My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 29
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God-realisationIs not an impossible task —
No, not even
The most difficult task.
So says my soul to my mind.
APR 2399. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 5 January 2004.↩
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To be a supremely chosen instrumentOf God
Has to be the aim
Of each and every God-seeker.
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Nothing forever remains the same.This darkest night of my mind
Shall pass —
I know, I know.
4
I do not pray to GodTo weaken my enemies.
I pray to God
To illumine them.
5
God wants me to buildA special Heaven
For me and my oneness-heart-friends
Here on earth
And nowhere else.
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No heartIs too weak
To receive Love
From God.
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No lifeIs too insignificant
To love
And serve God.
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The mind’s proudest verdict:God does not know
What the mind does.
9
The heart’s humblest opinion:God not only knows
What the heart does
In every detail,
But also inspires the heart
To do everything
Lovingly, soulfully
And self-givingly.
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My heart-breathSecretly and sacredly treasures
My sleepless love of God
And my breathless service to God.
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My Lord SupremeIs not at all interested
In listening to my life’s
Worthless and useless stories,
But He is extremely eager
To hear my heart-songs
And also extremely eager
To watch my life’s
Surrender-dance.
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I use my vision-eyeWhen I am in
The inner world.
APR 2410. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 6 January 2004.↩
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I use my mission-heartWhen I am in
The outer world.
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My Lord,Please, please, please
Do not allow
My gratitude-heart-flower
Ever to fade!
15
When I most sincerely pray,My Lord says to me,
“My child,
You are, indeed,
My Beauty’s child.”
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During my very deep meditation,God comes to me and says,
“My child,
You are, indeed,
My Duty’s hero-warrior.”
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Love and serve.Love God the Creator;
Serve God the Creation.
Your life-breath
In God’s Heart-World
Will never cease.
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I am eagerly waiting for the dayWhen my God-love,
My God-devotion
And my God-surrender
Will be in full bloom.
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My new inner nameIs
God-Blessing-abundance.
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My new outer nameIs
God-surrender-ecstasy.
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To God,Nothing is more important
Than my tearful heart
And my blissful eyes.
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To increase my love of GodEvery day
Is the only way for me
To live divinely on earth.
APR 2420. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 7 January 2004.↩
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My mind and I —When we depend on each other,
We miserably fail.
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My heart and I —When we depend on each other,
We invariably succeed.
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My God-obedienceIs my God-given
Golden flute-melody-life.
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My God-disobedienceIs the thunder-drum-sound
Cherished by the hostile forces.
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My ego-mindTries to overrule
My soul’s solemn
Judgement-light-utterances
In vain.
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My Master revealsThe unseen God to me
At the very right moment.
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I must seriously take careOf my inner health
And my outer life.
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The Tears of my Lord’sCompassion-Eye
Strengthen my life
And lengthen my breath.
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My love, my devotionAnd my surrender —
God has taken them
As His confidants.
APR 2429. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 8 January 2004.↩
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My Lord,Do make me
Your selfless slave
To make me really happy
In this lifetime.
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We all must discoverThe secret and sacred magnitude
Of each divine thought.
34
God is ready to discuss with me,Not about my past,
Not about my future,
But about today.
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My real homelandIs
My God-aspiration-heart.
36
My Lord,Do give me another chance!
I am ready for the climb.
This time I shall not fail You.
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Long, long agoYou lost God.
You are now
Rediscovering Him.
God is helping you.
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In the spiritual life,Every day, every hour,
Every minute
I must long for
God’s inner Guidance
And God’s outer Guidance.
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God’s Compassion-EyeBlessingfully teaches me
How to cry.
APR 2437. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 9 January 2004.↩
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God’s Forgiveness-HeartBlessingfully teaches me
How to smile.
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I make no mistakeWhen I tell the world
That I am all God’s.
I make no mistake
When I tell the world
That God is all mine.
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My Lord says to me,“My child,
You are totally mistaken.
You must say
That you are all God
And I am all you, only you.”
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With every single breath,My heart and I
Are rising towards
Our Lord Beloved Supreme.
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At long lastI am able to enter
Into my life’s
Beauty-fragrance-inundated horizon.
45
Transcendence and expansionWork together
Happily and proudly.
46
When I offerMy life’s power-of-attorney
To my Lord Supreme,
He immediately embraces me
Lovingly, powerfully and self-givingly.
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A sleepless self-giver-seekerTo humankind
Has no time for himself.
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During my deep meditation,When God-ecstasy appears,
My inefficiency-life
Immediately disappears.
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From this moment on,My Lord shall take His seat
Inside my stupidity-flooded mind.
APR 2447. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 10 January 2004.↩
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My Lord SupremeNever says ‘no’
To me,
But I do say ‘no’
To Him.
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My Lord SupremeNever doubts me,
But I do doubt Him.
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My Lord SupremeNever insists —
But I do.
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Where do I live?I live in between
My life’s eagerness-heart
And my life’s intensity-breath
To fulfil my Lord Beloved Supreme.
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Self-indulgence,I have nothing to do with you.
I shall see you no more.
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Every day my Lord SupremeMost seriously examines
My mind-purity-capacities.
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Every day my Beloved SupremeMost affectionately feeds
All my necessities.
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DesiresDominate my life.
Aspiration
Elevates my heart.
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Every morningAnd every evening
I wash my Supreme Lord’s Feet
With my devotion-heart-tears,
And then I kiss His Feet
Self-givingly.
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DeterminationOf the utmost strength
Is needed
For God-realisation.
APR 2457. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 11 January 2004.↩
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I do not want to beA book-knowledge-smart
Man.
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I want to beA heart-wisdom-smart
Seeker.
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We all must beVery, very careful.
Doubt can at any moment plunder
All our divine qualities.
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Faith-flower-fragranceIs exquisite.
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I must makeMy God-dedication-strides
Longer than the longest.
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The mind gets tiredRight after
A very short prayer.
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The heart does not get tiredEven after
A very long meditation.
67
The cyclone-violencesIn various parts of the world
Can be stopped
By soulful prayers
And powerful meditations.
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We need a failure-ignoringAnd self-doubt-shunning aspiration
To arrive
At our destined Goal.
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TodayMy God-worship-shrine-heart
Is exceedingly happy and excited,
For soon
My Lord will arrive.
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My Lord is telling meThat all my God-dreams
Will definitely become
Reality-blossoms
At His choice Hour.
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A true seekerIs a Heaven-inspired
God-messenger
On earth.
APR 2469. These prayers were given in Legian, Bali, Indonesia — 12 January 2004.↩
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God’s invisible blowsAwaken
My life.
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God’s visible blowsExpedite
My Godward journey.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Bali, Indonesia in January 2004.
