My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 38

11

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I see my Lord dancing

Inside

His own Infinity’s Smile.

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APR 3064. These prayers were given in Xian, China — 16 January 2005.↩

2

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Light and Power together

Are most significant

Representatives of God

Here on earth. ```

3

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Only the heart-eye

Does not have

The fear of death.

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4

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Life asks death

Many questions,

But death never answers.

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5

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When I stopped looking

At the face of expectation,

A mighty transformation

Took place in my life. ```

6

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Knowledge-facts

Have to bow their heads

In humility

To wisdom-light. ```

7

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Wisdom-light

Has to bow its head

In humility

To a fleeting Smile of God. ```

8

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We can never imagine how strong

Are the walls

Of our mind’s inconscience.

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9

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My Lord’s invisible Eye

Is behind

His visible Smiles.

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10

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My Inner Pilot

Makes all the decisions

Of my outer life.

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11

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The mind-doubt-arrows

Cannot penetrate

The silence of the heart.

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12

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Only the aspiration-fire

Can burn down

The mind’s ignorance-walls.

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132

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I must love

The unloved ones —

I must.

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APR 3076. These prayers were given in Xian, China — 17 January 2005.↩

14

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Curiosity

Is

A progress-extinguisher.

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15

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A self-giving heart

Is

Beauty unparalleled.

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16

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Faith has the capacity

To pass through

The darkest tunnels.

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17

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Pure humility

Is absolutely necessary

To make progress

In the spiritual life. ```

18

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A desire-life,

Indeed,

Is an abysmal abyss-life.

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19

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Intellectual excellence

I want not. ```

20

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Spiritual excellence

I want,

I need,

At every moment. ```

21

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When our surrender is complete,

We are assured by God Himself

Of our certain victory.

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22

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No enemy

Can forever remain

Infallible.

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23

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My Lord tells me

That my life’s perfection-hours

Are fast approaching me.

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24

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There are no real surprises

In the self-giving life. ```

25

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Pure thoughts

Have enormous capacity

To turn our vices

Into virtues. ```

26

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We want to manifest

The Divine within us.

Alas, we are manifesting

The animal within us

Instead.

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27

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The present-day life

Is made of

Superficialities.

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28

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God breaks the sad news:

I must work very hard

To make my inner progress.

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29

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A good thought

Can easily champion

A good cause for us.

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30

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My heart-room

Is full of

God-dreams.

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31

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We must discard

All our regrets —

Past and present.

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32

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Alas,

I do not know

When the face of doubt

Will fade away. ```

333

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The desire-river

Has no destination.

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APR 3096. These prayers were given in Xian, China — 19 January 2005.↩

34

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Each good thought

Carries

My aspiration-seeds.

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35

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Our mind-forest

Is empty of

God-Smile.

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36

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Desire-life we had.

What we need now

Is the speed of aspiration-life.

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37

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God and I treasure

Our whisper-messages. ```

38

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Cheerfulness

Is the very beginning

Of a fulness-life.

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39

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A very long distance

Separates our dream-heart

From our reality-life.

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40

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God-obedience

Reminds us

Of our roots.

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41

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God-obedience

Gives us wings

To fly in the sky

Of God’s Love. ```

42

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I cannot recollect

When I started walking

Along God’s Road,

And I have no idea

When it will ever end.

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434

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I always live

In between

My prayerful tears

And my soulful smiles.

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APR 3106. These prayers were given in Xian, China — 21 January 2005.↩

44

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Our God-realisation

Cannot remain a far cry

If our prayers and meditations

Breathe in

Simplicity, sincerity,

Intensity and immensity. ```

45

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Do not delay,

Even for a fleeting moment,

When God asks you

To do something.

If you delay,

That means you have reached

The height of your stupidity

And the length of your audacity. ```

46

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Everything else

Can be divided,

But not our devotion.

Our devotion

Has to be undivided.

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47

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My heart feels miserable

The day it fails to keep

Its closest connection

With my soul. ```

485

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My Lord,

I do not know

Why You are allowing me

To enjoy

A sleeping life.

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APR 3111. These prayers were given in Huangshan, China — 25 January 2005.↩

49

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Aspiration has to be

Totally empty

Of unwillingness.

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50

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Sympathy has to be

The living philosophy

Of each seeker’s life.

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51

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As God’s Compassion

Is infinite,

Even so, I must have

Receptivity boundless. ```

52

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Anything that God gives us

In the inner life

Is always free of charge.

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53

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God takes only

One religion seriously,

And that religion

Is our love of God. ```

54

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My heart-devotion

Imports all the divine qualities

From Heaven.

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55

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We have not come into the world

To renounce anything.

We have come into the world

To announce only one thing:

God’s constant Victory.

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56

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Real aspiration

Is an ever-climbing flame

From the heart.

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57

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Selfless service

And intense prayer —

There is no difference.

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58

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Each moment

Is a God-sent opportunity

For us to become

God’s supremely choice instruments. ```

59

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God does not come alone.

When He comes to visit us,

His brighter than the brightest Smile

Accompanies Him. ```

60

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Without a God-obedience-mind,

We cannot go very far. ```

61

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God-realisation

Is neither an empty book

Nor a sealed book.

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62

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My heart-cries

Are very strong

Godward pulls.

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63

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My soul-smiles

Are very powerful

Ignorance-pushes.

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64

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My heart-road

Is paved with God-devotion

From the beginning to the end.

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65

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Only genuine seekers

Are blessed with God’s

Heart-telephone line.

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66

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Silence and peace

Every day visit

Each other.

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67

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To be always on God’s side

Is not an act of blindness,

But of an ever-blossoming

Wisdom-heart. ```

686

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I just love the way

My heart loves God,

Thinks of God

And prays to God.

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APR 3131. These prayers were given in Huangshan, China — 27 January 2005.↩

69

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We are all eternal seekers,

But unfortunately

We are not aware of it.

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70

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Each inner seeking

Needs

A new inner way.

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71

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I long for experiences

In my Heavenward journey. ```

72

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The ancient pilgrims

Had a most sublime goal. ```

73

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The modern travellers

Do not care for any goal. ```

74

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God wants every seeker

To be his own

Pathfinder.

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75

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Humanity can move forward

Fast, very fast,

If it can listen to the dictates

Of the Divinity within. ```

76

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I am a reader

Of only inner books:

Love, devotion, surrender.

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77

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We can make our heart rich,

Very rich,

By becoming a flood

Of God-tears. ```

Editor's note

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

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 38, Agni Press, 2005
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