My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 37

11

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The desire-experiences

Of my life

Come and go.

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APR 2977. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 29 December 2004.↩

2

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The aspiration-experiences

Of my life

Always remain.

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3

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My heart is well acquainted

With my Lord’s

Satisfaction-Heart.

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4

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I adore

My Lord’s

Beautiful Eye.

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5

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I worship

My Lord’s

Merciful Feet.

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6

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If you want to explain

God’s Will,

You are bound to fail.

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7

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God’s Heart and my heart

Always live

A very, very, very simple life.

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8

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My God-surrender-life

Is not

My mental hallucination —

It is Reality itself. ```

9

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Alas,

There are so many things

In life

That remain

Insoluble mysteries.

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10

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My purity-heart

Is exactly the same as it was

Half a century ago.

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11

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Sweet

Is my Lord’s Eye. ```

12

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Sweeter

Is my Lord’s Heart. ```

13

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Sweetest

Are my Lord’s Feet. ```

14

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To say that I will try

Is nothing short of a joke. ```

15

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To say that I must

Is, indeed, the brave utterance

Of a real seeker.

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16

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It seems that

To have an enduring bliss

On earth

Is almost an impossible task. ```

17

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Peace

Is founded upon

Forgiveness.

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18

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When my heart

Starts blooming,

My Absolute Lord Supreme

Starts dancing. ```

19

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When we harmonise anything,

We divinise it

At the same time.

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20

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What have I been doing?

I have been taking shelter

At my Lord’s Nectar-Feet.

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21

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Pleasure-comfort

Is fleeting. ```

22

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Sacrifice-joy

Is everlasting. ```

23

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Nothing to hide,

Save and except

Our sleep-body.

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24

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Nothing to hide,

Save and except

Our aggression-vital.

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25

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Nothing to hide,

Save and except

Our suspicion-mind.

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26

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Nothing to hide,

Save and except

Our insecurity-heart.

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27

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Nothing to hide,

Save and except

Our pride-life.

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28

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The mind is extremely afraid

Of raising itself

Upward.

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29

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Lengthen and strengthen

Your heart-wings

If you want to fly

All over the world. ```

30

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Satisfaction lies

Only between my heart’s cries

And my Lord’s Smiles.

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312

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The fragrance of my heart

Is

My morning God-satisfaction.

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APR 3007. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 1 January 2005.↩

32

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No more do I have

The mind-knowledge-thirst.

I am all my heart-hunger

For the golden dust

Of my Lord’s Feet.

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33

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We can open up earth’s heart

And Heaven’s Heart

All at once

If we can breathe in God’s Victory

At every moment.

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34

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Fear hides,

Only to arrest and capture us

At its choice time.

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35

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May my heart long

For one brief glimpse

Of my Lord Supreme.

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36

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Never forget

Your patience-exercise.

All other exercises

You can forget,

But not your patience-exercise.

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37

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Justice-Light

Is God’s

Absolutely last Choice.

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38

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God tells me

That He is eager

To be the slave

Of my surrender-joy. ```

39

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To be a genuine

God-seeker,

No price is too great.

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40

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A path-finder

Is, indeed,

A God-binder.

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413

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God’s blissful Eye

God unreservedly shares

With the world.

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APR 3017. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 3 January 2005.↩

42

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Only sincere heart-seekers

Can see

God’s golden Throne.

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43

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A limitation-mind

Is

A frustration-life.

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44

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My inner life

Is

An indomitable power.

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45

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I never cared

And I will never care

For countless sounds.

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46

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I care only

For boundless silence. ```

47

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Only silence-joy

Can show us the way

To God-realisation.

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48

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When I pray to God

To come down,

He tells me,

“Come up, come up,

My child!

This place

Is infinitely safer.”

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49

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Every day

God wants me

To spring a new surprise

On Him. ```

50

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The ingratitude

Of the mind

Is ruthlessly shocking.

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514

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Sleeplessly I keep

My heart-room open

For my Lord Supreme.

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APR 3027. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 6 January 2005.↩

52

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I search

For God-closeness

Everywhere.

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53

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I search

For God-oneness

Deep within.

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54

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Heaven showers Blessings

Upon me

Every morning.

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55

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Every morning

I treasure my Lord’s Feet

More than I treasure

My Lord’s Eye. ```

56

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When I am all aspiration,

My Lord is all action

In and through me.

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57

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The mind wants me

To be a member

Of its world-division-club.

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58

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The heart wants me

To be a member

Of its world-oneness-assembly.

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59

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O sorrow,

Do not shadow

My heart!

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60

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O joy,

Do make me

Your cherished toy!

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615

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Each human being

Is either God’s

Recognised representative

Or God’s

Unrecognised representative.

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APR 3037. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 8 January 2005.↩

62

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God tells me

That I must give myself away —

Not to everybody,

But to the chosen few. ```

63

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The moment Divinity

Touches the earth,

Humanity either remains

Fast asleep

Or wakes up slowly,

Very slowly. ```

64

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Be careful

Of the doubting mind!

It can spread like wildfire

Everywhere. ```

65

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When I do not pray to God

For devotion,

I feel myself to be

A poor street-beggar. ```

66

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I must climb up

The aspiration-mountain-summit

During my lifetime.

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67

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Anything that is simple

Embodies the natural Beauty

Of God.

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68

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The supremacy of the mind

Will without fail

One day collapse.

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69

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May my inner courage

Never desert me. ```

70

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I do not want my faith

To be fruitful.

I want my faith

To be Godful. ```

716

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We cannot really

Surprise God,

But He pretends

To be surprised

Even at our minor success.

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APR 3047. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 9 January 2005.↩

72

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I long only to have

God’s Compassion-Eye

And God’s Forgiveness-Heart

In my heart-home. ```

73

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The mind shocks God

By not accepting immediately

God’s Light.

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74

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I have closed the long distance

Between me and my Lord

With my sleepless and breathless

Surrender. ```

75

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I must always keep

My aspiration-heart-standard

As high as possible.

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76

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There is no other way

To develop my closeness to God

Than with my prayerful

And tearful eyes. ```

77

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When I touch

God’s Forgiveness-Feet,

God immediately opens up

His Compassion-Eye. ```

78

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The modern life

Is blindly racing

Towards a goalless goal.

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79

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When I pray to God

For His Victory,

He immediately blesses me

With two inspiration-wings

And one aspiration-heart.

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80

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When the heart, the mind and the vital

Become real friends,

The soul dances ecstasy’s dance.

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817

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Self-effacement

Is the first step

In our self-exploration.

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APR 3057. These prayers were given in Xian, China — 14 January 2005.↩

82

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Alas,

My heart and my mind

Have extreme

Opinion-differences. ```

83

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I see the authenticity

Of light

Even in the darkest night.

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84

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Not “Go alone”

But “Go together with all”

Should be our last

And lasting experience. ```

85

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I love my heart’s service

And not

My life’s servitude.

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86

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Infinity, Eternity and Immortality

Live together most amicably.

They are divinely and supremely

Bound to one another. ```

87

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Difficulties arise,

But we must make them feel

That we are destined

To reach a destination

Where they will not be able

To accompany us. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Qingdao and Xian, China in December 2004 and January 2005.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 37, Agni Press, 2005
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