Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 226

22501

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Gratitude

Will indeed forever remain

My heart’s most valuable

God-blessed asset. ```

22502

```

God-realisation

Will definitely be a clear vision

In my days to come.

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22503

```

In the beginning

Hope swims hesitantly

In my heart’s

Ever-widening sea. ```

22504

```

Disobedience can never

Near God’s Throne.

Neither can impurity.

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22505

```

The hour of death

And the arrival

Of ignorance-night

Are unavoidable. ```

22506

```

God does not want

My heart to be heavy with secrets,

But He wants my life

To be flooded with smiles. ```

22507

```

Like the Heart of God,

I need a heart

That will enjoy

Ignorance-refusal. ```

22508

```

My newly blossomed

Gratitude-heart

Has made God eager

To return to my life. ```

22509

```

The unaspiring mind

May look sincere,

But is not really so.

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22510

```

O my aspiration-heart,

This world will remember you

For a long time.

O my surrender-life,

This world will remember you

Forever.

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22511

```

Nothing can help me more

Than my gratitude-heart

To reap

My aspiration-harvest. ```

22512

```

In the spiritual life

No aspirant must take leave

Of the path of hope

And the path of promise. ```

22513

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God-Satisfaction

In God’s own Way:

This message only

My aspiration-heart

Can offer to God.

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22514

```

Nothing remains so distant

As my mind’s

Satisfactory transformation.

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22515

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May my prayer to God

To return my divine and positive qualities

Be crowned with

A fast-culminating success. ```

22516

```

My heart is progressing very fast

Because God-study

Is so fascinating to my heart.

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22517

```

The unaspiring mind

And the rush-hour on the road

Are fond of choosing each other

As partners. ```

22518

```

Will there ever come a time

When ignorance-night

Will exhaust

All its darkness-heaviness? ```

22519

```

An insecure mind

Will never, never be sure

Of anything on earth.

```

22520

```

What I need:

A God-hunger-cry

To challenge

My aspiration-unwillingness-mind. ```

22521

```

Centuries roll by;

Yet the human mind

Does not want to know

What aspiration-hunger is. ```

22522

```

My heart desperately wants

My life to surrender to God.

God’s Heart desperately wants

To feed my life

In God’s own Way.

```

22523

```

No, not even an aspiration-heart

Can ever complete

The God-absorption-perfection.

```

22524

```

O my negativity-mind,

You do not expect it,

But you are bound to meet with

An all-destruction-death. ```

22525

```

God is delighted

To be with me in my heart’s

Aspiration-garden.

```

22526

```

My inner life needs

Tolerance and patience;

My outer life needs

Promise and determination

To make my Lord happy

In His own Way. ```

22527

```

The simplest truth is:

“God is my All”.

In it abides God

And His infinite Smiles. ```

22528

```

Those who approach life spiritually

Will eventually have

A heart of ecstasy

And a life of fulfilment. ```

22529

```

The ingratitude-lifestyle

Of my mind

Is something that God

Is unfortunately familiar with. ```

22530

```

God is always eager

To tell me all about Himself.

Alas,

Will I ever be ready to hear Him,

Even unwillingly?

```

22531

```

Alas, how long

Shall I deliberately remain a stranger

To my soul’s illumination-perfection?

```

22532

```

True, death cannot be

Perpetually cancelled,

But death can be

Indefinitely delayed. ```

22533

```

I need only one voice:

God’s Forgiveness-Voice.

I need only one choice:

God’s Satisfaction-Choice. ```

22534

```

Not the head, but the heart

Has to be the spokesman of the family.

Then there can be no problem.

```

22535

```

Each good thought

Is indeed a real passport

To enter into

The perfection-realm. ```

22536

```

When I see my soul,

I invariably see it

With a magic smile,

Sweeter than the sweetest. ```

22537

```

My heart’s hospitality

Is the only hospitality

My Lord Supreme

Happily and unreservedly trusts. ```

22538

```

Yes and No

Can never be friends.

They can, at best,

Be two untiring rivals. ```

22539

```

My soul tells me

Not to be ready in the least

When death knocks

At my life’s door. ```

22540

```

May my mind’s ignorance-volcano

Not only today and tomorrow,

But forever,

Remain fast asleep. ```

22541

```

Only when patience knocks

At peace-door

Does peace open up the door.

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22542

```

If you are prepared

To live only for God,

Then God will have time

To be always at your disposal. ```

22543

```

O my restless mind,

Do not ignore the beckoning hands

Of my silence-heart.

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22544

```

Each self-giving thought of mine

Has God’s proud Vision

As its source.

```

22545

```

May my heart

Every day be ready

To be humanity’s God-Feast.

```

22546

```

I am a dreamer.

What I love most about my dreams

Is their whisper-smiles.

```

22547

```

Unlike us,

God never takes

Forgiveness-vacations.

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22548

```

Compromise

Is not satisfaction.

Compromise

Is not perfection.

Compromise

Is just a clever way

Of justice-light-evasion.

```

22549

```

We dream of many things,

But ego dreams of only one thing:

Sovereignty.

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22550

```

God can be happy

Not with what we have,

But with what we are:

A sleepless gratitude-heart-smile. ```

22551

```

I am beautiful

When I am filled

With my heart’s tears.

I am perfect

When I become

The smile of my soul. ```

22552

```

God appreciates my tears,

God admires my vows,

God loves my conscious and constant

Surrender-life. ```

22553

```

If you do not command your mind

To surrender to you,

You will not be able to see

Your heart’s all-loving rising sun. ```

22554

```

Conviction does not come

From self-affirmation.

Conviction comes only

From self-perfection. ```

22555

```

To be absolutely perfect,

What I need

Is a God-believer-mind

And a God-lover-heart. ```

22556

```

O my heart’s climbing tears,

You have no idea how beautiful,

Significant and fruitful

You are. ```

22557

```

With doubt,

Nobody will be able

To climb to the summit

Of silence-mountain. ```

22558

```

When I live inside my mind,

I am all exasperation.

When I live inside my heart,

I am all preparation.

When I live inside my soul,

I am all action-fulfilled satisfaction. ```

22559

```

When I please God

In God’s own Way,

My life becomes

Ecstasy’s perpetual journey. ```

22560

```

Human independence

Is the joint product

Of the mind’s absurdity

And the life’s futility. ```

22561

```

A newness-life

Inspires us.

A oneness-heart

Fulfils us. ```

22562

```

An expectation-mind

Ruins the beauty

Of self-giving

In our spiritual life. ```

22563

```

A real seeker

Must take everything in his life

Not only devotedly,

But also cheerfully. ```

22564

```

There are many ways

To live on earth.

I have chosen the way

Of God-intoxication-life. ```

22565

```

Intelligence

Is the beauty of the mind.

Wisdom

Is the illumination of the soul. ```

22566

```

The stars do not tell me

What I should do.

I tell the stars

To inspire the world

In and through me.

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22567

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I do not tell my mind

To do anything good,

For my mind does not listen to me.

I do not tell my heart

To do anything good,

For my heart does not wait for me —

It just does everything

Lovingly and self-givingly. ```

22568

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How do you expect

To approach your Master

If you are not happily agreeable

To his reproaches? ```

22569

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There is no difference between

An unaspiring mind

And a solid wall of doubt.

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22570

```

God’s infinite Compassion

And His continued Forgiveness

Are two insoluble mysteries.

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22571

```

If your heart

Makes your soul shine,

Then God will invite you

To dine with Him. ```

22572

```

God’s Compassion-Light

And His Justice-Height

Both have equal rights

To my life. ```

22573

```

More than anything else,

God’s Forgiveness-Feet

I sleeplessly treasure.

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22574

```

An ignorance-life-lover

I was.

Now an ignorance-life-fighter

I am. ```

22575

```

It is not possible to be both

A truth-defiance-life

And a God-reliance-life.

```

22576

```

May my aspiration-heart

Every day

Chase away my frustration-mind.

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22577

```

My heart-garden

Is not only a beautiful place,

But also a cheerful place

For my Lord to work. ```

22578

```

God does not plan my future

In every detail

Unless I love Him only

And need Him only. ```

22579

```

O my mind,

Do tell me

Why you complicate my life.

O my soul,

Do tell me

How you liberate my life. ```

22580

```

My life’s perfection-progress-hunger

Always receives

God’s proud Attention.

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22581

```

Not only the entire aspiration-life,

But each and every moment’s

Aspiration-breath

Has a very special significance. ```

22582

```

O my mind,

Your independence-existence-hunger

Has turned my life

Into a complete failure. ```

22583

```

Quickly the mind distorts

The truth.

Slowly the heart feels and fulfils

The truth. ```

22584

```

God’s Compassion-Eye

Is constantly blessing me

With the privilege of discovering Him

In and through my life. ```

22585

```

O my mind,

Be not too rigid.

O my heart,

Be not too timid. ```

22586

```

Not only does the mind not know,

But also it does not want to know

What divine love truly is.

```

22587

```

Alas, how can a human life be happy

When it has two bad bosses:

A dictating mind

And a dominating vital? ```

22588

```

God does not question

My disobedience-mind.

He just avoids and ignores it.

```

22589

```

O my mind,

My heart is the only

God-messenger of hope.

How do you dare

To crucify my heart?

```

22590

```

What is my desire-life?

My desire-life is something

That deserves constant rejection

From the divine in me. ```

22591

```

If you constantly live

In the aspiration-heart,

Then your fear and self-doubt

Will have no meaning. ```

22592

```

Every day

God wants everybody’s heart

To reach into

Spanless vastness. ```

22593

```

God wants us to live

Inside our heart’s faith-palace

And not

Inside our mind’s doubt-cave. ```

22594

```

Just speak to God.

He is all eagerness

To listen to you.

```

22595

```

If you want to be happy,

Then at every moment listen

To the whispering child

In your heart. ```

22596

```

The hope of the heart

And the smile of life

Can and must

Live and work together. ```

22597

```

When self-doubt ends,

We feel that we have come out of

The mind’s darkest abyss.

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22598

```

The despair-journey

Is infinitely more fatiguing

Than any other journey.

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22599

```

Alas, will there be a time

When my life will surrender

As beautifully and charmingly

As God originally intended? ```

22600

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God-realisation is the only task

That my life has to bravely

And unmistakably accomplish.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 226, Agni Press, 1996
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