My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 36

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May my life be a heart

Of humility-flower.

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APR 2921. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 24 December 2004.↩

2

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My Lord,

How can we ever deserve

Your Love,

How can we? ```

3

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My Lord,

You do not need me

For anything,

But to give me importance

In Your Mission,

You make me feel

That I am indispensable.

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4

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Not through mere words,

But by constant selfless actions

I must please my Lord.

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5

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My Lord wants me to communicate

With my brothers and sisters

Of the world

With tremendous affection,

Love and concern.

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6

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Every day

A new lotus petal

Is blossoming

In my heart of aspiration. ```

7

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Every day

I must give a most beautiful smile

To my Beloved Supreme,

And also receive from Him

His most beautiful Smile.

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8

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Every day

Can be a golden opportunity

To transform my mind

And purify my life. ```

9

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I try and try and try

To follow the stars

Of my heart-sky.

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10

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Self-offering

Without expectation

Is a happier than the happiest

Experience. ```

11

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My Lord is telling me

That happier and brighter days

Are ahead of me.

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12

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As long as I can offer

Any kind of service

To my Lord Supreme,

I shall be extremely happy. ```

13

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My Lord teaches me

How to take giant strides

Towards His

Peace-Bliss-flooded Abode. ```

14

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We must not allow

Earthly trivia

To delay our inner progress.

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15

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My Lord,

I want only Your Happiness,

Only in Your own Way.

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16

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Today

My Lord has given me

Two new eyes

To see His Divinity. ```

17

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Today

My Lord has given me

One new heart

To feel His Divinity. ```

18

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Today

My Lord has given me

One new life

To worship His Divinity. ```

19

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Today

My Lord has given me

One new hope

To climb up and reach

His Heart-Home

And bring down His Divinity’s Light

To spread all over the world.

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20

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Intensity

My prayer-eyes need. ```

21

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Immensity

My meditation-heart needs. ```

22

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Integrity

My service-life needs. ```

23

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The human in us cries

For the divine in us

To smile.

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24

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The divine in us cries

For the human in us

To follow the divine.

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25

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Nothing is more satisfying

Than our sleepless

Self-giving.

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26

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Our God-surrender

Breaks down our mind’s

Ignorance-walls.

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27

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God trains

The human in us

And welcomes

The divine in us. ```

28

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O my God-questioning mind,

Do not dare to darken

My heart-door any more.

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29

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My God-faith-heart-flower

Has fully blossomed today. ```

30

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My God-Destination

Is powerfully beckoning

My heart’s aspiration-cries.

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31

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Earth-expectation

Extinguished,

Heaven-realisation

Blossomed. ```

32

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My Lord teaches me

How to ride

The life-dedication-wave.

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33

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My aspiration-bird

Is learning from my soul

How to soar high, higher, highest

And fly fast, faster, fastest. ```

34

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Devotion

Is sweetness

Immeasurable.

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35

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Sweetness

Is never to be found

In the life of darkness.

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36

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God lives inside

My entire being,

But He prefers to live

Inside my heart-home. ```

372

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Every seeker’s heart

Must be

A God-gratitude-fountain.

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APR 2957. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 25 December 2004.↩

38

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For sleepy eyes

There is no real God. ```

39

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God loves to give a feast

For the aspiring souls

Every day.

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40

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The mind says

That God

Is an unsolicited Adviser.

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41

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The mind never prays

To God

For His Advice.

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42

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A long inner journey

Inspires my soul. ```

43

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A long inner journey

Encourages my heart. ```

44

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A long inner journey

Discourages my mind. ```

45

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A long inner journey

Disheartens my vital. ```

46

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A long inner journey

Frightens my body. ```

47

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I promised my Lord

To meet Him here

In the heart of Mother Earth.

Alas, I have not kept

My promise.

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48

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My Lord promised

To give me a Smile

Every day on earth.

Alas, my Lord has not kept

His Promise.

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49

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My God-communion

My mind does not even want

To understand.

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50

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My God-communion

My heart eagerly

And sleeplessly treasures.

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51

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God does not judge

Any seeker’s competence. ```

52

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God judges

The seeker’s readiness,

Willingness and eagerness.

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53

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An aspiration-heart

Deliberately disregards

Its sleep.

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54

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A seeker

Takes God’s every Wish

As his solemn command.

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55

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If you need God

Only for yourself,

Then you can make friends

With Eternity. ```

56

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The higher we go,

The quicker we grow

Young in our hearts again.

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Editor's note

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

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 36, Agni Press, 2005
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