For me there is only one path
To Heaven,And that path
Is my heart-purity’s self-givingAnd self-ascending path.
```Unless you cherish
Your soul’s warrior-dream,How will you be able to defend
Your freedom-life on earth? ```His soulful life lay prostrate
At God’s FeetTo have a vision
That does not carry yesterdays. ```He is totally lost
Between the lion-appetiteOf his mind
And the mouse-capacityOf his heart.
```Fulness-fountain is flowing
Inside your heart.When will you start glowing
Brilliantly and triumphantly? ```If you have retired from
The spiritual life,Either you have decreased
Or increasedGod’s Headache.
```If confusion is your mind,
What else can be your life,If not all delusion?
```He has no particular desire
Either to live or to die.His unconditional surrender
To God’s Will,God is definitely going
To treasure. ```If it is God’s Pen,
It will never run outOf Compassion-Ink.
```What is the meaning
Of self-giving?Self-giving means
Life’s energisingSatisfaction-sunshine.
```The final destination
Of egoIs the abysmal abyss
Of utter loneliness. ```He has recorded
God’s Compassion-MessageAnd God’s Perfection-Message
On the tape recorderOf his aspiration-heart.
```Do not mislead yourself
Any more.If your heart is not fit
For the perfection-life,How can you expect your mind,
Vital and bodyTo be fit for the perfection-life?
No!The heart has to be ready first.
Then only the mind, vital and bodyWill follow it.
```Alas,
When will you get upAnd not just remain lying down
Shamelessly and indefinitelyOn lethargy-bed?
```O world,
I may acceptWhat you have to say,
But I really do notAgree with you.
```When my heart’s silence
Knocks at God’s Door,God immediately reveals
His Infinity’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```Whenever he is tired,
Due to heavy pressure of workInner and outer,
God comes and gives himHis Heart’s Affection-Massage.
```God cries only once:
When I tell HimThat I do not deserve Him.
```He gave his all to God
To become God’sGod-Satisfaction-Doll.
```The Silence-Smile
Of God’s EyeAlways serves as a microphone
To my heart. ```When are you going to realise
That your doubting, impure mindIs a meaningless and worthless
NuisanceIn your life?
```The heart’s
Aspiration-preferenceAnd the soul’s
Perfection-preferenceMust be found
In a seeker’s Heavenward journey. ```If you become
A devoted instrumentOf my Beloved Supreme,
I shall make youHis Victory-announcer.
```If you want to be
A trouble-shooter,You must first be
A divine warriorIn the battlefield
Of your own aspiration-life. ```A life of excellence-song
Can never wrong anybody,For its excellence satisfies
The inner worldAnd the outer world
Alike. ```Why do you have to
Wait in line?Since God is waiting for you,
Go immediately to God! ```Do not be afraid of reality!
If you are afraid of reality,You will be caught
In the confusion-vortex. ```God’s Tears
Are flowing down my faceBecause I am afraid
Of being carried by God’s Arms. ```What you need
Is a heart of purityThat will act as a buffer-zone
Between your doubting mindAnd your strangling vital.
```Your heart’s aspiration-rocket
Will blast offIf you can take
Your meditation-exerciseSeven times a day.
```You want to know
How to forget your worries.Just establish your soul’s
Guiding supremacyIn your outer life!
```If you are serving
Your desire-life,How can you have
A crying heartFor God?
```God burst into applause
When He saw earthDesperately trying to steal
His Sweetness-Smile. ```Where else can be
Your life’s satisfaction-fruitsIf not inside the orchard
Of your aspiration-heart? ```The oneness-ascendancy
Of the inner worldMust stay the division-supremacy
Of the outer world. ```Who told you
That the mind does notAcknowledge
The existence of truth?The mind does acknowledge
The existence of truthBut it cleverly ignores
The necessity of truth. ```You fool!
Will there be no timeIn your life
When you will discoverThat your hallowed heart
Is always being massacredBy your suspicion-mind?
```No matter how high
Your opinion isOf your mind,
I tell you,Your mind can never be a match
For your sincerity-heartIn the inner world.
```Earth’s sad cry:
God is not approachable.Heaven’s sad cry:
God is concerned more about earth. ```His heart has never told a lie.
ThereforeGod has granted him
His Fulness-Fountain-Love. ```Who is there to depreciate
The taste of faith-food?Who is there to digest
Doubt-food?Do you want to try?
Then try! ```Your heart prays and meditates
Every day.Your mind never prays
And never meditates.It only enjoys vacation.
How then does your mind expectTo climb up the realisation-tree
Like your heart? ```He is a real fool
Who thinks a meditation-warm-upIs enough every day
And a dedication-workoutIs redundant.
```Be careful!
Be careful with your aspiration-heartAnd dedication-life!
Even angels, high in Heaven,Go astray.
```Your heart’s faith-world
Is too strong to be destroyedBy the desire-hurricane
Of your vital. ```If you want to win
In God’s Satisfaction-Contest,Then do not allow yourself
To be caughtBy the trappings of success.
```If you consciously
Do not drop the curtainUpon the past,
You will be paralysedBy the destructive presence
Of ignorance-titan. ```When your life-car
Is on the soul’s highway,You will discover
That there are no speed limits. ```I want to be caught
By the net of my Lord’s Love.I want to catch my Lord
With my self-giving breath. ```The past is dust.
Unless you have realisedThis infallible truth,
God will not give youA boarding pass
To enter intoHis immortal Love-Airplane.
```God’s Bodyguard will not allow you
To enter into God’sSacred and secret Courtyard of Silence
Because you are on friendly termsWith earth’s destruction-sound.
```My heart’s sleepless cry
Is begging for my soul’sAll-liberating illumination-home.
```One day if you miss
Your morning aspiration,Then try to feel
That you have torn deliberatelyA petal from your heart’s
Perfection-lotus. ```O my doubting mind,
Your unwelcome arrivalAt my heart’s door
Has disturbed my heartFar beyond your imagination.
```Your mind’s ravenous appetite
For powerHas damaged your heart
And shocked your soul. ```Only an aspiration-heart
And a dedication-lifeCan ultimately conquer
The nightmare of the mind’sPerilous fantasies.
```Do you know why and how
You are making the fastest progress?You are making the fastest progress
Because you have unconditionally disownedYour life’s ignorance-tree.
```If you are a true heart-lover,
Then you will never be ableTo abide by the dictates
Of your dictator-mind. ```Do you know
What I want to be?I want to be the rising sun
Of tomorrow’s hope. ```God’s Compassion-Letter
And His Forgiveness-MessageAre saving my human life
From my animal lifeAnd asking my divine life
To elevate my human life. ```If you want to bask
In God’s perpetual Gaze,Then remove from your shoulder
Your self-imposed bondage-load. ```I play with God
Many games.When I play with Him
My surrender-gameAnd when He plays with me
His Compassion-Game,I feel that ‘earth’ is another name
For Heaven. ```As a beggar
When I knock at God’s Door,He tells me to wait
And He keeps me waitingIndefinitely.
As a seeker
When I knock at God’s Door,He immediately opens the Door,
Lets me inAnd asks me why I am so late.
```Every day I sing
My two favourite songs:I love God the Beautiful,
I need God the Bountiful. ```If you do not consciously ignore
Your insecurity’s complaints,God is not going to send you
His personal security-guards. ```You always ask yourself
If there is anyone to save youAnd illumine you.
I tell you, deep inside youThere are God-intoxicated
Love-messengersWho will not only save you
And illumine youBut also fulfil you in God’s own Way.
```You may not give serious thought
To God and God’s creation,But God the Creation-Lover
Will always give serious thoughtNot only
To your Heaven-free longingsBut also
To your earth-bound desires. ```Every morning
If you do not sign your nameWhen God leaves His Vision-Register
In front of you,You will not be accepted
As a member of His immediate Family. ```Temptation is the world’s
Oldest disease.Aspiration is at once
The world’s most ancientAnd most modern medicine.
```If you want God to be
All the time inside your heart,Then be purity’s breath.
If you want God all the time
To be beside you,Then be humility’s life.
```The moment I think of you,
I see your face covered byA used and soiled
Blanket of insecurity. ```My heart’s patience
Makes my life longerAnd the calendar year shorter.
```Unless you banish the notion
Of rewardWhenever you do something
For God,God will not allow you to become
A member of His inner Family. ```If you have the audacity
To play with the temptation-world,How will you escape
Destruction-fire? ```Doubt is slow death.
This slow deathIs bound to drain
Secretly and unmistakablyYour aspiration-heart.
```You fool!
How do you dareTo split the universe
When you cannot splitYour own doubting mind
And searching mind? ```If you do not put an end
To your self-doubt-dance,Then you will soon become a victim
To your own voracious vital. ```A seeker’s heart knows
That its surrender-songIs at once beginningless
And endless. ```God is ready to give you
Some free spaceIn His Parking Lot
In Heaven,But where is your life’s
Aspiration-car?Where?
```To cure your mind’s
Jealousy-malaria,What you need is not
The earth-produced quinineBut the Heaven-produced
Nectar-delight. ```In the morning he reads
His heart’s love-magazine.In the evening he reads
His soul’s delight-magazine.This is how he has made his life
Increasingly happy. ```Your mind-room has no door.
ThereforeYou cannot come out
Of your roomAnd God cannot come in.
```He who speaks
Always in favour of GodCan never have an alliance
With ignorance-prince. ```If you champion
Your soul’s determination,You will be the blue-gold colour
Of God’s Satisfaction-Delight. ```God wants each life
To be His Vision’s Doll,Flooded with
Beauty, purity and surrender. ```Every day
His first task in lifeIs to send a prayer-letter
To his Beloved SupremeIn Heaven.
```You always want God
To make the first moveIn your life.
God can do that,But because of your deep-rooted
Doubt-injuries,You will not trust God
No matter what He does or says. ```Sever your frustration-friendship
If you want to enjoyYour satisfaction-partnership
With God. ```My mind will eventually learn
The art of freezing.My vital will know
The destruction-messageOf boiling.
My heart will knowThe message of melting-oneness.
```Do not think
Of your suffering days.Just think
Of God’s RaysWhich will illumine you
And liberate you. ```My life’s self-pity-songs
Have not only puzzledMy soul
But also astonishedThe cosmic gods.
```Obedience has to be
Your first choice.For that you do not need
A needle-sharp mind.For that you need only
A purity-sanctified heart. ```The body is born helpless,
But not the soul.The mind suffers from impurity,
But not the heart. ```My Lord,
I know You will neverAbandon me.
Therefore, I never give upMy hope for perfection-life.
```The heart needs
Purity-exercise every day.Otherwise, the heart will become
As impure as the vital,And poor God will feel extremely miserable
For His stupendous loss. ```Yesterday my interest was
In God-loving.Today my interest is
In God-serving.Tomorrow my interest will be
In God-becoming. ```The mind enjoys
Its opinion.The heart enjoys
Only God’s Dominion. ```His love-life, devotion-life
And surrender-life —Everything in him
And everything of him —Will be a fiasco
Because of his devastating insincerity. ```Dethrone your mind-dictator
If you want GodTo build a love-monument for you.
```My mind belongs to those
Who want to know and dominateThe world.
My heart belongs to those
Who want to love and serveThe world.
I belong to those
Who think and feelThat they are of God’s Compassion-Eye
And for God’s Satisfaction-Heart. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 28, Agni Press, 1984
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