedience.
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I must pay all attentionTo the beauty of God’s Creation
And not indulge
In my self-creation.
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I really love to take shelterUnder the Sovereignty-Sky
Of my Beloved Supreme.
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To my greatest joy,My God-manifestation-hope-flood
Is coming back.
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Physical hunger-nourishmentIs needed
To sustain the body.
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Spiritual hunger-nourishmentIs indispensable
If God is to be realised.
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Do not retire!If you retire,
God’s Pride
Will not hire you.
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The mindCannot come out of
The fact-factories.
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The heartCan easily cross far beyond
The fact-boundaries.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Solo and Yogyakarta, Indonesia in December 2003.
