My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52

11

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Pathfinders

Are infinitely more important

Than travellers.

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APR 4099. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 16 February 2006.↩

2

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When God is my choice,

Only choice,

God’s Voice cannot remain far,

Very far. ```

3

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Man the bondage

And

God the Freedom

Together live. ```

4

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I want to see

God’s Feet first,

Before I see God’s Face.

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5

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I want to see

God’s Eye first,

Before I see the world.

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6

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God-knowers

Are more God-lovers

Than God-seekers.

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7

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God’s Grace

Is always

Empty of condition.

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8

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The strength of goodness

Far surpasses

The strength of greatness.

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9

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I am extremely fond

Of the heart of everything

In God’s world.

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10

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Peace, universal peace,

Is definitely within the reach

Of all.

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112

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Life is eternal

Only when we cry to live

In God’s Breath.

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APR 4109. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 17 February 2006.↩

12

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Change

Is absolutely necessary

In the process of evolution.

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13

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Love of God

Is our only religion. ```

14

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To fulfil God

In His own Way

Is the code of our life.

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15

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Religion means

Conscious God-union. ```

16

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Religion means

To live in a higher height. ```

17

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Religion means

Universal Smile. ```

18

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Nothing else

But spirituality

Is the world-salvation.

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19

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With love

We make our progress. ```

20

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With service

We make ourselves

Perfect.

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213

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Knowledge and information

Are good friends.

```

APR 4119. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 18 February 2006.↩

22

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Wisdom and will

Are perfect friends. ```

23

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Knowledge means

World-unity. ```

24

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Wisdom means

World-oneness-embrace. ```

25

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Leadership

Is

Extremely easy.

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26

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Friendship

Is

Extremely difficult.

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27

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Life is not

A false dream. ```

28

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Life is the blooming

And blossoming

Reality.

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29

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We learn from God

Oneness-Delight. ```

30

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God learns from us

Separation-night. ```

314

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My Lord,

I really try to love You only.

Please do not be sad or mad

If I do not succeed.

```

APR 4129. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 19 February 2006.↩

32

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I do not know

Why I am confined

To the dark chamber

Of self-doubt. ```

33

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My Lord,

If You really love me,

Then do not overlook

Even a slight mistake! ```

34

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I am my constant loyalty

To my Supreme. ```

35

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When God approaches us

Powerfully,

We get frightened.

Therefore, He comes to us

Playfully.

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36

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When God does not

Smile at me,

My life becomes

Real death. ```

37

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God’s Smile

Always embodies Silence —

The mightiest Silence-Sound!

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38

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There is no ignorance-abyss

That cannot

Be crossed.

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39

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God inundates me

With His

Life-giving Love.

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40

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Each time you speak

Against your fellow seekers,

You go away —

Farther than the farthest —

From your Lord Supreme.

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20 February 2006 ...

20 February 2006 Langkawi, Malaysia

415

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I am ready to be disregarded

By all,

But not by my Lord Supreme.

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APR 4139. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 20 February 2006.↩

42

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A soulful seeker

Is he whose life-breath

Is offered to God.

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43

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Tomorrow’s promise

We never fulfil. ```

44

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God wants us

To preserve our love for Him

And our service for the world.

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45

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To become complete,

What we need

Is God-realisation.

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46

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Peace-blossoms

We find

Only in our heart-garden.

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47

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My heart is one

With the happiness

Of the moon.

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48

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My life is one

With the power

Of the sun.

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49

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My breath is one

With the Immortality

Of God’s Heart.

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50

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My hope

Is my beauty’s fragrance. ```

51

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My promise

Is my duty’s fulfilment. ```

526

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My heart is flying

With my Lord’s Breath

Towards Heaven.

```

APR 4150. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 21 February 2006.↩

53

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Everybody needs

Mind-purification

Every day.

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54

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Everybody needs

Heart-surrender

Every day.

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55

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Everybody needs

Life-dedication

Every day.

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56

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My happiness-life

Is on God’s

Priority list.

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57

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I love to journey

Into the Unknown

At every moment.

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58

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Some great souls

Disguise themselves

As street beggars.

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59

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The beauty of the heart

Is too deep

For the mind to appreciate.

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60

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Every heart

Is made of dreams. ```

61

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Every life

Is made of realities. ```

22 February 2006 ...

22 February 2006 Langkawi, Malaysia

627

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The power of silence

The mind tries to break

In vain.

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APR 4160. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 22 February 2006.↩

63

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Spirituality begins

With God-awareness. ```

64

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There is no real treasure

In the mind;

All the treasures

Are hidden in the heart. ```

65

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The hopes of the heart

Are full of fragrance. ```

66

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The aspiration-dedication-life

Is truly difficult,

But not impossible.

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67

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I cry and try,

I try and cry

To become

A choice instrument

Of God.

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68

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My soul-smiles

Widen my life. ```

69

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My heart-tears

Heighten my life. ```

70

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A gratitude-heart-experience

Is beyond compare. ```

71

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May the climbing flame

Of my heart

Please God

In His own Way. ```

728

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The desire-mind

Lives between

Gloom and doom.

```

APR 4170. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 23 February 2006.↩

73

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Not God the Justice

But God the Compassion

Prepares our future.

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74

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Nobody can go towards God

Until God Himself

Comes towards him.

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75

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Each prayer

Is a climbing ladder

To Heaven.

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76

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Each meditation

Is a bridge

Between Heaven and earth.

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77

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For the heart,

God’s Name

Is a daily

Remembrance-reality. ```

78

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With my tear-waves,

I go to God. ```

79

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With my smile-seas,

I return. ```

80

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When we think of God,

Hopelessness

Is not to be found anywhere.

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81

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O my mind,

What you need

Is just one gratitude-plant.

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829

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Nothing starts

With human beings.

Everything starts

With God’s Heart.

```

APR 4180. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 24 February 2006.↩

83

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Each moment

Is a miracle-experience

In the history of the world.

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84

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I need a heart-elevating

And not an eye-catching

God-drawing service.

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85

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Be a man

Of few words

But endless deeds.

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86

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To enter into God’s Boat,

We need only

A soulful smile.

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87

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We long for

Earthly length,

But we should long only for

Divine strength. ```

88

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God loves two things:

My listening ears

And

My embracing heart. ```

89

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My aspiration-heart

Carries me home

To Heaven.

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90

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My Lord,

When will my mind come to learn

That my heart will never be able

To live without You? ```

91

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My physical death

Is not the end of my life —

I am an eternal journey.

```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Langkawi, Malaysia in February 2006.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52, Agni Press, 2007
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/apr_52