Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 181

18001

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My only necessity in life

Is to be at Your Feet

And look at Your Compassion-Eye

And Forgiveness-Heart. ```

18002

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Relax!

You will not only feel great,

But also become good.

```

18003

```

Speak!

You may eventually become

A great speaker.

Listen!

You will definitely become

A wise world-transformer.

```

18004

```

Each human being on earth

Is my teacher.

This definitely includes

My enemies. ```

18005

```

The more I purify my mind,

The less I look ugly and undivine,

Even in the eyes of my enemies.

```

18006

```

Yesterday I expected

My nature’s partial transformation.

Today I demand

My nature’s radical transformation. ```

18007

```

I pay attention

Only to what I feel about myself,

And not to what others

Think and say about me. ```

18008

```

Can you not surprise God today

By going to Him yourself,

Instead of inviting Him

To come and see you? ```

18009

```

In my life there are many things

That I do not like.

But God does not like

Only one thing in my life:

My unwillingness to change,

My unwillingness to become

His fondest child.

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18010

```

The outer world

Gives me responsibilities.

The inner world

Gives me not only capacities

But also opportunities.

```

18011

```

The birth of a new

And illumining thought

Inside my mind

Is the blossoming of a new

And illumining world.

```

18012

```

My true accomplishments

Are nothing other than

My self-transcending songs.

```

18013

```

God sincerely needs

Your soul, your heart, your mind

And your vital.

Therefore, you must love them

And be proud of them.

```

18014

```

From the desiring ego

I have learnt

How to cry.

From the surrendering ego

I have learnt

Not only how to smile

But also how to proceed fast

Towards my goal. ```

18015

```

What my mind needs

Is tomorrow’s divinity-vision.

What my life needs

Is yesterday’s purity-voice. ```

18016

```

Unlike my mind,

My heart always obeys

Both earthly and Heavenly

Wisdom-laws. ```

18017

```

Every day I pray to God

To grant me the rebirth

Of my devotion-heart.

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18018

```

God wants each human being

To be an imagination-thirsty

And aspiration-hungry child of His.

```

18019

```

May my heart’s tears

And my life’s promises

Walk along

My soul’s pilgrim-journey-road. ```

18020

```

It seems to me

That each incarnation

Of a human being

Is Divinity’s unfinished dream. ```

18021

```

Alas,

What was once upon a time

My heart’s boundless poise

Is now

My mind’s noisy voice.

```

18022

```

Imagination lives

In the world of soulfulness.

Aspiration lives

In the world of fruitfulness. ```

18023

```

God is always hungry

For the fragrance

Of a self-giving purity-heart.

```

18024

```

No matter where God goes,

He is always followed

By His Compassion

And Perfection-Sunshine. ```

18025

```

Enthusiasm

Is the God-given energy

Which we must use

To fulfil our heart’s

Inner divinity.

```

18026

```

My Lord,

I hate so many things.

Do You hate anything?

“Yes, my child, I do.”

What do You hate, my Lord?

“I literally hate

Your exaggerated devotion.”

```

18027

```

A suspicion-mind

And an impurity-heart

Are the footfalls

Of impending doom. ```

18028

```

Mother Earth

Is my life’s dedication-body

And my heart’s illumination-soul.

```

18029

```

There is no such thing

As perfection’s

Ultimate height.

```

18030

```

During the entire day

I have only two genuine friends:

My heart

And my heart’s morning-song. ```

18031

```

In my inner life

I meditate on the mountain-silence

To be peaceful.

In my outer life

I meditate on the fountain-sound

To be cheerful.

```

18032

```

I must admit

That my prayer-income

Is next to nothing.

But my meditation-income

Is quite substantial.

```

18033

```

Every day

I happily watch my heart

Importing aspiration-flowers

And exporting desire-coals. ```

18034

```

God always chooses

My willing heart

And not

My complaining vital. ```

18035

```

Each and every

Heart-dream of mine

Has the capacity

To take the highest flight

And the longest journey.

```

18036

```

Holiness-beauty-fragrance

Always remains

Beyond measure.

```

18037

```

My mind wants

Success-procession.

My heart wants

Progress-acceleration. ```

18038

```

There can be nothing

As beautiful as

My heart’s meditation-garden.

```

18039

```

I like my mind’s

Inspiration-smiles.

I love my heart’s

Aspiration-tears. ```

18040

```

My Lord Supreme tells me

That my heart does not have to become

His best friend,

For my heart already is. ```

18041

```

My mind asks me

To be the leader of everything.

My heart tells me

To be the doer of everything. ```

18042

```

My Lord,

I need only one thing from You

For my life:

A non-stop dedication-express train. ```

18043

```

Today I have discovered

That it is infinitely easier

To please God

Than to please my mind and vital. ```

18044

```

Alas,

Today I have discovered

That I am my mind’s

Hallucination-reservoir

And my heart’s

Aspiration-drought. ```

18045

```

Idleness is a free ticket.

With this ticket

You can never go anywhere.

```

18046

```

God’s Pleasure

Has always been

My heart’s treasure.

```

18047

```

God’s Greatness

At times may be knowable,

But God’s Goodness

Will forever remain

Unknowable.

```

18048

```

It is my heart’s sincere cry

And nothing else

That removes the barrier

Between me and Divinity’s Smile. ```

18049

```

God has repeatedly asked me

To offer the gratitude

Of my unconditional heart

To His own Heart,

And not even

To His Eyes and Feet. ```

18050

```

My mind is accustomed

To making bombastic promises.

My heart is accustomed

To making ecstatic promises.

My body is accustomed

To making pathetic promises.

My Lord Supreme is accustomed

To making not only sympathetic promises

But also prophetic promises.

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18051

```

Some are born to succeed.

My mind

Is one of those divine instruments.

Some are born to proceed and transcend,

Transcend and proceed.

My heart

Is one of those God-instruments. ```

18052

```

When my heart

Is all endurance,

My Lord Supreme

Is all assurance. ```

18053

```

My heart’s aspiration-fire

Will definitely one day

Burn my desire-rope to ashes.

```

18054

```

Inside each aspiration-heart

God’s Sunshine-Smile

Is always available.

```

18055

```

Life is real

Only when it is divine,

And this life divine

Comes into existence

Only after ego’s death.

```

18056

```

My heart, I love you

Precisely because

You have gladly accepted

My God-manifesting challenge

Here on earth.

```

18057

```

The mind is hungry

For earthly pleasure.

The heart is hungry

For Heavenly treasure. ```

18058

```

God is whispering to you

To show Him your heart’s

Aspiration-wings.

```

18059

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do give me the capacity

To surrender my heart’s

Blue-gold breath

To You.

```

18060

```

My heart’s faith-fragrance

Is my open door

To Heaven’s loftiest heights.

```

18061

```

Mankind’s ignorance-malady

Is unbearable indeed,

But not incurable.

```

18062

```

The dryness

Of the mind’s philosophy

Is nothing short of

The life’s emptiness-voice. ```

18063

```

I know

What the mind’s constant worry is.

But alas, will I ever know and feel

What the heart’s abundant poise is? ```

18064

```

To live

In the surrender-heart-affection

Is to sing

Nature’s perfection-song. ```

18065

```

The mind that is given

To hatred and tyranny

Can easily possess

An atom-bomb-mouth. ```

18066

```

I know my life

Will cease to be a problem

When I become constantly

My heart’s surrender-song. ```

18067

```

Do not underestimate

Either the strength

Of ignorance-night

Or the strength

Of wisdom-light.

```

18068

```

All that we claim to be ours

Is a temporary loan

From the inner world.

```

18069

```

Impossibility

Always bows

To humanity’s

Patience-mountain. ```

18070

```

What we need

Is the breath of sincerity,

The heart of purity

And the life of simplicity. ```

18071

```

The aspiration-heart

Always sings

God’s most powerful

Victory-Song. ```

18072

```

Who can conquer

The mind’s suspicion-fever?

Who can penetrate

The mind’s unwillingness-wall?

Who can waste

The soul-power of man’s heart? ```

18073

```

If you want to succeed,

My life,

Then always try to bask

In the heart’s willingness-sunshine. ```

18074

```

I have come to learn

That my Lord’s Forgiveness-Song

Has no final note.

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18075

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My Lord, I need to learn from You

That I still love You,

I still need You,

I still want to be

A perfect perfection-instrument of Yours.

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18076

```

God will change

Your mental frustration

And psychic depression

If you are ready to have

A new name:

Willingness. ```

18077

```

Nothing can be more destructive

Than ingratitude-heart-dagger.

Nothing can be more constructive

Than gratitude-heart-fragrance. ```

18078

```

Believe it or not,

I am extremely proud

Of my singing soul

And breathlessly winging heart. ```

18079

```

My Lord,

I have only two questions

To ask You:

When will my lethargy-vacation end,

And

When will my energy-expedition start? ```

18080

```

O my mind,

I shall wait for you.

Even for centuries I shall wait,

If it is necessary,

For your transformation.

```

18081

```

I do not need anybody

To dig my grave

When I am gone.

My earthly desires

Have already done it.

```

18082

```

My Lord tells me

That I cannot know

The depth of His Love

If I do not care to accept His Love

In His own Way.

```

18083

```

I want to be independent

From now on.

I do not want to remain

Under the hurtful influence

Of expectation.

```

18084

```

Alas, how often

Our human mind surrenders

To the sudden attack

Of suspicion-night. ```

18085

```

God’s Compassion-Tears

Ceaselessly drop from Heaven

To purify our mind

And fulfil our aspiration. ```

18086

```

Lord, do allow me to discover

Why I find it so difficult

To unconditionally surrender

To You. ```

18087

```

My Lord,

If You want to tear

My life apart,

Do it immediately.

But never leave me,

My heart. ```

18088

```

My mind trusts me,

But I do not trust

My mind.

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18089

```

May my mind never be preoccupied

With hopelessness-tears.

May my heart never be preoccupied

With helplessness-sighs. ```

18090

```

Although God gets

Countless complaints

From human beings

Every day,

He never runs short of

Complaint-diaries. ```

18091

```

Alas, I have come to realise

That true satisfaction,

Illumining satisfaction

And

Fulfilling satisfaction

Will always remain

Out of my reach.

```

18092

```

I can see that

God’s Compassion-Eye

Has already arrived

At your heart-door.

But when are you planning to send

Your heart’s gratitude-smiles to Him?

When?

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18093

```

Attachment-night

Has imprisoned me.

Detachment-day

Will liberate me.

But alas,

I know not when,

I know not how.

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18094

```

O seeker,

Be not lost.

Cultivate more heart-will-power.

Destined is your Golden Shore. ```

18095

```

From today on

My heart’s tears

And my life’s smiles

I shall direct

Only to my Lord Supreme.

```

18096

```

Alas, my life has now become

A long-lost aspiration-cry

And a long-lost dedication-smile.

```

18097

```

We must realise

That we are indeed

The slaves of our ambitions

And not the masters

Of our ambitions.

```

18098

```

Your spirituality-life’s foundation

Will be shattered

If you maintain your friendship

With ignorance-desire. ```

18099

```

Each time I offer

My gratitude-heart to God,

I enter into a more illumining

And more fulfilling

Tomorrow’s dawn.

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18100

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No more imperfection-darkness.

Enough is enough!

No more ignorance-night.

Enough is enough!

No more self-indulgence.

Enough is enough!

No more my God-forgotten life.

Enough is enough! ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 181, Agni Press, 1993
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