My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 26
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God tells meThat He treasures
My happy heart’s
Gratitude-blossoms.
APR 2182. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 17 December 2003.↩
2
A child-heart is always eagerTo play life’s
Transformation-satisfaction-game.
3
My intense prayersSoar high,
Very high.
4
My profound meditationsRoar,
Triumphantly roar.
5
Each sincere prayerIs a newness-smile
Of my life.
6
Each deep meditationIs a soulfulness-song
Of my heart.
7
I dearly loveMy God-worship.
8
God proudly lovesMy God-partnership
And God-friendship.
9
Each good thoughtOf mine
Is a rainbow-beauty.
10
Each dedicated serviceOf mine
Is my God-satisfying duty.
11
GratitudeNever takes anything
For granted,
But ingratitude does.
12
LoveIs never afraid
Of fear.
13
FearIs always afraid
Of love.
14
Every day I want my lifeTo be a most soulful
God-surrender-song.
15
Peace and loveShelter each other
And fulfil each other.
16
SweetnessIs the most powerful strength
Of the heart.
17
When I look for silence,I find silence
Inside my soul.
18
When I look for my soul,I find my soul
Inside my silence.
192
Each God-seekerIs a special breath
Of God’s Heart.
APR 2200. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 18 December 2003.↩
20
Each God-seekerIs a special flower-beauty
And fragrance
In God’s Heart-Garden.
21
Each God-seekerIs a special player
In God’s Cosmic Drama.
22
Each God-seekerIs chosen by God Himself
To be a song of His Heart
For the perfection of humankind.
23
The spiritual lifeIs an endless
God-discovery-adventure.
24
I am now going backTo my childhood’s
Bliss-flooded mornings.
25
God lovingly and proudly preservesAll my heart-songs
In His own Heart-Safe.
26
My love of GodIs building a new hope-temple
And making a new promise-shrine.
27
My desire-life has receivedA very short-lived Blessing
From God.
28
My aspiration-heart has receivedAn everlasting Blessing
From God.
29
HopeKnows no fear.
30
Hope dares to blossomEven inside the abysmal abyss.
31
A seeker’s hope-heartGladdens God’s Heart
Most significantly.
32
Hope secretly feedsAnd strengthens
Promise.
33
God the Supreme ArtistHas given me another chance
To make my face, eyes and heart
Exceedingly beautiful.
34
To avoid God,Either consciously
Or even unconsciously,
Is to enter into the chasm
Of nothingness.
35
The mind becomes oldAnd withered,
But the heart can remain young
Forever.
36
God wants my love for HimLovingly, soulfully and self-givingly
To encircle the globe.
373
A child-heart knows notHow to doubt
God’s Affection.
APR 2218. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 19 December 2003.↩
38
No matter how undivine we are,God’s Compassion-Funds
Never run low.
39
If you want to beClose to God,
Then eagerly learn
As many things as possible
About God.
40
Each thoughtIs the creator
Of a new experience.
41
When a seeker fails,God takes the full blame.
42
Alas,In vain God expects
More love and more gratitude
From mankind.
43
True,My life-boat is slow,
But it is extremely reliable.
44
My mind-library housesNeither God-written books
Nor books written about God.
45
Wisdom and ageDo not depend on each other.
46
The difference between infant seekersAnd adult seekers:
Infant seekers love God
Only from the heart;
Adult seekers love God
This moment from the heart,
Next moment from the mind
And the following moment
From the physical consciousness.
47
My life must becomeThe beauty
Of my soul’s smile.
48
My God-aspiration,God-dedication and God-absorption
Have to be sleepless.
49
I light my God-heart-candleWith my devotion-breath.
50
Every dayMy heart collects Compassion
And Forgiveness-Flowers
From my Lord’s Heart-Garden.
51
When I measure God’s BlessingsWith my mind,
I only add more miseries
To my life.
52
When I measure God’s BlessingsWith my heart,
My life is inundated
With bliss.
534
God-dreamersWill eventually be
God’s Victory-announcers.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 20 December 2003.↩
54
God-dreamersKnow no obstacles.
55
I am not afraid of storms,For God
Is my life’s Boatman.
56
I must bloomWhere my Lord plants me,
And nowhere else.
57
When I am a memberOf the outer world,
I myself
Make all my decisions.
58
When I am a memberOf the inner world,
God not only makes
All my decisions,
But also gladly and proudly
Executes them.
59
God does not want meTo be
An invisible life.
60
God wants meTo be
An indispensable heart.
61
Courage is neededFor the outer victory.
62
Unconditional surrenderTo God’s Will
Is needed
For the inner victory.
63
Everybody hasAn absolute secret.
Mine is an open secret:
I know the Will
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
64
Always the inner criesAnd the inner tears
Have to be kept
In good health.
65
SoundIs extremely eager
To be heard.
66
SilenceIs majestically eager
To raise the consciousness
Of the world.
67
I have come to learnAt long last
That there is nothing as fragile
As my self-confidence.
68
Alas,Humanity is blindly speeding
Towards dire uncertainty.
69
I have heard, I have heardThe clarion call
Of my Transcendental Self —
I have heard, I have heard.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Yogyakarta, Indonesia in December 2003.
