My Early Morning Prayer-Journeys, part 2
1.
No more, no more,This year’s failure-days
And failure-nights —
No more, no more!
2.
No more,The faith-starvation-days
And faith-starvation-nights
Of this year —
No more!
3.
The old year painfullyGoes to sleep.
5.
Happy New Year,Happy New Year!
Be brave, be brave!
No fear, no fear!
6.
Happy New Year,Happy New Year!
Go forward,
Fly upward,
Dive inward!
No fear, no fear!
7.
Happy New Year!God the Eye you claim,
God the Heart you claim
And God the Life you claim.
Claim, claim, claim, claim God.
No fear, no fear!
8.2
Happy New Year,Happy New Year!
I shall be my God-hope-joy,
I shall be my God-promise-fulfiller.
No fear, no fear!
EMP 82-85. Qingdao, China, 1 January 2005↩
9.
I proudly declareMy greatness-mind-achievements.
10.
My Lord proudly usesMy goodness-heart-achievements.
11.
My mind-educationIs an accurate
Knowledge-fact-collector.
12.
My heart-educationIs the collector
Of God’s Heart-Tears
And God’s Eye-Smiles.
14.
An unseen HandCompassionately regulates
My life.
15.
SilenceIs the Mother
Of world harmony.
16.
When I amAn indomitable will,
God’s Thrill
Is unimaginable.
17.
Today God is so pleasedWith my prayers and meditations
That He has blessingfully
Offered me
His golden Crown.
18.4
In the small hours of the morning,God and I enter into
A lovely competition.
My task is
To touch God’s Feet.
God’s Task is
To examine my heart.
I finish my task long before God.
Poor God accepts the sad defeat.
When the night is far advanced,
God and I again enter into
Another lovely competition.
This time our task is
Mutual appreciation.
I shall have to appreciate God
As much as I can.
God will have to appreciate me
As much as He wants to.
Alas, I accept the very sad defeat.
EMP 91-95. Qingdao, China, 3 January 2005↩
19.
My silence-heartGladdens my Lord Supreme
Beyond measure.
20.
God’s Silence-EyeFrightens me
To the core.
21.
My mind,Stop covering my heart-sky
With your thick and dark clouds!
22.
My heart,God is right in front of you.
Where is your attention,
Where?
24.
My Lord,Do make me a bond-slave
To Your Will.
25.
Alas, I do not knowWhen I will be able to return
To my Lord’s Heart-Home.
26.
A path-finderIs
A new God-discoverer.
27.6
To manifest GodAs perfectly as possible:
This is what my heart and I
Precisely stand for.
EMP 101-104. Qingdao, China, 6 January 2005↩
28.
Our Lord’s Compassion-EyeProtects us
From the visible enemies.
29.
Our Lord’s Concern-HeartProtects us
From the invisible enemies.
30.
My Lord breathes inMy heart-flower-fragrance.
31.7
A God-oneness-heart-dreamIs
Sweetness unimaginable.
EMP 105-108. Qingdao, China, 7 January 2005↩
32.
My God-obedienceIs
My supremely divine pride.
33.
I live either insideMy earth-born heart-cries
Or inside
My Heaven-free soul-smiles.
34.
God wants meNot only to equal Heaven,
But also to surpass Heaven
In sleepless self-offering.
35.8
The soul perpetually smilesThrough the bondage-cage
Of the body.
EMP 109-112. Qingdao, China, 8 January 2005↩
36.
Every dayI wish to have
An enthusiasm-outburst.
37.
Alas,We try to satisfy
Our Lord Supreme
With our extremely feeble efforts.
38.
In my aspiration-heart-homeThere is no room
For uncertainty.
39.9
There was a timeWhen I used to live
On the outskirts of hope,
But now I am living
In the very breath of hope.
EMP 113-116. Qingdao, China, 9 January 2005↩
40.
Even the most powerfulIgnorance-night
Shall be illumined
By our inner light.
41.
Humanity’s hope-flamesRise to Heaven.
42.
Divinity’s promise-starsTouch Mother Earth.
43.
From the oneness-heartWe arrive
At the newness-shore.
44.10
From the newness-shoreWe arrive
At the fulness-shore —
The Golden Shore.
EMP 117-121. Qingdao, China, 10 January 2005↩
45.
Life is meantFor our God-union
And not
For our mind-division.
46.
God-discovery-songTops the list
Of all our love, devotion
And surrender-songs.
47.
Our uniqueness comesEither from God’s Feet
Or from God’s Heart.
48.11
I must find myselfIn the heart of time eternal
And in the heart of space infinite.
EMP 122-125. Xian, China, 14 January 2005↩
49.
Those who outwardlyAnd indiscriminately display
An orchestra of spiritual power
Are not favoured
Either by Heaven’s Eye
Or by earth’s heart.
50.
NatureIs the divine beauty
Of God’s supreme Glory.
51.
An act of compassionIs one step forward
Towards God-realisation.
52.
The morning touchMakes my heart beautiful.
53.
The evening touchMakes my life peaceful.
54.
My God-surrender-lifeIs the birth
Of a new creation.
55.12
My heart-sunFeeds on
God’s Transcendental Delight.
EMP 126-132. Xian, China, 16 January 2005↩
56.13
A new heart is neededTo love goodness
In every human being.
EMP 133-136. Xian, China, 17 January 2005↩
57.
O my mind,You must not remain a stranger
To God’s Heart
Any more.
58.
World-criticismHas no place
In my aspiration-heart
And in my dedication-life.
59.
My heart tells my eyesThat I am very near
My Lord’s Heart-Home.
60.
God is asking usOnly for two things:
For our prayers to be sincere
And
For our meditations to be deep.
61.
The heartReadily and immediately listens
To the dictates
Of the Inner Pilot.
62.
God heavily and proudlyCounts on our self-offering.
63.14
I am eager to goTo the four corners of the world
To find a man
Who is constantly happy,
Cheerful and self-giving.
EMP 137-140. Xian, China, 19 January 2005↩
64.
May my aspirationHave another name:
Fragrance.
65.
May my dedicationHave another name:
Cheerfulness.
66.
May my prayerHave another name:
Soulfulness.
67.
May my meditationHave another name:
Intensity.
69.
If we really love God,Then our heart-smiles should be
Spontaneous and continuous.
70.
It is high time for meTo say good-bye
To each and every thing
That I do not need,
Such as my desire-life.
71.
The real spiritual lifeDoes not mean
To keep your eyes closed
All the time
And do nothing,
Nothing for the world.
72.16
I must keepEach and every thought
Of my mind
Absolutely silent
While I meditate.
EMP 146-149. Huangshan, China, 25 January 2005↩
73.
The sun-dutyIs calling me.
I am running!
74.
The moon-beautyIs calling me.
I am running!
75.
The star-frolic-joyIs calling me.
I am running!
76.17
My life lives betweenA body-camel-burden
And
A heart-deer-speed.
EMP 150-153. Huangshan, China, 31 January 2005↩
77.
My protection-fortIs made of
My God-obedience
And
My God-dependence.
78.18
My Lord,May I have a heart
Of ever-blossoming smile.
EMP 154-155. Nanjing, China, 3 February 2005↩
79.19
There is a God-lovingAnd God-serving
Divine hero
Within every heart.
EMP 156. Nanjing, China, 5 February 2005↩
80.20
Even an iotaOf consciousness-descent
In the spiritual life
Is a grave failure.
EMP 157. Nanjing, China, 6 February 2005↩
81.21
Every morningGod and I have
A heart-to-heart talk
Before I enter into
The hustle and bustle of life.
EMP 158. Nanjing, China, 7 February 2005↩
83.23
My Lord,Do You know that I feed
Only on
Your Compassion-Smiles?
EMP 160. Nanjing, China, 9 February 2005↩
Editor's preface to the first edition
During his trip to China, from November 2004 to February 2005, Sri Chinmoy was inspired to offer a number of prayers very early in the morning, when he came down from his hotel room to go out walking. These 160 prayers are published in two volumes.
