Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 3

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My Lord,

I simply do not know how to thank You

For Your sleepless Compassion-Flood.

“My child,

You do not have to know

How to thank Me.

Just try to remain all the time

Inside your breathless receptivity-heart.”

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202

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I have been loving God unconsciously

For millennia,

But I shall love God consciously

From this moment on. ```

203

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The sound that never fails

Is the sound that is cradled

In tranquillity’s oneness-vision.

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204

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God has only one simple need:

Your inner and outer obedience.

If you can fulfil His need,

You will be able to make Him happy,

And He will be able to make you happy.

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205

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He reluctantly obeyed God.

Even so, his obedience saved him.

Darkness-night did not last

And a spiritual dawn he saw. ```

206

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Meditate soulfully.

Even if an earthquake takes place,

You will not be afraid,

For you will be safely sheltered

In God’s own Heart.

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207

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You ask who is right

And who is wrong.

Who cares,

As long as you have established

True oneness?

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208

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Although you surrendered to him

In the battlefield of life,

Hidden inside your surrender

Was the thought of revenge.

When will you learn

That who is stronger or weaker

Is of no importance?

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209

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The day he became a God-seeker

Was the beginning of his conscious

Feeling of Immortality.

On that day he came to know

That he is part and parcel

Of Immortality.

On that day he realised

That he represents Immortality

On earth.

On that day he became

A pathfinder and harbinger

Of Immortality

For those on earth who will accept

The spiritual life after him. ```

210

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Today you are seeing your Master

As another runner

Just ahead of you

As you run faithfully

Along the inner road.

Tomorrow you will see your Master

Not only as the road

But also as the goal itself. ```

211

```

If you see good qualities in others,

Then claim them as your own,

For who knows when you will find

Those same qualities

In your own nature?

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212

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The Vedic seers tell us

The entire world is ours —

Everything, inside and outside,

Belongs to us. ```

213

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Your country has peerless qualities.

My country needs them badly.

Let us share

Our great God-given gifts. ```

214

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I am an open-hearted soul.

Therefore, even my worst enemy

May claim at will

All my inner treasures. ```

215

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Upon his world-carrying shoulders

Rests the completely lost

New generation.

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216

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When I see the fountain of purity

Inside you,

I become the beauty and divinity

Of soundless silence. ```

217

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My Supreme Lord,

I know, I know,

I have a strong weakness.

Do give me the sincere determination

Which is infinitely stronger

Than my weakness. ```

218

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God will grant you

The willingness-capacity

To change your life

The day your lip-deep prayer

Becomes heart-deep.

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219

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At all the precious moments

Of humanity’s life,

The mind is tormented

By uncomely thoughts. ```

220

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The ordinary human mind

Is a container.

You can fill it

With good thoughts

Or bad thoughts.

It is up to you. ```

221

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Life plays the union-game.

Death plays the division-game.

Life thinks it is beautiful.

Death thinks it is powerful.

Life comes from the abode of aspiration.

Death comes from the abode of illusion. ```

222

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Silence-sky

Around me glows

When realisation-tree

Within me grows. ```

223

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Not to renounce

And not to enjoy.

Not to be an ascetic

And, again, not to be

The world’s greatest epicurean.

This is the path

To true happiness.

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224

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Do not go to extremes.

Accept the body

And the five senses.

Only use them spiritually,

Divinely and soulfully.

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225

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When something is without form,

We may feel it has no life.

But should our Beloved Supreme

Come to us without form,

We must cultivate the same kind of

Faith, love and devotion

For His formless aspect

As we have for His physical form. ```

226

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Easily you can count the miracles

That you have seen or heard of

During your entire lifetime.

But even a so-called miracle-man,

Who himself is as stupid as you,

Will not be able to fathom

The abysmal abyss

Of your stark stupidity. ```

227

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If you want to succeed,

Then allow not your mind

To experience others’ experiences.

Allow your mind

Only to sit at the foot

Of your own realisation-tree. ```

228

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If someone comes to me for knowledge,

How can I refuse to teach him?

What little wisdom-light I have

I shall gladly offer. ```

229

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If you aspire

Soulfully and powerfully,

Your climbing aspiration-plant

Will grow into a fruitful

Aspiration-tree.

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230

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I may say

That my possessions are my own.

But can my possessions

Not also say

That I am theirs?

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231

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Uninvited he came into the world

To cry with humanity’s

Sacred sorrows.

Uninvited he will go back to Heaven

To drink deep Divinity’s

Secret Delight.

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232

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O my heart-flower,

If you are truly and unmistakably mine,

Then I would like you to smile

At everybody,

Not only today

But every blossoming day. ```

233

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I do not give up,

I never give up,

For there is nothing

In this entire world

That is irrevocably unchangeable.

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234

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God’s Body knows

How to shine.

God’s Heart knows

How to give.

God’s Life knows

How to love.

God’s Vision knows

How to become. ```

235

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Surrender practised,

Gratitude lived,

Perfection received,

Satisfaction achieved. ```

236

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He has fallen victim

To the false criticism

That he has copied

Everything from others.

I declare

That he is simply unveiling

The qualities he himself had

All along. ```

237

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Since he has learnt about God

Before you,

There is nothing wrong in accepting

His higher wisdom. ```

238

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My heart says,

“O my Eternity’s Beloved Supreme,

I shall not blame You

If You do not love me any more.

I shall not blame You

If You do not need me any more.”

My mind says,

“My Lord, I shall certainly blame You

If I cannot smile at You every day.

I shall certainly blame You

If I cannot cry for You every night.”

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239

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When I was a God-dreamer

My Lord said to me,

“Come, come, it is getting late!”

When I was a God-seeker

My Lord said to me,

“Run, run, I want you

To be on time!”

When I was a God-lover

My Lord said to me,

“Fly, fly, I have so many things

To tell you!” ```

240

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My Beloved Supreme,

Is there anything

You will not allow me to be?

“My child,

There is only one thing

I shall never allow you to be.”

What is it,

My Beloved Supreme?

“My child,

I shall never, never allow you

To be unworthy of My infinite Love.”

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241

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Now is the time for me to do

Two most significant things:

I must say good-bye

To the failure-centuries

Of my life

And increase my God-hunger

Immeasurably.

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242

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The divine meaning of competition

Is the manifestation of soulfulness

In the outer life.

The supreme meaning of competition

Is the perfection of oneness

In the inner life. ```

243

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The seekers of the hoary past

Prayed mostly for the inner strength

To realise God.

The seekers of today

Are praying mostly for the outer strength

To manifest God.

The seekers of tomorrow

Will pray soulfully

For the inner strength

And the outer strength

To both realise and manifest God.

When God sees they have realised Him

And manifested Him,

He will grant them a very special boon:

God will transform

The entire earth-consciousness

In and through these

Specially selected instruments

Of His.

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244

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My heart cries

To see Infinity’s God-Beauty.

My soul smiles

Because Immortality has chosen it

As its own Eternity’s child-friend.

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245

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My soul knows

Where God is.

My heart longs to know

Where God is.

My mind does not care to know

Where God is.

My vital feels that God is

Wherever strength is.

My body thinks it is all the same

Whether God exists or not. ```

246

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You long for inner opulence.

Do you want to know

Where it can be found?

It can be found deep inside

Your speechless and sleepless

Soul-eloquence. ```

247

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A gratitude-heart

Receives from God

Infinitely more

Than it can ever imagine.

A surrender-life

Plays with God’s

Omnipotent Vision-Smile.

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248

```

Desire tells the mind,

“O mind, you are extremely powerful.”

Aspiration tells the heart,

“O heart, you are extremely soulful.”

Realisation tells the life,

“O life, you are extremely fruitful.”

I tell the soul,

“O soul, you are always bountiful.” ```

249

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You tell me

That you cannot cry for God.

In that case,

Can you not smile at God?

You tell me

That you also cannot smile at God.

In that case,

Can you not at least feel

That God definitely loves your company?

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250

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Look and see

Who is inside your life-boat!

Do you know who it is?

It is God’s authentic representative:

Your ever-sympathetic soul.

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251

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My mind suffers

Because it is sumptuously fed.

My heart suffers

Because God is not sleeplessly fed. ```

252

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Because of my stupid mind,

Today I am a beggar.

Because of my sincere heart,

Today I am a seeker.

Because of my illumining soul,

Today I am a genuine God-lover. ```

253

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Because of your doubt-thunder,

God does not want me to befriend you.

Because of your aspiration-tower,

God wants me to be your Eternity’s

Oneness-friend.

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254

```

My mind is satisfied

With its imperfection.

My heart is satisfied

Only with perfection.

My soul is satisfied

Only with God’s Satisfaction.

I am satisfied

Only with God’s Vision-Beauty

Within me.

```

255

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O my mind,

There is no way

For me to make you feel

That you are fooling yourself

All the time.

O my heart,

There are so many ways

For me to make you feel

That God loves you dearly,

Needs you unmistakably

And is proud of you powerfully. ```

256

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I tell my desire-mind

That God is not pleased with us

Because we want to possess Him,

But my mind does not believe me.

I tell my aspiration-heart

That God is extremely pleased with us

Because we want to be possessed by Him,

But my heart does not believe me.

I tell my illumination-soul

That God is extremely pleased with us

Because we are manifesting Him

In a remarkable way,

But my soul does not believe me.

O my Lord Supreme,

Nobody believes me.

Do You think that at least

You can believe me?

“My child,

Not only do I believe you,

But I also appreciate your mounting

And illumining wisdom-flames.” ```

257

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I do not know

And I do not want to know

What God has done for my mind.

Who knows, like my mind,

I may not be pleased with God.

But I do know

What God has done for my heart

Out of His infinite Bounty.

As my heart is pleased with God,

Even so, I am more than pleased. ```

258

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Before my heart,

My mind does not want to admit

Its inferiority.

Before my soul,

My heart does not want to admit

Its insecurity.

Before God,

I do not want to admit

My stupidity.

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259

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I am keeping my doubting mind

Behind me.

I am keeping my aspiring heart

With me.

I am keeping my illumining soul

Ahead of me.

This is how I am completing

My Heavenward journey. ```

260

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I have enjoyed the company of ignorance

For such a long time,

Yet I am not tired of it.

My soul has been asking me

For my companionship

For such a long time,

Yet my soul is not tired

Of my incapacity,

Not to speak of my unwillingness. ```

261

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Why do you want to hypnotise the world

With your mind’s outer smile?

If you have nothing else to do,

Try to immortalise the world

With your heart’s inner cry.

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262

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My sweet Lord,

Do make my life into a constant sacrifice.

I wish to sacrifice my life

For You.

I wish to sacrifice my life

For those who love You.

I wish to sacrifice my life

Even for those who think and feel

That they love You.

```

263

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My sweet Lord,

You are fond of me

Not because I have already become

Great and good,

Not because I shall become

Great and good,

But because You and Your Fondness

For me, Your creation,

Are always inseparable.

```

264

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My sweet Lord,

You have given me what You have:

Compassion.

I shall give to mankind what I have:

Concern.

My sweet Lord,

You have given me what You are:

Oneness.

I shall give to humanity what I am:

Service.

```

265

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My sweet Lord,

I need two things from You badly:

Speed and time.

If You cannot give me both,

At least give me one!

Give me either Your fastest Speed

Or Your eternal Time

As Your Boon supreme

To please my aspiration-heart.

```

266

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My sweet Lord,

You have given me a purity-heart.

What I need now

Is a sincerity-mind

And what I shall always need

Is a dedication-life. ```

267

```

My sweet Lord one day said to me,

“My child, can you not give Me

Your best possession

If I give you Mine?”

I said to my sweet Lord,

“I can easily give You

My best possession:

My restlessness-noise.”

My sweet Lord was highly pleased with me

And immediately granted me

His Immortality’s Oneness-Voice.

```

268

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My sweet Lord,

Do tell me when You love me most.

Do You love me most

When I pray soulfully?

Do You love me most

When I meditate sleeplessly?

Do You love me most

When I consciously surrender myself

To You entirely?

Do You love me most

When I become a gratitude-heart?

“My child, no, no, no!

I love you most

Only when you declare

Your inseparable oneness with Me,

Not only in your inner world

But also in your outer world.

Your conscious feeling of oneness with Me

Shall always please Me most.” ```

269

```

My sweet Lord,

Do tell me when I shall be able to see

That dear deer of Yours

Which You have kept secretly

Inside my heart-garden.

I am eagerly looking forward

To seeing my precious deer,

For I want to feel that someday

Its inner speed and beauty

Shall be mine. ```

270

```

My sweet Lord,

You have given my soul-bird

The capacity to fly

In the Heaven-free sky.

My mind-bird does not have

That capacity.

It is compelled to fly

In the earth-bound sky.

My sweet Lord,

Do give my mind the capacity to fly

Like my soul-bird

In the blue-vast sky

Where there is no fear,

No doubt, no death

But only the dawn

Of an ever-blossoming Immortality. ```

271

```

My sweet Lord,

Do tell me how I can be

Always faithful to You.

“My child,

If you want to be faithful to Me

All the time,

Then you must remain cheerful

All the time.”

My sweet Lord,

How can I remain cheerful

All the time?

“My child,

You can remain cheerful

All the time

If you can only make yourself feel

That I am always pleased with you.

This is not a false belief

But the sincere awakening

Of your true life

Deep inside My Heart.” ```

272

```

My sweet Lord,

Do tell me how old You are.

“My child,

I am very pleased with your question.

I shall answer your question

And also answer one more question

Which you may want to ask Me

Some other time:

How young I am.

My child,

I am as old

As your heart’s inner cry

And as young

As your life’s outer smile.” ```

273

```

My sweet Lord,

Do You want me to learn

The art of concentration?

Do You want me to learn

The art of meditation?

Do You want me to learn

The art of contemplation?

“My child,

I want you to learn them one by one.

If you learn concentration-art,

Then you will be able to enter

Into the end of time.

If you learn meditation-art,

Then you will be able to bring

Right in front of you

The birthless and deathless Time.

If you learn contemplation-art,

Then you will see that you are at once

The birthless, deathless and endless Time

And the Time

Of the ever-transcending Beyond.” ```

274

```

My sweet Lord

Do You want me

To conquer the world

Or do You want the world

To conquer me?

I shall be equally pleased

In either case.

“My child,

I do not want you either

To conquer the world

Or to be conquered by the world.

I want you to conquer

Your own outer world

And your own inner world.

Finally, I want you to conquer Me

Once and for all.

To conquer your outer world

What you need

Is a volcano-will.

To conquer your inner world

What you need

Is an aspiration-mountain.

To conquer Me

What you need

Is your soul-beauty’s gratitude-heart.” ```

275

```

O my doubting mind,

You only know how to boast.

You never dare to defend me

When I vehemently argue

With the boatman of ignorance.

But my loving heart always defends me.

It immediately comes to the fore

To protect and fulfil me.

O my doubting mind,

I do not need you any more.

O my loving heart,

You and I are for each other

Always.

```

276

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Who invented me?

God the Vision.

Who discovered me?

God the Compassion.

Who fulfilled me?

God the Love. ```

277

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Who is my coach?

He who inspires me

Before I run.

Who is my coach?

He who aspires in and through me

During my run.

Who is my coach?

He who corrects and perfects me

For a better future run.

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278

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“Come back to Me, My child,

Come back.”

Father, how can I?

Do You not see

That I have become inseparably one

With ignorance-prince?

“My child,

This is not your realisation.

This is the realisation

Of ignorance-prince

That you are conveying to Me.

My child,

Do you not realise

That I shall remain incomplete

Unless and until you consciously declare

Our inseparable oneness?” ```

279

```

O Father, my Father,

Do not be displeased with me!

I am staying in my temporary home:

Doubt.

Before long I shall dive

Into Your Ocean of Love

And that will be

My permanent home. ```

280

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His soulful heart

Does not want to remember

That his body walked across

The barren fields of yesterday.

His fearful mind

Not only remembers

But also does not want to forget

That his body walked across

The barren fields of yesterday.

```

281

```

My sweet Lord Supreme,

I have failed You time and time again

Not because I am ignorant,

Not because I am impure,

Not because I am insecure,

Not because I am unwilling,

But because I have never dared

To claim You as my own,

Very own.

```

282

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Divinely beautiful

Is the imagination-bird.

Supremely soulful

Is the aspiration-bird.

Eternally bountiful

Is the realisation-bird. ```

283

```

You want to know the secret

Of my progress-light.

I just do not allow my life

To be cluttered

By attachment-night.

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284

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Human love begins

With imagination-hope.

Divine love begins

With aspiration-promise. ```

285

```

I cannot and I shall not

Be able to see God

Face to face,

For I am extremely impure

And totally imperfect.

Indeed, this is the realisation

Of an unparalleled non-believer.

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286

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O outer world,

Do not poison

My inner hopes.

O inner world,

Do not laugh

At my outer promises.

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287

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Allow not your anxiety-mind

And frustration-vital

To crowd together

Inside your God-fulfilling heart. ```

288

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Since there is no silence-delight

Inside your mind,

How can you expect to see

Eternity’s Vision-Perfection-Sky? ```

289

```

Yours is a doubtful mind.

Yours is a sorrowful life.

Just conquer one.

Lo, the other also is conquered! ```

290

```

You pay so much attention

To your problem-making mind.

Can you not pay a little attention

To your problem-solving soul? ```

291

```

Do not be hypnotised

By your past failure-life.

Make fresh attempts!

A success-life

Is definitely planned for you

In God’s Vision-Calendar. ```

292

```

During the day

When I pray,

I have a witness:

Sound-beauty.

During the night

When I pray,

I have a witness:

Silence-purity. ```

293

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Yesterday my faith was watchful.

Today my faith is prayerful.

Tomorrow my faith shall become

Not only bountiful

But also fruitful,

And so it will remain forever. ```

294

```

His mind has committed him

To dire uncertainties.

His heart has committed him

To powerful certainties.

His soul has committed him

To Infinity-manifestation

In the finite.

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295

```

My Lord Supreme will teach me

The necessary and indispensable

Inner exercises

To conquer the unconquered

King of body-torture.

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296

```

If you are afraid

Of saying good-bye

To your teeming bad thoughts,

Do you not think

Your blossoming good thoughts

Will be hesitant to touch

And play with your mind?

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297

```

God calls it His Vision.

I call it my inspiration.

God calls it His Satisfaction.

I call it my perfection. ```

298

```

Heaven is indifferent to me.

That is no reason

Why my soul shall not go back

To its celestial abode.

The world does not appreciate me.

That does not mean

I shall not unreservedly

Give to the world

What I have

And what I am. ```

299

```

When my heart soulfully cries,

I clearly see

That my emptiness-life

Is totally destroyed.

When my soul proudly smiles,

I unmistakably see

That my fulness-divinity

Is totally pleased. ```

300

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This time definitely

I am going to please my Lord Supreme

In His own Way

Because I have realised the secret

That He alone

Is my Eternity’s Lord Supreme.

This discovery of mine

Is my illumination

And my Lord’s Satisfaction.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 3, Agni Press, 1983
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