Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95

9401

Each day
I become more and more conscious
Of who I am.

Each day
I grow more and more determined
To become a perfect instrument
Of God.

9402

It is not my earthly capacity
But my Heavenly wisdom
That will help me reach
My highest Goal.

9403

How absurd!
He is forgetting
The aspiration part of reality
While trying to manifest
The perfection part of reality.

9404

God has always said,
“Aspiration and manifestation
Are like two wings of the soul-bird.”
God has never said,
“You can neglect your aspiration
As long as you manifest Me.”

9405

As soon as we do anything wrong,
If we try to correct it,
We certainly can.
But if we wait,
We may never be able to.

9406

How is it possible?
Something that is so weak
Is ruling the world!
What is this power?
Insecurity, and nothing else.

9407

God is everywhere —
Forward, upward and inward.
Do you want to go forward?
Bravely walk!
Do you want to go upward?
Swiftly fly!
Do you want to go inward?
Instantly dive!

9408

Do not be discouraged
If you know
That you have not pleased God
In His own Way.
Just immediately try again!

9409

The birthless and deathless sun
Inside your heart
Will illumine your dark days
Of no aspiration
With Eternity’s infinite Aspiration-Light.

9410

When you do something willingly,
You get tremendous joy.
When you do something unwillingly,
Joy is nowhere to be found.

9411

If I have the feeling
That God is sometimes examining
My prayer and meditation,
Then my sincerity and intensity
Will beautifully and powerfully
Grow and grow.

9412

Sing a song soulfully.
Immediately from head to foot
You will be flooded
With tremendous inner happiness,
And this happiness is true progress.

9413

Soulfulness starts in the heart
And goes through the entire being.
Soulfulness is the promising beginning
Of fulness.

9414

Inside power
There can be destruction.
But inside soulfulness
There is only inner joy.

9415

My adamantine will-power
Never destroys anything.
It only transforms
My ignorance-night.

9416

To achieve constant inner oneness
With humanity,
First you have to establish
Your constant inseparable oneness
With God’s inner Existence.

9417

Inside your intense inner cry
You will find the willingness
To do the right thing.

9418

Yesterday
I saw an aspiration-flame
Inside your heart.

Today, to my wide surprise,
I see an illumination-sun
Inside your heart.

9419

I shall be trying
In every possible way
To please my Lord Supreme.
O my doubting mind,
In vain you are standing in my way.

9420

Every day
God Himself is blossoming
Inside our seeker-hearts
With new hope, new inspiration,
New aspiration, new love
And new promise.

9421

I shall perfect my mind
To feel God’s Concern for it.
I shall illumine my heart
To feel God’s Oneness with it.

9422

Who told you
That sincerity is enough?
Determination
Is absolutely necessary,
Along with your sincerity.

9423

If your mind is sincere,
If your heart is pure
And if your life is devoted to God in others,
Then your God-realisation
Cannot remain a far cry.

9424

My Lord,
I am coming to You
Because I want peace and need peace.
“My child,
Do not worry.
I happen to have Peace
In ample measure.”

9425

Strengthen your hope.
Conviction will dawn.
Perfect your conviction.
God will smile.

9426

You are still maintaining the hope
That you will be transformed.
But alas,
You have given up the aspiration
That must accompany that hope.

9427

You have committed a Himalayan blunder!
But if you pray to God
For His Forgiveness, His Compassion
And His future Guidance,
He will listen to you;
He definitely will!

9428

Your outer running
May never bring you a gold medal,
But if your consciousness is high,
Your inner running will definitely win
God’s Gold Medal for you.

9429

Outer importance
Only strengthens my ego-chains.
But if I soulfully aspire,
Then ego-chains cannot bind me.

9430

The world cannot satisfy me.
I can only be satisfied
If I can feel the Presence
Of my Beloved Supreme,
Who is always seated inside my heart.

9431

Yesterday God told me a secret:
If He had not composed
So many earth-illumining songs,
He would have discovered
A most deplorable vacuum,
A real, sorrowful emptiness
Inside His Heart.

9432

O Lord,
I tried to kick away
My insecurity
Like a football.
How is it
That such an insignificant football
Has now broken my foot?

9433

You fool!
How can you make progress
When you feel
That you have many tasks,
And not one supreme task:
To lead a spiritual life?

9434

Outwardly
You are getting joy
Through your self-offering.
Secretly
God is getting joy
As the inner Giver and Receiver.

9435

The outer music
Comes from an outer instrument.
The inner music
Comes from the heart.
The name of this inner music
Is oneness.

9436

I am happy
Because I have realised God.
God is happy
Because I have not forgotten
My earthly brothers and sisters.

9437

Act reluctantly:
Everything becomes difficult,
More difficult, most difficult.
Act willingly:
You can do everything most easily,
Plus most effectively.

9438

When aspiration is well-founded
In the inner life,
It becomes solid and tangible manifestation
In the outer life.

9439

Once you tried to feel God
With your own heart.
Why are you now trying to see God
Through others’ eyes?

9440

You do not have to know
What is happening all around you.
You have only to know
What is happening inside your heart.

9441

Why are you such a fool?
All your intensity has gone away,
Yet you are cherishing the same hope
That you will one day be perfect!

9442

Those who disobey God
Are useless failures in life.
Those who listen to God
Are His most useful instruments.

9443

A sea of peace:
This is the inner wealth
The East has been offering
To the West.

An ocean of dynamism:
This is the outer wealth
The West has been offering
To the East.

9444

Unless I do the impossible,
I do not consider myself
To be a true child
Of my Beloved Supreme.

9445

His aspiration is inextinguishable.
Something else also:
His mental confusion-forest
Is uncharted.

9446

As long as your heart
Loves God implicitly,
You do not have to worry
About your mind’s opinion.

9447

A God-seeker
And a God-musician
Together distribute
God the blossoming Peace and Joy
On earth.

9448

Your improvement and your transcendence
Came from God.
Therefore
To Him alone you should offer
Your heart’s gratitude-smile.

9449

Soulful inner happiness
Is the only wealth
We can take with us
When our soul returns
To its celestial Abode.

9450

When you think
Of manifestation,
Think of aspiration
First!

9451

You think that insecurity
Is the play of human weakness.
But can you not see that insecurity
Is nothing other than
The ignorance-world’s strongest power?

9452

You can increase
Your heart’s intensity
And multiply
Your mind’s purity
Just by folding your hands
During prayer and meditation.

9453

Opportunity valued:
Progress becomes your name.
Opportunity ignored:
Failure becomes your name.

9454

Alas,
You cannot look at your heart,
But you can at least
Look at your face
To see if you look
Spiritually beautiful.

9455

When my Lord Supreme plays
His celestial Music,
I come to Him
Not to hear the Musician in Him,
But to see and feel
The Peace-Lover and Peace-Distributor
In Him.

9456

I know perfectly well
That I am imperfect.
But my awareness
Of my imperfections
Is undoubtedly one of my true assets
As I walk along the transformation-road.

9457

You want to know what is happening
In the world around you.
Therefore science is your necessity.

I want to know what is happening
In the world within me.
Therefore God is my necessity.

9458

Why should I think
Of my past failings and shortcomings,
Or of the golden opportunities
That I have lost,
When my present inner awareness
Is making me truly happy?

9459

My Lord Supreme,
What do You do
When You have all faith in me,
And when You have no faith in me?
“My child,
When I have all faith in you,
I stay ahead of you
And beckon you to follow.
When I have little or no faith in you,
I remain behind you
To give you a divine push.”

9460

Do what you can
With utmost sincerity, humility
And conscious oneness.
Lo, the success or failure
Will be God’s!

9461

Inside the tiny seed
Of His present Manifestation
The Lord Supreme already sees
The banyan tree of the future growing.

9462

You are telling me
That you want to offer
The best in you.
I am telling you
That the best
Is your aspiration-heart.

9463

What God has
He gives us: Delight.
What we have
We give Him: ignorance.

9464

Life is a great struggle
Between what we have and what we have not.
What we have is frustration-night.
What we have not is dedication-light.

9465

Our body constantly needs
God’s Compassion.
Our vital desperately needs
God’s Determination.
Our mind singularly needs
God’s Illumination.
Our heart badly needs
God’s Resolution.
Our soul eternally needs
God’s Satisfaction.
Our God unconditionally needs
Man’s co-operation.

9466

God says to man,
“Do not demand, My child.
I shall not grant.
Just receive Me spontaneously.
I shall be all yours immediately.”

9467

The human in us desperately searches
For world-recognition.
The divine in us unconditionally tries
For God-Manifestation.

9468

Forgetfulness
Is at times painful
And at times blissful.
Forgiveness
Is always and always blissful —
Once more I repeat, blissful.

9469

Imagination,
You are my great friend.
Inspiration,
You are my good friend.
Aspiration,
You are my divine friend.
Realisation,
You are my birthless and deathless friend.
God,
Your Friendship
I soulfully and unconditionally desire.

9470

You say you want to fulfil
Your innocent desires.
Unfortunately,
In the spiritual life
There is no desire
That can be called innocent.

9471

If you want to become great,
Then do not ignore
Your imagination-capacity.

If you want to become good,
Then do not ignore
Your inspiration-divinity.

If you want to become perfect,
Then do not ignore
Your aspiration-reality.

9472

Do not think.
If you think,
You will be asked to sit
In the waiting room.
Meditate in silence.
You will be ushered
Into the interviewing room.

9473

Live and believe:
This is the human way.

Believe and live:
This is the divine way.

Believe unreservedly
And live unconditionally:
This is the Supreme’s Way.

9474

Peace,
You are God’s inner Beauty.
Peace,
You are man’s peerless treasure.

9475

Wasting time
Is the connecting link
Between temptation and frustration.

9476

Do not expect God
To make the stupid attempt
To please the human in you.
If He pleases you
In your own way,
That will be your bitter failure,
Your total spiritual defeat.

9477

You are with God,
But you are not for God.
Your mind and vital
Are somewhere else.
What can poor God do?

9478

When he is in his mind,
His soul sends him
Extra-small garments to wear,
To cover his face immediately.

When he is in his heart,
His soul sends him
Extra-large garments to wear,
To adorn his eye perfectly.

9479

God’s Mailbox receives
Every day
Earth’s frustration-complaints
And Heaven’s
Indifference-satisfaction-notes.

9480

“Be quiet, be quiet!
I am descending.”
This is what God says to earth.

“Be quiet, be quiet!
I shall return soon.”
This is what God says to Heaven.

9481

If your mind enjoys every day
A new cyclone of destruction,
How will you ever approach
In this lifetime
Your heart’s satisfaction-tunnel?

9482

What I see in you
To my wide surprise:
The sudden blooming
Of life-transformation-movement-bud.

9483

A cheerful mind
Has always been a perfect guide
To a healthy body.

9484

O great student of the brain,
No matter what you proudly gain,
You will be nowhere near
Satisfaction-light.

9485

No matter how successful you are,
Your seeker-heart will tell you
That to live on earth forever
Fulfilling and fulfilling your desires
Would be the worst possible curse.

9486

My sweet Lord Supreme,
In some ways
I have made tremendous progress
In my inner life.
But alas, I am going backwards
In other ways.
Will I ever please You totally
With my life’s
Perfection-progress report?

9487

One day he meditates
For seven hours.
Then he thinks
That for seven days
He does not need to meditate.
Who else is a seeker-fool,
If not he?

9488

Alas,
Your inner moon
Of purity, soulfulness and divinity
Has been eclipsed
By the clouds of doubt.

9489

Be a pioneer
In God’s Music-World.
Your dedication-life
Can offer God-Music
To many receptive hearts.

9490

How to keep your aspiration high?
Just imagine your inner sun.
This sun has tremendous power
To keep your inner aspiration
Always in perfect condition.

9491

“My way
Is the only way,”
Says the mind’s dogmatism.

“My way
Is correct for me;
Your way
Is correct for you,”
Says the heart’s inner conviction.

9492

Why do you have to
Think of your difficulties
As negative forces?
Just think of them as opportunities.
Lo, they will increase
Your inner and outer capacities!

9493

To win in the inner tug-of-war,
You need the strength
Of your daily prayer and meditation.

9494

If you really want
To accomplish something,
Never surrender
To outer circumstances.

9495

If you feel
That what you have already achieved
Is enough for this lifetime,
I am telling you,
Complacency has defeated you
Badly!

9496

Every day
We must eat God’s inner Food.
His Affection, Love, Blessings,
Concern and Compassion
Are all unlimited,
And to enjoy them
God gives us unlimited receptivity.

9497

Concentrate on your heartbeat.
You will be able to hear it
Like a hammer
Inside every part of your body.
Then if your mind bothers you,
Just strike your mind
With your heart-hammer.

9498

My sweet Lord,
My soulful gratitude helps me,
But does it really help You?
“My child,
Rest assured, if it helps you,
Then it unmistakably helps Me.”

9499

Man’s desire
Will never be supported
By the higher planes.
Man’s aspiration only
Will be supported
By the higher planes.

9500

Hold on to the past.
God’s Compassion will love you.
Move on to the future.
God’s Satisfaction will embrace you.

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