Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95

9401

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Each day

I become more and more conscious

Of who I am.

Each day

I grow more and more determined

To become a perfect instrument

Of God. ```

9402

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It is not my earthly capacity

But my Heavenly wisdom

That will help me reach

My highest Goal. ```

9403

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How absurd!

He is forgetting

The aspiration part of reality

While trying to manifest

The perfection part of reality.

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9404

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God has always said,

“Aspiration and manifestation

Are like two wings of the soul-bird.”

God has never said,

“You can neglect your aspiration

As long as you manifest Me.” ```

9405

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As soon as we do anything wrong,

If we try to correct it,

We certainly can.

But if we wait,

We may never be able to.

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9406

```

How is it possible?

Something that is so weak

Is ruling the world!

What is this power?

Insecurity, and nothing else.

```

9407

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God is everywhere —

Forward, upward and inward.

Do you want to go forward?

Bravely walk!

Do you want to go upward?

Swiftly fly!

Do you want to go inward?

Instantly dive! ```

9408

```

Do not be discouraged

If you know

That you have not pleased God

In His own Way.

Just immediately try again!

```

9409

```

The birthless and deathless sun

Inside your heart

Will illumine your dark days

Of no aspiration

With Eternity’s infinite Aspiration-Light.

```

9410

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When you do something willingly,

You get tremendous joy.

When you do something unwillingly,

Joy is nowhere to be found. ```

9411

```

If I have the feeling

That God is sometimes examining

My prayer and meditation,

Then my sincerity and intensity

Will beautifully and powerfully

Grow and grow. ```

9412

```

Sing a song soulfully.

Immediately from head to foot

You will be flooded

With tremendous inner happiness,

And this happiness is true progress.

```

9413

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Soulfulness starts in the heart

And goes through the entire being.

Soulfulness is the promising beginning

Of fulness. ```

9414

```

Inside power

There can be destruction.

But inside soulfulness

There is only inner joy. ```

9415

```

My adamantine will-power

Never destroys anything.

It only transforms

My ignorance-night. ```

9416

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To achieve constant inner oneness

With humanity,

First you have to establish

Your constant inseparable oneness

With God’s inner Existence.

```

9417

```

Inside your intense inner cry

You will find the willingness

To do the right thing.

```

9418

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Yesterday

I saw an aspiration-flame

Inside your heart.

Today, to my wide surprise,

I see an illumination-sun

Inside your heart.

```

9419

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I shall be trying

In every possible way

To please my Lord Supreme.

O my doubting mind,

In vain you are standing in my way.

```

9420

```

Every day

God Himself is blossoming

Inside our seeker-hearts

With new hope, new inspiration,

New aspiration, new love

And new promise. ```

9421

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I shall perfect my mind

To feel God’s Concern for it.

I shall illumine my heart

To feel God’s Oneness with it. ```

9422

```

Who told you

That sincerity is enough?

Determination

Is absolutely necessary,

Along with your sincerity.

```

9423

```

If your mind is sincere,

If your heart is pure

And if your life is devoted to God in others,

Then your God-realisation

Cannot remain a far cry.

```

9424

```

My Lord,

I am coming to You

Because I want peace and need peace.

“My child,

Do not worry.

I happen to have Peace

In ample measure.”

```

9425

```

Strengthen your hope.

Conviction will dawn.

Perfect your conviction.

God will smile. ```

9426

```

You are still maintaining the hope

That you will be transformed.

But alas,

You have given up the aspiration

That must accompany that hope.

```

9427

```

You have committed a Himalayan blunder!

But if you pray to God

For His Forgiveness, His Compassion

And His future Guidance,

He will listen to you;

He definitely will! ```

9428

```

Your outer running

May never bring you a gold medal,

But if your consciousness is high,

Your inner running will definitely win

God’s Gold Medal for you.

```

9429

```

Outer importance

Only strengthens my ego-chains.

But if I soulfully aspire,

Then ego-chains cannot bind me. ```

9430

```

The world cannot satisfy me.

I can only be satisfied

If I can feel the Presence

Of my Beloved Supreme,

Who is always seated inside my heart.

```

9431

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Yesterday God told me a secret:

If He had not composed

So many earth-illumining songs,

He would have discovered

A most deplorable vacuum,

A real, sorrowful emptiness

Inside His Heart.

```

9432

```

O Lord,

I tried to kick away

My insecurity

Like a football.

How is it

That such an insignificant football

Has now broken my foot?

```

9433

```

You fool!

How can you make progress

When you feel

That you have many tasks,

And not one supreme task:

To lead a spiritual life? ```

9434

```

Outwardly

You are getting joy

Through your self-offering.

Secretly

God is getting joy

As the inner Giver and Receiver. ```

9435

```

The outer music

Comes from an outer instrument.

The inner music

Comes from the heart.

The name of this inner music

Is oneness. ```

9436

```

I am happy

Because I have realised God.

God is happy

Because I have not forgotten

My earthly brothers and sisters.

```

9437

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Act reluctantly:

Everything becomes difficult,

More difficult, most difficult.

Act willingly:

You can do everything most easily,

Plus most effectively. ```

9438

```

When aspiration is well-founded

In the inner life,

It becomes solid and tangible manifestation

In the outer life. ```

9439

```

Once you tried to feel God

With your own heart.

Why are you now trying to see God

Through others’ eyes? ```

9440

```

You do not have to know

What is happening all around you.

You have only to know

What is happening inside your heart. ```

9441

```

Why are you such a fool?

All your intensity has gone away,

Yet you are cherishing the same hope

That you will one day be perfect! ```

9442

```

Those who disobey God

Are useless failures in life.

Those who listen to God

Are His most useful instruments. ```

9443

```

A sea of peace:

This is the inner wealth

The East has been offering

To the West.

An ocean of dynamism:

This is the outer wealth

The West has been offering

To the East. ```

9444

```

Unless I do the impossible,

I do not consider myself

To be a true child

Of my Beloved Supreme. ```

9445

```

His aspiration is inextinguishable.

Something else also:

His mental confusion-forest

Is uncharted. ```

9446

```

As long as your heart

Loves God implicitly,

You do not have to worry

About your mind’s opinion. ```

9447

```

A God-seeker

And a God-musician

Together distribute

God the blossoming Peace and Joy

On earth.

```

9448

```

Your improvement and your transcendence

Came from God.

Therefore

To Him alone you should offer

Your heart’s gratitude-smile.

```

9449

```

Soulful inner happiness

Is the only wealth

We can take with us

When our soul returns

To its celestial Abode.

```

9450

```

When you think

Of manifestation,

Think of aspiration

First! ```

9451

```

You think that insecurity

Is the play of human weakness.

But can you not see that insecurity

Is nothing other than

The ignorance-world’s strongest power?

```

9452

```

You can increase

Your heart’s intensity

And multiply

Your mind’s purity

Just by folding your hands

During prayer and meditation. ```

9453

```

Opportunity valued:

Progress becomes your name.

Opportunity ignored:

Failure becomes your name. ```

9454

```

Alas,

You cannot look at your heart,

But you can at least

Look at your face

To see if you look

Spiritually beautiful. ```

9455

```

When my Lord Supreme plays

His celestial Music,

I come to Him

Not to hear the Musician in Him,

But to see and feel

The Peace-Lover and Peace-Distributor

In Him.

```

9456

```

I know perfectly well

That I am imperfect.

But my awareness

Of my imperfections

Is undoubtedly one of my true assets

As I walk along the transformation-road. ```

9457

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You want to know what is happening

In the world around you.

Therefore science is your necessity.

I want to know what is happening

In the world within me.

Therefore God is my necessity.

```

9458

```

Why should I think

Of my past failings and shortcomings,

Or of the golden opportunities

That I have lost,

When my present inner awareness

Is making me truly happy? ```

9459

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My Lord Supreme,

What do You do

When You have all faith in me,

And when You have no faith in me?

“My child,

When I have all faith in you,

I stay ahead of you

And beckon you to follow.

When I have little or no faith in you,

I remain behind you

To give you a divine push.”

```

9460

```

Do what you can

With utmost sincerity, humility

And conscious oneness.

Lo, the success or failure

Will be God’s!

```

9461

```

Inside the tiny seed

Of His present Manifestation

The Lord Supreme already sees

The banyan tree of the future growing. ```

9462

```

You are telling me

That you want to offer

The best in you.

I am telling you

That the best

Is your aspiration-heart. ```

9463

```

What God has

He gives us: Delight.

What we have

We give Him: ignorance. ```

9464

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Life is a great struggle

Between what we have and what we have not.

What we have is frustration-night.

What we have not is dedication-light. ```

9465

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Our body constantly needs

God’s Compassion.

Our vital desperately needs

God’s Determination.

Our mind singularly needs

God’s Illumination.

Our heart badly needs

God’s Resolution.

Our soul eternally needs

God’s Satisfaction.

Our God unconditionally needs

Man’s co-operation. ```

9466

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God says to man,

“Do not demand, My child.

I shall not grant.

Just receive Me spontaneously.

I shall be all yours immediately.”

```

9467

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The human in us desperately searches

For world-recognition.

The divine in us unconditionally tries

For God-Manifestation. ```

9468

```

Forgetfulness

Is at times painful

And at times blissful.

Forgiveness

Is always and always blissful —

Once more I repeat, blissful. ```

9469

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Imagination,

You are my great friend.

Inspiration,

You are my good friend.

Aspiration,

You are my divine friend.

Realisation,

You are my birthless and deathless friend.

God,

Your Friendship

I soulfully and unconditionally desire.

```

9470

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You say you want to fulfil

Your innocent desires.

Unfortunately,

In the spiritual life

There is no desire

That can be called innocent. ```

9471

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If you want to become great,

Then do not ignore

Your imagination-capacity.

If you want to become good,

Then do not ignore

Your inspiration-divinity.

If you want to become perfect,

Then do not ignore

Your aspiration-reality.

```

9472

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Do not think.

If you think,

You will be asked to sit

In the waiting room.

Meditate in silence.

You will be ushered

Into the interviewing room.

```

9473

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Live and believe:

This is the human way.

Believe and live:

This is the divine way.

Believe unreservedly

And live unconditionally:

This is the Supreme’s Way.

```

9474

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Peace,

You are God’s inner Beauty.

Peace,

You are man’s peerless treasure. ```

9475

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Wasting time

Is the connecting link

Between temptation and frustration.

```

9476

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Do not expect God

To make the stupid attempt

To please the human in you.

If He pleases you

In your own way,

That will be your bitter failure,

Your total spiritual defeat.

```

9477

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You are with God,

But you are not for God.

Your mind and vital

Are somewhere else.

What can poor God do?

```

9478

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When he is in his mind,

His soul sends him

Extra-small garments to wear,

To cover his face immediately.

When he is in his heart,

His soul sends him

Extra-large garments to wear,

To adorn his eye perfectly. ```

9479

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God’s Mailbox receives

Every day

Earth’s frustration-complaints

And Heaven’s

Indifference-satisfaction-notes.

```

9480

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“Be quiet, be quiet!

I am descending.”

This is what God says to earth.

“Be quiet, be quiet!

I shall return soon.”

This is what God says to Heaven.

```

9481

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If your mind enjoys every day

A new cyclone of destruction,

How will you ever approach

In this lifetime

Your heart’s satisfaction-tunnel?

```

9482

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What I see in you

To my wide surprise:

The sudden blooming

Of life-transformation-movement-bud. ```

9483

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A cheerful mind

Has always been a perfect guide

To a healthy body.

```

9484

```

O great student of the brain,

No matter what you proudly gain,

You will be nowhere near

Satisfaction-light. ```

9485

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No matter how successful you are,

Your seeker-heart will tell you

That to live on earth forever

Fulfilling and fulfilling your desires

Would be the worst possible curse.

```

9486

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My sweet Lord Supreme,

In some ways

I have made tremendous progress

In my inner life.

But alas, I am going backwards

In other ways.

Will I ever please You totally

With my life’s

Perfection-progress report?

```

9487

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One day he meditates

For seven hours.

Then he thinks

That for seven days

He does not need to meditate.

Who else is a seeker-fool,

If not he?

```

9488

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Alas,

Your inner moon

Of purity, soulfulness and divinity

Has been eclipsed

By the clouds of doubt.

```

9489

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Be a pioneer

In God’s Music-World.

Your dedication-life

Can offer God-Music

To many receptive hearts.

```

9490

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How to keep your aspiration high?

Just imagine your inner sun.

This sun has tremendous power

To keep your inner aspiration

Always in perfect condition.

```

9491

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“My way

Is the only way,”

Says the mind’s dogmatism.

“My way

Is correct for me;

Your way

Is correct for you,”

Says the heart’s inner conviction.

```

9492

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Why do you have to

Think of your difficulties

As negative forces?

Just think of them as opportunities.

Lo, they will increase

Your inner and outer capacities! ```

9493

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To win in the inner tug-of-war,

You need the strength

Of your daily prayer and meditation.

```

9494

```

If you really want

To accomplish something,

Never surrender

To outer circumstances. ```

9495

```

If you feel

That what you have already achieved

Is enough for this lifetime,

I am telling you,

Complacency has defeated you

Badly! ```

9496

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Every day

We must eat God’s inner Food.

His Affection, Love, Blessings,

Concern and Compassion

Are all unlimited,

And to enjoy them

God gives us unlimited receptivity.

```

9497

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Concentrate on your heartbeat.

You will be able to hear it

Like a hammer

Inside every part of your body.

Then if your mind bothers you,

Just strike your mind

With your heart-hammer.

```

9498

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My sweet Lord,

My soulful gratitude helps me,

But does it really help You?

“My child,

Rest assured, if it helps you,

Then it unmistakably helps Me.” ```

9499

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Man’s desire

Will never be supported

By the higher planes.

Man’s aspiration only

Will be supported

By the higher planes. ```

9500

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Hold on to the past.

God’s Compassion will love you.

Move on to the future.

God’s Satisfaction will embrace you. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95, Agni Press, 1984
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