Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 131

13001

Since I have started singing
God’s Victory-Songs unconditionally,
God is telling me
That my ignorance-days are numbered.

13002

Ask your pleasure-life
How far away you are
From God’s company.
It will tell you unmistakably!

13003

Although your mind fails
To count on God,
God’s Compassion
Does count on you.

13004

A heart of purity is always
The protection-armour
Of a God-lover.

13005

If you are looking for gratitude
In the mind,
Unfortunately you are looking
In the wrong place.

13006

Self-giving
Is the brightest jewel
In the darkest
Ignorance-night-sky.

13007

O my soul,
Have no vision-rival!
O my heart,
Have no aspiration-rival!
O my life,
Have no realisation-rival!

13008

O mind,
How long will you remain
Chained to doubt?

O heart,
How long will you remain
Chained to insecurity?

O life,
How long will you remain
Chained to ignorance?

O world,
How long will you remain
Chained to indifference?

13009

I do not need
A sound-announcer.
I need only
A silence-navigator.

13010

The moment I sat
At God’s Compassion-Feet,
I was out of failure’s reach.

13011

My heart’s soulful tears
Have enabled me to make friends
With Infinity’s Smile.

13012

O my mind,
Today you are a prince of pessimism.
But I assure you,
Tomorrow you will be a perfect swimmer
In the hope-river.

13013

Do not kill
Your heart of hope
With your stupidity’s failure-sword.

13014

A heart of purity
And a mind of sincerity
Are indeed the gateways
To gratitude-satisfaction.

13015

God supplies us
With all the divine things
We desire.
But alas,
We long for perfection the least.

13016

A heart of ingratitude
Is the darkest part
Of man’s ignorance-cave.

13017

Every day the human life,
To our wide sorrow,
Is apt to ebb away
Without any satisfactory change.

13018

I call it
My life’s fragile humility;
God calls it
His Heart’s fruitful Prosperity.

13019

If you do not use
Your heart’s oneness-muscle,
Then rest assured
That eventually it will atrophy.

13020

You are bound to succeed
In the battlefield of your life,
For God has blessed you
With infinite surrender-gratitude-stamina.

13021

My Lord Supreme,
I have come to You
With my heart’s helpless cry
And my life’s hopeless sigh.
Do bless me with
Your Eternity’s Compassion-Eye
And Your Infinity’s Forgiveness-Heart.

13022

Today I have a new name,
Obedience,
And obedience will be
From now on
My heart’s cheerfulness-voice.

13023

Every year I observe the day
That gave me the aspiration
To see the birth
Of conscious God-hunger
In myself.

13024

Without your mind’s humility
And your heart’s purity,
You can never climb up
Your soul’s perfection-mountain.

13025

When your heart’s surrender-boat sails,
Your God-Destination-Shore
Will not only beckon you,
But also approach you.

13026

If you want to do something
Great and good —
Great for mankind
And good for God —
Then every morning you must marshal
Your enthusiasm-dedication-forces.

13027

May my heart’s rainbow-radiance
Serve God-hungry souls every day
Lovingly and unconditionally.

13028

Every day I deeply enjoy
The death of my mind’s
Giant expectations.

13029

You tell me that you
Have nothing to do.
I tell you to do
Only one thing:
Offer your satisfaction-smile
To all those who are in your orbit.

13030

My aspiration-elevator is ascending fast,
Not because I have done something great
But because I have made
A solemn promise to God
That I am ready to make
My unconditional surrender to Him.

13031

My heart’s every teardrop
Gives birth to
A rainbow-radiance-smile.

13032

God always remains
His Compassion-Eye.
Man remains quite often
An ungrateful heart.

13033

If you really want
Your own perfection
And the perfection
Of the whole world,
Then how can you even dream
Of living on
An island of isolation?

13034

What I need
And what I shall always need
Is an undying surrender-smile
To God’s Will.

13035

What does the mind do?
It cleverly separates
The satisfaction-breath
From my aspiration-heart.

13036

Every day you must carefully cross
The willingness-bridge
Between your God-hunger-heart
And your God-fulfilment-life.

13037

Victory is destined, but when?
Not until you have become
The breath of doubt-defying faith.

13038

Everything in life needs
Exercise and practice,
Practice and exercise,
Save and except the human ego.
What it needs and deserves
Is starvation-death!

13039

Two divine realities in me
Do not need appointments to see God:
My gratitude-heart
And my surrender-life.

13040

May every aspiration-morning
Of my life
Be my soul’s
God-fulfilment-fragrance-joy.

13041

Now that you have demolished
Your self-importance-tower,
You will be speedily approaching
Your God-realisation-border.

13042

Alas!
The disobedience of my vital
Appoints the arrogance-giant
To disappoint God.

13043

I need to treasure only one thing
Forever and forever,
And that is my Lord’s Forgiveness-Gift.

13044

A neglected aspiration-tree,
A neglected dedication-flower
And a neglected manifestation-fruit
Will all decay.
Therefore, O seeker,
Be wise, be wise, be wise!

13045

Quickly I came to God
With what I have:
Depression.
Quietly God gave to me
What He is:
Joy.

13046

Each time a desire-problem fades,
I see the beauty
Of my Lord’s Fulfilment-Dream
Inside my heart.

13047

You can say farewell
To each and everyone
And each and everything,
But never, never say farewell
To your heart’s mounting cries.

13048

My faith,
My determination
And my aspiration
Have formed a doubt-demolition-team.

13049

Self-giving
Is the only supreme secret
That can help you write
A thick book of God-Victories.

13050

Long-term determination
Is not enough.
Continuous and eternal determination
Is needed
To brave the crosscurrents
Of teeming misfortunes.

13051

If you can stand
On the platform of sincerity,
Then your heart will enjoy
The prosperity of security.

13052

If you live only for fame,
Then rest assured
You will die for something
That will not make you really happy.

13053

Pray, pray
For God’s Victory in your life
Long before your heart-flame
Flickers and dies.

13054

The inner pangs
Of the unbelievers and disbelievers
Can only be felt
By the God-believers and God-lovers,
But can never be described.

13055

My first and worst mistake
Is this:
I want to know
Neither my source
Nor my destination.

13056

Is there any human being
Who has not suffered
From forgiveness-famine
In his entire life?

13057

Every day you must have
A high calibre concentration-meditation
If you want to keep at a distance
From temptation-trouble-maker.

13058

Prayer and meditation
Will help you live
In today’s rainbow-beauty-joy
And liberate you from
The thick mist of your deplorable past.

13059

God’s Happiness knows no bounds
When He blesses us
With self-offering-awards.

13060

My Lord,
If You have a minute,
Then do save me
From indifference-isolation.

13061

My heart’s purity
Is just across the street
From my soul’s divinity.

13062

A soulful gratitude-heart
Perfectly fulfils
The Vision-Eye of God.

13063

Aspiration, aspiration, aspiration
You need
If you do not want your life to be
Paralysed by frustration.

13064

A purity-heart
Can easily enjoy
Immunity from self-doubt.

13065

There is only one reason
Why God is silent.
He is silent because
You have turned a deaf ear to Him.

13066

God comes to us
With a Compassion-Suitcase
And not a suggestion-box.

13067

My soul is my Heaven’s
Laughing roar.
My heart is my earth’s
Crying core.
My life is my dream’s
Vanishing shore.

13068

My Lord,
Do make my mind grateful
For what You have given me,
And my heart grateful
For what You have not given me.

13069

Dear Divinity, do tell me,
Is there any time
When you do not love my heart?
Is there any time
When you do not cry for my life?

13070

A real seeker has to be
A perpetual stranger
In desire-land.

13071

God wants me to tell you
That soon He is going to increase
Your love and surrender-power.
And also He asks me to tell you
To go and see Him
For further details.

13072

Once in a lifetime
You get an appointment to see God.
Therefore, be fully prepared
And be very punctual!

13073

Farewell, farewell,
My young and old ambition-friends!
Now I have Eternity
As my aspiration-friend.

13074

I know, I know, my Lord,
That what You have given me
Is beautiful.
I know, I know, I know, my Lord,
That what You have not given me
Is fruitful.

13075

True, God cannot expect you
To think of Him all the time,
But He does expect you
To think of Him
At least in your free time.

13076

We long to liberate ourselves
From ignorance-night.
God wants to imprison Himself
In our love-devotion-surrender-heart.

13077

Day in and day out
His eyes hold nothing
But an expression
Of impatience-destruction.

13078

God grants me His Harvest of Smiles
When I tell Him
That I love Him only
And I need Him only.

13079

God is going to give us
Aspiration-opportunity
Again and again,
But are we ever going to use it
Devotedly, soulfully and self-givingly?

13080

Man’s failure-life begins
Only when his mind wanders
With scattered thoughts.

13081

If you are not devoted
To your soulful dreams,
Then how are you going to blossom
Into a fulfilling reality?

13082

To be a choice instrument of God,
I must also learn the art
Of constant self-giving.

13083

There will always be a war
Inside your mind
Unless and until your mind surrenders
To your heart’s sea of peace.

13084

Perfection-dawn will appear
When God is satisfied
With your heart’s surrender-songs.

13085

There can never be
A sunlit, straight road
For a doubtful and fearful
Aspiration-runner.

13086

O Lord,
How long will my heart remain
Inside the useless nothingness of fear?
Where is my sleepless love
For You?

13087

If you do not master
The art of listening,
How can God grant you
His boundless Wisdom-Light?

13088

He who sleeplessly aspires
Can never be frightened
By man’s suspicion-lightning.

13089

In the inner aspiration-world
A doubting mind
Is a short-lived cloud.

13090

God wants you to enjoy
The total rejection of your self-doubt.
Then He will give you
His Satisfaction-Delight
In infinite measure to enjoy.

13091

My Lord Supreme,
Do give me a heart
That will never stop whispering soulfully:
“Gratitude!”

13092

I thought expectation meant
Sweet satisfaction.
But now I realise
That expectation means
Utter frustration.

13093

O failure-life,
You do not have to sing
Frustration-songs.
You just have to learn
Patience-songs.

13094

Not a quick renunciation,
But a steady acceptance of life
Is the example to follow.

13095

If you want to be
A future success,
Then do not allow your mind
To dwell on the present defeat.

13096

How can perfection
Remain a far cry
If your close associate
Is aspiration?

13097

Do not say
You cannot achieve perfection.
Just say
You do not need it
And you do not want it.

13098

You want to know
How fast your aspiration can run?
I tell you,
There is no speed limit.

You want to know
How high your aspiration can fly?
I tell you,
There is no height limit.

13099

I do not allow my heart
To forget God
Even for a fleeting moment,
For I know if I forget God
My heart will be on disaster-road.

13100

O my heart’s gratitude-tears,
How sweet you are,
How pure you are,
How illumining you are
And
How fulfilling you are!

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