My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 28
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My Lord takes careNot only of my divine qualities,
But also of my undivine qualities.
APR 2325. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 28 December 2003.↩
2
My Lord takes careNot only of my success-mind
And progress-heart,
But also of my failure-life.
3
My Lord takes careNot only of my soul’s
Strengthening smiles,
But also of my life’s
Tearing fears.
4
My Lord lovesMy body’s baby steps
And my soul’s giant steps
Equally.
5
I loveMy Lord’s Thunder-Kicks
More than I love
My Lord’s Sweetness-Heart.
Why, why, why?
Because I desire
The fastest progress.
6
I loveMy Lord’s Volcano-Eye
More than I love
My Lord’s soft and tender Caresses.
Why, why, why?
Because I desire
The fastest progress.
7
Now that I am at the Lotus-FeetOf my Lord Supreme,
My desire-life has come
To a complete and permanent halt.
8
Today I am so happyPrecisely because
My age-old stubborn mind
Is running towards
My Lord’s Heart-Home.
9 Today I Am So Happy ...
Today I am so happyBecause my heart-tears
And God’s Heart-Smiles
Are singing and dancing together.
10
Today I am so happy to seeThat my infinite Lord
Has chosen my finite life
To play with Him.
112
Nobody knowsWhich came into existence first:
Love or the heart.
APR 2335. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 29 December 2003.↩
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May my aspiration-heart-riverRun, singing,
Towards the Ocean Unknowable.
13
May my dedication-lifeFly, dancing,
Towards the Skies Unknowable.
14
The tears of my heartAre always ascending
Towards Heaven.
15
The smiles of my soulAre always descending
Towards the earth.
16
God has chosenHis Cosmic Eye
To be the sole Conductor
Of His Cosmic Orchestra.
17
My devotion-tearsMy Lord Supreme enjoys
As His most delicious feast.
18
My cheerfulness-temptationGod cannot resist.
He comes running
To grab it!
19
My God-gratitude-heartIs, indeed, a fact,
Not a legend.
20
God created each human beingIn a unique way
So that He can be pleased
By each human being
In a unique way.
213
My Lord SupremeTakes His Compassion-Exercises
Twenty-four hours a day.
APR 2345. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 30 December 2003.↩
22
Love the worldAnd serve the world
Unconditionally.
You will be the golden bridge
Between today’s world
And the years ahead of you.
23
My Lord,It is Your flaming Breath
Inside my heart
That is keeping me alive
Here on earth.
24
No more shallow promises,My Lord!
This time I am determined
To fulfil my promise.
I shall please You at every moment
In Your own Way.
25
The silence of the mindEmbodies
The Power of the Infinite.
26
A wasted momentIs the very beginning
Of my failure-life.
27
I was the worst possible fool.I took my Lord’s
Compassion-flooded Eye
For granted.
28
Each and every surrender-breathOf my heart
Prayerfully watches my Lord
Smiling, singing and dancing.
29
My sleepless surrenderTo God’s Will
Must never falter,
Never!
30
Every morning and every eveningMy Beloved Supreme sumptuously feeds
My aspiration-heart
And my dedication-life
To strengthen them
So that they can perform
Their respective tasks
Most successfully and most gloriously.
314
The difference betweenGod’s Eye and God’s Heart
Is this:
God’s Eye promises;
God’s Heart fulfils.
APR 2355. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 31 December 2003.↩
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God-ExistenceIn my life
Is my heart’s faith-flame.
33
Silence speaks.Silence speaks
Very, very quietly.
34
Silence listens.Silence listens
Very, very carefully.
35
As the prison doorOf my doubting mind
Is wide open,
Even so the Heart-Door
Of my Lord Supreme
Is sleeplessly and completely open.
36
My heart-bird flies and fliesAnd then encircles
My soul-sky.
37
My mind knowsHow to impose
Limitation-boundaries.
38
My soul and I knowHow to smash asunder
All the limitation-boundaries
Created by the mind.
39
Newness glowsIn God’s Eye
Breathtakingly.
40
Fulness growsIn God’s Heart
Sempiternally.
41
I placeMy God-gratitude-heart-garland
At my Lord’s Lotus-Feet.
42
My Lord picks up my garlandFrom His Feet
And puts it around my neck
With His Transcendental Smile
And Pride.
435
This morningMy Inner Pilot said to me,
“My child,
Let your heart and My Heart
Exchange their gratitude-beauty,
Gratitude-fragrance
And gratitude-delight.”
APR 2367. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 1 January 2004.↩
44
Today the talker in meHas surrendered completely
To the God-server in me.
45
Today something absolutely newMust take place
In my spiritual life.
46
Today my soul, my heart,My mind, my vital,
My body and I
Together must do something
Unprecedented.
47
Today without failI shall make God,
My only Master-Lord,
Happy in His own Way.
48
An endlessDesire-darkness-life
I was.
49
A sleepless and breathlessAspiration-light-heart
I now am.
50
God does not want to knowWhat I do
As long as I keep His Vision-Eye
In each and every action of mine.
51
Readiness, soulfulness,Willingness, eagerness and I
Have decided to make oneness
Our team captain.
52
If God thinks I can,Then definitely I can.
I must do it!
Lo, I have done it:
My God-surrender unconditional.
53
My mind,Do you really want to be happy?
Then start thinking,
Start doing,
Start becoming
Only in God’s own Way.
54
TodayI have completely liberated myself
From the fetters
Of my doubting and suspecting mind.
55
Today I am swimmingIn the sea of delight,
For I am able to run
At long last
The full length
Of my Lord’s commanding Will.
566
My God-hungry eyes,I deeply love you.
APR 2380. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 2 January 2004.↩
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My God-hungry heart,I desperately need you.
58
BeautifulWhen my Lord’s Eye
Beckons me.
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BlissfulWhen my Lord’s Heart
Beckons me.
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GodfulWhen my Lord’s Feet
Beckon me.
61
God’s Compassion-EyeMost carefully watches
My sleeping heart, my sleeping mind,
My sleeping vital and my sleeping body.
62
Smiling, singing and dancing,My Lord meets with
My surrender’s every need.
63
My outer God-obedience-lifeGarners
Abundant inner wealth.
64
My inner God-obedience-heartFeeds and nourishes unreservedly
My outer life.
65
My Lord dancesHis Ecstasy-Dance
When my heart’s inner day
Begins to break.
66
O God-obedience-sky,My aspiration-heart-flames
Are climbing fast, very fast,
To reach you
And be an inner member
Of your family.
677
From the higher worldsThe spiritual Masters,
Out of their infinite bounty,
Come down to visit me,
Bless me most powerfully,
Speak to me most affectionately
And appreciate my God-service
To humanity
Most unreservedly.
APR 2391. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 3 January 2004.↩
688
I must fulfilThe needs of my soul —
I must!
What are the needs of my soul?
My sleepless God-hunger
And my breathless God-service.
APR 2392. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 4 January 2004.↩
69
The desire-life-storiesAre extremely painful.
70
The aspiration-heart-songsAre exceedingly haunting.
71
I love and bow to,I bow to and love the God-seekers
Who are infinitely more advanced
Than I am
In the spiritual life.
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My heart, my mind,My vital, my body and I
Are fully prepared
To be unconditionally surrendered
God-instruments.
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Our heart-daysAre
Our God-promise-fulfilment-days.
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No restAfter God-realisation.
No rest
Even after God-manifestation —
God comes with a new Dream.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Yogyakarta and Bali, Indonesia in December 2003 and January 2004.
