Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 186

18501

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My prayer-hands

Touch

God’s Feet.

My meditation-eyes

Feel

God’s Heart.

```

18502

```

God wants from us

Only gratitude-heart-tears

And not countless

Gratitude-gift-offerings. ```

18503

```

As attachment-intensity

Is so great,

Even so, we can make

Our detachment-speed

Very fast.

```

18504

```

Some people feel

That since God has created them,

God will do everything for them.

They have to do nothing.

Alas, they have arrived

At their self-delusion-pinnacles. ```

18505

```

Alas,

No matter how many times

Our expectations

Become frustrations,

We love to run

On the never-ending

Expectation-frustration-roads.

```

18506

```

If you are blinded

By ingratitude,

How can you see

God the Supreme Gardener

Inside your heart-garden?

```

18507

```

No, it is not true

That doubt-stains

Can never be removed

From the human mind.

Faith-power

Can and does remove

All doubt-stains.

```

18508

```

The constant expansion

Of a oneness-heart

Is the surest way

To cure insecurity-sickness. ```

18509

```

We must force our mind

To live inside

Our purity-heart.

Otherwise,

The mind will be stung

By ruthless impurity-bees. ```

18510

```

There is only one choice:

God-realisation

Has to be always

For God’s sake. ```

18511

```

My mind

Does not want to liberate

Even the present generation.

It wants to liberate

Only itself.

My heart

Does not want to be liberated,

But it prays to God

For the liberation

Of present and future generations. ```

18512

```

Don’t forget

To enter into your heart-room

And make it pure

And beautiful,

For God’s Visit is imminent.

```

18513

```

Aspiration is something

God-given.

It can never be

Man-made. ```

18514

```

Never ask your mind

To imitate your heart.

It is bound to fail.

Ask your mind

To serve your heart.

It will divinely and supremely succeed. ```

18515

```

This world is made of

Endless and useless

Ingratitude-minds

And ingratitude-hearts. ```

18516

```

What is doubt,

If not the beginning

And continuation

Of the darkest night? ```

18517

```

The love-shore

Is beautiful.

The devotion-shore

Is powerful.

The surrender-shore

Is fruitful. ```

18518

```

You cannot

Change the world

With your mental thoughts.

You can

Not only change the world

But also alter destiny

If you invoke

Your inner cosmic energy

To come to the fore.

```

18519

```

Doubt

Has to be exploded.

Faith

Has to be explored.

Surrender

Has to be exported

To God’s Heaven-Feet-Kingdom.

```

18520

```

God tells me

That my life is not

A mere mistake-cloud.

My life is the beginning

Of His own ever-illumining Dawn.

```

18521

```

Although you have had

Very few human incarnations,

You have no idea

How soon your divine life

May replace

Your semi-animal and semi-human life

If God’s special Grace

Descends upon you. ```

18522

```

Climbing aspiration-flames

Look infinitely more beautiful

When they come from

The depths of a gratitude-heart

Than when they come from

A searching mind. ```

18523

```

Who says

That the spiritual life

Has to be static?

No, the spiritual life

Has to be

The constantly self-giving

Life of dynamism.

```

18524

```

Anything

That we want to offer God

To please Him in His own Way

Must be

A spontaneously effortless effort.

```

18525

```

Nothing can remain impure

Once it is placed

At the Compassion-Purification-Feet

Of the Lord Supreme. ```

18526

```

Do not keep

Your mind-door closed!

If you do,

Your inner darkness

Will overwhelm you.

```

18527

```

A gratitude-heart

Is itself an open door

For the Lord Supreme

To come in. ```

18528

```

Be a God-believer first,

Then be a God-seeker,

And then a God-lover.

Then automatically

You will become a God-finder.

```

18529

```

Consciousness

Has to be expanded

On the strength of

Aspiration heightened. ```

18530

```

One can never outgrow

One’s aspiration-heart

And dedication-life.

One only grows and glows

Along with them.

```

18531

```

Either willingly or unwillingly

We must surrender to God’s Will

If we want to be freed from

Non-stop anxieties and worries. ```

18532

```

If you are afraid

Of the new,

You will never

Be accepted and blessed

By the ever-new.

```

18533

```

If your soulful meditations

Do not solve

Your life’s riddles,

That means you need

More intensity

In your soulfulness. ```

18534

```

Self-offering

Is not a secret crime

But a sacred smile.

```

18535

```

Alas,

How many times a seeker

Becomes disloyal

To God’s Compassion-Eye

And Forgiveness-Heart!

```

18536

```

The transformation

Of the mind

Is not a matter

Of discussion,

But a matter

Of achievement. ```

18537

```

O seeker,

Choose a sincerity-smile

For your mind to play with,

Not an insincerity-frown. ```

18538

```

God loves me

Not because I am trying very hard

To please Him,

But because I still maintain hope

That there will come a time

When I shall be able to please Him

In His own Way.

```

18539

```

If your heart

Can prayerfully sing

Your God-surrender-songs,

Then you will be able

To breathe in freely

God’s Presence-Fragrance. ```

18540

```

My poor mind,

I feel so sorry for you!

Your muscles are so weak and fragile!

Why do I use them

Beyond their capacity

And make my life miserable? ```

18541

```

God does not blame you

For your past mistakes.

He does not blame you

Even for your present mistakes.

But he will blame you without fail

If you are not determined

To live a mistake-free life

From now on. ```

18542

```

I was a friend

Of my unaspiring past.

Now I am a friend

Of my aspiring present.

I shall soon be a friend

Of my surrendering future. ```

18543

```

A mind of peace

Loves all.

A heart of peace

Awakens all.

A life of peace

Satisfies all. ```

18544

```

You are not supposed to measure

The height of your aspiration

And the depth of your dedication.

You are only supposed to pray and meditate.

It is God who is going to measure

Your aspiration-height

And dedication-depth.

```

18545

```

At times, success

May not be a difficult task,

But progress

Is always a difficult task. ```

18546

```

The tears of our hearts

Eventually grow into

The beauty and fragrance

Of our God-service-life. ```

18547

```

A life without

A self-giving experience

Is indeed

A totally wasted life. ```

18548

```

What I need is

A conscious God-awareness-mind.

What I need is

A constant God-oneness-heart. ```

18549

```

Beautiful are

Our aspiration-dreams.

Fruitful are

Our dedication-realities. ```

18550

```

God’s happy News is

That He will never give up.

Man’s sad news is

That he is still not ready. ```

18551

```

Do you know God’s secret Name?

“Yes, I do.

As a matter of fact,

He has two secret Names:

Eternity’s Hunger

And

Infinity’s Feast.”

```

18552

```

There was a time

When I had many goals.

Now I have only one goal:

My life’s perfection-progress-goal. ```

18553

```

Be careful of hesitation,

For inside hesitation

Abides destruction-doubt.

```

18554

```

O my mind,

It is high time

For you to take

Some aspiration-heart-lessons.

If not, yours will be

A total failure-life. ```

18555

```

Drastic changes are required

If you want your heart to sing

A prayerful gratitude-song

Every day. ```

18556

```

What we need is determination.

How do we get it?

By trying to have

A God-willingness-blossoming life. ```

18557

```

It will not be enough

If you become a finalist

In the purity-sprints.

You also have to be

A ceaselessly self-giving

Hero-runner. ```

18558

```

God asks my gratitude-heart

To be a collector

Of temple-heart-surrender-songs.

```

18559

```

Frustrated, I say,

“Can’t there be another God?”

Elated, I say,

“Can there ever be another me?” ```

18560

```

Use your heart

To love God more and more,

Infinitely more.

Your mind’s God-fear-barrier

Will disappear.

```

18561

```

My Lord,

Out of His infinite Bounty,

Has made me a free member

Of His twenty-four-hour

Tolerance-Enterprise.

```

18562

```

Spirituality is neither

Obligation nor fascination.

Spirituality is

The seeker-heart’s God-perfection-dream. ```

18563

```

My heart is

A born-again God-lover.

My life is

A born-again God-server. ```

18564

```

Not only the cosmic gods

But also the God Supreme

Will give you a standing ovation

If your life becomes

A ceaseless God-satisfaction-song.

```

18565

```

God’s Heart

Wants me to wake up.

God’s Eye

Wants me to stand up.

And God

Wants me to speak up. ```

18566

```

O God-seekers of the world,

Perhaps you do not know

That God depends on you

Infinitely more than you can imagine. ```

18567

```

O my unwillingness-mind,

I am sure that

Soon your fate will change

And you will long for

God’s Compassion-descending Rain.

```

18568

```

It is only

When I leave my mind

Outside my heart-temple

That I am allowed to come in

To pray, meditate and serve.

```

18569

```

Obedience-oars:

This is what your mind needs.

Surrender-sails:

This is what your heart needs —

Nothing less and nothing more.

```

18570

```

Don’t allow your mind

To be a self-doubt-ocean

If you want to live

Inside the heart of ecstasy-sea. ```

18571

```

Each man thinks

That he is

An indispensable human being.

I am so proud of God

That He does not

See eye to eye with us. ```

18572

```

O my mind,

Who are you to question God

And who are you to ignore God?

You and your own ignorance

Will strangle each other soon!

```

18573

```

Cure

Your inner despair-malady!

Lo, you have become the possessor

Of an outer hope-melody. ```

18574

```

May my heart’s hope-rainbow

Shine bright

Above my mind-clouds.

```

18575

```

It seems that the human mind

Either unconsciously or consciously

Enjoys taking confusion-courses.

```

18576

```

My heart’s gratitude-tears

Will give me a new name:

Purity-smile.

```

18577

```

What we need is a new hope.

It is inside our new hope only

That eagerness and enthusiasm

Will blossom. ```

18578

```

Aspiration-flames

Frighten

The desire-thief.

```

18579

```

If there is no confidence,

Then there can be no newness.

If there is no newness,

Then there can be no oneness.

If there is no oneness,

Then there can be no fulness. ```

18580

```

The radiance of the soul’s beauty

Is determined to illumine

The unlit mind and vital.

```

18581

```

My heart’s inner choice

And God’s Satisfaction-Voice

Are fond of each other.

```

18582

```

O God-lover,

God wants you

To pay utmost attention

To developing

Your aspiring heart-muscle.

```

18583

```

Run a little harder.

You will definitely be able

To run past your mind’s

Teeming doubts. ```

18584

```

You are definitely missing

The golden opportunity

To become a choice instrument

Of God

If you are enjoying the dictates

Of your doubting and dividing mind. ```

18585

```

My Lord Supreme,

Your Forgiveness-Heart

And Your Compassion-Eye,

My two long-cherished dreams,

Are now being fully manifested

Inside my heart-garden. ```

18586

```

When your Inner Pilot sings,

Be attentive

And do not make friends

With your unwillingness-lethargy. ```

18587

```

Be not afraid of running fast

In your spiritual life.

The spiritual life itself

Is God’s Compassion-flooded

Fastest speed.

```

18588

```

O my mind,

Your lack of kindness

And concern

Is killing my fragrance-heart. ```

18589

```

Plunge devotedly,

Plunge sleeplessly,

Plunge self-givingly

Into the sea of enthusiasm-delight. ```

18590

```

Two things we must do:

We must strengthen

Our kindness

And lengthen

Our concern.

```

18591

```

My Lord,

Your very Presence

Is the height of my prayer-life

And the depth of my aspiration-heart. ```

18592

```

A new willingness-mind,

A new eagerness-heart,

A new surrender-life

Can and will satisfy God

In God’s own Way.

```

18593

```

If you love your heart’s

God-dreams,

Then your life can neither ignore

Nor ever forget

Your God-manifestation on earth.

```

18594

```

God’s Eye is watching to see

How much you need Him.

God’s Heart is watching to see

How much you love Him. ```

18595

```

The unaspiring mind

Is afraid of

God’s Omnipotence-Eye.

The aspiring heart

Is afraid of

God’s Omnipresence-Tears. ```

18596

```

My Lord, I came to You

With a lengthy list

Of my unfulfilled desires.

Do tell me when I shall come to You

With my short, very short,

Fulfilled aspiration. ```

18597

```

My life-joy will be multiplied

A million times

If and when my heart

Becomes a sea of God-gratitude. ```

18598

```

Every day

I ply my life-boat

Between my crying heart-shore

And my smiling eye-shore. ```

18599

```

God does not close

Our heart’s confidence-road.

It is our doubting mind

That closes our heart’s confidence-road. ```

18600

```

My Lord Beloved Supreme,

Already many times

I have broken Your Heart

With my false promises.

Do give me a new heart

This time to please You,

Only You,

In Your own Way. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 186, Agni Press, 1993
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