Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 224

22301

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By nature,

The Inner Pilot of our life-boat

Is unconditional.

```

22302

```

A self-giving life

Feels no need

For self-expression.

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22303

```

God’s Compassion

And my gratitude

Eventually turn into

My perfect Perfection. ```

22304

```

My Lord,

Why do I not love this world?

Why does this world not love me?

Why am I compelled to swim

In the sea of torture?

```

22305

```

We may bow

To death’s injunction,

But death always bows

To God’s Silence-Eye. ```

22306

```

The inner fragrance of life

Can manifest itself

Only when surrender is complete.

```

22307

```

My Lord does not ask me

How great I am.

He does not ask me

Even how good I am.

He just asks me

How I truly am. ```

22308

```

Once you make up your mind,

Keep your heart always pure,

Sweet, fragrant and self-giving.

```

22309

```

Each man has to win

In the struggle between

God-ordained truth

And self-imposed falsehood. ```

22310

```

If you always play the defensive game

With your Inner Pilot,

Do you think you will ever

Be able to arrive

At the destination?

```

22311

```

To expand your heart,

And not to disband your heart,

You came into this world.

```

22312

```

Excruciating pangs have taught me

That God must be

My only inner Tutor

And outer Teacher. ```

22313

```

An impure mind will tell you

That there is no place

For you to turn.

A pure heart will tell you

That everywhere you turn

You can see the Face of God. ```

22314

```

If we do not love God

In God’s own Way,

Then each of us is

An unparalleled authority

On stupidity-futility-life.

```

22315

```

I can have no fulfilling relationship

With the Supreme

Unless I am sleeplessly

All for Him. ```

22316

```

I do not call it a heart

If it is not

An all-loving and all-serving

Fulfilment-promise to God. ```

22317

```

My heart’s purest

And sweetest secret is:

I need God, only God,

Only God’s Compassion-Eye

And only God’s Forgiveness-Feet.

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22318

```

When I live peacefully

In my heart-cottage,

I see no stranger —

No, not even one. ```

22319

```

Divinity’s love blossoms

Only in an expected place:

A gratitude-heart.

```

22320

```

When I suspect the world,

I actually hurt the trust

Of this blameless world.

```

22321

```

God’s Heart is waiting.

God’s Heart is calling.

Are you blind?

Are you deaf? ```

22322

```

You can fly

At faster than the fastest speed

If you can learn the art

Of silencing your mind. ```

22323

```

Today I am planting

A God-loving thought.

Tomorrow I shall have

A God-fulfilling harvest. ```

22324

```

May my God-searching mind,

My God-loving heart

And my God-serving life

Radiate to ever-transcending horizons. ```

22325

```

I have caught God’s Feet

With my tears.

God has caught my heart

With His Cheers. ```

22326

```

My Lord,

I wish to please You.

Just tell me how,

Oh, only how! ```

22327

```

Only a divine thought

Can come down

From a supernal height

Without being obstructed and marred

By mundane absurdities.

```

22328

```

God does everything unnoticed.

Why?

Because His actual appearance

Might frighten us to death. ```

22329

```

The breath of unconditional surrender

Is proudly treasured

By both God the Love

And God the Power. ```

22330

```

Do not rationalise

But utilise

Lovingly and devotedly

Your Master’s outer activities. ```

22331

```

The comprehension of the mind

Is extremely limited.

Therefore,

God’s Affection for mankind

Remains unnoticed.

```

22332

```

You can climb the stairs of effulgence

If you constantly draw yourself

Towards God’s Heart.

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22333

```

Around you is all darkness

Because

You do not liberate yourself

From the city of falsehood. ```

22334

```

My heart cries and cries

When it hears

A prayerful and soulful song

From a truth-seeker

And God-lover.

```

22335

```

Your life can be perfect

If you self-givingly listen

To the whispers

Of your Inner Pilot. ```

22336

```

Not for one day,

Not for two days,

Not for three days,

But every day

I have to place

A new surrender-garland

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme.

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22337

```

In my spiritual life

When I do not fulfil God

In God’s own Way,

I see my own funeral

In my mind.

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22338

```

He who does not aspire

Will have an unsatisfactory

And disheartening

Inner weather report. ```

22339

```

Do not be afraid of life;

Do not be afraid of death.

You can challenge them equally

And powerfully. ```

22340

```

A God-surrendering life

Never needs

Any explanation.

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22341

```

The soul teaches the body

Never to accept

Any limitation.

```

22342

```

May I have a dream,

My Lord,

That I can always spread

With my heart’s

Sweet fragrance-love?

```

22343

```

Meditate daily, soulfully

And self-givingly.

No dream of yours

Will ever remain unfulfilled. ```

22344

```

If the eyes of life

Are purity-flooded,

The face of death

Is peace-flooded. ```

22345

```

Happiness in life I need.

But alas, without patience,

My happiness remains always

A far cry. ```

22346

```

Never give up, never give up!

Even if you lose your way

A great many times,

You must realise that your destination

Is sleeplessly expecting your arrival.

```

22347

```

A crisis-ridden life

I was.

A confidence-tower

I am. ```

22348

```

Every day

God expects to hear from us

At least one

Peace-heart-song. ```

22349

```

God has only one

Blessingful Command for me:

He tells me to look directly

At His Heart of Compassion. ```

22350

```

God is all ready to rewrite

The story of your life.

Just come and remain seated

At His Compassion-Feet. ```

22351

```

It is true

That you have chosen

The Hour of God.

But it is infinitely more true

That the Hour of God

Has chosen you. ```

22352

```

Not an impossible task,

Not even a difficult task,

To learn the heart’s oneness-song.

```

22353

```

Life is not

An unfulfilling hope.

Life is

An all-fulfilling promise. ```

22354

```

You need God for many things,

But God needs you for only one thing:

To spread His Dream

Here, there and everywhere. ```

22355

```

God asks you

Not just to face

But to embrace

Your Divinity’s Shore. ```

22356

```

You must realise that

Reality-worlds can be unshackled,

Just like dream-worlds.

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22357

```

We run

From dawn to dusk

Timidly.

But God wants us to race

From dawn to dusk

Confidently, bravely and self-givingly. ```

22358

```

The suspicion of the modern mind

Has become

Almost an incurable disease.

```

22359

```

If you do not aspire,

You can have

Only a dying spark of hope

To realise God. ```

22360

```

Each time we delay

In our self-offering,

We just increase the length

Of our suffering. ```

22361

```

The rising sun of inner joy

Can easily sweep away

The dusty, ugly doubt-thoughts.

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22362

```

Your mind’s unhappy reality

Can be transformed into

Your heart’s happy dream.

Just pray to God with ceaseless tears. ```

22363

```

No doubter

Can ever be cheerful.

No doubter

Can ever be powerful.

No doubter

Can ever be fruitful. ```

22364

```

Do not allow your mind

At any time

To invade your silence-heart.

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22365

```

The darkest nights

Are behind us.

The brightest days

Are ahead of us. ```

22366

```

No miracle can be

As illumining and fulfilling

As the miracle

Of unconditional love. ```

22367

```

When I pray,

I marvel at

My own hidden divinity.

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22368

```

Light will blossom

In the darkness of the mind’s jungle

If we just pray

And grow into a patience-tree. ```

22369

```

Each time I treasure

A divine thought,

I unveil a supreme Truth.

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22370

```

O stupid mind!

Love your heart

Instead of trying

To rule your heart. ```

22371

```

When I live inside

The beauty of my heart,

I feel that there is nobody on earth

Who is unworthy of my love. ```

22372

```

War is only

An unanswerable question

And never

An illumining answer. ```

22373

```

The unaspiring mind

Quite often invites

And even orchestrates

A self-imposed disaster-life. ```

22374

```

If you are a true God-lover,

Then you will be sleeplessly eager

To reveal God’s Heart-Blossoms

On earth. ```

22375

```

My world

Was an ancient hope.

My world

Is a modern promise.

My world

Will be an eternal God-fulfilment. ```

22376

```

Fear and doubt

Are our powerful enemies.

We must not ignore them.

We must avoid them

Or conquer them.

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22377

```

Obedience

Is highway-speed

To perfection-destination.

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22378

```

Eradicate every trace

Of hatred and malice

From your God-blossoming heart.

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22379

```

Every morning

Extinguish prayerfully and confidently

Even the very first flame

Of your desire-mind. ```

22380

```

Each man is drunk

With self-admiration,

And not

With life-transformation. ```

22381

```

When we do not pray

And do not meditate,

Fruitless hopes

Become our daily companions. ```

22382

```

Alas,

The fear of the mind

Is extremely powerful.

It so often incapacitates

The pure heart.

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22383

```

Forget the thorny past.

Look at the fragrant future.

This future is all yours,

Only yours. ```

22384

```

If you really do not want

The emptiness of your life,

Then try to remain always

In the fulness of your heart. ```

22385

```

The age-old questions:

Does God really love me?

Does God really need me?

Oh, where is the answer?

Who can give the answer,

If not the real in me,

My own God-love?

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22386

```

There can be no crisis

In the life of our faith

If we cheerfully surrender

To God’s Will

What we have and what we are.

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22387

```

First insist that your mind

Be inside your inner boat.

Then assist your mind

To remain inside your heart-boat. ```

22388

```

God is eager

To clap His proud Hands

If you dare to smile at Him

Lovingly and self-givingly. ```

22389

```

To fly above

The clouds of the mind,

We need a heart

Of silence-flooded peace. ```

22390

```

God does not punish

My disobedience.

He just embraces

My obedience. ```

22391

```

Although God does not seem

To mind at all,

I do mind

When I hurt God consciously

Or even unconsciously.

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22392

```

Where do I live?

Alas!

I live in my mind’s

Desolate and barren hopes. ```

22393

```

I want God to sing for me

From the highest Heaven.

But God wants to sing for me

From my lowest hell. ```

22394

```

Even when God

Is in a terrible hurry,

He does not forget

My heart’s love for Him. ```

22395

```

Alas,

I am not struggling

To run the fastest.

I am struggling

Just to wake up

And stand at the starting line. ```

22396

```

My heart tells me to be brave,

And it will definitely take me

Beyond, far beyond

The darkness of my mind’s

Thickest darkness-night.

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22397

```

Today I want to gather

Peace and bliss-flowers.

But tomorrow I must scatter them

All-where. ```

22398

```

The seeker’s life

Can be young or old,

But the path is always

Long, illumining and fulfilling. ```

22399

```

What I need in the morning

Is a smiling joy.

What I need in the evening

Is a forgiving peace. ```

22400

```

God begs me

Day in and day out

To give Him

A self-offering smile.

He begs for nothing more.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 224, Agni Press, 1995
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