Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 7

601.

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My soul is advising me

To astound my Lord Supreme

With my heart's aspiration-leaps.

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602.

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What I need

Is not a doubt-destroying light,

But a doubt-illumining

And faith-fulfilling light. ```

603.

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How can a reasoning mind

Ever be happy?

How can an aspiring heart

Ever be unhappy? ```

604.

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If you do not wake up

At God's choice Hour,

Then you will be

The inevitable loser. ```

605.

```

Although we are mortal,

God has given us

Ample capacity and opportunity

To sing immortal songs

To please Him.

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606.

```

The life's simplicity,

The mind's sincerity

And the heart's purity

Are fellow pilgrims upon the path

That leads to God's Kingdom.

```

607.

```

God descends

With His Compassion-Feet

To rescue each aspiring human soul

From the chains of ignorance-night. ```

608.

```

My heart sings

With the rising sun.

My heart dances

With the rising sun.

My heart pleases God

With the rising sun.

My heart fulfils God

With the rising sun. ```

609.

```

This world of ours

Can truly progress

Only on a tidal wave

Of self-giving lives. ```

610.

```

Aspiration always has

A cheerful, full-time job:

To bring us to the goal

At a very fast speed. ```

611.

```

The delight of the soul

Takes birth on earth

To manifest God's Light

And to challenge death's supremacy. ```

612.

```

Alas, I sometimes forget

That my heart has wings

To fly to God.

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613.

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My heart always writes

God-letters

On its beautiful and soulful

Surrender-gratitude-stationery. ```

614.

```

The pride of disobedience

Is indeed the worst possible

Inner calamity.

```

615.

```

My life is blessed because

My God-manifestation-dream

Has now become

An unmistakable reality. ```

616.

```

The power

Of each God-fulfilling breath

Will always remain

Unfathomable. ```

617.

```

Every day

God enters into my heart-garden

To collect

My gratitude-heart-flowers. ```

618.

```

You are indispensable to God

Only if you feel

That you are dependent upon God

At every moment. ```

619.

```

An unaspiring mind

Is nothing other than

A complete failure

In God's Cosmic Game. ```

620.

```

A self-giving heart

Is indeed a blessingful gift

From the highest Heaven.

```

621.

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May the fragrance-heart of Mother-Earth

Every day purify

My heart, my mind, my vital and my body.

```

622.

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The wisdom of a oneness-heart

Is undoubtedly

Sweeter than the sweetest honey.

```

623.

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To please God

Cheerfully

And to love God

Unconditionally

Is to satisfy and fulfil God

Completely. ```

624.

```

Is there any mighty soul

Whose life has not suffered

From sad experiences?

```

625.

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There is no need of rest

For a truly God-serving life.

There is no need of rest

For a truly God-fulfilling heart. ```

626.

```

God's Compassion is ever ready

To help me meet Him

Inside His Heart-Home.

```

627.

```

When I please God

In His own Way,

He blessingfully invites me

To play in His Heart-Garden. ```

628.

```

What can silence your mind?

Your heart can.

Just give your heart a real chance.

```

629.

```

To reach the Highest

You must unconditionally

Help the lowest.

```

630.

```

Selfishness belongs

To the stone age.

Self-givingness belongs

To the divine age. ```

631.

```

Perfect teaching

Is nothing other than

Sharing with others

The knowledge

That we claim as our own.

```

632.

```

The more

I soulfully meditate,

The more

I unreservedly love God. ```

633.

```

When my aspiration seriously decreases,

My days and nights are nothing

But constant and hopeless torture.

```

634.

```

When I do not inspire the world,

When I do not aspire for the world,

My life becomes a series of ego-disasters.

```

635.

```

May all my days and nights

Become world-salvation

And world-liberation-longing.

```

636.

```

The journey from the body to the soul

Is indeed a very long one,

But we can shorten the journey

By loving God the creation

Infinitely more

Than we have been doing. ```

637.

```

When God whispers,

Man's mind gives no response.

But man's heart gives an immediate response.

Therefore, man's heart is always cherished

By God.

```

638.

```

Do not remain

In your mind's unhappiness.

Your mind's unhappiness

Will ruthlessly torture your life. ```

639.

```

God does not want me

To fly His Victory-Banner in Heaven.

He wants me

To fly His Victory-Banner on earth,

Here and now.

```

640.

```

More than anything else,

God wants me to be

His proudest Smile.

```

641.

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True, there is an abundance

Of false teachers,

But who asked you not to use

Your heart's wisdom-light

To find a true teacher

Who can illumine your life? ```

642.

```

There are many pathways to God,

But I have chosen

The unconditional love-pathway to God.

```

643.

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There was a time

When I worshipped God

In the hope that

He would make me happy.

But now I love God

Only to make God happy. ```

644.

```

When we live in the mind,

Our mind can at most give us

Transient happiness.

When we live in the heart

And for the heart,

Our heart gives us

Ever-blossoming happiness.

```

645.

```

A God-inundated heart

Each human being needs

To make himself really,

Divinely and supremely happy. ```

646.

```

O my Lord,

I am praying to You

To grant me the adamantine will-power

To completely loosen

My mind's possession-grip.

```

647.

```

God can easily remain forever untouched

By man's ignorance-eye,

But His Compassion-Heart allows

Man's ignorance-eye to touch Him

Whenever it wants to.

```

648.

```

The wiser man becomes,

The easier it is for God

To give to man,

And the more man can receive

From God.

```

649.

```

Who can satisfy

A selfish person?

No, not even God Himself.

```

650.

```

I do not need

A thought-provoking mind.

I need

A God-invoking heart. ```

651.

```

If we really want to make God happy,

Then we have to make a daring attempt

To scale God's Perfection-Peak.

```

652.

```

My Lord,

I pray to You

To make me my Master's

Constant joy-fountain-smile. ```

653.

```

There is a grand staircase

Between Heaven and earth.

You are allowed to use that staircase

Only when your life becomes

An unconditional surrender

To God's Will. ```

654.

```

My Lord Supreme

Definitely loves

Even my bullock cart-speed-progress.

```

655.

```

Indeed a major surprise:

Even my mind is now

Entirely dependent on God.

```

656.

```

My jungle-mind

Has surprisingly entered

Into my heart-garden-home

To sincerely become

A member of its family.

```

657.

```

The more

Man speaks unkindly

About God's creation,

The less

God listens.

```

658.

```

A sleeplessly God-loving heart

Is fully responsible

For my mind's radical and magical

Miracle-transformation. ```

659.

```

O my heart,

At every moment

Keep yourself away from the vital's

All-poisoning God-resentment. ```

660.

```

Each morning when I awaken,

I ascend

To a new God-fulfilling beginning.

Each morning I am pleased

To fulfil God

Only in God's own Way. ```

661.

```

My heart's confidence-strength

Blossoms

Only in my life's

Surrender-length-increase. ```

662.

```

Each forgiveness-prayer

Is the beginning

Of a perfection-dreaming life.

```

663.

```

Sincerity belongs to divinity.

Divinity belongs to God's

All-illumining Compassion-Eye.

```

664.

```

God breathed a sigh of relief

When I told Him

That I was finally ready to please Him

Always in His own Way. ```

665.

```

The mind and the mind's path

Will definitely end

In utter confusion-country.

```

666.

```

God is both anxious and eager

To attend humanity's

God-fulfilling willingness-festival.

```

667.

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Twin brothers: life and death.

Life tells me:

"You can; you certainly can.

Therefore, do not give up."

Death tells me:

"You cannot; you certainly cannot.

Therefore, take rest."

```

668.

```

The delight of the heart

Has the power to bring

The distant near

Sooner than the soonest. ```

669.

```

Today my ignorance-mind-cloud

Has covered my entire being,

But tomorrow my entire being

Will bask in the sunshine

Of my soul's freedom.

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670.

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For an ordinary life,

Ups and downs are a requirement.

For an aspiring life,

The story can be totally different. ```

671. The Fragrance...

```

The fragrance

Of a gratitude-heart

Forever remains unsurpassable.

```

672.

```

When I meditate,

I see a peace-bird

Folding its wings

Over my heart-nest. ```

673.

```

In vain my noisy mind

Tries to claim a monopoly

On my Lord's Attention.

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674.

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Today the human life

Is a chorus of helpless tears.

Tomorrow the same human life

Can be a chorus of endless smiles. ```

675.

```

Since nothing human is everlasting,

O stupid mind,

How do you dare to think

That your pride can be everlasting? ```

676.

```

God wants my gratitude-heart

To plant His Victory-Banner

In my own oneness-life,

And nowhere else. ```

677.

```

A completely God-surrendered life

Can never be hidden

By time and space.

```

678.

```

A devotion-magnet-heart

Is a never-ending delight

To both the seeker

And the Lord Supreme. ```

679.

```

God's Peace

Is in search of a helper.

A God-server

Can come to its rescue. ```

680.

```

The garden of the heart

Is always frequented by God.

The jungle of the mind

Is never visited by God. ```

681.

```

God is never fond of

The mind's oldness.

God is always fond of

The heart's newness

And fulness.

```

682.

```

Cultivate a devotion-flooded heart.

Your life will be able to reap

A bumper crop of satisfaction.

```

683.

```

No, nobody can prevent me

From keeping

My God-manifestation-promise.

```

684.

```

An aspiring heart has the capacity

To enhance the quality

Of each blossoming moment.

```

685.

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O my heart,

Dive deep within

And be the discoverer

Of your God-fulfilment-dawn. ```

686.

```

When I do not aspire,

My life helplessly becomes

An endless night of despair.

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687.

```

O my heart,

Touch and feed the world

With your golden smile.

Lo, the world is advancing

Fast, very fast,

Towards the destined Goal. ```

688.

```

Wisdom-light

And nothing else

Is the seed

Of every virtue. ```

689.

```

My vital hopes

To feel excitement.

My heart hopes

Not merely to be enlightened,

But to become enlightenment itself.

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690.

```

May my mind constantly dance

With divine eagerness-impatience

To see the Feet

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

691.

```

I thought God was

A strict disciplinarian,

But now I see that God is

A constant and compassionate entertainer. ```

692.

```

God wants you to give Him

Your silence-heart,

Which is His Heart's

Proudest Palace. ```

693.

```

Each child

Is a new wonder.

Each child

Is a new discoverer.

Each child

Is an ever-new dawn-harbinger. ```

694.

```

To my extreme joy,

My Lord has given me the capacity

To say a final good-bye

To two of my old friends:

Insecurity and selfishness.

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695.

```

Alas,

At times the stupidity-mind

Is shamelessly proud

Of its own incapacities. ```

696.

```

The mind-world hungers

For God's Power-Sun.

The heart-world hungers

For God's Love-Moon. ```

697.

```

My heart's hope

And my life's promise

Can never be at variance

With each other. ```

698.

```

I run after

A brilliant mind.

God runs after

My pure heart. ```

699.

```

If you have

A single-minded devotion,

Then there is nothing

That you cannot achieve in life. ```

700.

```

When I pray to God

Self-givingly,

He blesses me by granting me

The loving depth of His Compassion-Eye. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 7, Agni Press, 1996
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