Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 182

18101

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My Lord Supreme,

I know that You have

Countless secrets.

Please share with me

Only one particular secret.

What do You go through

To please

Each and every human being? ```

18102

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I must remain

Inside my heart-fountain

So that I do not see

My mind’s high barriers. ```

18103

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God wants to tell you

His Life-Stories

Even if you do not want

To listen to Him. ```

18104

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Two things God never does:

He does not stop

Speaking to me

And He does not stop

Waiting for me.

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18105

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My self-giving heart

Is the place

Where God’s new Hopes

Will take birth. ```

18106

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You can be proud of yourself

When your mind runs

Only towards God,

And not before. ```

18107

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The beauty

Of sincere aspiration

And the purity

Of sincere dedication

Can and will

Definitely take the seeker

To his Source immortal.

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18108

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God tells me

That every time I move forward

I give Him

A prayerful and beautiful gift. ```

18109

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Do not be afraid

Of going too far

With your dedication-life.

At one point

God’s smiling Eyes

Will greet you.

Do not be afraid

Of going too deep

In your aspiration-life.

At one point

God’s loving Heart

Will bless you. ```

18110

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Do not try to understand God.

You will make Him cry.

Try to feel God.

You will make Him not only smile,

But also dance.

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18111

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When I pray,

I cry for God’s Compassion-Sky.

When I meditate,

I long for God’s Satisfaction-Sun. ```

18112

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Alas, quite often

We desire so many things

That we do not actually need

At all. ```

18113

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Before I make

Any complaints to God,

God closes not only

His Ears and Eyes

But even His Heart.

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18114

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With my heart’s tearful songs

I try to please God,

But God wants me to please Him

With my life’s cheerful stories. ```

18115

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The heart-doorman

Always has the capacity

To detect

The clever mind-thief. ```

18116

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In the morning

I devotedly cling

To God’s Compassion.

In the evening

I self-givingly long

For God’s Satisfaction. ```

18117

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If we do not practise

Patience-game,

We will not be allowed to participate

In God’s Satisfaction-Game. ```

18118

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If you enjoy idle thoughts,

You will be forced to surrender

To ignorance-immobility.

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18119

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God wants me

To choose my thoughts

Wisely.

God wants me

To choose my friends

Self-givingly. ```

18120

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When I am gracious

In my thoughts,

I become precious

In God’s Eye. ```

18121

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A purity-heart

And a sincerity-promise

Have no parallel.

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18122

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We must transcend

Our mind-boundaries

If we want to be

The choice of Heaven

And the voice of earth.

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18123

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You can cry

If you want to,

But God prefers smiling

If you want to be receptive

To His Blessings.

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18124

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Man’s ingratitude

And God’s Forgiveness,

Man’s desire

And God’s Compassion,

Are to be found everywhere.

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18125

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He who can face

The tragedies of life

Can challenge

The frowns of death. ```

18126

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What my mind needs

Is illumination.

What my heart needs

Is satisfaction.

What I need

Is perfection. ```

18127

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Again and again

My tricky mind

Tries to charm God.

Needless to say,

Again and again

It fails. ```

18128

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When I am

A sincere lover of God,

God becomes

My sure employer. ```

18129

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Simplicity, sincerity,

Purity and humility

Are the members

Of the heart-garden-family. ```

18130

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Do not allow anybody

To touch your heart’s

Enthusiasm-rose-petals.

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18131

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O seeker of the Lord Supreme,

Not only fast and faster

But fastest

Will be your progress

If you catch

Your pride-thief. ```

18132

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Alas,

How can I make any progress

In my spiritual life

If I do not stop for good

Playing with

Earthly attachment-toys? ```

18133

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If you enjoy your self-flattery

Inside your mind-kingdom,

Then you will be forced to participate

In the backward race. ```

18134

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God does not want us

To sound the success-trumpet,

But to play

The progress-flute. ```

18135

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Self-confidence

Is of paramount importance.

Otherwise, sooner or later

We will all be strangled

By the ever-increasing fear

Of the mind. ```

18136

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My Lord Supreme,

I am so grateful to You,

For now I see and feel

My inner doubt-suspicion-storms

Subsiding.

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18137

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I take patience

As a golden opportunity

To illumine my unlit mind

And strengthen my weak heart. ```

18138

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The tears of the heart

Are uncontrollable

When the life suffers from

Surrender-shortage. ```

18139

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Be not in between

Your heart’s soulful smile

And your mind’s hurtful laughter

In your aspiration-dedication-world. ```

18140

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Compassion is a gift

From God the Knowable.

Forgiveness is a gift

From God the Unknowable. ```

18141

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May my life-boat sleeplessly ply

Between

My mind’s inspiration-shore

And my heart’s aspiration-shore. ```

18142

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God does not blame you

If you are impure,

But God does blame you

If you do not want to offer

Your impurity to Him.

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18143

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The outer experiment-school

Is for everybody.

The inner experience-school

Is for the few. ```

18144

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We may not all be candidates

For God’s Compassion,

But we are all candidates

For God’s Forgiveness. ```

18145

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Do not worry about

Your belated gratitude to God,

For whenever you offer

Your gratitude to God,

God will be more than pleased

With you. ```

18146

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Nobody can clip

Your hope-bird’s wings

If you do not want them to.

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18147

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Alas, my mind does not want to know

That I can think

Beyond what it thinks.

Alas, my heart does not want to know

That I can feel

Beyond what it feels. ```

18148

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You expect so much

From God.

How is it that you do not

Allow God

To expect a little more

From you? ```

18149

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The sincere heart knows

How to appreciate.

The clever mind knows

How to appropriate. ```

18150

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Alas, alas, I did not know

That my desire-dust

Would blind the Eyes

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

18151

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If it is true

That I have disappointed

My Lord Beloved Supreme,

Then it is equally true

That I am starting my life

All over again today. ```

18152

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My bondage-heart

And my freedom-mind

Have equally made me

Unhappy. ```

18153

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As my life

Is growing shorter every day,

Even so, my faith in God

Is growing brighter every day. ```

18154

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This morning

My Lord Beloved Supreme told me

That He would like to give me

Two new names:

Readiness-humility

And

Willingness-purity.

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18155

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Only when I live inside my heart

Do I see

That my life’s confidence-road

Has no obstruction. ```

18156

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May I every day grow into

The unparalleled beauty

Of my heart’s streaming tears.

```

18157

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My Lord Supreme,

You have taught me many things.

Please teach me only one more thing:

Gratitude-multiplication. ```

18158

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The human in us

Has to become divine

If it wants to greet the soul

For God-manifestation. ```

18159

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I am lost between

My heart’s confidence-light

And my mind’s arrogance-night.

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18160

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The outer success-road

Is short

And full of apprehension.

The inner progress-road

Is long

And full of illumination. ```

18161

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With each good thought

That we offer to mankind,

We perform a new miracle.

```

18162

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Your self-giving heart

Is sweet,

Extremely sweet,

Breathlessly sweet to God. ```

18163

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Cheerfulness, readiness and willingness

If we have,

Then we need nothing more

To please the Lord Supreme

In His own Way.

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18164

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O my Lord Supreme,

When will I realise

That I am not only in You

And with You,

But also always for You,

Only You? ```

18165

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In the spiritual life,

Anything divine

Cannot be overdone.

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18166

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If gratitude cannot satisfy

Your God-joy-thirst,

Nothing and nobody can do it.

```

18167

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My Lord,

Do blessingfully govern my life

As You do with the heart

Of the Heaven-life. ```

18168

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Doubt we measure

Before we conquer.

Faith we measure

Before we offer to God. ```

18169

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God tells me

That my earth-responsibility-shoulders

Can always carry more,

Infinitely more. ```

18170

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Love divine

Definitely has the capacity

To conquer and illumine

Imperfection-life. ```

18171

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The divine love

Can never withdraw

From any human being

Who aspires. ```

18172

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By faith you can not only

Seek your way

But definitely arrive

At your destination. ```

18173

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The dust of self-doubt

Can easily blind

The heart of faith.

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18174

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I never economise

On my concern-life

For aspiring humanity.

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18175

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When self-offering

Is sleepless,

Nothing fruitful

Can remain unattained. ```

18176

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Each aspiration-blossom

Of man

Will be immortalised

By God

With His Pride divine.

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18177

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What we need

At every moment

Is an iota of humility-peace

To make us happy. ```

18178

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It takes great courage

To become sincere.

It takes greater courage

And greatest courage

To become holy.

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18179

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God loves two things:

Our eagerness-preparation

And our soulfulness-dedication.

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18180

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In the morning, inner runners

Running along the Road of Eternity

Offer their prayerful and soulful salutation

To the rising Illumination-Sun. ```

18181

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My Lord Supreme,

Do help me reclaim

My heart’s long-forgotten

Aspiration-ground. ```

18182

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Alas,

Will it ever be over,

The doubting mind’s

Suspicion-night? ```

18183

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O my mind,

Believe me,

God is not going to jump

Into your empty excuse-pool

To save you.

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18184

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If you walk

On the aspiration-road,

Dedication-travellers

Will accompany you. ```

18185

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If you are a true seeker,

You must bravely remain

Above the smoke

Of past experiences. ```

18186

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My unconditional surrender

Is nothing other than

My heart’s confidence-freedom

In God. ```

18187

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I am a God-believer.

At God’s choice Hour,

The answers to all my life-problems

Will descend from Above. ```

18188

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When I pray,

God gives me

The Joy of His Eye.

When I meditate,

God gives me

The Love of His Heart. ```

18189

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If we do not pray,

Then desire will lead us

To an unattainable shoreless shore.

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18190

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Prayers

Are the beautiful wings

And meditations

Are the soulful birds

Of my heart.

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18191

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The journey’s end of my heart

I may know someday.

The destination of my soul

Will remain forever unknowable

To me.

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18192

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The message of heart-expansion

Can never be false.

The heart has received this message

From the ever-transcending Beyond. ```

18193

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God’s Compassion-Sunshine

Will always bless

Our aspiration-heart-garden.

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18194

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There shall come a time

When the doubting mind

Will fall

At the illumining feet

Of faith.

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18195

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Do you want to know

What lethargy has done to you?

Lethargy has made your mind

Unthinkably impure,

And your heart

Unbearably insecure. ```

18196

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God does not need

Your mind’s explanation.

He needs only

Your heart’s aspiration

To make Him happy.

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18197

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My Lord,

To better

My heart-life,

Do shatter

My mind-pride.

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18198

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Anger

Loudly demands justice.

But it is poise

That happily receives justice

From the Lord Supreme.

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18199

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God tells me

That if I do not study

At humility-school,

Then I will not be able

To go to Divinity-College

And Immortality-University. ```

18200

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My Lord Supreme,

Today You have not given me something

For my own good.

But I know You will give it to me

When I am ready,

For You are all Wisdom-Compassion. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 182, Agni Press, 1993
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