My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 8
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Supreme!God is God's
Compassion-Light.
APR 757. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 24 November 2001.↩
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Supreme!Man is man's
Rejection-pride.
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Supreme!God is God's
Mother-Advice.
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Supreme!Children are children's
Disobedience-pleasure.
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Supreme!God is God's
Illumination-Boon.
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Supreme!Children are children's
Ignorance-choice.
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Supreme!God's Eye and God's Heart
Are streaming tears.
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Supreme!Humanity is humanity's
Uncaring mind.
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Supreme!God is God's
Sweetness-Whisper.
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Supreme!The world is the world's
Deafness-ears.
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Supreme!God is God's
Forward-marching Will.
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Supreme!Mankind is mankind's
Backward-crawling desire.
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I am convincedThat God is always
Pleased with me.
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Alas,I am never pleased
With myself.
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God takes prideIn having me
As His partner.
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I take prideIn being
God's servitor.
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God tells me,"My child,
I have plenty of time.
Take your own time.
Tell Me what you have to say."
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I tell God,"My Lord,
I am in a hurry.
Please forgive me.
My ignorance-friend
Is waiting for me."
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God tells me,"My child,
Until you take Me
As your only Friend,
Neither you nor I will have
Even an iota of peace."
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I tell God,"My Lord, I surrender.
You have won the race.
I shall fly with You,
I shall dive with You,
I shall run with You,
I shall always be with You,
In You and for You."
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Supreme!Man is afraid
Of God's Anger-Eye.
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Supreme!God is afraid
Of man's sorrow-heart.
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Supreme!God wonders why
Man does not pray to Him
Even once a month.
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Supreme!Man wonders why
God hides all the time.
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Supreme!Only the world-awakening souls,
The God-aspiring hearts
And the God-serving lives
Are invited to participate
In God's morning Meals
And evening Meals.
APR 781. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 25 November 2001.↩
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Supreme!Finally I have stopped criticising God
For everything that happens
In my life.
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Supreme!God is asking me
Not to blame Him any more
For the world-crisis.
God tells me,
"My child,
I am wide awake,
I am wide awake."
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Supreme!In my outer life
I have become a lamb
To charm You.
In my inner life
I have become a lion
To manifest You.
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Supreme!God tells me
That if I unreservedly love Him,
Then I must bury my past
In oblivion-cave.
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Supreme!Heaven bountifully descends
Only when earth cheerfully offers
Its bleeding tears to God.
APR 786. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 26 November 2001.↩
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Hope and faithFrom deep within
Can challenge and defeat
The outer cruel fate.
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Supreme!He who rejects his Master's advice
Summarily
Loses immediately
His God-identification-life.
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The inner God-surrender-heartHas to become
The outer world-prosperity-life.
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The mind-admirerAnd the mind-enjoyer
Cannot be
The heart-sky-climber.
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My prayer-lifeTells my mind
Where it must go.
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My meditation-lifeTells my heart
What it must become.
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Aspire, aspire!God is extremely eager
To share with you
All His supreme Secrets.
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My prayer lovesMy bended knees
Inside my mind-cave.
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My meditation lovesMy deepening heart
Inside my soul-temple.
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Wherever I go,God's Compassion
Walks ahead of me
And His Protection
Walks side by side with me.
APR 796. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 28 November 2001.↩
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There is onlyOne Source:
God-Infinity's Delight.
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My faith in GodIs my inner freedom.
My faith in God
Is my outer confidence.
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My God-obedienceIs my God-centred life.
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God and I always speakThe language of heart-fondness
And life-oneness.
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The love of powerDominates the outer world.
The power of love
Liberates the inner world.
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Alas,When the mind's tunnel invites me,
I immediately accept the invitation
And run towards the tunnel.
But when the heart's palace invites me,
I get frightened. I hesitate.
Finally, I decline the invitation.
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My prayer-tearsQuickly take me to God.
My meditation-smiles
Immediately bring God to me.
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I must keep my aspiration-heartAnd my dedication-life
Far beyond
The limitations of my fate.
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The sweetness of the heartUnmistakably nullifies
The bitterness of the mind.
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My heart-tearsAre my thunders
To demolish my mind's
Pride-walls.
APR 806. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 30 November 2001.↩
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I am hopeless,Worthless and useless
Until I sincerely feel
That I am of God
And I am for God.
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My heart-flowerIs God-Beauty.
My life-hour
Is God-Duty.
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I am myThree hundred and sixty-five
Tearful days,
Yet my Lord Supreme
Is far, far away
From me.
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My Lord Supreme tells meThat my sincere nothingness
Embodies His complete Fulness.
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To have the mindAs the sole master
Of my life
Is to invite confusion-disaster.
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With my heart'sSleepless devotion-tears
I drink deep the Beauty
Of my Beloved Lord's Feet.
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Supreme!Each and every citizen
Of this world
Must cry and smile
In love and trust.
APR 813. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 1 December 2001.↩
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My Lord,At every moment
I need Your supreme Guidance
To solve all my inner
And outer problems.
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My Lord,I must not allow my self-doubt
To mar my heart's inner peace.
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My Lord,I must not allow
Anxieties and worries
To eclipse my heart-sun.
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Every day the Compassion-EyeOf my Lord Supreme
Leads me
In so many unexpected ways.
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Every day my Lord Supreme,Out of His infinite Bounty,
Commands me
To say things and do things
Challenging, daring,
Surprising, astonishing
And startling.
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My Lord tells me,"My child,
Start praying and meditating
For you to reach the Summit-Goal.
I shall do the rest."
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God tells me,"My child,
He who is obedient
To My Voice
Is My immediate Choice."
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My love of GodIs my only religion.
I must break through
All my mind-occupied
Religion-curtains.
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For meThere is only one way
To reach my Goal,
And that way
Is by raising the standard
Of my self-discipline
And my God-dedication.
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I must keep quiet.I must keep my mind-road
Absolutely clear.
God is on His way
To come and speak to me.
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My Lord tells meThat even if I do not see Him,
Even if I do not feel Him,
I must believe in Him
When He says
That His Compassion-Eye
Is upon me all the time
In loving watchfulness.
APR 824. These prayers were given in Kauai, Hawaii — 2 December 2001.↩
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My Lord tells me,"My child,
Be not overcharged
With worries and fears.
I shall gladly be
Your heavy burden-bearer."
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I must realiseThat God's Heart-Eye
Is always open
To my tears.
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I must realiseThat God's Heart-Ear
Is always open
To my cries.
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My Lord tells me,"My child,
Do not think
Of your tomorrow's needs.
Like today,
Tomorrow also I shall be
Your cheerful and sure supplies."
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My Lord tells me,"My child,
Have implicit faith in Me.
What am I here on earth for,
If I am not going to deliver you
From all your imaginary and real
Trials and tribulations?"
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No matter what the worldDoes to me,
No matter what the world
Thinks of me,
No matter what the world
Says about me,
I shall always be for the world,
For the betterment of the world,
As long as I am in the world of the living.
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My Lord tells me,"My child,
Be not afraid of your life's dire crisis.
I shall be your life's
All-conquering Strength.
You just carry My Victory-Banner
Throughout the length and breadth
Of the world."
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My Lord,From now on
I shall always abide
By Your supreme Plans.
Whenever I plan anything,
I only create disaster.
Therefore, my planning
Is nothing short of my interference.
I know You are the supreme Player
And I am Your divine instrument.
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Why does God have to tell meWhat He is going to do
In and through my life?
Why?
Let Him accomplish His Purpose
In my life.
I must always walk along the road
Of ever-increasing faith.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Hawaii in November — December 2001.
