Every day I have made it a point
To walk lovingly and faithfullyAlong the path of gratitude.
```God lovingly and proudly
Tells my surrender-heartTo walk freely with Him.
```The first duty of a God-seeker
Every dayIs to use his smiles
To look at God the creation. ```When I am in my mind,
I become a contradiction-mind.When I am in my vital,
I become a destruction-vital. ```No, not our body, vital, mind or heart —
Not even our soul —But God Himself is the last authority
On spirituality. ```If you do not take your mind away
From the travail of daily life,How can you ever receive
God’s choicest Blessings? ```The heart knows
The direct road to God.The mind knows
Only a roundabout route to God. ```Alas, I do not know
How my mind has becomeA never-ending regret-sigh!
```The strength of self-effacement
Can never be measuredAdequately.
```Each thought is meant
To become a prayerFor God to smile at us.
```The mind’s negativity
Quite often runsFrom danger to destruction.
```God Himself wants to take
An immortal pictureOf my surrender-life
And gratitude-heart. ```God does give
Our heart the capacityEvery day
To lift us up to new heights. ```God and God’s Silence
Are two inseparable and immortalOneness-Friends.
```Humanity’s peace-prayers
And peace-meditationsAre treasured
By the Absolute Lord Himself. ```The team of God-servers
Must know that it is God’s WillThat they are serving
In each and every human being. ```O seeker, do not be afraid
Of your insecurity-barriers.Be brave!
To your wide surprise,You will be able to cross
All the insecurity-barriers. ```The heart of God-realisation
Is progressive.It always sings the song
Of self-transcendence. ```If you are determined
To resist the temptationOf your ignorance-pursuing life,
Then you are bound to feel and seeThat God is all for you.
```Self-adulation-disease
Is so common.Yet it is very difficult
To free oneself from that disease. ```Each human being meets with
Countless desire-disappointments.Yet nobody wants to give up
The desire-life. ```To become an overnight success,
You need to prepareInwardly and secretly
For a long time. ```God sends us joy
To be our first teacher.When the joy-teacher fails,
He sends the pain-teacherTo teach us.
```If you are not eagerly willing
To jump into the Light,Then you will always remain
In your mind’s darkest night. ```Learn to live
With as few things as possible.This is the only way you can have
Peace of mind. ```First learn to look at yourself
Lovingly and compassionately.Then look at yourself
As strictly as possibleTo run the fastest.
```Work with what you have.
God will bring you and give youWhat He is.
```O my heart,
Do not cry.O my heart,
Do not feel that you are lost.O my heart,
Do not think that nobody cares for you.Just move on and move on!
You will see that everybody and everythingIs right in its own way.
```We look for God’s Crown
And God’s Throne above.We look for God’s Crown
And God’s Throne below.But they are neither above nor below.
They are inside our heart-breath. ```Self-giving and self-transcendence
Are inseparable friends.They always meet together.
```If the modern world had more simplicity,
Then the modern worldWould have infinitely more joy
Than it has now. ```The worst problem in our life
Is that the mind does not wantTo doubt its own doubt.
```If you are afraid
Of your failure-life,Then progress will never knock
At your heart-door. ```What is human life?
It is the heavy and strong bondageOf unnecessary extravagance.
```The mind cannot, but the heart can
Distinguish the outer wantsFrom the inner needs.
```Do not waste any more time!
Just ask yourself in all earnestWhat you actually need
From God. ```If there is sincerity in your prayer,
Then God’s AnswerWill definitely be audible.
If there is no sincerity,Then God
Will definitely turn a deaf ear to you. ```Does God give us another chance?
He does, but alas,We misuse the chance —
Not only twice and thrice,But time and again.
```Every day God comes to me
With new answersTo all my old questions.
```A life of constant surrender
Can constantly breathe inGod’s own Breath.
```Alas, we are prone
To be receptive to absurditiesAnd not to reality.
```Man tells God:
“God, You do not knowHow much I suffer from passion.”
God tells man:
“My child, you do not knowHow much I suffer from you
When you do not believeIn My Compassion.”
```I tell you, my seeker-friend,
That there shall come a timeWhen you will laugh and laugh
At your past achievement-peaks. ```My utter stupidity
Is catching up with me.I thought that I could live easily
Without God. ```O my heart,
Do not walk any moreUnder the clouds
Of your darkness-mind.Allow your inner sun to burst forth!
```The human life
Is a life that enjoysDeliberate falsehood
And bold doubts. ```God wants us
To spread our dreamsAll-where
And not to hide themFrom the rest of the world.
```My Lord, tell me,
Will You ever allow Your ForgivenessTo give up on me?
“My child, never!” ```My Lord, will You ever apply
Your Indifference-JusticeAnd give up on my life?
“My child, never!” ```My Lord,
When will You allow YourselfTo give up on me?
“My child,
The day you give up on yourselfAnd prevent Me from interfering
In your life!” ```God has many more
Important things to doThan to console
Your constantly broodingHeaviness-mind.
```Every day you must honour
Your own heart-cryTo make the fastest progress.
```If you do not dismiss
Your mind’s absolute decisions,Then you will never succeed.
```Do not forget that each heart
Is made of God’s ownSweetness-Heart.
```How is it that you are not aware
Of the thoughts that are hidingInside your mind-prison?
```Alas, I am fully responsible
For the failureOf my soul’s promises to God.
```Do one thing, my seeker-friend.
Every day make it a pointTo spare poor God
From your countless complaints. ```All the mind’s confusion-thoughts
Are alwaysIll-founded.
```Only our tearful hearts
Can hearGod’s Sweetness-Whispers.
```Your heart does not need
Your compassion.What your heart needs from you
Is your constant willingnessTo do the right thing
And become the right person. ```If you have adamantine will-power,
Then it will irresistibly lead you upwardTo God’s Kingdom-Light.
```Nobody wants to hear
The monologue of the mind.It is for the mind to enjoy
Its own stupid absurdities. ```At your heart-shrine,
Imagine yourselfAs the most beautiful angel
While you are praying. ```There is always time for us
To take spiritual exercisesTo please our Lord Supreme.
```Each aspiring heart
Has a sweet and unfading yearningTo be in God’s company.
```The soul’s sunlight
Knows no shadowOf the mind
And no darknessOf the vital.
```Alas, it is we who confuse ourselves
With our mind’s constantWorld-enquiries.
```Your heart-eye must look straight
And travel faster than the fastestTo the Feet
Of your Lord Supreme. ```Only a flower-heart
Can be drawn easily and effectivelyTowards the soul.
```Alas, the human mind
Cannot seeThat its ingratitude is ever-increasing!
```This morning
God the Compassion HimselfHas come down to replenish
My faded heart-hope. ```If you have the sharp edge
Of intensityIn your heart, mind and vital,
Then who can prevent youFrom making the fastest progress?
```May the light of the new millennium
Successfully spreadAll over God the creation.
```Every day my soul begs
My heart, mind, vital and bodyTo hoist
Their aspiration-sails. ```The doubting mind
Is a daily problem-finder,And the aspiring heart
Is a daily problem-shooter. ```If you are a fool,
You will fail to see.If you are a fool,
You will fail to believe.If you are a fool,
You will fail to climb, run and dive.If you are a fool,
You will be emptyOf God-fulfilling opportunities.
```Each moment is flooded
With Divinity’s SmilesAnd humanity’s tears.
```If you want to have
The fastest deer-progress,Then do not think of your success-life.
Think only of God’sEver-brightening Smile.
```Our heart-gratitude
Has the rare capacityTo illumine even the darkest corner
Of our mind. ```If you think that you will embark
On the spiritual lifeWhen things get easier,
Then there will never be a time for youTo accept the spiritual life,
Either on earth or in Heaven. ```If you think and feel
That you need to please God only,Then you are ready
For the real spiritual life. ```Shorten the tale
Of your complaintsAnd lengthen the beauty
Of your world-appreciation.Lo, God is singing and dancing
Before you! ```Alas, human pride is something
That can never see itselfIn its real activity.
```Who is God’s right-hand man?
He whose life-breathIs for constant God-fulfilment.
```My Lord, use me
Not only when You need meBut whenever You want me.
```If your love is only for God,
Then God will bless youNot only with
God-manifestation-possibilitiesBut also with
God-manifestation-inevitabilities. ```What do you see
When you look at yourself?Do you see yourself as another God
Preparing to completeYour God-ordained task?
Then you are absolutely right! ```Each human mind always feels
That it is justifiedIn all its actions.
```Until you stand right in front of God,
You may not knowHow much beauty you have
In your simplicityAnd how much purity you have
In your sincerity. ```The unaspiring mind will never be able
To smile properly,Not to speak of divinely.
It only pretends to smile. ```God says to the spiritual Master
That since He does not knowWhat retirement is,
He will not be able to grant retirementTo the spiritual Master.
```If God wants my life to be examined
Even by my worst foe,I shall be more than eagerly ready,
For that is the way I will be ableTo make the fastest progress.
```When my heart
Does not keep in touch with God,I see that my monkey-mind
Pinches me infinitely harder. ```God, my donkey-back is really strong.
Please allow me to carrySome of Your burden.
I assure You, I will not collapse. ```When aspiration declines,
Frustration becomesAn all-devouring hunger.
```My sound-life wants to be sovereign,
But my Lord SupremeWants only my God-aspiration-heart
To be my life’s sovereign. ```God has sent you to earth
Not to collect your complacency-dropBut to harvest
Your God-willingness-thoughts. ```O seeker, choose God
As soon as possible.Then God will definitely
Choose youOne day, without fail.
```God will richly reward you
If your heart’s progress-lifeMoves forward
One heartbeat at a time. ```God’s Heart-Line
Is longer than the longest.He needs no extension cord
To reach me. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 262, Agni Press, 1998
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