My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 18

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No limit

To what my love, devotion

And surrender can do,

Not only for me,

But also for the entire world.

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APR 1567. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 27 December 2002.

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Keep singing, keep singing!

God will soon be arriving. ```

3

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If I continue calling,

My life will blossom

And my Lord Supreme

Will smile, sing and dance. ```

4

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The exquisite bliss

Of my God-surrender-life

Nobody on earth

Can hamper. ```

5

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My Master’s tears and smiles

Are the only members

Of my heart-family.

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6

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The desiring mind

Is apt to brood.

The aspiring heart

Is apt to bleed. ```

7

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God’s Compassion-Eye intervenes

Between

Man’s Himalayan blunders

And his well-deserved punishment. ```

8

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God’s Compassion-Confidence in me

Is my only

Competence-victory.

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9

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My Lord,

Your ceaseless Tears I see

Not only in my heart,

But also in every heart.

My Lord,

Your Nectar-Smiles I see

Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.

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102

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I give my Lord Supreme

Unimaginable joy and pride

When I am able

To steal His Compassion-Eye

And His Forgiveness-Heart.

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APR 1567. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 28 December 2002.

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To protect me

From the undivine forces,

My Beloved Supreme

Has kept His Eye and His Heart

As my sentinels at my heart-gate.

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12

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Every moment is a golden opportunity

For me to love and serve

The tears and the smiles of the world.

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13

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I must disregard and discard

What my mind thinks of me

And says about me.

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14

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I do not go to the sky-moon —

I go to my heart-moon

For it to inspire me

And inundate me

With Infinity’s Peace and Bliss.

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15

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I have many desires,

But my Lord has only one:

My constant happiness.

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16

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Day and night

My soul is helping me

To discount all my worries

And anxieties. ```

17

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God loves

My very, very short-distance prayers

And not

My ultramarathon-distance prayers. ```

18

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God’s unseen Hand

Most lovingly

And most compassionately

Takes my hands

To show me the way

To the Golden Shore. ```

19

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My greatness depends on

The acceptance of the world.

My goodness depends on

The Love and Concern

Of my Beloved Supreme.

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203

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Every morning and every evening

My complete God-surrender-life

Is cradled

By the beauty and the fragrance

Of Heaven.

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APR 1586. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 29 December 2002.

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I must keep my heart’s love

And my life’s gratitude

Always together.

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22

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Love shows the road.

Devotion walks on the road.

Surrender takes love and devotion

To the Destination. ```

23

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I write my Lord’s biography

With my shallower than the shallowest

Book-knowledge.

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24

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My Lord writes my biography

With His ever-increasing Heart-Tears

And

With His ever-increasing Soul-Smiles. ```

25

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I must become a perfect stranger

To ignorance-sleep

So that I can grow into

A God-lover

Of the highest magnitude.

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26

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The human in me

Has only one task to perform:

Awake!

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27

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The divine in me

Has three tasks to perform:

Bravely march forward,

Sleeplessly climb upward,

Breathlessly dive inward.

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28

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Silence is God’s

Secret and sacred

Man-Enlightenment-Whisper.

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29

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Humanity’s life

Is nothing but

A fragile faith in God.

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304

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My outer suffering

Is

My inner courage-builder.

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APR 1596. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 30 December 2002.

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My inner suffering

Is

My outer eye-opener.

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32

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Patience

Is the most sublime progress

In disguise.

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33

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The real Master is chosen

By the real seeker in us,

And not by the mind — never!

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34

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God has repeatedly told me

That He is interested

Only in what I am doing,

And not what I am saying. ```

35

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There was a time

When I had a volley of questions,

But now I have only one question:

Do I have a real God-hunger? ```

36

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When I pray,

I pray with my upward eyes

To see my Lord’s Eye.

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37

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When I meditate,

I meditate with my inward heart

To sit at my Lord’s Feet.

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38

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During my deepest meditation,

I hear my Lord Beloved Supreme

Secretly whispering:

“My child, you were born to be

My Eternity’s Greatness,

My Infinity’s Goodness

And My Immortality’s Fulness.

My child, this message

Is not only for you,

But it is for each and every

Creation of Mine.”

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God’s Compassion-Eye-Inspiration

Is

My Godward journey’s start.

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APR 1605. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 31 December 2002.

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God’s Tears

Wake my heart.

God’s Smiles

Shake my life. ```

41

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My aspiration

Means the beginning

Of my God-oneness-cry and smile.

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42

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My Lord Supreme,

Will You be able to believe me

When I say that I love You

Infinitely more than I love myself? ```

43

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To love others

Before we love ourselves

Is, indeed,

A very rare achievement. ```

44

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God knows and sees

That my heart is very rich

In world-concern.

Therefore He has made me

A supremely chosen instrument

Of His Heart. ```

45

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My creativity-beauty

Comes from my Lord’s

Activity-Fountain.

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46

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The beauty and profundity

Of my heart-tears

Only my Master deeply values.

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47

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When I try to keep a secret

From God,

He terribly suffers

From my utter stupidity. ```

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I must admit,

In all sincerity,

That God has smiled at me

Infinitely more times

Than I have cried for Him.

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APR 1614. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 1 January 2003.

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Every day

My soul’s fragrance-delight

Is intensifying

My heart’s aspiration-cry. ```

50

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My desire-life,

It is getting late!

Go to sleep, go to sleep!

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51

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My aspiration-heart,

It is getting late!

Wake up, wake up!

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52

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The hesitation-mind

And the insecurity-life

Love to live together.

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53

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I must shun two things —

Self-doubt and world-indifference —

To make the fastest progress

In my spiritual life. ```

54

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Since we human beings have created

The darkest night of the world,

It is our bounden duty to illumine

The darkest night of the world. ```

55

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God’s Mind-Philosophy

Is Forgiveness.

God’s Heart-Song

Is Forgiveness.

God’s Life-Story

Is Forgiveness. ```

56

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Only my heart-microscope

Can measure the distance

Between my life-tears

And my death-smiles. ```

57

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Each day

Is a Power-Sun-

Revelation-Manifestation

Of God.

Each night

Is a Compassion-Moon-

Revelation-Manifestation

Of God. ```

58

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Compassion

Is the success-secret

Of the higher world.

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59

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Love

Is the success-secret

Of the inner world.

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60

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Smile

Is the success-secret

Of the outer world.

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617

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Surrender is the fastest highway

That leads us

To the Transcendental Heights.

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APR 1627. These prayers were given in Christchurch, New Zealand — 2 January 2003

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Wherever we go,

We must carry with us

Our heart’s aspiration-flames.

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63

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Only my God-gratitude-heart-tears

Enable me to fly

In the sky of Infinity.

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64

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God gets tremendous Joy

And Satisfaction

When He is able to sail His Dream-Boat

In my life’s devotion-river. ```

65

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The mind does nothing

For God,

Yet it expects Love from God

All the time. ```

66

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This world of ours will be perfect

Only when our God-service-life

Is constantly on the march.

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67

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God is extremely happy to see

That His Immensity

And my intensity

Are sleeplessly growing together. ```

68

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Spirituality

Is a breathless

Self-transcendence-adventure.

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69

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My world-improvement-service-joy

Is more precious to God

Than anything else.

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70

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My meditation-time

Is my Lord’s

Only resting-hour.

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71

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My Lord and I deeply enjoy

Our mutual appreciation:

My Lord tells me

That my heart-tears

Are inimitable.

I tell my Lord

His Eye-Smiles

Are inimitable. ```

728.

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I must and I must discover,

As soon as possible,

The key to my Lord’s Heart-Home.

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APR 1638. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 5 January 2003

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Nothing human in me

Exists any more.

I have become today

A supremely choice instrument

Of my Lord Supreme.

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74

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God’s Heart

Is in each moment.

God’s Eye

Is in each movement. ```

75

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No more my aspiration-heart

Shall suffer

From God-separation-pangs.

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76

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May every morning

My aspiration-heart-garden

Produce a most beautiful

God-gratitude-rose. ```

77

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The disobedience of the mind

Is a very, very old story.

The obedience of the heart

Is a most soulful song

That has neither beginning

Nor end. ```

78

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My Beloved Supreme,

Out of His infinite Bounty,

Tells me that my entire life

Is a most powerful song-bridge

Between humanity’s tears

And Divinity’s Smiles. ```

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Today my heart

Is a meditation-plant.

Tomorrow my life

Shall become a Heaven-climbing tree. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Christchurch, New Zealand and Cairns, Australia in December 2002 and January 2003.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 18, Agni Press, 2003
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/apr_18