My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 48
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My fond dreamIs to do good things
For my Master
Even before he tells me.
APR 3814. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 17 January 2006.↩
2
It is beyondThe capacity of the mind
To enjoy divine ecstasy.
3
Either the worldIs darkening the mind,
Or the mind
Is eclipsing the world.
4
I must immediately adoptA new way of happiness
In my life.
5
O old-age-mind,How difficult it is for me
To make you smile!
6
I came into the worldTo see a new world,
But now I have come to learn
That there is no such thing
As a new world.
It is only the old world,
Revealing itself in different ways.
7
For a divine accomplishment,We need
An inner urge.
8
Nobody asked you to carryThe weight of the world.
Just carry yourself —
That will be more than enough.
9
One fundamental reality:My love of God
And the victory of Truth
Are inseparable.
10
An unconditional surrender-lifeHas to be the top priority
In the spiritual life.
112
Almost everybodyCan practise
The spiritual life.
APR 3824. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 18 January 2006.↩
12
I never miss a single timeTo satisfy
My Lord Supreme.
13
We try to hideFrom ourselves.
Can there be anything
Worse than that?
14
God-worship-fragranceIs
Unimaginably intoxicating.
15
What is jealousy,If not a merry-go-round ride?
16
God’s Compassion-RainIs for every day,
And not just for
A particular day.
17
Purity-progressIn the mind
Is of absolute necessity.
18
Desire-fire can burnNot only the fingers
But the entire body.
19
Alas, many days have gone by.Yet I have failed to increase
My aspiration-height.
20
Have patience.More divine things
Are yet to blossom.
213
A single moment’s hesitationCan take us far, farther, farthest
From our Goal.
APR 3834. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 19 January 2006.↩
22
Depression-shadowsAre very difficult
To cast aside.
23
Expectation-experiencesAre quite often painful.
24
Unconsciously,If not consciously,
We betray ourselves.
25
May each thought of mineBecome a rising sun
On my heart’s horizon.
26
If we pray and meditate,Our stars will forever
Be rising.
27
The mind is a marketWhere we find
Ever-increasing noise.
28
Desire-hungry peoplePlay only
In the mind’s playground.
29
The beauty of divine lightAnd
The fragrance of divine love
Are to be found together
Always.
30
Each human beingIs not fully animal.
Again, each human being
Is trillions of miles away
From becoming another God.
314
Alas, I know two things:How to blame God
And
How to praise myself.
APR 3844. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 20 January 2006.↩
32
Time —Either you give me
Enthusiasm
Or you give me
Frustration.
33
Sinners and saints —Wrong-path-travellers
And right-path-runners.
34
Surrender not to failure.Try once more.
Success will be all yours.
35
Some people love to preach,While others try to practise.
Still others compete and win.
36
Temptation-worldIs empty of divinity.
37
SoulfulnessIs always
In demand.
38
The old-fashioned wayIs the safest way
To God.
39
The world needs and demandsSo many things from me.
God needs only one thing from me:
My love.
40
For me to realise God todayIs the height of absurdity.
41
For me to realise GodAt God’s choice Hour
Is not only reality
But inevitability.
425
The Third EyeIs the eye that conquers
Ignorance-night for us.
APR 3855. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 21 January 2006.↩
43
May my aspiration-heartAll the time walk
Side by side
With my Lord Beloved Supreme.
44
May aspiration becomeMy only constant choice.
45
Who protects meWhen I am unsheltered?
My Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart.
46
The body knowsWhat clay is.
The soul knows
What light is.
47
We are bornFrom God’s Compassion-Height
And with God’s Justice-Light.
48
Do not blame anybodyFor your failures.
Just have an adamantine will
To succeed.
49
My mind,Your sadness is self-styled.
It is not real.
50
My mind,Keep quiet.
Can you not see
That I am listening
To my soul singing?
51
I give priority alwaysTo one thing:
Self-offering.
526
Each seeker has to liveBy his inner faith-light.
APR 3865. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 22 January 2006.↩
53
We must walkWith confidence,
Intensity and joy
On life’s road.
54
God has taught meMany, many of His own
Heartbeat-Songs.
55
My heart’s surrender-prayerTo God
Is my life’s best prayer.
56
My God-obedience-promiseIs infinitely better
Than any other promise.
57
Without the support of the heart,The mind cannot go forward
In the inner life.
58
God-realisation is not as difficultAs you think.
Again, it is not as easy
As you think.
59
MeditationChallenges
Imperfection.
60
Be careful!Ignorance can attack you
At any moment.
61
We make God’s HeartFeel sad
When we delay.
627
Only one desire,Only one hope:
God-realisation.
APR 3875. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 23 January 2006.↩
63
Those who have no faithCannot have God-realisation.
64
The world is sinking.Our prayers have to be
Absolutely sincere.
65
Self-doubt is the worst enemy.Be free from self-doubt
If you really want to make progress.
66
Silence descendsOn tiptoe.
67
Man does not realiseThat nature’s divinity
Is most illumining
And most powerful.
68
Time will revealEverything —
Encouraging
Or discouraging.
69
To surmount every barrierWe shall have to dive
Deep within.
70
Prayers and meditationsCan bring the distant stars
Within our reach.
71
God will shield usOn every side
If we take His Side.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Kijal, Malaysia in January 2006.
