Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 166

16501

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My heart’s gratitude-rainbow

Increases its beauty, purity

And divinity every morning

Through God’s Compassion-Look

And Compassion-Touch.

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16502

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Now that

The depression-suppression-days

Are over,

Willingness and enthusiasm

Are carrying my life

To my destined goal. ```

16503

```

Just a little sympathy

From the heart

Is an antidote

To many of our mental pains. ```

16504

```

Seek advice every day

From your wise friend:

Faith.

To your great surprise

And great joy,

You will breathe a great sigh

Of mind-relief.

```

16505

```

You will not be able to arrive

At the mountaintop-aspiration-height

If you do not intensify

Your heart’s inner cries. ```

16506

```

Turn away from

The material greed-life.

Focus on

Your heart’s transcendental Goal. ```

16507

```

Just change your thinking!

Lo,

The world is more than eager

To satisfy you

In your own way.

```

16508

```

If you want

To be awakened inwardly,

Then God will eventually

Turn you into a hero-warrior. ```

16509

```

You do not

Have to turn your mind

To the universal mystery.

Just turn your heart

To your self-discovery.

```

16510

```

At every moment

Employ your will-power.

You can easily make

A permanent change

To have a better life.

```

16511

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God will grant you

The decision-making capacity

If you can show Him your heart’s

Aspiration-climbing quality. ```

16512

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Be soulful, be cheerful

And always say “Yes”

To your heart’s inner life.

Then yours will be

The joy unparalleled.

```

16513

```

Start pleasing God

In God’s own Way

Immediately.

Tomorrow will be

Undoubtedly and mercilessly

Too late! ```

16514

```

If you do not offer

Your will to God’s Will,

Then the flower

Of your heart-beauty

Is bound to wither.

```

16515

```

You can always

Rise to the occasion!

You certainly can,

If you allow your heart

To take enormous

Progress-strides. ```

16516

```

You must record your heart’s

Sweetness-night-dreams

And share them cheerfully

With your willingness-mind. ```

16517

```

You may take

Your material success

Carelessly.

But you must take

Your spiritual progress

Most seriously. ```

16518

```

What you need is stability

In your mind.

Otherwise

Your wild restlessness-mind

Will capsize your heart’s

Aspiration-boat. ```

16519

```

When your body needs rest,

Be wise.

Make your body feel

That it is your heart’s

Most deserving guest.

```

16520

```

Your heart’s aspiration-roadblocks

Will be cleared

Only when you can cry like a child

Breathlessly

For God’s Compassion-Eye-Guidance.

```

16521

```

Do not allow

Thought-vagabonds

To occupy

Your mind-corridor. ```

16522

```

Say good-bye

To your ego-mind.

Say good-bye

To your unwillingness-heart.

Say good-bye

To your lethargy-life. ```

16523

```

Where did I leave my ego?

I left my ego

Inside the cave

Of my despair. ```

16524

```

Each aspiration-flower-petal

Reminds us

Of God’s Oneness-Beauty

In His Multiplicity-Divinity. ```

16525

```

Aspiration, dedication, surrender

Every day

Summon my life,

And my life

Happily goes to them.

```

16526

```

O my mind,

Do not allow

Yesterday’s insecurity,

Doubt and inferiority

To hover around you.

```

16527

```

No human being on earth

Can ever massacre

Your genuine soul-bond faith,

For this faith is the product

Of God’s own Divinity

Inside your heart. ```

16528

```

O my mind,

You are not meant to be

Entertained every day

By ego’s supremacy-circus. ```

16529

```

You are an unparalleled fool!

You are compelling

Your God-hunger-aspiration-heart to fast

By casting aspersions on other seekers. ```

16530

```

My mind-room must invite

God’s Compassion-Eye

And Forgiveness-Feet.

God will definitely accept

The invitation of my mind-room.

```

16531

```

Alas!

Why and how can doubt

Arise, take birth, prosper

And become victorious

Inside the human mind-temple?

```

16532

```

O my heart, O my soul,

O my God,

May my life’s

Transformation-dream

Grow into reality!

```

16533

```

The life of peace

Has the capacity,

Is the capacity,

To untangle all human anxiety,

Worry and insecurity.

```

16534

```

Nobody is destined

To be perpetually wedded

To doubt and suspicion.

Indeed, it is a matter

Of personal choice:

Doubt or faith! ```

16535

```

Sweetness-soul,

Humility-life

And perfection-smile

Are always found together. ```

16536

```

O my resentment-mind,

Do you not see

That you are taking me away

Far, farther, farthest

From my enlightenment-soul?

```

16537

```

Lethargy-body

And unwillingness-mind

Die to live together

Inside the same

Dark ignorance-room.

```

16538

```

Doubt

Makes your mind dark.

Fear

Makes your heart dark.

Insecurity

Makes your life dark. ```

16539

```

The blossoms

Of my aspiration-heart

Every day are fondled

By the Compassion-Eye

And Satisfaction-Hands

Of the Supreme Lord. ```

16540

```

Alas,

Why do I allow ignorance

To come again and again

To disturb my mind’s

Peace-silence-privacy?

```

16541

```

If you want to make

Considerable progress

And very fast progress

In your spiritual life,

Then every morning

Turn your attachment-mind

Into detachment-sword.

```

16542

```

You want to know

How freely and quickly

Insecurity-mind runs?

It runs faster than

Your fastest imagination-flight!

```

16543

```

The golden light

Of my soul-divinity’s silence

Creates a new life

For me to share

With the world at large.

```

16544

```

Your heart’s silence-ecstasy

Every day is devoured

By the Lord Supreme Himself.

```

16545

```

You have many good qualities

You can cherish.

But I cherish at every moment

Your heart’s ever-blossoming purity. ```

16546

```

A self-giving life,

A willingness-mind

And a purity-heart

Know no sunset. ```

16547

```

I always turn a deaf ear

To my beggar-expectation-cries

And the world’s

Loud criticism-laughter. ```

16548

```

My heart’s rainbow-silence

Lovingly illumines

My darkness-mind’s unwillingness.

```

16549

```

If you are your heart’s

Insincere gratitude,

Then how do you expect

Your life to be

God’s Satisfaction-Plenitude?

```

16550

```

Each human being

Has a free and easy access

To his own heart’s

Purity-light and divinity-delight. ```

16551

```

Once you accept

The spiritual life,

Your mind’s uncertainties

You must shatter

And place the broken pieces

At the Feet of your Lord Supreme. ```

16552

```

Play, play, play!

You are supposed to play

Only with your heart’s

Mounting sacred flames. ```

16553

```

Insecurity, insincerity

And impurity:

These three thieves

Hide inside your mind.

Catch them red-handed

With your soul’s

All-seeing light.

```

16554

```

Your God-aspiration-heart

And your God-manifestation-life

Must be stronger than the strongest

And larger than the largest. ```

16555

```

Is there any defect,

Is there any weakness,

Is there any imperfection

That God’s Forgiveness-Hand

Cannot easily cover

If He wants it to? ```

16556

```

Even the idea

Of God-manifestation

Sincerely, soulfully

And devotedly yields

Tremendous inner power.

```

16557

```

Alas, alas!

He has not the slightest idea

That his mind’s enthusiasm-light

Has again gone out

Completely.

```

16558

```

When there is willingness

Inside your heart,

Inside your mind

And inside your very being,

Then God sends you

A golden inner chariot

For your use.

```

16559

```

Like your heart,

Your mind too

Can have rainbow-joy.

If you knock at God’s

Compassion-Heart-Door,

He will come to the fore

And fulfil your longing divine.

```

16560

```

If you have

An understanding mind,

And if you have

A self-giving heart,

Then you become

A choice instrument of God,

And of nobody else.

```

16561

```

The fear of the mind

Silences

The joy and satisfaction

Of the heart,

Alas!

```

16562

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This moment

The mind’s unwillingness,

Next moment

The heart’s fear,

And next moment

The supremacy of doubt.

Alas,

I do not know

How I can free myself

From these three demons! ```

16563

```

If you are the possessor

Of a detachment-mind,

Then God’s Satisfaction-Heart

God will gladly give you

To enjoy.

```

16564

```

Insecurity-prison

Can easily

Your mind destroy.

Confidence-palace

Easily

Your heart can own. ```

16565

```

Each humility-prayer

From the heart

Is God’s Satisfaction-Eye

And Satisfaction-Heart. ```

16566

```

O ignorance,

Can you not see

That it is high time

For you to leave me

For good

And for me to say

Farewell to you

Compassionately and forgivingly? ```

16567

```

O aspiration-bird

Of my heart,

O dedication-wings

Of my life,

Come with me and fly with me

To God’s own Country,

Inundated with infinite Delight!

```

16568

```

Alas,

Is there any day

When there is a single human being

Who does not hide

His mind’s unwillingness

To surrender to light? ```

16569

```

If you just scorn lethargy,

You will not be successful

In mastering lethargy.

You have to invoke ecstasy

To come to the fore

From your inner life.

Then your ecstasy will save you

From lethargy’s ruthless attacks. ```

16570

```

Alas, alas!

Attachment-ulcer is spreading fast

Throughout the length and breadth

Of the world. ```

16571

```

A little smile

Is a solid step

Towards an abiding

Happiness-heart. ```

16572

```

A willingness-mind,

A willingness-heart,

A willingness-life:

These are the sacred inheritances

I have received

From my Lord Supreme. ```

16573

```

Unity in diversity:

This is God’s supreme Secret

In His Cosmic Game.

```

16574

```

If you have

A tremendous cry for God

And a tremendous Smile from God,

Then you are undoubtedly

Perfect.

```

16575

```

Are you courageous?

Then prove it to me

With your unparalleled

Happiness. ```

16576

```

Do not imitate others.

It is not rewarding.

Do not intimidate others.

It is not rewarding.

Just start serving others

Immediately.

Indeed, this is immensely

Rewarding. ```

16577

```

If you can go beyond

The ego-competition,

Then you deserve to inherit

God’s infinite inner Wealth. ```

16578

```

Try to become

The vision-eye of a seer.

You will see

That this world of ours

Is not only meaningful and purposeful,

But also fruitful. ```

16579

```

O my mind,

Can you not see that

My heart is happy,

Unlike you?

My heart is happy

Because it has established

Its kinship with my soul-light.

O my unhappy mind,

Try, try to do the same!

You will, without fail,

Succeed.

```

16580

```

It is you who have capsized

Your life’s golden boat

By starving

Your sleepless heart-cries. ```

16581

```

If you are brave,

Then impeach your mind.

If you are braver,

Then tame your mind.

If you are the bravest,

Then transform your mind

Totally.

```

16582

```

To succeed in any field,

Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkle

And our enthusiasm-hearts

Must dance. ```

16583

```

Belief is a miracle-power.

This power we get

When we go far beyond

The domain of the doubting mind. ```

16584

```

A truth-seeker tells me

That truth is great.

A God-lover tells me

That God is perfect. ```

16585

```

God has no time

To listen to my mind’s

Eloquence-prayers,

But He has ample time

To listen to my heart’s

Simplicity-prayers. ```

16586

```

O my poor mind,

Do tell me,

What more can I do

Than sympathise with

Your troublesome thoughts?

```

16587

```

God always gives

The highest marks to the heart

Whenever the heart

Sits for any examination

With the rest of the members

Of the life-family. ```

16588

```

It is my mind

And not my heart

That is afraid of walking

Along the road

Of my life’s transformation.

```

16589

```

When your foundation

Is humility-power,

Your life-edifice

Can defy measurement. ```

16590

```

God does not need to enter

Into your mind’s ignorance-abyss

As long as you and your heart

Send God an invitation

To come and do the needful

For you. ```

16591

```

O my heart,

Do not delay!

Start immediately climbing up

Once again

Your aspiration-mountain-pinnacle.

```

16592

```

A new definition of peace:

Man’s conscious

God-hunger-cry.

```

16593

```

A new definition

Of an unconditionally surrendered man:

Another God.

```

16594

```

A new definition

Of perfect perfection:

A progress-escalator.

```

16595

```

My heart’s aspiration-flower

Takes me to God.

My life’s dedication-fragrance

Brings God to me. ```

16596

```

My mind likes to be

An instant God-winner.

My heart likes to be

An instant God-lover.

My life likes to be

An instant God-server.

And I like to be

An instant God-dreamer. ```

16597

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My Lord says to me:

“All right, My child,

Take your time,

But you must not forget to come

To My Compassion-flooded Abode.

I shall be waiting for you

Blessingfully and unconditionally.”

```

16598

```

I have prayerfully connected

My life’s dedication-river

To my Lord’s

Compassion-Eye-Sea. ```

16599

```

O my mind,

Pray to God

For His Forgiveness-Light,

Especially now,

Since you have fallen from

His lofty Compassion-Height. ```

16600

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Willingness

Is the first step.

Enthusiasm

Is the second step.

Determination

Is the third step.

Surrender

Is the last step,

Illumining and fulfilling.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 166, Agni Press, 1992
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