My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 36
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May my life be a heartOf humility-flower.
APR 2921. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 24 December 2004.↩
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My Lord,How can we ever deserve
Your Love,
How can we?
3
My Lord,You do not need me
For anything,
But to give me importance
In Your Mission,
You make me feel
That I am indispensable.
4
Not through mere words,But by constant selfless actions
I must please my Lord.
5
My Lord wants me to communicateWith my brothers and sisters
Of the world
With tremendous affection,
Love and concern.
6
Every dayA new lotus petal
Is blossoming
In my heart of aspiration.
7
Every dayI must give a most beautiful smile
To my Beloved Supreme,
And also receive from Him
His most beautiful Smile.
8
Every dayCan be a golden opportunity
To transform my mind
And purify my life.
9
I try and try and tryTo follow the stars
Of my heart-sky.
10
Self-offeringWithout expectation
Is a happier than the happiest
Experience.
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My Lord is telling meThat happier and brighter days
Are ahead of me.
12
As long as I can offerAny kind of service
To my Lord Supreme,
I shall be extremely happy.
13
My Lord teaches meHow to take giant strides
Towards His
Peace-Bliss-flooded Abode.
14
We must not allowEarthly trivia
To delay our inner progress.
15
My Lord,I want only Your Happiness,
Only in Your own Way.
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TodayMy Lord has given me
Two new eyes
To see His Divinity.
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TodayMy Lord has given me
One new heart
To feel His Divinity.
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TodayMy Lord has given me
One new life
To worship His Divinity.
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TodayMy Lord has given me
One new hope
To climb up and reach
His Heart-Home
And bring down His Divinity’s Light
To spread all over the world.
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IntensityMy prayer-eyes need.
21
ImmensityMy meditation-heart needs.
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IntegrityMy service-life needs.
23
The human in us criesFor the divine in us
To smile.
24
The divine in us criesFor the human in us
To follow the divine.
25
Nothing is more satisfyingThan our sleepless
Self-giving.
26
Our God-surrenderBreaks down our mind’s
Ignorance-walls.
27
God trainsThe human in us
And welcomes
The divine in us.
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O my God-questioning mind,Do not dare to darken
My heart-door any more.
29
My God-faith-heart-flowerHas fully blossomed today.
30
My God-DestinationIs powerfully beckoning
My heart’s aspiration-cries.
31
Earth-expectationExtinguished,
Heaven-realisation
Blossomed.
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My Lord teaches meHow to ride
The life-dedication-wave.
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My aspiration-birdIs learning from my soul
How to soar high, higher, highest
And fly fast, faster, fastest.
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DevotionIs sweetness
Immeasurable.
35
SweetnessIs never to be found
In the life of darkness.
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God lives insideMy entire being,
But He prefers to live
Inside my heart-home.
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Every seeker’s heartMust be
A God-gratitude-fountain.
APR 2957. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 25 December 2004.↩
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For sleepy eyesThere is no real God.
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God loves to give a feastFor the aspiring souls
Every day.
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The mind saysThat God
Is an unsolicited Adviser.
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The mind never praysTo God
For His Advice.
42
A long inner journeyInspires my soul.
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A long inner journeyEncourages my heart.
44
A long inner journeyDiscourages my mind.
45
A long inner journeyDisheartens my vital.
46
A long inner journeyFrightens my body.
47
I promised my LordTo meet Him here
In the heart of Mother Earth.
Alas, I have not kept
My promise.
48
My Lord promisedTo give me a Smile
Every day on earth.
Alas, my Lord has not kept
His Promise.
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My God-communionMy mind does not even want
To understand.
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My God-communionMy heart eagerly
And sleeplessly treasures.
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God does not judgeAny seeker’s competence.
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God judgesThe seeker’s readiness,
Willingness and eagerness.
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An aspiration-heartDeliberately disregards
Its sleep.
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A seekerTakes God’s every Wish
As his solemn command.
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If you need GodOnly for yourself,
Then you can make friends
With Eternity.
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The higher we go,The quicker we grow
Young in our hearts again.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Qingdao, China in December 2004.
