My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 26

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God tells me

That He treasures

My happy heart’s

Gratitude-blossoms.

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APR 2182. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 17 December 2003.↩

2

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A child-heart is always eager

To play life’s

Transformation-satisfaction-game.

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3

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My intense prayers

Soar high,

Very high.

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4

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My profound meditations

Roar,

Triumphantly roar.

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5

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Each sincere prayer

Is a newness-smile

Of my life.

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6

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Each deep meditation

Is a soulfulness-song

Of my heart.

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7

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I dearly love

My God-worship. ```

8

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God proudly loves

My God-partnership

And God-friendship.

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9

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Each good thought

Of mine

Is a rainbow-beauty.

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10

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Each dedicated service

Of mine

Is my God-satisfying duty.

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11

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Gratitude

Never takes anything

For granted,

But ingratitude does. ```

12

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Love

Is never afraid

Of fear.

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13

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Fear

Is always afraid

Of love.

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14

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Every day I want my life

To be a most soulful

God-surrender-song.

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15

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Peace and love

Shelter each other

And fulfil each other.

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16

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Sweetness

Is the most powerful strength

Of the heart.

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17

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When I look for silence,

I find silence

Inside my soul.

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18

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When I look for my soul,

I find my soul

Inside my silence.

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192

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Each God-seeker

Is a special breath

Of God’s Heart.

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APR 2200. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 18 December 2003.↩

20

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Each God-seeker

Is a special flower-beauty

And fragrance

In God’s Heart-Garden. ```

21

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Each God-seeker

Is a special player

In God’s Cosmic Drama.

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22

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Each God-seeker

Is chosen by God Himself

To be a song of His Heart

For the perfection of humankind. ```

23

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The spiritual life

Is an endless

God-discovery-adventure.

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24

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I am now going back

To my childhood’s

Bliss-flooded mornings.

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25

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God lovingly and proudly preserves

All my heart-songs

In His own Heart-Safe.

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26

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My love of God

Is building a new hope-temple

And making a new promise-shrine.

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27

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My desire-life has received

A very short-lived Blessing

From God.

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28

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My aspiration-heart has received

An everlasting Blessing

From God.

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29

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Hope

Knows no fear. ```

30

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Hope dares to blossom

Even inside the abysmal abyss. ```

31

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A seeker’s hope-heart

Gladdens God’s Heart

Most significantly.

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32

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Hope secretly feeds

And strengthens

Promise.

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33

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God the Supreme Artist

Has given me another chance

To make my face, eyes and heart

Exceedingly beautiful. ```

34

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To avoid God,

Either consciously

Or even unconsciously,

Is to enter into the chasm

Of nothingness.

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35

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The mind becomes old

And withered,

But the heart can remain young

Forever. ```

36

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God wants my love for Him

Lovingly, soulfully and self-givingly

To encircle the globe.

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373

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A child-heart knows not

How to doubt

God’s Affection.

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APR 2218. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 19 December 2003.↩

38

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No matter how undivine we are,

God’s Compassion-Funds

Never run low.

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39

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If you want to be

Close to God,

Then eagerly learn

As many things as possible

About God.

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40

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Each thought

Is the creator

Of a new experience.

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41

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When a seeker fails,

God takes the full blame. ```

42

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Alas,

In vain God expects

More love and more gratitude

From mankind. ```

43

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True,

My life-boat is slow,

But it is extremely reliable.

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44

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My mind-library houses

Neither God-written books

Nor books written about God.

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45

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Wisdom and age

Do not depend on each other. ```

46

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The difference between infant seekers

And adult seekers:

Infant seekers love God

Only from the heart;

Adult seekers love God

This moment from the heart,

Next moment from the mind

And the following moment

From the physical consciousness.

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47

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My life must become

The beauty

Of my soul’s smile.

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48

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My God-aspiration,

God-dedication and God-absorption

Have to be sleepless.

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49

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I light my God-heart-candle

With my devotion-breath. ```

50

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Every day

My heart collects Compassion

And Forgiveness-Flowers

From my Lord’s Heart-Garden. ```

51

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When I measure God’s Blessings

With my mind,

I only add more miseries

To my life. ```

52

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When I measure God’s Blessings

With my heart,

My life is inundated

With bliss. ```

534

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God-dreamers

Will eventually be

God’s Victory-announcers.

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APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 20 December 2003.↩

54

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God-dreamers

Know no obstacles. ```

55

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I am not afraid of storms,

For God

Is my life’s Boatman.

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56

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I must bloom

Where my Lord plants me,

And nowhere else.

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57

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When I am a member

Of the outer world,

I myself

Make all my decisions. ```

58

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When I am a member

Of the inner world,

God not only makes

All my decisions,

But also gladly and proudly

Executes them. ```

59

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God does not want me

To be

An invisible life.

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60

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God wants me

To be

An indispensable heart.

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61

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Courage is needed

For the outer victory. ```

62

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Unconditional surrender

To God’s Will

Is needed

For the inner victory. ```

63

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Everybody has

An absolute secret.

Mine is an open secret:

I know the Will

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

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64

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Always the inner cries

And the inner tears

Have to be kept

In good health. ```

65

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Sound

Is extremely eager

To be heard.

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66

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Silence

Is majestically eager

To raise the consciousness

Of the world. ```

67

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I have come to learn

At long last

That there is nothing as fragile

As my self-confidence. ```

68

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Alas,

Humanity is blindly speeding

Towards dire uncertainty.

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69

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I have heard, I have heard

The clarion call

Of my Transcendental Self —

I have heard, I have heard. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Yogyakarta, Indonesia in December 2003.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 26, Agni Press, 2003
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