O heart, my heart,
I have only one prayer:Do become the banner of hope
In my life. ```Do not waste your precious time
In thinking of your mind’sDoubt-tree.
Just think of your heart’sFaith-plant.
```If you daily take your faith-ferry
Across the doubt-river,Then God will grant you
His Heart’s Satisfaction-Song. ```You want to know where you can find me.
Either you will find me and my headAt God’s Feet,
Or you will find me and my feetOn the head of ignorance-night.
```This ignorance-game will end
Only when I feel that GodIs my Eternity’s only Friend.
```God knows how to do everything
Except one thing:He does not know
How to underestimateMy capacities.
```Every day God welcomes you.
He comes to see youWith new hope and new determination,
But you prefer to liveIn your endless frustration-maze.
```One wasted moment
Has the capacity to force usTo learn the song of surrender
To ignorance-prince. ```God is always on your side,
But can you not give HimYour freedom-choice:
Surrender-obedience? ```To him who says
That without God he knows nothing,God will always be there
To grant His eternal Friendship. ```God,
Who are You?“My son,
I am your Eternity’sUnrecognised Friend.”
```If you enter the desire-race,
You will not be allowed to participateIn God’s Oneness-Game.
```If you have the will to do,
God will definitely give youThe courage
To dare and succeed. ```Death’s inseparable friends:
Man’s depression-vitalAnd man’s frustration-mind.
```Each man
Consciously or unconsciouslyTries to shelter
His shattered dreams. ```I may not know many things,
But I do know one thing.I do know how to dance
To my Lord’s Compassion-Cadence. ```Do not try to hide
Your ignorance-idleness,For it is almost
An impossible task. ```This world has brought you
To your knees,Yet at every moment
You speak ill of GodInstead of begging for
His Compassion-Light. ```You are a self-styled seeker.
ThereforeYou do not care
For God’s Manifestation-Play. ```Since the inner life
Is not for you,What more can I expect from you
Than an ingratitude-life? ```Your life knows
The philosophy of failureBecause your mind has surrendered
To ignorance-ordeals. ```God does not need
Your suggestions.He is quite satisfied
With what He hasAnd who He is.
```Do not take the world’s criticism
PersonallyIf you want to make progress
Swiftly and unquestionably. ```You have deliberately cast aside
Countless opportunitiesTo realise God,
Yet you blame God breathlessly. ```Why is God so silent?
Because you have not answeredHis first question:
Who are you? ```Food for thought:
You have walked alongYour mind’s road
And you have come to a dead end.Now you wonder why
You do not seeYour inner streak of progress-light.
```Do you not realise
That it is high timeFor you to offer yourself
Unconditionally to GodSo that God can claim you
As His own, very own? ```A God-lover knows
That life is a supreme giftAnd not
An unbearable imposition. ```If you walk
Along the paths of long ago,How can you forget
Your life’s dry failure-tears? ```True happiness
Always wants to liveWithout attachment-ropes.
```I cannot agree with you
When you sayThat you are a stranger
To God’s Compassion-Eye. ```It is you
Who will be the loserIf you cannot have faith
In the inscrutable future. ```He wanders
In the mind-wilderness.No wonder
He thinks God’s WayIs always incomprehensible.
```You may not know,
Your mind may not know,Even your heart may not know,
But your soul does knowThe taste of God’s Love-Delight.
```Do not break God’s Rules
If you want to feelThat He is near,
Very near. ```If you want to enjoy
God’s Satisfaction-Eye,Then push the human in you
Towards the Divine in God. ```“So much to do,
So little time.”This story is as old
As God’s creation itself. ```Your mind-victory was short-lived
Because you did not want GodTo see through you
And see for you. ```Now that you have assessed
Your aspiration-assets,Do not underestimate
God’s Forgiveness-Heart. ```Do you think
You will be able to evadeYour soul’s divine demands
All the time,Everywhere?
```Your poor heart is defenceless
BecauseYou have been unconsciously cherishing
A homeless life. ```Good hearts
Are not hard to findProvided
Pure lives look for them. ```If you want to reach
The excellence-summitOf your self-transcendence-life,
Then allow no failureTo weigh heavily upon your mind.
```Only one piece of advice
I have for you:Never stop
Once you have started! ```His mind demands
An immediate answer.His heart cheerfully waits
With God’s soundless Silence. ```You have confessed
Your ignorance-crime.Now start devoting
Your entire beingTo God’s Satisfaction-Heart.
```I race
Not to see God’s Face,But to sit
At God’s Protection-Feet. ```Be wise!
Constantly keepYour inner fears and doubts
Under your perfect control. ```Share openly
What you have secretly found,And you will have a special place
In God’s Heart-Kingdom. ```Do you know
That your oneness-heartIs one in a million?
Do you know
That your division-mindIs also one in a million?
```Just as your perfection-heart
Has no limits,Even so, God’s Satisfaction-Eye
Has no limits. ```Even to think
That the time has comeFor you to become spiritual
Is indeedA step in the right direction
To arrive at God’s Palace. ```Heaven does not want to know
His mind’s achievements,But Heaven wants to measure
His heart’s surrender-light. ```My little heart,
I do not know how to console youWhen you suffer,
But I do want to tell youThat I always love you.
```Just because
Your body, vital and mindHave failed you,
Do not thinkThat your heart also
Will do the same.Your heart is made of
God’s Satisfaction-Smiles. ```You live
In the abysmal chasmOf ingratitude,
Yet you expectA life of unmeasured
Fortitude. ```Earth ascends to Heaven
When earth does not allowIts inner happiness to be destroyed
By the dry, reasoning mind. ```He changed his name
Into God’s Compassion-Eye.He changed his heart
Into God’s Forgiveness-Soul. ```Every day
You steal the fruitOf the pleasure-tree,
Yet you want to beA satisfaction-fruit
For God to enjoy! ```Do not think of your future,
For God has already prepared itInside your heart’s
Aspiration-cry. ```A mind of doubt
And a heart of despairDo not like each other.
Yet they are immediate neighbours. ```My Lord,
Since I am wasting Your time,Shall I give up?
“My child,If you give up,
I shall be jobless.” ```God’s Music is sweet.
God’s Silence is sweeter.God’s Oneness-Soul
Is the sweetest. ```His was a life of self-giving.
ThereforeWhen he left his body,
A chorus of God-SmilesGreeted him in Heaven.
```The Hand of God
OpensOnly when the heart of man
Is ready to crySleeplessly.
```Fear cherished,
Oneness perished.Who can deny
This experience universal? ```If you do not dare
To meet God’s Eyes,How will you dare
To feel His Heart? ```Yesterday proved
That my mind was something.Today proves
That my mind is absolutely nothing.Tomorrow will prove
That my heart has and is everything. ```If you do not include God
In your outer life,Then God does not want to become
A member of your inner family. ```For him
There is no yesterday.For him
There is no tomorrow.For him
There is only now,An eternal Now.
```If you want your future
Only to glow with promises,And not with actions,
Your life will danceOn nothingness.
```If you allow your life
To be enfeebled by fear,You will never be able to reach
Your heart’s perfection-room. ```In the twinkling of an eye
My Beloved SupremeAbandons the mind
Of indifference-desert. ```Why do you repeatedly ask God
To grow His Perfection-PlantsInside your barren heart-garden?
```If you surrender to an easy life,
Your God-realisationAnd God-manifestation
Will be infinitely more complicatedThan otherwise.
```If you are truly wise,
Then do not waste time.Immediately try
To get a close-up viewOf God.
```Now that you have freed your life
From your mind-prison,God will teach you the secrets
Of His Heart’s Oneness-Game. ```I know that I am unworthy.
Therefore, no human beingThinks of growing his heart-plant
Inside my heart-garden. ```Go where God wants you to go.
Stop when He wants you to stop.This is the only way
To become a perfect instrumentOf God.
```Does God have to believe you
When you sayThat you will never be able
To please HimIn His own Way?
```From time immemorial
Man has receivedNext to nothing
From God’s constant Benediction-Rain. ```Tell me what you are going to do
For God today.I shall then tell you
What God has already doneFor you.
```To know God
Is not a difficult task.But to become another God
Is indeed a far-distant reality. ```Every day
You keep God busyFighting against your stupidity.
```My heart’s fondest hobby
Is to playWith God’s Forgiveness-Heart-Sun.
```How do you judge your own progress?
You judge your own progressBy the beauty and splendour
Of your heart’s oneness-smile. ```It is you
Who allowed the worldTo weaken your security-heart.
```You need the hope
Of a newborn childIf you feel the need
For renewalOf your own spiritual goal.
```You are deliberately delaying
God’s Manifestation-Smile.Do you think that God
Will easily forgive you? ```You cry.
That is good.But you do not sleeplessly cry.
That is bad. ```Anything that you conceal
In your confusion-mindEnds in a frustration-life.
```If you do not sharpen
Your conscience-sword,Who can help you?
Nobody! ```Since God is
Man’s richest treasure,Can man not become,
At least for a minute,God’s smiling Heart?
```Even if you challenge
God’s Authority,He will be more than willing
To forgive your stupidity. ```The surges
Of desire-seaWill eventually lose
To the currentOf dedication-river.
```When your heart is ready and willing,
God will come to youAs your only Satisfaction-Friend.
```Stop voting for both
Your outer lifeAnd your inner life.
OtherwiseYours will be the bitter tears
Of regret. ```Perhaps I made a mistake
In thinking that this worldWill one day become my slave.
```If you are suspicious of Heaven,
The gracious gods may forgive you,But there shall come a time
When you will not forgive yourself. ```Peace from Heaven
Will inundate this world:Indeed, this is an undelivered Message
From God. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 66, Agni Press, 1984
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