My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 15

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If everybody knew

How unconditional at every moment

God truly is,

This world would have become

The Garden of Eden.

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APR 1325. These prayers were given in Hamilton, New Zealand — 27 November 2002.↩

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O seeker,

Do not forget

That curiosity-attacks

Can be extremely dangerous. ```

3

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My fame

Is fleeting.

My God-surrender-joy

Is everlasting. ```

4

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Nothing is incurable —

No, not even the wild suspicions

Of the mind.

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5

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I must wake up

And join my heart’s

Sleepless cries for God.

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6

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No matter what others think of me

Or say about me,

I shall always take the side

Of my aspiration-heart. ```

7

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A true God-lover

Is, indeed,

A true God-manifestation-light-hero-warrior.

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8

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An aspiration-heart

Is always in search of

A worry-free life.

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9

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God has a very special plan

For me.

I must not allow my mind

To indulge in useless expectations,

Worries and anxieties.

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10

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Every day I must practise

My God-surrender-songs

At least for ten minutes.

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11

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As I treasure

My God’s Forgiveness-Smiles,

Even so, He treasures

My gratitude-tears. ```

12

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Some seekers do not pray and meditate

Even once a week.

Therefore the sages and the seers

Of the hoary past

Are horrified

At their aspiration-forgetfulness

And aspiration-negligence.

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13

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Finally my prayerful life

Is becoming a unique

God-gratitude-heart-beauty-fragrance.

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142

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May this be my last message

To Your Eye, my Lord:

That I shall obey Your Eye only.

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APR 1338. These prayers were given in Hamilton, New Zealand — 28 November 2002.↩

15

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May this be my last message

To Your Heart, my Lord:

That I shall love Your Heart only.

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16

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May this be my last message

To Your Feet, my Lord:

That I shall devour

The dust of Your Feet only. ```

17

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In a very slow measure,

I give to God

What I have.

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18

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In a sudden rapture,

God gives to me

What He is.

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19

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When God came to him

For the first time,

God saw his heart

Fast asleep.

Therefore, God went back

To His celestial Abode. ```

20

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When God came to him

For the second time,

His mind rejected God.

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21

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When God came to him

For the third time,

His vital ignored God.

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22

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When God came to him

For the fourth time,

His life criticised God.

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23

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When God came to him

For the fifth time,

He asked God

Why He continued coming.

He asked God if God was a beggar

Or a robber.

(23. continued)

God said to him,

“My child,

I am neither a beggar

Nor a robber.

I just cannot help seeing you,

For you are My Divinity’s

Self-Transcendence-Dream.”

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24

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It is only when

My heart flies and flies and flies

In Infinity’s skies

That God shows me

Where lies the path

Of His Immortality’s Smiles. ```

253

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When I pray,

I can touch God’s Feet.

When I meditate,

I can feel God’s Heart.

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APR 1349. These prayers were given in Hamilton, New Zealand — 1 December 2002.↩

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God wants

My self-discipline-life

To mingle

With His proudest Smile. ```

27

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My mind wants to be

The God-knower.

My heart wishes to be

The God-lover. ```

28

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My God-dependence-joy

Has no equal. ```

29

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My mind carries yesterday’s

Failure-bondage.

My heart carries tomorrow’s

Victory-garland. ```

30

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The finite power

Challenges.

The infinite Power

Embraces. ```

31

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Earth is a stranger

To Heaven’s ceaseless Smiles.

Heaven is a stranger

To earth’s helpless tears. ```

32

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God’s golden Heart

Descends.

Man’s broken heart

Ascends. ```

33

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When my mind

Salutes God,

He immediately plays

His Rhapsody-Flute. ```

34

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God’s Greatness

Puzzles and blinds me.

God’s Goodness

Cradles and nestles me. ```

354

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May a gratitude-flower

Be found

In each heartbeat

Of mine.

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APR 1359. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 2 Decemberr 2002.↩

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Mine is a heart

Of eagerness.

God’s is a Breath

Of Closeness. ```

37

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O my stupid mind,

How long are you going to enjoy

Negativity’s torrential rain?

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38

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God says to my heart,

“My child, I have a beautiful story

To tell you.”

My heart says to God,

“Father, I have a soulful song

To sing for You.”

“My child, My story

Is all about your previous life

When you were My fondness-lamb.”

“My Father, my song

Is all about my immediate future

When You will make me

Your inseparable oneness-heart-hero.”

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39

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Mine is a greedy mind

For God’s constant

Outer attention.

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40

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Mine is a hungry heart

For God’s ceaseless

Inner Compassion.

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415

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For my life’s outer success,

I depend one hundred per cent

On God’s Compassion-Eye.

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APR 1365. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 3 December 2002.↩

42

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For my life’s inner progress,

I depend one hundred per cent

On God’s Forgiveness-Feet.

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43

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For my life’s inner cries

And outer smiles,

I depend one hundred per cent

On God’s Satisfaction-Heart. ```

44

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May my heart’s burning aspiration

Go a very long way in awakening

The God-sleeping human lives.

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45

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The great men

May often badly fail us

In our high expectations

Of their life-conduct.

But the good men

Can never, never fail us

In awakening, inspiring

And aspiring in and through us

For us to reach our destined Goal.

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46

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For the mind,

God-surrender

Is a totally new approach.

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47

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O God-seekers and God-lovers,

Let us join

God’s Oneness-Victory-Drum-March!

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48

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Let me be sincere to myself

At least once:

Since I joined the spiritual path,

I have come to know myself

Infinitely better.

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49

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My faith in my Master

Shall definitely conquer

All my doubts

In any context. ```

506

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My Lord’s blessingful Requests

Do not believe in tomorrow.

They believe only

In here and now.

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APR 1374. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 4 December 2002.↩

51

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My life’s

God-fulfilment-willingness-dictionary

Does not house the word

“Impossibility.” ```

52

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Three real enemies

We all have:

Hesitation, procrastination

And frustration. ```

53

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The core of spirituality

Is at once our inner choice

And outer voice.

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54

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A true seeker is he

Who is always cheerfully committed

To God-satisfaction-dreams.

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55

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My prayer is my Lord’s

Protection-umbrella. ```

56

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My meditation is my Lord’s

Protection-fort. ```

57

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My proud mouth loves to preach

All the time.

My soulful hands love to practise

All the time. ```

58

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The outer voice may speak

Many languages.

The inner voice speaks

Only one language:

The language of the heart.

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59

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May my life once again become

A child’s

Purity-sweetness-flooded heart.

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607

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Mine is a God-bestowed vision,

Far beyond

The misty self-doubt-mountains.

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APR 1384. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 5 December 2002.↩

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Unconditional surrender

Is a springboard

To Divinity’s lofty heights.

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62

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My mind does not dare to bring me

Torturous doubt-waves

Any more.

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63

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God’s inner Name

Is Compassion.

His outer Name

Is Concern. ```

64

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The more I can love the world,

The sooner I shall be able

To forgive the world.

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65

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Every morning my Lord Supreme

Invites me to be with Him

During His Delight-Chariot-Ride.

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66

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I must not forget

That each wrong desire

Has a strangling grip.

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67

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Each good thought

Has two long-stretched

Sheltering arms of light.

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68

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A meditation-life

Is the only escape

From the dire bondage of time.

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69

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God’s inner Tears

And His outer Smiles

Protect His favourite children

Every day. ```

708

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My Lord,

Only to You my sleepless life

And my breathless heart

Shall remain open.

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APR 1394. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 6 December 2002.↩

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My Lord proudly chooses

My unconditional surrender-life. ```

72

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God tells me

That my purity-heart

Is by far the best shrine.

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73

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God tells me

That my smiles have made Him

Extremely, extremely strong.

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74

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God comes to me and tells me,

“My child, let us measure

Sincerely and proudly

Each other’s heart.” ```

75

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My sincere concern

For the poor world

God deeply appreciates and admires.

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76

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O my heart,

Once you start repeating

My Lord’s Name,

Never, never stop! ```

77

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Today I am under very strict orders

From my Lord Beloved Supreme

To remain happy and cheerful

At every moment. ```

78

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My life-boat

Has reached the Golden Shore

At my Lord’s ambrosial Feet.

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79

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Finally

God has some good news for me:

He is telling me

That I shall not fail Him

Any more.

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Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to New Zealand in November and December 2002.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 15, Agni Press, 2003
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/apr_15