Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 6

501.

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My world-service-capacity

Springs from

My God-devotion-depths.

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502.

```

God Himself

Gives His Heaven-Fruits

To my heart's soulfulness

And sweetness

To eat.

```

503.

```

My Lord, may my life have

Every day

The blossoming sweetness

Of a rose-heart. ```

504.

```

A self-giving life

Is indeed

A huge banyan tree

That shelters all God-seekers. ```

505.

```

My heart's Heaven-free aspiration

Is saving and illumining

My life.

```

506.

```

O my mind,

Why are you so stupid?

Why do you want to kill me

With your earth-bound limitation-life? ```

507.

```

O my unaspiring mind,

Because of you

At every place,

At every moment,

I am utterly helpless.

```

508.

```

God assures me

That my climbing devotion-aircraft

Will never stall

If I continue loving Him

In His own Way.

```

509.

```

I always study

In the self-giving-school,

And not

In the self-proclaiming-school. ```

510.

```

Do I call Him

My Father or my Friend?

I call Him both.

He is my Father

When I need something from Him.

He is my Friend

When I need to be with Him.

```

511.

```

Each aspiring soul

Is indeed

Heaven's God-revelation-fragrance.

```

512.

```

I get infinitely more joy

By looking at my Master's Feet

Than by looking at His Eye.

```

513.

```

O my aspiration-heart,

Dive deep within to discover

How beautiful you are,

How pure you are,

How sweet you are!

```

514.

```

The definition of spirituality is:

A constant Heaven-climbing heart

And God-surrendering life.

```

515.

```

I never thought that my Lord Supreme

Would make me a soul-singer

To love and please Him

In His own Way,

But lo, to my wide surprise,

He has done it! ```

516.

```

Who has ever

Conquered the world permanently

By using the mind?

Only by using the heart

Can we conquer not only the life

But also the heart

Of the entire world.

```

517.

```

May the patience-wings

Of my determination-bird

Never grow tired.

```

518.

```

There is not a single day

When I do not invite my Lord Supreme

To become part and parcel

Of my daily thoughts. ```

519.

```

The mind's happiness blossoms

Only to wither

In the twinkling of an eye.

```

520.

```

You create your own misfortune

By thinking that

You are always misunderstood.

```

521.

```

The Masters are calling

Through the ages,

But where are humanity's ears,

And where is humanity's heart

To respond?

```

522.

```

The mind loves independence.

The heart loves interdependence.

The soul loves dependence

On God alone. ```

523.

```

Morning itself

Is a clarion call

To all the world's spiritual seekers.

```

524.

```

Because the mind

Wants to maintain its supremacy,

It is impossible for the mind

To love God for God's sake. ```

525.

```

When our mind

Wanders aimlessly,

Our life

Helplessly follows. ```

526.

```

Alas, death scares

His unaspiring mind,

And Immortality scares

His unaspiring heart. ```

527.

```

God sits by His Heart-Window

And enjoys

The sincerity, beauty and purity

Of all pilgrim-seekers. ```

528.

```

A real God-expert

Is he who has mastered

The art of sleepless surrender.

```

529.

```

If you have a prayerful heart

And a soulful voice,

Then you can easily

Be a neighbour

Of God the Compassion.

```

530.

```

Nothing can carry me

To my Lord Supreme

As easily as my inner poise.

```

531.

```

I came into the world

To serve earth's crying heart

And Heaven's smiling Eye.

```

532.

```

God will be delighted

If you can enter His Kingdom

Even in your sleep.

```

533.

```

When I see God in my dreams,

He is so beautiful.

When I see God in my reality,

He is so powerful. ```

534.

```

God's Compassion

Is unbelievably fascinating

To both earth and Heaven.

```

535.

```

It seems that

God's Compassion-Eye

Will never be able to enjoy

Retirement. ```

536.

```

O my gratitude-heart,

In you God sees

My perfection;

In you God feels

His Satisfaction.

```

537.

```

The stupidity-mind races

Up to the steepest

Nothingness-edge.

```

538.

```

When my love of God

Is pure and sincere,

I fly into

God-Infinity's Peace. ```

539.

```

When I do not pray and meditate,

I feel myself alone,

Helpless, worthless and useless

Upon the shores of the world. ```

540.

```

God's Compassion-Victory

Over my stupidity-life

Is a frequently repeated episode

In God's Autobiography. ```

541.

```

The mind's constant reluctance

To receive God's Light

Is devastating to the heart.

```

542.

```

A heart of peace

Is always the best

Problem-solver.

```

543.

```

God's divine Pride knows no bounds

When He sees the endless horizon

Of an aspiration-heart.

```

544.

```

God-realisation is not

World-negation

But the world's total

Transformation. ```

545.

```

A heart of God-surrender

Can easily hear

The whisper of the remotest

World-illumination-galaxies. ```

546.

```

A desiring mind

Is destined to walk helplessly

Across life's barren deserts.

```

547.

```

Every seeker's motto

Must ultimately be:

God-realisation is for

God's sake. ```

548.

```

God has chosen you

To be His closest associate

Precisely because

Your surrender is complete

And unconditional.

```

549.

```

Peace was definitely present

At the world's birth,

But, alas, we do not know

Where it is helplessly

Roaming now.

```

550.

```

The Hand of Heaven

Is always ready to be involved

When you soulfully cry

For Heaven's help. ```

551.

```

O my aspiration-heart,

Be patient.

The time is fast approaching

When God will definitely decree

The final departure

Of your ignorance-night. ```

552.

```

I am more than eager

To confront

Humanity's unaspiring future.

```

553.

```

In my surrender-heart to God's Will,

I become

God's full Manifestation-Promise

On earth. ```

554.

```

A mind clothed in fantasy

Can never enjoy

God-ecstasy.

```

555.

```

In this lifetime

God wants me to be involved

Seriously

In my self-mastery

And God-discovery.

```

556.

```

There is only one way

To capture God

And God's Peace,

And that is the way

Of constant surrender.

```

557.

```

Anything good that comes

From the realm of imagination

Will eventually blossom

Into reality-realisation. ```

558.

```

The endless torture

Of ignorance-night

Can easily be changed

And need not be endured. ```

559.

```

A peaceful world

Is an immediate, utter and absolute

Necessity.

```

560.

```

My life's hope-horse

Gallops towards

My golden future.

```

561.

```

God is unmistakably present

In all our actions,

But He prefers to remain

Invisible. ```

562.

```

The gratitude of the heart

Can never be limited

By any mind-made boundaries.

```

563.

```

In vain

My doubting and suspecting mind

Tortures my heart.

In vain

It tries to imprison my heart,

In vain! ```

564.

```

As birds need no passport

To fly in the firmament,

Even so, my aspiration-heart

Needs no passport

To visit God's Heart-Kingdom.

```

565.

```

Each heart

Has to be brave

To cross the scorching desert

Of the mind. ```

566.

```

The mind is always noisy

With desires.

The heart is always busy

With aspiration. ```

567.

```

O my mind,

Do not frighten your body.

Enlighten your body!

For you desperately need

Your body's assistance

To achieve anything

Worthwhile.

```

568.

```

God's Forgiveness

And God's Compassion

Are my everyday essentials.

```

569.

```

To my extreme surprise,

Unconditionally

My heart is rooted and solid

In my love of God. ```

570.

```

If the choice is offered to me

Either to learn from

Or to teach the world,

I shall definitely take

The opportunity to learn.

```

571.

```

Unlike my mind,

My heart is always willing

To be a beginner

In every aspect of life. ```

572.

```

If you do not have

A mountain-heart-cry,

Then definitely

You are not going to reach

The Golden Shore.

```

573.

```

The mind that does not search

For God's Light

Eventually is left with only the debris

Of scattered thoughts. ```

574.

```

May my aspiration

Always follow

A one-way street.

```

575.

```

God-obedience always wins

God's brightest Crown.

God-surrender always wins

God's highest Throne. ```

576.

```

May I always find

My Lord Beloved Supreme

Either inside my life's surrender

Or inside my heart's gratitude. ```

577.

```

Hear the heartbeat of the earth!

It is unbelievably painful.

Hear the heartbeat of Heaven!

It is unimaginably delightful. ```

578.

```

Train and perfect your sight

By constantly looking outward.

Train and perfect your God-vision

By constantly looking inward. ```

579.

```

It is obligatory

For my mind's desire

To take a back seat

To my heart's aspiration. ```

580.

```

Alas, I am doomed!

My self-giving heart

Is now totally out of practice.

```

581.

```

My prayer

Is my life's anchor.

My meditation

Is my life's compass. ```

582.

```

Each day

I faithfully anchor my life-boat

To my Lord Supreme's Will.

```

583.

```

God-dreamers are many,

But God-lovers and God-servers

Are few and far between.

```

584.

```

O my heart,

The entire universe

Has invested in you

Its hopes and promises.

Do not disappoint

The universe! ```

585.

```

Each God-realised soul

Is indeed

A world-peace-freedom-beacon.

```

586.

```

My Lord Supreme does not want me

To keep any souvenirs

Of my past ignorance-life.

```

587.

```

The powerful eagerness

Of my heart

Is at last awakening

My mind. ```

588.

```

Each heart

Is a unique Dream

Of God's

Ever-blossoming Vision. ```

589.

```

O my mind,

Can you not see

That some individuals on earth

Are happy?

You can also be one of those.

Why not? ```

590.

```

Your unsearching mind

And your unaspiring heart

Will definitely take you

To the marketplace of sorrow. ```

591.

```

A sleeplessly self-offering heart

Is always the greatest masterpiece

Of all time.

```

592.

```

We all must learn

To cure world-problems

And not to obscure world-problems.

```

593.

```

O my pioneer-dreamer-heart,

My mind, my vital and my body

Love you, treasure you and need you

Sleeplessly. ```

594.

```

No fool can bluff his way

Into Heaven!

He who wants to go to Heaven

Must needs have an inspiration-heart

And a dedication-life.

```

595.

```

What I need is a God-loving,

God-serving surrender-smile

And not a God-winning smile.

```

596.

```

You have cultivated

A callous mind.

How can you value

Your precious heart? ```

597.

```

Each human life

Is nothing but

An unconscious display

Of weaknesses. ```

598.

```

Imagination spreads its wings

Everywhere

And announces the arrival

Of reality. ```

599.

```

Only our inner vision

Can see the Truth,

Feel the Truth

And become the Truth itself. ```

600.

```

In the morning,

God's Compassion-Eye beckons me.

In the evening,

God's Forgiveness-Heart beckons me. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 6, Agni Press, 1996
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