My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 34

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Anything that is human

Is fleeting.

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APR 2802. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 20 December 2004.↩

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Anything that is divine

Is everlasting. ```

3

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When there is a battle

Between truth and falsehood,

Rest assured,

The ultimate victory

Goes to the truth.

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4

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Alas,

Unworthiness

Secretly and cleverly

Destroys our love of God. ```

5

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We open our mind-door

To temptation-arrival. ```

6

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We open our heart-home

To God’s Compassion-Arrival. ```

7

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If God is not sufficient

In our life,

Who else can be?

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8

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God never wants

To attract seekers

By performing miracles.

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9

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God wants

To attract seekers

By singing the song

Of self-offering. ```

10

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The mind doubts

God’s Smiles. ```

11

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The heart devours

God’s Smiles. ```

12

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I do not need

A free world-wandering mind. ```

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I need

A free world-loving heart. ```

14

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The mind is empty

Of the river-beauty. ```

15

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The heart is full

Of the garden-fragrance. ```

16

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A God-gratitude-heart

Never wastes time in thinking

Of God-Satisfaction-reward.

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17

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The hour has struck

When self-transcendence-joy

Will meet with no obstruction.

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18

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God’s living Presence

Means

Man’s ultimate transformation.

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19

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Those who look for God

In a book

Will have to continue

Eternally. ```

20

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Those who look for God

In the heart,

God fails to hide

From them. ```

21

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Every morning

I thrive on God’s

Compassion-Eye.

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22

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During the day

I thrive on God’s

Encouragement-Heart.

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23

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At night

I thrive on God’s

Forgiveness-Feet.

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24

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Imagination expedites

God’s Arrival

In our hearts.

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25

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My Lord,

No matter where You throw me

Out of Your Life,

I always see

That I am deep inside Your Heart.

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26

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May my aspiration-heart-sun

Never set. ```

27

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May my disobedience-mind-clouds

Be dispersed

Sooner than at once.

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28

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Goodness

Always surrounds

Our hearts.

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29

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The love of the heart

Is accepted

By the four corners

Of the globe. ```

30

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Not imperfection

But perfection

Hides deep within us.

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31

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God does not want

To capture us

With His temptation-snare.

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32

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God wants

To capture us

With His Eye’s Compassion-Care.

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33

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O my mind,

Why do you try

To find fault with others?

You will gain nothing,

Absolutely nothing.

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34

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My heart

Has gained everything

Precisely because of

Its cheerful oneness with all. ```

35

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I cannot imagine

How God still has hopes

For me!

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36

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My prayers

Cry and cry

To see God’s Face.

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37

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My meditations

Dive and dive

To feel God’s Heart

And become one with God. ```

38

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Mind-confusion

Destroys

Our purity-hearts.

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39

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Complexity and the mind

Never want to remain alone. ```

40

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We search for everything

But not for our spirit —

The only Real in us.

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41

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Hope tells us

To look upwards. ```

42

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Faith tells us

To look all around. ```

43

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Promise tells us

To look up first

And then look down

For our God-manifestation. ```

44

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My Lord’s Light

Is repairing my mind, vital

And body,

Which are all out of order. ```

45

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Silence-light

Is everywhere,

All-pervading.

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46

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In the morning

I hear my Lord’s

Budding Whispers.

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47

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During the day

I hear my Lord’s

Blossoming Whispers.

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48

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At night

I fulfil my Lord’s

Budding, blossoming

And blossomed Whispers.

I become absolutely one

With my Lord’s Will. ```

49

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When I choose my soul,

Only my soul,

My desire-life ceases.

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50

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When I choose my heart,

Only my heart,

I feel my Lord

Is next door. ```

51

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When I choose my mind,

Only my mind,

I immediately become blind.

Darkness I feel all-where. ```

52

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My aspiring realities

Originated

In the Heart of my Lord Supreme.

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53

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My desiring realities

Originated

Inside my mind.

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54

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When I run towards my Lord

For protection,

I give my Lord’s Heart

Immense joy. ```

55

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God most affectionately

Embraces

All our positive thoughts.

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56

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God gives

A Thunder-Kick

To our negative thoughts.

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57

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I am

A devoted partner

Of my soul-fragrance.

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58

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I am

An affectionate partner

Of my heart-beauty.

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59

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My Lord,

I am praying to You

To give me a clear path

And an easy way to go forward. ```

60

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O seeker,

Dive inward

Bravely.

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61

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O seeker,

Go forward

Self-givingly.

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62

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O seeker,

Go upward

Eagerly.

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63

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The unruly mind

Is apt to destroy

My heart-blossoms.

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64

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Be faithful

When you feel

That God is not near you.

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65

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Be soulful

When God

Is right in front of you.

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66

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Be prayerful

When you feel

That God is right inside you.

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67

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If anything is destined to succeed

In my life,

Then it is my God-faith.

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68

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Failure is quite normal

And natural.

Why do we then

Pay so much attention

To failure?

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69

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Every day God gives us

Ample opportunity and capacity

To unearth our divinity’s life.

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Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Xiamen, China in December 2004.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 34, Agni Press, 2005
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