My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 58

11

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My Lord, please bless me

With two far-sighted eyes

And one deep-digging heart.

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APR 4568. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 10 January 2007.↩

2

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The mind’s unwillingness

Eventually creates

Catastrophes.

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3

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Weakness-transformation

Is a most difficult task,

But not impossible.

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4

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My patience

Has stabbed the heart

Of my doubting mind.

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5

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Criticism

Is

A dangerous disease.

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6

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Life is in between

Pure light

And impure mind.

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7

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The waters

Of my heart-river

Are all peace.

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8

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If you are not satisfied

With your life,

How can God

Ever be satisfied

With you?

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92

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God-invocation

Is

Life-exploration.

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APR 4576. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 11 January 2007.↩

10

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Medicine

May cure my body,

But God alone

Can feed my heart. ```

11

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Earth-arrival-journey

Is beautiful. ```

12

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Heaven-arrival-journey

Is peaceful. ```

13

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We cannot hide

Either from God

Or from time.

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14

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Heart-flowers

God dearly treasures. ```

15

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Mind-knowledge

Can be quite often

Uncertain.

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16

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Heart-wisdom

Is always

Absolutely certain.

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173

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Every morning

My soul, my heart and I

Arrive

At a higher destination.

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APR 4584. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 12 January 2007.↩

18

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Every day

My soul reaches

A sublime height

Of the Unknown. ```

19

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Every day

My heart reaches

A deeper depth

Of the Unknown. ```

20

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Every day

My Supreme commands me

To meditate

On the Unknowable. ```

21

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In the outer life

Ignorance acts like

A thunderbolt.

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22

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In the inner life

Ignorance acts like

A dangerous poison.

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23

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Desire powerfully locks

Our heart-door. ```

24

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Aspiration not only unlocks

Our heart-door,

But also prayerfully and soulfully

Invites God. ```

25

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Earth’s beauty

My heart devours. ```

26

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Heaven’s Delight

My soul becomes. ```

274

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When we seek

Soulfully and self-givingly,

A new frontier welcomes us,

Garlands us and embraces us.

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APR 4594. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 13 January 2007.↩

28

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Those who do not pray

And meditate

Will undoubtedly have a future

With no destination. ```

29

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Self-doubt

Is a very powerful member

Of the mind-society.

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30

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Non-believers

And disbelievers

Are very rich in obscurity.

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31

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Self-indulgence

Is a fatal flaw. ```

32

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My heart-room

Is the place from where

I begin everything.

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33

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I need the gods

Of the present

And not the gods

Of the long-buried past

To guide and lead

My present life. ```

34

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Every day

Without fail

I go to God’s

Forgiveness-Feet. ```

355

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Every time my aspiration

Dies down,

God most compassionately

Revives it.

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APR 4602. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 13 January 2007.↩

36

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Not every day

But every minute

My Lord examines

My surrender-breath. ```

37

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The miracle of miracles

Is my constant

God-gratitude-heart.

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38

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Every day

My aspiration climbs up

A more difficult mountain-height.

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39

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A cheerful obedience

Is all my life needs. ```

40

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A delightful surrender

Is all my heart needs. ```

41

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Ambition prays to God

To be

A monarch.

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42

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Aspiration prays to God

To be

A slave of God’s Feet.

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436

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When my mind sighs,

God does not give my life

His Wings to fly.

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APR 4610. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 15 January 2007.↩

44

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Today

My Supreme Lord’s Compassion-Eye

Is calling me.

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45

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Tomorrow

My Supreme Lord’s Forgiveness-Feet

Will call me.

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46

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The day after tomorrow

My Supreme Lord’s Oneness-Heart

Will call me.

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47

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Our prayers save us

From making

Small mistakes.

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48

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Our meditations save us

From committing

Himalayan blunders.

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49

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O seeker,

How do you expect

Heart-flowers

From your mind-jungle? ```

50

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War

Takes birth

In the mind-factory.

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51

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Peace

Takes birth

In the heart-sea.

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527

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I am chosen,

Divinely chosen,

Supremely chosen,

To be a sleeplessly God-hungry soul

To manifest the Light

Of the Absolute Supreme

Throughout the length and breadth

Of the world.

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APR 4619. These prayers were given in Varna, Bulgaria — 16 January 2007.↩

53

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The heart has to cry

Helplessly and ceaselessly.

Only then will God not remain

A far cry. ```

54

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I lived

In the desire-market

For many, many years.

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55

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I am now living

In the vastness

Of aspiration-sky.

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56

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The mind

Wants to possess

Everything that it sees.

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57

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The heart

Wants to embrace

Everything that it feels.

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58

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Mistakes

Are to be discarded,

And not to be dragged along.

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59

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My Lord Supreme,

Will there ever come a time

In my life

When I shall be able to say

That I am no longer ‘mine’?

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60

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When I walk along my life-road,

I suffer and suffer,

But when I walk along my heart-road,

I prosper and prosper. ```

61

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My aspiration-journey

And my dedication-journey

Will never come to a halt.

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62

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My newborn life

Sings only

God-gratitude-songs.

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63

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The Beyond

Is the only necessity

Of our earth-bound life.

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64

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Have no complaints.

Your life will be empty

Of regrets.

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65

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We live in a world

Where ignorance every day

Torments us.

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66

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Mind-closed people

Eventually turn into tyrants. ```

67

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I decorate

My Lord’s Feet

With my heart’s

Streaming tears. ```

68

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My Lord

Decorates my heart

With His blossoming Smiles.

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69

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The seeds

Of genuine aspiration

Never fail us.

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708

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Philosophy

Is for the mind-dwellers.

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APR 4602. These prayers were given in Bangkok, Thailand — 20 January 2007.↩

71

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Spirituality

Is for the heart-divers. ```

72

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Austerity

Is for the cave-lovers. ```

73

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My Lord’s Beauty

Illumines my heart. ```

74

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My Lord’s Power

Dazzles my eyes. ```

75

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My Lord’s Love

Embraces each and every breath

Of my life.

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76

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The reasoning mind

Is a revolving door

With no escape.

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77

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The aspiring heart

Circles God’s Feet

While enjoying

Divinity’s Freedom. ```

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Varna, Bulgaria and Bangkok, Thailand in January 2007.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 58, Agni Press, 2008
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