My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 43
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God-realisationIs never
For the weak.
APR 3454. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 16 December 2005.↩
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God-realisationIs also never
For the strong.
3
God-realisationIs only
For God-surrendered
God-seekers.
4
If I give God anything —Just a little,
An insignificant little —
Lovingly, cheerfully
And self-givingly,
God gets immense joy.
5
When I pray to GodFor the fulfilment of my desires,
God says to me,
“I am ready to fulfil your desires,
But will you be ready
For the day I choose?
I am sure you will have
No patience to wait.
Your desire-fulfilment-day
Will take a very, very long time.
By that time
Your desire will disappear.”
6
God says to me,“Your success
Gives Me very little joy.
Your progress
Gives Me much more joy.
Your love for Me,
Your concern for Me,
Your satisfaction
In My Satisfaction —
My Way is your way —
Give Me boundless
And boundless Bliss.”
7
When we speak ill of the worldAlmost on a daily basis,
We undoubtedly give
A most painful headache
To God.
8
If I lose my faith in GodAnd at the same time feel
That out of sheer Concern for me
God will give me abundant faith,
This kind of hope or expectation
Will never, never succeed.
9
God never thinks ill of us —Never!
It is we who are quite apt
To think ill of ourselves.
The more we think ill of ourselves,
God’s Golden Shore sails away
Far, farther, farthest.
10
God,Are You pleased with me?
“My child,
If you are pleased with yourself,
Yes!
If you are not pleased with yourself,
Then I shall never be pleased
With you.”
112
Do not blame God,Do not blame God!
He is not interested
In your results,
But He is deeply interested
And eager and anxious
To know your attitude.
APR 3464. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 17 December 2005.↩
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If the heart does not smileAt the rising sun,
Then God feels very, very sad.
13
If constant God-serviceDoes not appeal to you,
Then you can never be
A first-class devotee.
14
My heart surrendersTo God’s Will
All the time —
Not partially,
But wholeheartedly.
15
My soul advises my heart:“Keep climbing,
Keep climbing!
Look upward
And nowhere else.”
16
I never allow my mindTo enjoy negative thoughts
During the day,
Specially in the morning
And in the evening.
17
Aspiration-road wantsOnly aspiration-runners
And not desire-winners.
18
God proudly keepsHis sincere seekers
In His Heart-Paradise.
19
SoulfulnessIs the fragrance
Of the heart.
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Pay no attentionTo life’s storms.
Pay all attention
To the sunlit days
In your heart.
213
God wants me to joinHis Dedication-Army
Most self-givingly.
APR 3474. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 18 December 2005.↩
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God-unwillingnessIs, indeed, dangerous poison
In the spiritual life.
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May my heartBe encircled
By aspiration-flames.
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My aspirationAnd God’s Compassion
Are extremely fond of each other.
25
My aspiration-fluteI play in Heaven.
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My dedication-violinI play on earth.
27
If you sincerely aspire,You are bound to be
On an extremely high level
Of consciousness.
28
The ruling mindEventually becomes
Its own prisoner.
29
My aspiration-gardenAnd my dedication-plants
So lovingly and self-givingly
Live together.
30
May my aspiration-boatSail fast, very fast,
On the river of my life.
314
My Lord,I promise to You
That I shall once more please You
In Your own Way.
APR 3484. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 19 December 2005.↩
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If only I had listenedTo my Lord Supreme,
By today undoubtedly
I could have become
An excellent seeker.
33
My prayerful and soulful singingI place only
At my Lord’s Feet.
34
How can the mindHave an iota of peace
When it is overwhelmed
By desire-thoughts?
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God’s most precious discovery:Man’s tiny gratitude-heart.
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O my mind,Your excuse list is so rapidly
And painfully increasing.
37
Every dayThe seeker must enjoy —
And not just accept —
God’s living Presence.
38
If you really want to doSomething good for God,
Then do not plan ahead.
God’s Will will blossom
In God’s Way
Inside your heart.
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God’s only desireIs man’s selflessness.
40
God wants to beYour sole possession
Only if you have no question,
And also if you have
Only one longing:
God-realisation.
415
May Mother Earth, Father HeavenAnd all their children
Live together peacefully.
APR 3494. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 20 December 2005.↩
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Each soulHas a special fragrance
To raise the consciousness
Of the world.
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May my God-loving heartAlways remain as calm and peaceful
As a waveless sea.
44
Each seeker needsAn earthly
Mountain-high determination
And a Heavenly
Adamantine will.
45
The supreme importanceOf aspiration and dedication
Each and every seeker
Must try to realise.
46
My Lord’s EyeHas forced me to stay away
From the desire-world.
47
I have detachedMy expectation-mind
From my God-service.
48
There was no distance,There is no distance,
There shall be no distance
Between man’s heart
And God’s Eye.
49
There is only one thingTo treasure:
The ever-growing silence-beauty
Inside one’s aspiration-heart.
50
Every morningNot my Lord’s Eye,
Not my Lord’s Heart,
But my Lord’s Breath
Knocks at my heart-door.
516
When you justifyYour weaknesses,
God’s anger triples.
APR 3504. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 21 December 2005.↩
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Why converse with ignorance?You have infinitely more important
Things to do.
53
My Lord,It seems that
Everybody’s inner problems
Are most painfully heavy.
54
Doubt diesWhen our love of God
Speedily flies
In our heart-sky.
55
God is ready to bless meWith experience after experience,
But alas,
Am I ready?
Will I ever be ready?
56
The aspiration-lifeIs not a life of secrecy
But a life of ecstasy.
57
God’s BlessingsI take
As unimaginable surprises.
58
When aspiration is our only choice,Then God gives us a voice —
His own Voice.
59
It is not a difficult taskTo catch ignorance-thief
Red-handed.
60
Silence is, indeed,The best kind
Of peace-preparation.
617
I promise, I promise, I promise:From now on
I shall listen
To my Lord Supreme
Wholeheartedly.
APR 3514. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 22 December 2005.↩
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A soulful heart-singerImmediately brings joy
To God.
63
When God calls you,You must remember
To bring with you
Your heart’s light
And your mind’s darkness
Together.
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Your mind, vital and bodyWill be dumbfounded
When God’s Light descends.
65
Very few visible miraclesOf the Master
Do we see.
The inner world of the Master
Is, indeed, full of
Mushroom-density-miracles.
66
God created endless waysSo that we can please Him
At least in one way.
67
To my greatest joy,My aspiration-heart-boat
Is under full sail.
68
Long, long agoI left cheerfully and proudly
Doubt-territory.
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God’s SweetnessI do not need.
God’s Newness
I do not need.
I need only
God’s God-Oneness.
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Aspiration-declineIs
A most painful experience.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Kuantan, Malaysia in December 2005.
