Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 238

23701

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A heart of devotion

Not only sweetens,

But also brightens

Our God-journey. ```

23702

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When the mind

Ceaselessly boasts,

Death thinks

The proper time has come

To take the mind

In its clutches. ```

23703

```

My Lord,

I do not want to be famous,

But I would like to be precious

By serving You

In the heart of humanity.

```

23704

```

I do not know,

And perhaps I do not need to know,

The difference between

The perfection of the mind

And the satisfaction of the heart.

```

23705

```

God has many assistants,

But He heavily depends on

His peace-assistant.

```

23706

```

My Lord, I pray to You

To shake my disobedience-mind-tree

To its very roots.

```

23707

```

My prayerful heart

And my Lord’s merciful Heart

Have promised each other

To meet every day, without fail,

At least once.

```

23708

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My Lord, do bless me

With sleepless dreams

Of ever-transcending

Beauty and fragrance. ```

23709

```

Every day

My Lord’s Compassion-Music-Eyes

Help me transform

My wild, unruly mind. ```

23710

```

I shall claim

Only two victories:

God’s Compassion-Flood

And my nature’s fire-pure transformation. ```

23711

```

When God invites

My soul and my heart,

He deliberately does not send

An invitation to my mind. ```

23712

```

My God-aspiration-dream

Was good.

My God-manifestation-reality

Is infinitely better. ```

23713

```

O my mind,

Everything gets old.

How is it that you

Do not get old and decay

So that my heart and I

May together peacefully live? ```

23714

```

My doubting mind

Every day

Tries to keep my aspiring heart

Knee-deep in confusion. ```

23715

```

God-reliance I need,

Not self-confidence,

Which is astonishingly fragile.

```

23716

```

My life’s God-surrender

And my heart’s God-gratitude

Are two most significant highlights

Of my spiritual journey. ```

23717

```

Unlike our mind-dictionary,

Our God-dictionary

Does not house two words:

Hopeless and useless. ```

23718

```

Each God-realised soul

Has three invaluable gifts

For humanity:

God-acceptance,

God-realisation

And

God-satisfaction

In God’s own Way. ```

23719

```

O my mind,

I want you to be

A full-time God-seeker.

O my heart,

I want you to be

A full-time God-lover.

O my life,

I want you to be

A full-time God-server.

And I myself

Want to be

A full-time God-dreamer. ```

23720

```

God accepts love-letters

Only from those

Who can swim

In their heart-river

With bravely powerful strokes.

```

23721

```

I wanted to pluck fragrant flowers

From my heart-garden.

Alas,

I am collecting only dry weeds

From my mind-jungle instead.

```

23722

```

In the morning

I pray to God the Light

To illumine my mind.

In the evening

I pray to God the Peace

To envelop my heart. ```

23723

```

Man’s unwillingness,

Man’s disobedience

And man’s ingratitude

Are prehistoric relics

From antiquity,

Yet we cherish them still. ```

23724

```

A moment

Embodies Eternity.

Eternity

Reveals itself through Infinity. ```

23725

```

God wants us to be

Practical and realistic

No matter which approach we take

To realise Him. ```

23726

```

The inner confidence

And the outer competence

Must go together

To make man perfect

In all spheres of life.

```

23727

```

God-awareness

Is my outer name.

God-fulness

Is my inner name.

One more name I need

In my inner world

And in my outer world:

God-satisfaction. ```

23728

```

The willingness of the mind,

The eagerness of the heart

And the selflessness of the life

Can make a seeker perfect. ```

23729

```

If you violate

Your God-manifestation-promise

To your soul,

Then you will be utterly ruined. ```

23730

```

If God forgets my phone number,

What can I say

And what can I do?

But if I lose God’s phone number,

I should and will remain

Inexcusable and inconsolable. ```

23731

```

O my Lord,

Do give me the capacity

To catch my gratitude-bird

At my heart’s door

When it wants to fly away.

```

23732

```

Alas,

Sometimes I do not know

The difference between

Cruelties and stupidities. ```

23733

```

To make the fastest progress,

We have to sweeten our heart

With prayerful tears.

```

23734

```

May my heart feed

On God’s Compassion-flooded inner Smile

At every moment.

```

23735

```

With a thunderbolt-determination,

I shall build my Heaven

Inside my heart’s despair-night.

```

23736

```

My Lord Supreme,

I need only

An unconditional surrender-triumph,

Not a series of earth-glories

Which are short-lived triumphs.

```

23737

```

My soulful smiles

Have an unmistakable source:

My gratitude-heart.

```

23738

```

I must not allow

My ancient fears and doubts

To haunt

My present God-hungry mind. ```

23739

```

Only when we are unconditional

In our aspiration-heart

And our dedication-life

Can we soar up

Into God’s ecstasy-flooded Sky.

```

23740

```

I do not want to become

A joy-billionaire.

I want only to have God

In every wisp of my thought. ```

23741

```

I saw the Face of God.

Alas,

My salvation remained a far cry.

I touched the Feet of God.

Lo, I have become

A salvation-smile-life.

```

23742

```

A fear-mountain

And a doubt-forest I was.

But now a confidence-sea

And a faith-fountain I am. ```

23743

```

If your aspiration is extremely strong,

Then ignorance is bound to fail

In its mission in your life.

```

23744

```

A real spiritual Master

Is he who has earned

The full support

Of the inner worlds. ```

23745

```

My Lord,

I do not want a mind

That desires to eclipse

The greatness and goodness

Of my fellow citizens of the world.

```

23746

```

When you do not care in the least

For the noise of popular acclaim,

You will be able to dance

With Heaven’s brightest and purest stars. ```

23747

```

Do not try to fool yourself

By thinking that you will be able

To please and fulfil God

At the final stroke of your life-clock.

If you want to please God in His own Way,

Then pray and meditate

Consciously, willingly and self-givingly

At every moment. ```

23748

```

Once more

My Lord Supreme will take birth

In my gratitude-heart-tears.

```

23749

```

Readiness, willingness

And eagerness

Have no occasion for remorse.

```

23750

```

Become a genuine seeker,

So you do not have to breathe

Shorter than the shortest

God-love-breaths. ```

23751

```

O my mind,

Sleep and sleep

If that is what you want.

O my heart,

Sleep is not meant for you.

You must always remain awake. ```

23752

```

Not one, but two saviours I have:

My tearful heart

And my cheerful smile.

```

23753

```

No, my mind,

You are, as usual, wrong.

It is your brother-heart

That God wants and needs

To assist Him.

```

23754

```

Breathless aspiration

Sweetens our Heavenward journey.

Selfless dedication

Brightens our Heavenward journey. ```

23755

```

Alas,

How can I please

My Lord Supreme

When I have

Such a self-infatuated mind?

```

23756

```

My heart says to God,

“My Lord,

In spite of all my weaknesses,

Do count on me

Whenever You need something.”

```

23757

```

The dissatisfaction-mind

And the satisfaction-heart

Always collide.

Alas, the satisfaction-heart suffers

Infinitely more.

```

23758

```

O my mind,

Remain not stupid any more.

Be wise,

And put an end to your doubt-life

As quickly as possible.

```

23759

```

Alas,

My life is still an unbloomed promise

And an unblossomed God-satisfaction.

```

23760

```

I am so happy that at last

My stronger than the strongest faith

Is able to place my mind’s doubt

On its deathbed. ```

23761

```

Every day I must desperately try

To address the task of perfection

With my earthly life.

```

23762

```

My heart’s promise

Is indeed good,

But my life’s fulfilment

Is infinitely better. ```

23763

```

If you are every inch

A God-lover,

Then God wants you to complete

Your inner education only,

And no other education.

```

23764

```

We are so fortunate

That it is God the Compassion

And not God the Justice

Who makes the rounds of inspection

Of our aspiration-heart.

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23765

```

Every day in vain

My doubting mind tries

To keep my aspiring heart captive.

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23766

```

Alas,

We live in a success-worshipping era

And not in a progress-loving era.

```

23767

```

O my body, vital, mind and heart,

I really want you to be

Not only related,

But also interdependent. ```

23768

```

Alas,

My self-indulgent self-congratulation

Has ruined my aspiration-beauty’s heart.

```

23769

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If you have really done something

Worthwhile for God,

Then God will never allow you

To pass into oblivion. ```

23770

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Nothing else

But a cheerful and sleepless obedience

Is the backbone of spirituality.

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23771

```

I am so happy that my mind

Has at long last decided to participate

In my heart’s search for God,

And will not hide any longer

Behind a curtain of indifference.

```

23772

```

The mind’s helplessness

And the heart’s hopelessness

Have the unusual capacity

To spread like wildfire. ```

23773

```

Expectation is eventually forced

By the divine forces

To knock at the frustration-door.

```

23774

```

Alas, when I look within,

I see a mountain of dirt

In my mind,

And when I look without,

A temptation-tempest

Ruthlessly tortures my entire being. ```

23775

```

Only the multitude

Of God-hungry souls

Can and will save this world

From the destruction-blows

Of ignorance-night.

```

23776

```

My service to God

Paves the way.

My love of God

Makes the day. ```

23777

```

My Lord commands me

Not to be ashamed

Of myself,

But to face my weaknesses

And transform them.

```

23778

```

Trust not what you hear,

Trust not what you see,

But trust

What you feel. ```

23779

```

Today is the day

My mind has chosen to be

The child of sincerity,

My heart has chosen to be

The child of purity

And my life has chosen to be

The child of humility.

```

23780

```

O my mind,

Do not run away.

O my vital,

Do not hide.

You both can change

And will change. ```

23781

```

From kindness,

Goodness blooms.

From goodness,

Fulness blossoms.

In fulness, we transcend ourselves

And become the Satisfaction-Smile

Of God.

```

23782

```

Be pure,

My jungle-mind.

Be self-giving,

My garden-heart.

Be perfect,

My God-surrender-life. ```

23783

```

O my mind, be not stupid.

Do not run away

From your illumination-heart-home.

```

23784

```

Today I am caught in a flurry of fears

Because I neglected

My morning prayer-mind

And meditation-heart. ```

23785

```

My Lord is available

In all delicious flavours

Only when I most prayerfully

And most soulfully

Do Him little favours.

```

23786

```

We came into the world

To be dynamic for God-manifestation

And not to enjoy slumber-complacency.

```

23787

```

The mind is ready to pray to God

For God-satisfaction in God’s own Way

Only when life has lost

All its desire-charms. ```

23788

```

Is there anything forbidden

In our spiritual life?

Yes!

Our self-doubt-mind

And God-doubt-heart.

```

23789

```

My Lord,

Do bless me with a single boon:

Do allow me to decorate Your Feet

With my heart-tears. ```

23790

```

Like my soul,

I want my heart, mind, vital and body

To walk along

My Master’s compassion-light-road. ```

23791

```

You can love the world

Self-givingly

Only when your own life

Is fully God-activated. ```

23792

```

Alas, will the human mind

Ever be tired

Of playing with ignorance-desire-night?

```

23793

```

God never misses

His Forgiveness-Duty,

But we so often forget

Our aspiration-duty. ```

23794

```

When your love of God

Becomes unconditional,

Only then will God be interested

In all the details of your outer life. ```

23795

```

My Lord,

If You want to smash my pride,

Do smash it,

But do not allow me to forget

The beauty and fragrance

Of Your Compassion-Eye. ```

23796

```

O my physical pain,

I am all gratitude to you,

For you have intensified

My God-aspiration

And God-dedication.

```

23797

```

O my mind,

Are you not ashamed of aimlessly roaming

Inside your God-unwillingness-land?

```

23798

```

The mind that is a professional

World-fault-finder

Can never have even an iota

Of oneness-heart-life-satisfaction. ```

23799

```

The human in us

Knows only one thing:

How to acquire.

The divine in us

Also knows only one thing:

How to aspire.

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23800

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My Lord tells me

That all my sweet secrets

Are safe with Him,

All my mind’s uncomely thoughts

Are safe with Him,

All my life’s trembling insecurities

Are safe with Him.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 238, Agni Press, 1997
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