The street beggar
1.
The final journey,No, no!
A million times!
2.
An ever-blossoming voyage,Yes, yes!
A billion times!
3.
When things go wrong,God gives us the opportunity
To run towards Him more speedily
And more self-givingly
To have joy in His smiling Heart-Garden.
4.
If I find GodInside a tiny drop,
Then, immediately,
God the Ocean
Becomes mine.
5.
AdversityPurifies the mind
And strengthens the heart.
6.
Who is educated?Not he who has read
Countless books,
But he who is fed
By God’s Compassion-flooded Heart.
7.
When we pray on our knees,God the Tree,
With flower-beauty
And fruit-nourishment,
Bends.
8.
We give so much importanceTo the blackness of our mind.
9.
We have no time to pay attentionTo the whiteness of our heart.
10.
Love Light more.Night is bound
To disappear.
11.
The mind knowsHow to dictate me.
12.
The heart knowsHow to elevate me.
13.
When we look at life,It frightens us.
When we look into life,
It surrenders.
14.
The depression-mountainBlightens the mind.
15.
The humour-fountainLightens the mind.
16.
The most important thing in lifeIs not possession
But transformation.
17.
Slow down, slow down,If you really need
God’s golden Crown.
18.
My eyes loveTo see beauty.
19.
My heart lovesTo become Beauty,
God-Beauty.
20.
Battlefield-victoryDoes not last.
21.
Heart-field-victoryForever lasts.
22.
We are such fools.We want to know what life has
And not what life is.
23.
The human in usWorks to live.
24.
The divine in usLives to work,
God’s Work.
25.
God will share with usHis almighty Will-Power
If we dare to control
The inhuman in us.
26.
Work-retirementMust not be
Life-retirement.
27.
The doctor knowsHow to create fear.
28.
The Master knowsHow to blossom cheer.
29.
Life beginsNot when we think of time,
But when we become
The Lord of time.
30.
Faith is the medicineFor the mind-malady.
31.
Love is the vitaminFor the life-comedy.
32.
Leadership sinks.Friendship sails.
33.
The blunders of the pastMust be kept behind us
And not ahead of us.
34.
Do not continue to fret.Try to forget.
Happiness guaranteed!
35.
There are countless exercises.The most difficult exercise
Is self-giving.
36.
Why not say it?God is all yours.
37.
Why not do it?Touch and remain
At God’s Feet.
38.
The Compassion-EyeDescends unconditionally.
39.
The aspiration-heartAscends swiftly.
40.
The heartiest smileIs
The strongest power.
41.
We strengthenThe difficult people
By thinking of them.
42.
We disarmThe difficult people
By placing them
At the Feet of God.
43.
Until God’s unconditional GraceDescends,
I must be responsible
For my own fate.
44.
A strange request:God, give me
What You have.
45.
A spontaneous request:God, take me
And my all.
46.
The outer lonelinessNeeds friends
And acquaintances.
47.
The inner lonelinessNeeds only God
And nobody else.
48.
God wants me to liveNot on borrowed time.
49.
God wants me to liveInside
His hallowed Eternity.
50.
Aspiration says:“I shall do it.”
51.
Dedication says:“I am doing it.”
52.
Surrender says:“I have already done it.”
53.
Happiness is notAn outer fruit.
54.
Happiness isAn inner seed.
55.
The human artistPaints
The outer world.
56.
The divine artistDreams
Of the inner world.
57.
God sleeplessly tells meThat He wants to be
The prisoner of my love.
58.
The God who tells meTo pray
Is the same God who asks me
To take time to play.
59.
LifeIs not a series
Of disappointments.
60.
LifeIs a daily
God-appointment.
61.
FutureIs not darkness.
62.
FutureIs God-oneness.
63.
I do not wantMy life
To go my way.
64.
I am choosing,Once and for all,
One way:
God’s Way.
65.
There is only one race:The masked God-Face.
66.
For me,Nothing can be sweeter
And purer
Than my God-starvation-heart.
67.
Success isDollar-power.
68.
Progress isGod-Shower.
69.
God frequently comesTo my heart-emptiness.
70.
God never comesTo my mind-loneliness.
71.
The mind’s constant question:Why?
72.
The heart’s immediate answer:Why not?
73.
YesterdayGod cried for me.
He cried for my perfection.
74.
TodayI am crying for God.
I am crying for God’s Satisfaction.
75.
From tomorrow,Smilingly,
God and I will live
Only for each other.
76.
When I keep my eyes closedAnd pray,
I feel that God is for me.
77.
When I keep my eyes half-openAnd meditate,
I am absolutely certain
That I am all for God.
78.
PrayerIs the life-seed.
79.
MeditationIs the life-plant.
80.
Contemplation is the life-treeThat produces
Flower-beauty-enjoyment
And
Fruit-nourishment-satisfaction.
81.
Final earth-departureHas no extension.
82.
God wants meTo count His Smiles first.
Only then
Will He count my tears.
83.
Gratitude-virtueIs yet
An unborn reality.
84.
DisobedienceIs not the humiliation
Of the Master.
85.
DisobedienceIs the self-annihilation
Of the disciple.
86.
God’s immediate ChoiceIs the heart that bleeds
For humanity’s smiles.
87.
The mindIs the usual
Cloud-lover.
88.
The heartIs the spontaneous
Star-enjoyer.
89.
PerfectionIs the sleepless
Self-examination.
90.
SatisfactionIs the breathless
God-invocation.
91.
God pleads with me:“My child,
Be true to yourself!”
92.
We must pay attentionTo our imperfections —
If not, sooner than at once
They will multiply.
93.
A thought-minus mindIs
A soul-plus will.
94.
When I love God,I let things happen
In God’s Way.
95.
When I love myself,I make things happen
In my way.
96.
The mind-thornIs
Extremely dangerous.
97.
The heart-roseIs
Supremely precious.
98.
God tells meThat my half world-dedication
Equals
My full God-aspiration.
99.
God tells me repeatedlyNot to take His Work away.
His Work is to change the world,
And my work
Is to love the world.
100.
Each smileIs the beauty
Of a new heart.
101.
Each tearIs the fragrance
Of a new life.
102.
God wants meTo complete
My illumination-task.
103.
God does not want meTo compete
With the rest of the world
In the battlefield of life.
104.
With each hopeI walk
Towards God’s Palace.
105.
With each promiseGod runs
Towards my heart-temple.
106.
Patience, patience, patience!Patience
Is the ultimate victory.
107.
Everybody hates darkness,But how many are willing
To invoke Light?
108.
If you are great,That means
You know how to talk.
109.
If you are good,That means
You know how to listen.
110.
If you are perfect,That means your silence-sound
Is the answer.
111.
The life that has no tearsCannot near God.
112.
You say that the worldIs full of wrong forces.
Unfortunately,
Your own mighty contribution
Cannot remain unnoticed.
113.
The eyes can see the world,But the heart alone
Can become the world.
114.
Do not stopBeing an all-lover.
Do not stoop
To being a supremacy-hunger.
115.
Man’s mindBuilds houses.
God’s Heart
Makes homes.
116.
Today’s street beggarShall become tomorrow
The keeper
Of God’s Heart-Door.
