Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222

22101

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Although I doubt it very much,

God is absolutely certain

That I am a choice instrument of His.

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22102

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Each self-giving thought proves

That we have deep inside

The Fragrance of God’s Heart.

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22103

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The oneness-heart

Eventually will triumph over

The reasoning mind.

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22104

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The day I do not pray and meditate,

I see a complete eclipse

Of my God-fulfilment-promise.

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22105

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My continuous surrender

To frustration

Has shut every door

Of my heart-room. ```

22106

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Each undivine thought

Has the capacity to oust us

From our own divine heart-garden.

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22107

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O Lord,

Restore me to what I used to be:

A loving and faithful child of Yours.

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22108

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I shall always deeply treasure

My soul’s peace-promise

To the world.

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22109

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Be not afraid

Of a volcano-temptation.

Your heart’s mounting aspiration

Can silence it. ```

22110

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O my mind, be wise.

How long are you planning

To keep yourself attached

To your ignorance-life? ```

22111

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I have only one question for God:

Does He need me

The way I need Him?

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22112

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Be happy

When you offer your good actions

To God.

Be equally happy

When you offer your bad actions

To God. ```

22113

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I am at once a fool and a rogue

When I blame others

For my own misdeeds.

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22114

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God treasures

Not only

The smiles of my soul,

But also

The tears of my heart.

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22115

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When we want to change

God’s Will to ours,

God does not allow it.

Why not?

Precisely because

He cares for our perfection

Very dearly.

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22116

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We do not know

And we will never know

How clever and strong

Our self-deceptions are. ```

22117

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Do you not see

That God’s Compassion-Eye

Is chasing your runaway vital?

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22118

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God-disobedience

Is the ignorance-multiplication

Of life.

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22119

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God congratulates me

Only when I transform

My mind’s “I”-ness-pride

Into my heart’s oneness-light. ```

22120

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I am satisfied

When God’s Mouth

Speaks to me.

God is satisfied

Only when my heart

Speaks to Him. ```

22121

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God will give you many, many chances

To change your nature.

Therefore, be not disappointed

Even if you continuously fail. ```

22122

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You do not have to take care

Of yourself.

Just give God the chance,

Cheerfully. ```

22123

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From my gratitude-heart

I get everything.

From my surrender-life

I become everything. ```

22124

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Every night I dream

That my mind’s nightmares

Will soon come to an end.

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22125

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Who is not on the right track?

He who thinks

That he has nothing,

And he who thinks

That he has everything.

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22126

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Alas, quite often

Success creates nothing

But untold miseries.

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22127

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Our sleepless and breathless prayers

Show us the royal road

To self-discovery.

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22128

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To see God smiling,

I must drown

My questioning mind.

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22129

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Unless I am one hundred per cent

For God,

How can I expect satisfaction

Either from myself

Or from the world?

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22130

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If you can offer God

Your heart’s streaming tears,

God will cheerfully carry you

All the way to His Peace-Abode. ```

22131

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Your heart’s sorrows will turn into

Your soul’s joys

If you can surrender each thought of yours

To fulfil God’s Will. ```

22132

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You always converse

With your division-mind.

Can you not once in a while converse

With your oneness-heart? ```

22133

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God sends an invitation to you

Every day,

But unfortunately you are always absent

From your heart-home. ```

22134

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Eagerness of the mind

And willingness of the heart

Can bring about the greatest miracle:

The transformation of life. ```

22135

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Who is responsible,

If not my mind,

For compelling me to be

The slave of imperfection? ```

22136

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My cheerful surrender

To God’s Will

Is indeed the master

Of my fate. ```

22137

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When readiness is your name,

You are bound to see

Your divine qualities

Come to the fore. ```

22138

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Alas, even when I am totally successful

Only because of God’s Compassion,

I forget to give credit

To God’s Compassion-Eye. ```

22139

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How can you participate

In God’s self-giving Game

When you are completely in love

With your name and fame? ```

22140

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The heart shows me its depth

Unconditionally.

The mind fails to show me

Its real height

Even when I plead with the mind.

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22141

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The summit of God’s Divinity

God wants to show

In humanity’s tears.

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22142

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To make us divinely happy,

What we need

Is the light of silence,

And not the power of sound. ```

22143

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You are looking for

The perfect seeker.

Why not train yourself

To be that perfect seeker?

Start with yourself.

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22144

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How long can my mind resist,

Since God Himself is insisting

On my life-perfection?

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22145

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My Lord Supreme has finally

Pronounced the death

Of my disobedience.

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22146

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Every day

My Lord Supreme,

Out of His infinite Bounty,

Illumines the pathless woods

Of my mind.

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22147

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In my mind’s impurity

I have many enemies.

In my heart’s purity

I have no enemy. ```

22148

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O world,

What I need from you

Is your heart,

Not your mind

And not even your hands.

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22149

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A oneness-heart-lover

Does not believe

In subordinates.

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22150

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We can escape

From everything else,

But not

From the heart of Truth. ```

22151

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My unconditional surrender

Is the only anchor

That firmly holds me to God.

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22152

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My striving heart

Is my pilgrimage.

My smiling soul

Is my destination. ```

22153

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My self-giving heart

God unquestionably prefers

To anything else.

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22154

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Nothing is really

Against us.

Everything is only

For itself. ```

22155

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In the spiritual life,

Each opportunity is like

An open heart-door.

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22156

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There is no self-torture

As powerful as

Depression.

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22157

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If we cannot tame our vital,

Then we are doomed to have

A life of sheer exasperation.

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22158

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Our heart’s surrender-door

Is the only door

That God uses

To enter into our life. ```

22159

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Nothing is worse

Than a constantly

Criticising mind.

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22160

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A self-giving life

Is always the Smile

Of the Absolute Supreme.

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22161

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My Lord, kick me!

Kick me hard!

The harder You kick,

The better I become. ```

22162

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God suffers more, much more,

When He disagrees with man,

Than when man

Disagrees with Him. ```

22163

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The world is lost

Between

Its possessiveness-vital

And its cynicism-mind. ```

22164

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Instead of spending

Your time in tears,

There is another way

To live on earth:

You can spend

Your time in smiles. ```

22165

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Jealousy’s hostility

Is as dangerous

As standing in front of

A tiger. ```

22166

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Everything that is false

Must be negated

As soon as possible.

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22167

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To weaken the strength

Of ignorance,

We must laugh

At ignorance. ```

22168

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Book-knowledge

Is quite often

Not only superficial,

But also imperfect. ```

22169

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Each undivine thought

Increases the length

Of darkness-night.

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22170

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If we do not aspire,

Then our mind

Will always remain

Deplorably confused. ```

22171

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Do not allow any divine dream

To get lost,

If you want to run

Towards your destination. ```

22172

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When we have made

Our surrender unconditional,

We have satisfied

All of God’s Requirements. ```

22173

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My mind only knows

How to frighten me.

My heart only knows

How to enlighten me. ```

22174

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The reasoning mind

Can at times

Be unimaginably fragile.

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22175

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The law-maker-mind

Is also

The law-offender-mind.

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22176

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Is there anything

More difficult

Than to please

One’s own mind? ```

22177

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My heart does not need

To read any book

To become wise

And remain forever wise. ```

22178

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Nature’s perfection

Unavoidably requires

Endless time.

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22179

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Nothing really belongs to us.

No, not even

Our aspiration-heart.

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22180

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The spiritual life

Can easily live

Far beyond the understanding

Of the mind. ```

22181

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My aspiration-heart

Definitely has the right

To destroy my ego’s vanity.

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22182

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My self-giving heart

Is the only thing

That God enjoys

When He is sad. ```

22183

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My divine thoughts

Are the blooms and blossoms

Of my aspiration-breath.

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22184

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No matter how great and good

You are, alas,

You are bound to be discredited

By the jealousy of the world. ```

22185

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The mind is a train

That is always late

In thinking of God

And praying to God. ```

22186

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Do not think

Of your undivine qualities

All the time.

Indeed, that is the worst

Torment of all.

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22187

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Spirituality

Is nothing other than

A road that winds uphill

All the way. ```

22188

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My heart’s happiness

Is marred

By my constantly reasoning mind.

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22189

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If we do not try to satisfy God

In God’s own Way,

Then we are not above

The level of animals. ```

22190

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The unruly torrent

Of man’s vital life

Can be silenced

By the soul’s adamantine will. ```

22191

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Every thought,

Either divine or undivine,

Marks either a satisfactory

Or unsatisfactory life. ```

22192

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Each desire-fulfilling thought

Is strewn

With many dangers.

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22193

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The mind that wrestles

With the world

Also has the capacity

To embrace the world. ```

22194

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We have the capacity

For self-appreciation.

We have the capacity

For self-abnegation.

How is it that

We do not have the capacity

For self-perfection?

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22195

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We make a colossal mistake

When we allow our life

To be governed

By mere curiosity. ```

22196

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Your heart will not remain

Always barren of hope

If your prayers

Are unmistakably genuine. ```

22197

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Loneliness attacks us

So ruthlessly

That at times it is impossible

For us to escape from it. ```

22198

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Nobody can compel us

To be an absolute stranger

To Truth.

It is we who make ourselves

Strangers to Truth.

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22199

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Only the practice of detachment

Can make a human being

Really happy.

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22200

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Life is worth living,

For in life abides

God’s Golden Dream.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222, Agni Press, 1995
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