Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 133

13201

My Lord Supreme,
Do give my heart the capacity
To mean what it says,
Especially when it says
It loves You only
And it needs You only.

13202

Nobody can pass his life-examination
If he accepts his mind’s
Countless hesitation-excuses.

13203

Ignorance-night hounds the mind
Because the mind shows its fondness
For the barking thought-dogs.

13204

No true heart-aspiration-sun
Can be indefinitely blocked
By desire-mind-clouds.

13205

A sleepless aspiration-heart
Can definitely tame
Man’s earthquake-emotions.

13206

Never compromise with the world
That does not appreciate
Your soul’s God-dreams.

13207

Is there any mind
That does not suffer
From frustration?
Again, is there any mind
That does not enjoy
Frustration-jokes unconsciously?

13208

If you are a genuine seeker,
Then even in your dreams
You must not count
Your ever-mounting desire-bills.

13209

Never give up,
Never give up
Your self-transcendence
And God-satisfaction-goal!

13210

How I envy You, My Lord,
Because You have everything.
“How I love you, My child,
Because you have nothing.”

13211

Because I do not listen
To God’s Compassion-Whispers,
He forces me to listen
To His Justice-Lectures.

13212

Who says that the transformation of nature
Is only God’s responsibility?
No, it is the responsibility
Of each and every individual
As well.

13213

When I cry to God
To please God in God’s own Way,
He gives me His universal Peace.
When I smile at God
To please God in God’s own Way,
He gives me His immortal Freedom.

13214

Alas, long ago
My eyes stopped crying for God,
But my heart will never stop.
It will forever continue crying for God.

13215

Two constant trouble-makers:
A mind of suspicion
And a vital of aggression.

13216

My Lord, if You do not want
To send me a Forgiveness-telegram,
Please send me at least
A Compassion-letter.

13217

My faith in God
And my need for God
Were my aspiration-dedication-ancestors.

13218

God the Power may not
But God the Lover will definitely
Help me to weather
All my desire-storms.

13219

The Compassion-Eye of my Lord Supreme
Is my heart-maker,
And the indifference-mind of humanity
Is my heart-breaker.

13220

God appreciates me
When I say I shall do.
God admires me
When I say I am doing.
God loves me
When I say I have already done.

13221

If you do not aspire,
Then God will compel you
To come back again and again
Into the earth-arena.

13222

Each divine thought
Is infinitely more important
Than the likes and dislikes
Of the human mind.

13223

You do not have to discipline
The divine child within,
But you do have to discipline
The human animal without.

13224

Finally, my soul-police officer
Has arrested
My mind-ego-thief.

13225

The lost mind-traveller
Wants to show the heart-pilgrim
How to reach the Golden Palace
Of the Lord Supreme.
What a stupid and costly joke!

13226

If aspiration is your choice,
Then God will definitely grant you
His Satisfaction-Voice.

13227

If you do not cry for God-protection,
How do you expect God
To run to your rescue?

13228

The mind commands the heart
To surrender.
The heart begs the mind
Not to wander.

13229

I want myself to be
My heart’s God-hunger.
I do not want myself to be
My mind’s animal-anger.

13230

O my mind,
No matter how many times
I think of you,
No matter from which direction
I look at you,
I never see you as a divine hero.
I always see you as a human zero.

13231

Do not waste your time
Asking yourself
Why you have not closed
Your desire-door.
Only ask yourself
Why you have not opened wide
Your aspiration-gate.

13232

I do not want my empty yesterdays
To come and stand in front of me
Now that I am completely filled
With my tomorrow’s dreams.

13233

Although nobody’s life
Is indispensable,
God wants and needs
Each and every human being
To manifest His Light on earth.

13234

Faith embraces
My loving heart.
Doubt attacks
My hesitating mind.

13235

Children’s best inheritance
Is their parents’
Affection-flooded hearts.

13236

God is glorified
Not by our helpless fear
Of Him
But by our sleepless love
For Him.

13237

Alas, the earth is full of
Sleeping bodies,
Attacking vitals,
Doubting minds
And unloving hearts.

13238

God does not expect me
To understand
His Infinity’s Greatness-Mind.
But He does expect me
To love
His Immortality’s Goodness-Heart.

13239

Even when I do not pray
For the right thing,
I reach the right Person —
God.
And the right Person
Does the right thing for me:
He does the needful.

13240

The human in me is not pleasing God,
But the divine in me is pleasing God.
Therefore,
God is compassionately forgiving
The human in me,
And God is definitely proud of
The divine in me.

13241

The animal vital invites battle.
The human mind wants victory.
The divine heart cries for
Neither battle nor victory,
But peace, oneness-peace.

13242

Happiness comes from the feeling
That this world needs
Absolutely nothing from me.

13243

Only one thing to learn in life:
You must think of yourself
The way God thinks of you —
As another God.

13244

My mind thinks of
My future.
God’s Heart thinks of
And cares for
My present.

13245

Anger,
You are nothing but
Your own destruction-hunger.

13246

I am telling God
That I am getting ready
To begin my spiritual life.
God is telling me
That I am already more than ready
To begin my spiritual life.

13247

I need earth’s cry and Heaven’s Smile
To fight against ignorance-night.
Without their constant help,
I shall never be of any use to the world.

13248

If you do not need God
In the morning,
God may not need you
For the entire day.

13249

God does not mind
If I do not remember
What He gives me.
But He does want me to remember
What I give Him,
For this is the only way
I can keep myself proudly happy.

13250

My faith brings God
To visit my heart-cottage.
God takes my faith
To visit and claim
His Illumination-Palace.

13251

Silence
Gratefully receives.
Sound
Proudly gives.

13252

My Lord,
My hope breathes
In Your Forgiveness-Heart;
My promise smiles
In Your Compassion-Eye.

13253

Two can do anything
If one is perfection
And the other is satisfaction.

13254

“Early to bed”
Is to make one’s mind happy.
“Early to rise”
Is to make God’s Heart happy.

13255

My Compassion-Lord
Is the Adviser.
My aspiration-heart
Is the listener.

13256

Be wise!
Pray to God to choose for you.
He will gladly listen
To your prayer.

13257

God is a perfect gentleman.
He never interrupts me
When I speak endlessly,
Plus foolishly.

13258

My Lord,
May I borrow from You
Your Silence-Heart
And Your Sound-Mouth
For a minute
To be at once the Cosmic Observer
And the Cosmic Doer?

13259

If you are sleeplessly
God-hungry,
Then when will you have the time
To be angry?

13260

If you give full credit to God,
Then your achievements
Will far surpass your imagination’s flight.

13261

Your achievement is
Your greatness.
Your satisfaction is
God’s achievement
In and through you.

13262

Hope is the divinity
Of faith.
Faith is the reality
Of hope.

13263

Keep God at least
Inside your confusion-mind
If you cannot keep Him
Inside your satisfaction-heart.

13264

Have faith in your soul’s
Adamantine will.
No inner opposition party of yours
Can last for long.

13265

Although I highly appreciate
Your patience,
I am afraid I shall fail
To follow in your footsteps.

13266

God’s Greatness I adore
In Heaven.
God’s Goodness I love
On earth.

13267

You can pray better
Not by praying more.
Only by becoming more soulful
Can you offer better prayers.

13268

Anger can destroy you
Even long before
You recognise it.

13269

He who gives happiness
Is great.
He who endures suffering
Is equally good.
But he who grows into perfection
Becomes the Heart of God.

13270

If you do not want to bother God,
Your Father,
With your problems,
Then why do you bother
His weak and poor children
With them?

13271

You must never forget
That greatness
Does not guarantee happiness,
But goodness always does.

13272

Believe
Before you receive.
Surrender
Before you achieve.

13273

Hope is the beauty
Of my heart.
Faith is the power
Of my life.

13274

Give and give and give!
Soon you will realise
That self-giving is not
A most difficult task.

13275

I love God
So that I can become great.
God loves me
So that I can become perfect.

13276

Man the desire-eye
Asks.
God the Compassion-Heart
Answers.

13277

Simplicity
Is an advanced course.

13278

My Lord, how long will You
Tolerate me?
“My child, how long will you
Ignore Me?”

13279

God comes to embrace me
Only when I serve
The crying man’s surrendering heart.

13280

In the outer life
Simplicity is beautiful.
In the inner life
Simplicity is invincible.

13281

God does not want
To embarrass us
By coming to visit us
When we are not ready
To receive Him.

13282

My heart encourages me
To look upward.
My soul encourages me
To dive inward.

13283

No matter how stupid I am,
God the Eye still teaches me.
No matter how bad I am,
God the Heart still loves me.

13284

God,
When will You smile at me?
“Son,
When will you cry for Me?”

13285

To brighten your life
You must
Widen your heart.

13286

God is proud of me
Only when I am pleased
With each and every human being.

13287

My imperfections
Do not make God miserable.
But my unwillingness to change
Makes Him more miserable
Than I can ever imagine.

13288

Just because my mind
Is too heavy with depression-burden,
My prayers cannot carry it
To God.

13289

Love God
To please yourself.
Serve God
To please Him.

13290

Answer immediately
When opportunity knocks
At your heart’s door.

13291

Mind, my mind,
When are you going to be
As vast as the sky?
Heart, my heart,
When are you going to be
As pure as the dawn?

13292

I call it my forgiveness,
But God calls it
His manifested Oneness.

13293

Heaven and Heaven’s beauty
Are beautiful.
Earth and earth’s duty
Are fruitful.

13294

Love God soulfully.
He will bless your earth-pilgrimage
Richly and proudly.

13295

God may remain good to you
Even if you misuse His Compassion-Sea,
But your true satisfaction
Will remain a far cry.

13296

God’s Compassion is useless
Only when
I close my heart.

13297

God,
I love Your Mouth,
But I both love and need
Your Heart.

13298

Forgive the world
If you want to prove
That you really love the world.

13299

Selfishness-knife
Is extremely dangerous.
Do not play with it!

13300

My Lord,
I shall always please You
In Your own Way
No matter how difficult
This task may be.

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