Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 263

26201

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My heart-peace offers me

A glimpse

Of God’s own Heart-Garden.

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26202

```

Peace-fragrance is charming,

Beautiful, fruitful

And perfect.

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26203

```

The heart-peace

Is an armour

That remains forever

Unparalleled. ```

26204

```

My mind simply refuses

To accept the heart’s light,

No matter how many kind

And affectionate ways

The heart tries to offer it.

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26205

```

God does not want to hear

The proud stories

Of my success-mind.

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26206

```

God wants to hear

The haunting melodies

Of my progress-heart-songs.

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26207

```

Life is not merely

A little one-act play.

Life has many acts

And many more scenes. ```

26208

```

My obedience-life has finally won

Not only blessingful appreciation

But also powerful admiration

From my Lord Supreme. ```

26209

```

Either in the immediacy of today

Or in the remote future,

We have to be acclimatised

To God’s Will. ```

26210

```

Disobedience definitely has

No sure foothold —

It must stumble or crawl.

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26211

```

The happiest time of God and God’s Life

Is when I give to God everything that I have

And everything that I am

With not an iota of expectation. ```

26212

```

For the outer mind

To be grateful to God

Is something unexpectedly novel.

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26213

```

May my heart every day

Open itself wide

For God’s Blessings

And Satisfaction

To come in.

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26214

```

If we cherish our negativity,

Then we lengthen the distance

To our God-realisation.

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26215

```

God is a cosmic Joker,

But He never jokes about

Our heart’s aspiration, life’s dedication

And mind’s gratitude. ```

26216

```

The Western ideal of superlatives

Will not be appreciated

By the members of the inner world.

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26217

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We have been finding fault

With God’s activities

And we want to continue

Our argument with God.

But poor God definitely does not want

To prolong our conversation,

Not to speak of argument.

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26218

```

God’s Compassion and God’s Patience

Have not slept

For millions and billions of years.

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26219

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do give me the capacity

To garland Your Eye and adorn Your Feet

With my life’s dedication-smiles. ```

26220

```

O seeker,

Do not allow waves of sorrow

To extinguish your aspiration-flames.

```

26221

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Be regular, be punctual

And be all determination.

You are bound to succeed!

```

26222

```

O seeker, pay no attention

To the world’s savage criticism.

You are more than perfect

In God’s ever-blossoming Compassion-Eye. ```

26223

```

If you are enmeshed

In the net of human emotion,

How can you get divine satisfaction

From your life? ```

26224

```

Falsehood can either be

Truth in the making

Or truth in the process of breaking.

```

26225

```

What is wisdom?

Wisdom is something

That reconciles opposite truths.

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26226

```

No matter how long or how much

Divine Love God squanders,

It always remains totally undiminished.

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26227

```

A true God-lover

At once traverses time

With an eagerness-heart,

An eagerness-mind and eagerness-feet

To arrive at the Destination.

```

26228

```

Neither the North Pole nor the South Pole,

Nor any corner of the globe,

Can ever limit or diminish

The Beauty of God’s universal Dream

And transcendental Reality.

```

26229

```

God’s Will and my surrender-smile

Have been working together

Excellently.

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26230

```

One of the most amazing

Of God’s Mysteries

Is my doubting mind’s God-acceptance

In its totality. ```

26231

```

Alas, how many people are here on earth

Who are trying to manifest God’s Light

Sleeplessly and breathlessly?

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26232

```

Man’s silence-God-prayers

Reach God’s Ear

Sooner than the soonest.

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26233

```

Do not allow

Your self-offering-heart-flower

Ever to be blighted.

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26234

```

The mind-orator says:

“God has.”

The heart-audience says:

“God is.” ```

26235

```

I have been trying to protect

My aspiration-heart-plant.

I really must succeed!

```

26236

```

If you are a true seeker,

Then every day you must launder

Your filthy, dirty doubt-mind.

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26237

```

Every day

I discard adamantly

The negativities of my mind.

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26238

```

To have a soulful thought

Is infinitely more significant

Than to visit a God-worship-temple.

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26239

```

My love of God

Will definitely play the role

Of my mind’s darkness-extinguisher.

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26240

```

Realisation is something

That spontaneously reveals itself

To us.

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26241

```

Punctuality-necessity

In our spiritual life

Will strengthen

Our aspiration-heart. ```

26242

```

If we feel we need not surrender

Our will to God’s Will,

We are bound to suffer

The nightmare of despair. ```

26243

```

O Heaven-train-passenger,

Are you carrying with you

Your heart’s gratitude-ticket?

If not, you will be forced

To leave the train.

```

26244

```

May the aspiring heart of humanity

Taste Nectar-Delight

From God’s Compassion-Eye.

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26245

```

When I pray, I pray to God

For my success-smile.

When I meditate, I meditate on God

For my progress-dance. ```

26246

```

Who can put an end

To our mind’s suspicions,

If not God the Light?

```

26247

```

Who can stop

Our vital frustrations,

If not God the Compassion?

```

26248

```

We try to judge God.

Alas, if God wanted to judge us,

Where would we be?

```

26249

```

My Lord, allow me to tell You

Only one thing:

I love You in spite of

My ignorance-cherishing life. ```

26250

```

If we do not feel God’s Love

All-where,

Then our love of God

Remains imperfect. ```

26251

```

My anger cannot break my mind.

Only my heart’s tears

Can break my mind.

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26252

```

When willingness and eagerness

Are running together

Towards God’s Compassion-Eye

And God’s Satisfaction-Heart,

Nothing, nobody can stand in their way!

```

26253

```

My mind says to God:

“God, tell me how I can help You.”

My heart says to God:

“My Lord, do tell me how

I can ever be of service to You.”

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26254

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To know and feel

The mission of my soul

Here on earth,

I must keep my desire-life

Far, far away from me.

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26255

```

Stop immediately

Criticising your divinity.

If not, it is you who will be

Eternity’s beggar,

Both in your inner life

And your outer life. ```

26256

```

The seekers of truth

And the lovers of light

Always have a very special place

In God’s Satisfaction-Heart. ```

26257

```

O my mind,

Pray for just one moment

For God to release you

From your self-chosen prison. ```

26258

```

What is life,

If not a God-given opportunity

For God-manifestation?

```

26259

```

Alas, God’s Compassion-Eye

Is a foreigner

In our mind-territories.

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26260

```

My Lord forces my mind

To believe in His Greatness.

My Lord does not tell my heart

How great He is.

My heart knows not only how great He is,

But also how good He is. ```

26261

```

No matter how the mind tries,

It only revolves again and again

Through the unaspiring thought-door.

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26262

```

My morning surrender-meditation

Is infinitely more beautiful,

Powerful and fruitful

Than I can ever disclose. ```

26263

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I was once a student of self-deception.

Now I have become

A student of self-correction,

Plus God-satisfaction. ```

26264

```

We can be happy

And we can be confident

Only when we place ourselves

In the Elysian lap of Mother Earth. ```

26265

```

O Lord,

You decide whether I should be

At the foot of my aspiration-mountain

Or on top of my aspiration-mountain.

My surrender is my goal.

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26266

```

May my aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life

Proclaim my readiness, willingness

And eagerness

To manifest God every day.

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26267

```

My little faith-blossom-plant,

I love you.

I appreciate your beauty.

I admire your fragrance. ```

26268

```

There is no such thing

As a minor paradise.

Paradise is always major, sublime

And perfect. ```

26269

```

O my mind, O my vital,

Nobody forces you to embrace

Frustration-blindness,

Nobody! ```

26270

```

My Lord,

One Compassion-flooded word

From You

Clears my path ahead. ```

26271

```

My Lord, the Smile-Beauty

Of Your Eye

I see not only inside my heart

But also inside every limb of mine. ```

26272

```

O my mind, do not forget

That you are also assigned

To manifest God’s Dream

On earth. ```

26273

```

My heart has caught a rainbow

To decorate

My heart-shrine.

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26274

```

How can you succeed in your inner life

If you allow your mind to be puffed up

By constant outer success?

```

26275

```

Alas, I came to my Lord Supreme

Too late!

Alas, I came to my Lord Supreme

With too little! ```

26276

```

The ambition-driven mind

Will never succeed in the outer life

And will never proceed in the inner life.

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26277

```

Be careful, be cautious,

O my mind.

You can fall asleep at any moment

At the wheel of your life’s progress. ```

26278

```

Every day, every hour

My Lord is desperately trying

To liberate me

From my mind’s self-created hell. ```

26279

```

You will pass the examination

Of your life

When your very breath

Is a God-Satisfaction-quest. ```

26280

```

Talented God-deceivers

Are everywhere.

Self-giving, talented God-lovers

Are hardly available. ```

26281

```

There is no such thing

As an abbreviated spiritual course

In God’s entire creation.

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26282

```

Finally I have reduced my singing

Of my life’s and my heart’s

All-insecurity-songs.

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26283

```

My heart was born

To win God’s Compassion-Eye

And God’s Forgiveness-Heart.

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26284

```

I need a simple heart

That gives constant joy

To others.

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26285

```

O seeker, take care of yourself.

Be not distressed by others’ disobedience.

Your own progress-life

Is your only responsibility. ```

26286

```

If God-belief

Is nothing but your mind-philosophy,

Then God-discovery

Will never be within your reach. ```

26287

```

My Lord has blessed me

With a self-giving purity-heart

That will never deny Him.

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26288

```

Every day I see

A new Compassion-Eye of God

Blessing His creation

With infinite Ecstasy. ```

26289

```

I keep no account

Of my

Frustration-lamentation-vital.

```

26290

```

My God-aspiration

Pulls me upward.

My God-dedication

Pulls me forward. ```

26291

```

Of all the virtues that I have,

My God-faith is by far

The greatest and best.

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26292

```

I am definitely a member

Of my Lord’s

Heart-Home.

```

26293

```

O my mind,

You must not and must not object

To my God-manifestation-

Determination-hunger. ```

26294

```

Inside Mother Earth’s heartbeat,

Divinity’s Immortality-Vision

Grows and glows.

```

26295

```

Have you seen my Lord lately?

“Yes, I have seen Him.

He is searching for you.

He is in desperate need of you!” ```

26296

```

Frustration-dance

Will forever remain

Foreign to my heart.

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26297

```

O my mind,

Come out, come out

Of your ignorance-fog.

Look!

A rainbow is dancing

Over your head. ```

26298

```

If you live in the heart,

Then you can easily see

How it radiates God’s Compassion,

God’s Affection, God’s Love

And God’s Grace.

```

26299

```

My Lord,

One little Smile

From Your Compassion-Eye

Is the Protector of my entire world. ```

26300

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When I prayerfully look at my Lord’s Face,

He embraces my eyes.

When I prayerfully look at my Lord’s Feet,

He blessingfully and proudly

Blesses my head with His Feet.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 263, Agni Press, 1998
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