Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 105

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10401

What have I to call my own
If not the Compassion-Eye
Of my Eternity’s Beloved Supreme?

10402

Remain inside your heart.
Gratitude-life
Will soon be your speciality.

10403

Because your mind-boat has no sail
You are unhappy.
Because your heart-sea has no peace
You are miserable.

10404

Indeed,
The heart’s way is the better way.
But the soul’s way
Is not only better
But also easier.

10405

God gives trophies
To the believers.
The devil gives crowns
To the quitters.

10406

Be not afraid
Of your mind’s darkness-life.
A single aspiration-flame
Of your heart
Can illumine your darkness-mind.

10407

My Lord Supreme,
Yours alone
Is the future life
Of my earthly existence-cry.

10408

The heart of faith
Predicts.
The mind of doubt
Contradicts.
The Light of God
Illumines the mind
And fulfils the heart.

10409

Alas,
Man the stupid thinker
Ignores
God the wise Lover.

10410

Meditate on perfection.
The mind of peace
Will awaken
In your heart’s perfection-dream.

10411

If you do not climb
Your own aspiration-Everest,
How can you shine
Even for a fleeting second
In God’s supreme Satisfaction-Firmament?

10412

If you are asleep
In your mind’s weakness-room,
Nobody will come —
No, not even God —
To wake you.

10413

Your service-life will tell you
What God is doing for you.
Your prayer-life will tell you
Where God is waiting for you.

10414

Since your mind is getting older,
Can you not ask your heart
To become bolder
And stop your mind’s ruthless
Aspiration-exploitation?

10415

The impurity-noise of the mind
And the purity-silence of the heart
Will perhaps remain
Two giant rivals
To the end.

10416

Try again and again!
Who knows?
In a few thousand years
You may get
A perfect taste of liberation.

10417

He who aspires soulfully
And does not befriend ignorance-night
Any more
Is undoubtedly
A saint of the future.

10418

The love that spans the universe
Is not new.
It is old,
Ancient
And eternal.

10419

Your unfulfilled promises
Must not weaken your mind.
Success is bound to dawn
If your mind starts studying
At your heart’s school.

10420

For God’s Birthday Celebration,
What He wants from me
Is my heart’s birthless cry
And my life’s deathless smile.

10421

If you raise your voice,
Man will laugh at you.
If you raise your consciousness,
God will smile at you.

10422

Both the impatience of the mind
And the frustration of the vital
Are in transit
To nowhere.

10423

How many years will dawn for me
Before I will be able to become
A genuine friend
Of tomorrow’s heart?

10424

It is an old story
When I tell the world
That I am going to perfect it.
It is a new story
When I tell not only the world
But also my mind
That I shall improve my own life.

10425

What can be better proof
That I am a true God-seeker
And God-lover
Than the fact that I have known God
For many years?

10426

Even God was shocked
When he decided to withdraw
From his dedication-life
And embrace the life
Of retirement-lethargy.

10427

God’s Compassion-Eye
Is ahead of your aspiration-heart.
I am telling you,
In case you are not aware of it.

10428

To illumine your illusion-mind,
You must discontinue
Your old friendship
With your ego-friend.

10429

You do not remember
Why you have come into the world!
If this is true,
Then it is equally true
That you do not want to remember it.

10430

If your aspiration-heart
Is not functioning well,
Then invite its best friend,
Dedication-life,
To come and help it.

10431

If you are in your heart,
You will be in your aspiration-boat.
If you are in your soul,
You will be at your Golden Shore.

10432

A purity-heart is at once
A seeker’s life-protection
And his mind-illumination.

10433

Anxiety stabs
The human mind.
Purity gladdens
The divine heart.

10434

To invite a few thoughts
Is not enough.
To invite new thoughts
Is not enough.
To become the owner of divine thoughts
Is more than enough.

10435

He is happy in the morning
When he offers
His heart’s aspiring cry
To the rising sun.

He is happy at night
When he offers
His life’s dedication-smile
To the beaming moon.

10436

God is getting ready
To enter into your doubting mind,
And you are getting ready
To enter into God’s smiling Heart.

10437

Unwillingness is draining
Your life-energy.
Therefore, how can God sing
His Satisfaction-Song
Inside your heart?

10438

He begs God
To grant him the capacity
To work
And grow into a sea of light
Under God’s Justice-Supervision.

10439

If you come out
Of your insecurity-cave,
God will not only show you
His supreme Palace
But also allow you
To live there permanently.

10440

With your faltering aspiration-steps,
How far can you go?
With your weak dedication-hands,
How much can you offer?

10441

The fragrance
Of a purity-flower-heart
Is cherished
By God’s earth-energising Breath.

10442

The desire-world
Is made of falsehood.
But alas,
It has the tremendous capacity
To fascinate the entire human life.

10443

Explore, every day explore
Your unexplored gratitude-life
To expand your divinity’s
Light-existence.

10444

God’s Compassion-Eye
And my heart’s aspiration-flame
Immensely liked each other
Right from the very beginning.

10445

Not the mind’s attraction
Nor the heart’s repulsion
But the soul’s illumination only
Can liberate a human life.

10446

Do not forget
Your life’s surrender-days
And your heart’s gratitude-moments
If you want to be
A supremely chosen instrument
Of your Lord Supreme.

10447

The human mind fights
For its universal supremacy.
The divine heart longs
For God’s supernal Intimacy.

10448

When I saw God,
I expected His Satisfaction-Smile.
I was disappointed.

When God saw me,
He expected my heart’s perfection-cry.
He was disappointed.

10449

The main difference
Between my soul and my life
Is this:
Time uses my life;
My soul uses time’s eye.

10450

My heart digs and
My soul buries
My failure-past.
Alas, my mind
Powerfully resurrects
My failure-past.

10451

Challenge your frustration-vital!
God will put your name
On His Heart’s Satisfaction-List.

10452

To speak ill of oneself
Is not a sign of virtue.
Therefore
How can you expect a trophy
From God the Judge?

10453

God always wants to accompany you
Early in the morning
When you go out for your prayer-walk,
But you decline His Offer
And invite your hesitation-mind
To accompany you.

10454

Do you want to know
Your soul’s opinion
Of your life?
Your soul still maintains
The deathless hope
That someday you will be
A true God-seeker.

10455

My mind,
Are you not tired
Of your ambition-game?

My heart,
Are you not aware
Of your aspiration-game?

10456

Two severe punishments:
A life without love
And love without God.

10457

If your heart helps the helpless
Devotedly and cheerfully,
Then God’s Satisfaction-Eye
Will beckon you
To your long-cherished destination.

10458

Either have a clever mind
Or have a pure heart
To declare at every moment:
“My Lord Supreme,
This very moment I have kept
Only for You.”

10459

When I keep myself
Under the control of my mind,
I clearly see
That I am a tiny ant.

But when I keep my life
Under God’s Control,
I unmistakably see
That I am a budding God.

10460

If you want to keep peace with yourself,
Then care for your heart first.
At the beginning of your spiritual journey,
Care for your heart first!
At the middle of your spiritual journey,
Care for your heart first!
At the end of your spiritual journey,
Care for your heart first!

10461

The fearful mind
Needs salvation.
The soulful heart
Needs liberation.

10462

If you are
An inner challenge-lover,
Then God’s Satisfaction-Tower
Is yours.

10463

Man thinks
Perfection is unattainable.
God knows
Perfection is not only reachable
But also available
In God’s Vision-Creation.

10464

You can claim
Your realisation-birthright
Only when your mind
Is ready to enjoy
The divinity of silence-ecstasy.

10465

If you can keep
Your heart’s sincerity-candles
Always lit,
Then there can be no ignorance-night
To keep you away
From God’s Satisfaction-Light.

10466

The aspiration-knight
Of a seeker
Will always destroy
The ingratitude-night
Of the seeker’s heart.

10467

There are so many places
To visit.
Why do you have to visit
All the time
Your mind’s desire-chamber?

10468

Stay in your newborn
Hope-heart.
All your silver dreams
Will turn into
Golden realities.

10469

Because he has spread
His heart’s concern-net
All-where,
God’s Satisfaction-Sun
Embraces his life.

10470

Before you do anything
Either in the inner world
Or in the outer world,
Devotedly wait
For the Supreme’s
Seal of Approval.

10471

Do not allow doubt-thoughts
To stay
On your mind’s highest floor
Or even
In your mind’s basement.

10472

Pray to your soul
To whisper
Again and again
Your heart’s aspiration-songs.

10473

A critical mind
Is bound to live
In a delight-forsaken clime.

10474

If you can be true
To your aspiration-heart,
There is no desire-attack
That you cannot conquer.

10475

No substitute
For the tolerance
Of the heart!

No substitute
For the satisfaction
Of the soul!

10476

If you do not empty
Your mind’s frustration-well,
How can God grant you
His Ecstasy-Sea?

10477

How can God love you
If you do not love
His sweet creation-child:
Earth?

10478

The Sound-God
Is worshipped.
The Silence-God
Is loved.

10479

Either run forward
Or dive inward.
A safe road will definitely appear.

10480

The mind demands
Explanation-surges.
The heart needs
Illumination-sea.

10481

A gratitude-heart
Is a perfect interpreter
Of God’s Oneness-Life.

10482

God is ready to tell you
The secrets of the universe.
What He needs from you
Is your heart’s oneness-expansion.

10483

The limit
Of human love
Is unlimited frustration.

The limit
Of divine Love
Is unhorizoned illumination.

10484

“O ignorance,
You can take back
Your destruction-weapons
And use them,
Since I do not use them
Any more.”
This is the lesson
That the illumined mind teaches.

10485

A heart of sympathy
Satisfies both
A hungry mind and a thirsty heart.

10486

O seeker, you may not know it,
But it is absolutely true
That your silence-eye carries
The stupendous weight of the world.

10487

I remember way back
When God taught me
Affectionately and secretly
How to please Him
Unconditionally.

10488

Division-thunder
Is right now noticeable.
But oneness-sky
Is eventually inevitable.

10489

My oneness-heart stopped functioning
In harmony with God
In my mind’s confusion-market.

10490

Knowledge-sky
Frightens
Ignorance-fun
And prayerfully invokes
Wisdom-God.

10491

“I love God only.”
Although it is false now,
One day
Belatedly, painfully,
I will prove it to be true
In my own life.

10492

Do you know
What question
You are being asked by God?
“When are you going to be
Another God
Like Me?”

10493

Your world-mind
May fail God,
But your earth-heart
Will never fail God.

10494

Your life’s dedication-waves
Without fail
Will eventually enter into
God’s Oneness-Ocean.

10495

Your faith is so fragile!
How can God grant you
The dreams that carry you
To His own ever-transcending
Beyond?

10496

The moment God
Opens up your heart-door,
You and your mind
Must immediately enter into it
And occupy two permanent seats.

10497

Who wants you to swim the channel
Between your mind and vital
When there is a sea of God-illumination
Between your heart and soul?

10498

Every second a seeker can start over,
For his life’s mistakes
Are initial drafts
And not the final version.

10499

The only time God feels sorry
Is when He is compelled to withdraw
His Affection-Love-Light
From an ingratitude-life.

10500

Because you have now become
A gratitude-heart
And a surrender-life,
God’s supreme Victory
In and through you
Is the perfect prediction.

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