My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 54
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We must never give upOur God-realisation-hope
And our God-manifestation-hope.
APR 4262. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 2 December 2006.↩
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God likes the silence-bloomsOf my outer world.
God admires the silence-blossoms
Of my inner world.
3
My Lord,Do You not have any Secret
To share with me?
“My child,
I have many, many Secrets
To share with you,
But the time has not come.”
4
There is no differenceBetween a strong desire
And a wild, hungry fire.
5
God Himself usesMy aspiration-breath
When He sings
And plays music.
6
The human in usWants power-victory.
The divine in us
Needs love-victory.
7
True,My hand-violin
Has sadly failed me,
But my heart-violin
Has never failed me
And will never fail.
8
When my silence-heartInvokes God,
God comes down
Sooner than at once.
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My entire being is thrilledTo be a member
Of my Supreme Lord’s
Inner family.
APR 4270. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 3 December 2006.↩
10
My Lord,You are all the time
Inside my heart.
How is it
That I do not see myself
Inside Your Heart,
Even for a fleeting moment?
11
Who are the true heroes?Not those who destroy
But those who try to build
God’s Heart-Home on earth.
12
I simply breakMy Lord’s Heart
When I feed my ego.
13
In my inner family,Only my soul and my heart
Are real citizens
Of God’s Heart-Land.
14
God tells me again and againThat He needs
My devotion-heart
And not
My brilliance and my talents.
15
EnthusiasmIs a divinely proud forward march
Towards God’s Heart-Home.
16
Whenever I writeMost devoted letters to God,
He immediately invites
All the cosmic gods and goddesses,
And then He reads out my letters.
173
The desire-lifeWants God the Power.
The aspiration-heart
Needs only God.
APR 4278. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 4 December 2006.↩
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To be a sleepless God-loverIs to be
A great ignorance-conqueror.
19
I began my lifeWith God the Beautiful.
I shall end my life
In God the Peaceful.
20
I am infinitely happierWhen I feel
That I belong to God
Than when I feel
That God belongs to me.
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The genuine devotionOf the heart
Is a magnetic power.
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I shall never allowMy aspiration-day
To expire.
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A gratitude-blossom-heartIs
Beyond compare.
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Love-devotion-songsGod has already taught me.
Nowadays He teaches me
Only surrender-songs.
254
I call my sad failure-past‘Past’.
I call my happy present
‘The Blue Eye
Of my Golden Supreme’.
APR 4286. These prayers were given in Belek, Turkey — 5 December 2006.↩
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When I say to God,“God, You are great, very great,”
God bursts into wild laughter.
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When I say to God,“God, You are good, very good,”
God gives me
A very sweet Smile.
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Some make their Godward journeyOut of sheer curiosity,
While others,
Out of their absolute necessity.
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God Himself feedsMy climbing aspiration-heart
Seven times a day.
30
Every breathIs
A God-fulfilment-opportunity-moment.
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God alone knowsIf humility will ever be able
To touch the haughty head
Of humanity.
32
Each soulful smileOf a God-seeker
Is a special God-manifestation-joy
Here on earth.
33
The higher I go,The stronger I feel the need
To feast only
On God’s Smiles.
34
True, I am not at all importantTo the world,
But I am extremely important
To my Lord Absolute Supreme,
For He knows that my heart and I
Love Him only
And need Him only.
355
My dedication-life-roadGoes all the way
To God’s highest Abode.
APR 4296. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 6 December 2006.↩
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The doubting mindIs a God-torturer.
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The aspiring heartIs a God-treasurer.
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With my self-giving services,I feed earth.
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With my teeming dreams,I feed Heaven.
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Little by little,We give to God
What we have.
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Profusely and unreservedly,God gives us
What He is.
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Not a giant mindBut a little heart
Has a free access
To God’s Heart-Home.
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When I see God’s Eye,I get terribly frightened.
When I see God’s Heart,
I am immediately awakened.
APR 4304. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 7 December 2006.↩
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Where do I live?I live under my Lord’s
Protection-Eye.
45
My morning beginsBy devouring
God’s Nectar-Feet-Dust.
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God’s Forgiveness-EmbraceHas given my heart
A new hope-light
And my life
A new promise-delight.
47
Time-river flowsSlowly, very slowly,
When my meditation-heart
Glows.
48
To be victorious in life,I must surmount
Each and every
Difficulty-mountain.
49
To make our Beloved Lord SupremeHappy,
We must open not one
But all opportunity-doors.
50
Now is the timeAnd here is the place
To please God
In His own Way.
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Today I am a loverOf God’s soul-stirring Flute.
Tomorrow I shall be a lover
Of God’s Victory-Trumpet.
APR 4312. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 8 December 2006.↩
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My freedomIs
My God-obedience.
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My freedomIs
My desire-annihilation.
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My freedomSees nowhere
Earth-bondage-chains.
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Each God-Heart-SongOf mine
Has a God-Soul-Fragrance-Melody.
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Yesterday my life wasA God-reliance-dream-beauty,
But today my life has become
God-Reality-Fragrance.
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A God-gratitude-heartIs
A God-plenitude-life.
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When it is a physical death,We cry and cry.
When it is a spiritual death,
God cries and cries.
598
This morningMy heart-flame reached
A very, very high height.
APR 4320. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 9 December 2006.↩
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AspirationIs
Heaven-climbing joy.
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DedicationIs
Earth-spreading joy.
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At the top of the life-treeIs liberation.
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At the foot of the life-treeIs the beginning
Of God-hunger.
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Life and deathAll the time ask questions,
But they never answer
Each other.
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The silence of my heartDoes not stop,
But the sound of my life
Does.
66
Needless to say,My fate on earth
Is deplorable.
Alas,
So is God’s.
679
My Lord,May all my desire-prayers
Remain unanswered.
APR 4328. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 10 December 2006.↩
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Heaven is Heaven’sCompassion for me.
Earth is earth’s
Concern for me.
I must succeed
In my God-manifestation-task.
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Nothing divineCan ever decay.
Nothing divine
Can even fade.
70
I need on earthOnly one thing:
A God-devotion-breath.
71
Every morningGod blesses me
With a new sunshine-heart
To receive Him
With enormous joy.
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Pay no attentionTo the wild thunders
Of the world.
Pay all attention
Only to the sweet Whispers
Of your Inner Pilot.
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We can fathomEverything else here on earth
Save and except
The unfathomable depth
Of silence.
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God’s Perfection-DreamFor my life
Shall prevail.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Belek and Antalya, Turkey in December 2006.
