Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 137

13601

Each chosen seeker
Has the miracle will-power
To manifest God’s all-illumining Light
On earth.

13602

If you do not have faith
In your aspiration-life,
Then all your golden dreams
Will wither away.

13603

If you do not want to make
A clean break
With your deplorable past,
Then your present and future
Will be not only helpless
But also useless.

13604

Willingness:
This is what God wants
From your self-giving soul,
And this is what God needs
From your mind-illumining heart.

13605

No seeker will ever be truly happy
Unless and until he has cheerfully stood
On the surrender-summit.

13606

How far can you go?
Not very far with your elephant-ego!
How deep can you go?
Not very deep with your elephant-ego!
How high can you go?
Not very high with your elephant-ego!

13607

You do not have an iota of confidence.
Therefore, you are forced to watch
The devastation of your dedication.

13608

If your heart
Is genuinely seeking,
Then your life
Will never be able to enjoy
Aspiration-inertia.

13609

Is there any human being
Who has never gone through
A confidence-crisis?

13610

He who has placed his entire being
At the Feet of the Lord Supreme,
Will not be forced to ride
The waves of self-doubt.

13611

In his aspiration-heart and dedication-life
The seeker needs only one thing:
Perfection-promotion in God’s own Way.

13612

If your surrender never dies,
Then you become a choice member
Of God’s immediate Family.

13613

A life of sleepless self-giving
Is the surest way
To God-discovery.

13614

Every morning I do two things:
With my prayer-wings
I fly.
With my meditation-boat
I sail.

13615

When the world
Deliberately and ruthlessly
Attacks your aspiration-heart,
God’s Compassion-Eye
Will, without fail, defend you.

13616

A self-giving heart
Will never be mistaken
For a life-deceiving mind.

13617

A sleepless protection-prayer
Always expedites
Our Heavenward journey.

13618

You are so obstinate
In your insecurity-life.
How can God ever
Be happy with you?

13619

When God comes first
In everything that we say and do,
Then our minds cannot be paralysed
By self-doubt.

13620

God’s Compassion
Has a fond grip on me.
Therefore, I will not and cannot fail
In my God-manifestation on earth.

13621

A seeker without humility
Can, at best, become
A flower without fragrance.

13622

How can God invite you to study
At His Perfection-Satisfaction-School,
If you treasure your Master’s Degree
In failure and sadness?

13623

God tells me that He will be homeless
If I do not invite Him
To come and stay with me
In my heart-room.

13624

I know, I know
How fast I could have run
In my inner life
If only insecurity and doubt
Had left me alone!

13625

When self-doubt is in full command,
Neither the inner world
Nor the outer world
Needs the seeker.

13626

Every day you must
Prepare yourself to be
A better citizen of the world.

13627

No, not an outer enemy
But your inner enemy, fear,
Has blinded you completely.
Therefore, you see no light
In your heart-garden.

13628

As our life-book
Does not start with frustration,
Even so,
It does not end with frustration.
As our life-book
Starts with aspiration,
Even so,
It will continue with aspiration.

13629

Alas, I am completely lost
Between my heart’s foggy morning
And my life’s frosty evening.

13630

If God-obedience
Is unappealing to you,
Then how can you expect God
To claim your life as His own?

13631

God does not ask you
To think of the results
Of your work,
But He wants you
To think of the power
Of His Compassion-Light.

13632

Man’s aspiration
Means God’s unfinished Task.
But Man’s perfection
Means God’s finished Task.

13633

God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Is man’s only
All-weather friend.

13634

Three God-degrees:
Aspiration-degree
We get from God’s High School,
Realisation-degree
We get from God’s College,
Perfection-degree
We get from God’s University.

13635

God, may I borrow Your Heart?
“No, you can’t borrow My Heart.
But if you can claim My Heart
As your own,
I shall immediately give it to you
for good.”

13636

If you do not need
Expectation-milk,
Then soon you will be able to drink
Satisfaction-nectar.

13637

I do not know
Where my yesterday’s dreams
Have gone,
But I do see
That my tomorrow’s realities
Are beckoning me.

13638

Free yourself as soon as possible
From the torture of endless regret
If you want to receive unfettered joy
From your illumination-soul.

13639

A moment of self-giving life
Can conquer the sorrows
Of many long years.

13640

When your aspiration-heart
Takes root in surrender-soil,
God will appoint you
As His manifestation-assistant.

13641

To live all day a prayer-life
Is something
Only a supremely chosen few
Can do.

13642

Why do I try to force God
To do everything in my own way?
Am I an autocrat?
When did God ask me
To be His boss supreme?

13643

Since impatience has a strong hold
On you,
A peaceful mind
Will remain a far cry.

13644

I have made it a point
Every morning
To bow to the rising sun
Of universal dedication.

13645

If your love of God is genuine,
You will be willing to cover
The length and breadth of the world
To manifest God in His own Way.

13646

Do not complain,
Do not complain!
Do not expect,
Do not expect!
Accept the world
And perfect yourself.
You will eventually be rewarded.

13647

Do not allow yourself
To be ruled by dark doubts.
Make friends with bright hopes
At every moment,
To change your own world
And the world around you.

13648

The God-manifestation-boat
Will definitely capsize
If sincerity-dedication is missing.

13649

At last my life’s transformation-road
Is under construction,
Supervised by
My Beloved Lord Supreme Himself.

13650

If you allow yourself
To be battered by insecurity,
You can never become
A choice instrument of God.

13651

God’s sudden Compassion-Downpour
Has created in me
A powerful hunger divine.

13652

What each human being needs
Is a doubt-devouring confidence
To bring about a world of peace.

13653

As my heart
Is a soulful giver,
Even so, my mind
Is a thankful receiver.

13654

I feel that my mind’s
Endless desire-stories
Can be challenged by my heart’s
Eternal aspiration-song.

13655

When I make unconditional surrender
To God’s Will,
God Himself blows my triumph-trumpet.

13656

The more selflessly
One gives himself,
The more powerful becomes
God’s Appreciation-Applause.

13657

Each human life
Either consciously or unconsciously
Suffers from giant misunderstanding-blows.

13658

When you ask for nothing
Either from God or from man,
God blesses you
With His Satisfaction-Crown.

13659

He who has obedience
Will always have God
The ever-increasing Satisfaction.

13660

Is there any human being
Who will not ultimately respond
To the Message-Light of the Beyond?

13661

God’s Compassion-Feet
And God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Are not meant to accept
Any permanent defeat.

13662

Just try to love
Your today’s heart-purity.
God will take care of
Your divine tomorrows.

13663

An unaspiring man’s life
Is nothing but
The attempt to conquer unrest.

13664

When I hear my soul-bird sing,
I see the transformation
Of my mind’s clarity
Into my heart’s purity.

13665

When you make an outer mistake,
You may suffer a little,
But when you make an inner mistake,
You are compelled to pay
A severe penalty.

13666

Simplicity, sincerity and purity:
These three are God’s
Supremely chosen children on earth.

13667

Don’t be a fool!
Don’t try to invent a new path.
Be wise!
Take the path
Trodden by the illumined souls
Of the hoary past.

13668

In each human life
There comes a time
When self-assertion surrenders
To self-illumination.

13669

He has wronged you!
Alas, this is what he can do.
Can you not forgive him?
I am sure this is something
You can easily do.

13670

Great he became
To please his mind.
Good he will become
To satisfy God’s Heart.

13671

The heart of every human being
Can leave behind a legacy
Of world-illumining compassion.

13672

A gratitude-heart
Will, without fail,
One day reach
Infinity’s Fulfilment-Shore.

13673

Self-doubt and self-pity
Are two common things.
Self-perfection is always
A rare thing.

13674

There can be no ultimate failure.
At God’s choice Hour
Every individual
Will reach the Destination.

13675

I am always afraid
Of walking along
My mind-road
Without my heart-guide.

13676

God’s Compassion-Height
Illumines my mind.
God’s Justice-Light
Perfects my life.

13677

Birthdays inspire us
To dive deep within
Soulfully and unconditionally
To collect our fabulous inner fortune.

13678

A heart of self-giving
Will not leave any room
For mind-confusion.

13679

In my life
There has never been
Any outer hurdle.
All my difficulties
Have been inner hurdles!

13680

God neither ignores
Nor forgets us,
Even when we jump
At dark desire’s command.

13681

Life is for
Self-giving.
Self-giving is for
God-becoming.

13682

Search, search desperately
For truth!
You will discover
Your mind’s vastness-sky
And your heart’s oneness-ocean.

13683

Every morning
Make it a point to say hello
To your soul’s rainbow-eye.

13684

To delay your aspiration-duty
Is to forget
That you have the capacity
To arrive at your heart’s dream-shore.

13685

Self-indulgence
Is the starvation
Of Divinity’s
God-manifestation-hunger.

13686

If you are a seer-poet,
Then you will not use
The world-destruction-sword
But the world-perfection-poetry.

13687

My Lord does not believe in
My mind-calculation.
My Lord believes only in
My life-illumination.

13688

If you love
The flower of life-perfection,
Then you must touch and remove
Life’s imperfection-thorn.

13689

Each individual seeker,
According to God’s Compassion-Heart,
Is a truly exceptional child of His.

13690

How can you look through
Your mind’s happiness-window
Unless you have already entered
Your heart’s oneness-room?

13691

Each self-giving moment
Is undoubtedly
A nectar-delight-feast.

13692

I dare to imagine
Everything except
God’s Displeasure-Eye.

13693

You say you have nothing to do.
Tell me, have you ever thought
Of uprooting your mind’s doubt-tree?

13694

Insecurity is man’s ancient
Imperfection-night,
Which challenges man’s blossoming
Perfection-light.

13695

This is not the time
For you to disappoint God.
Can you not see Him
Running towards you
With your Himalayan future joy?

13696

There is no pleasure
That can ever equal
A human being’s self-giving-joy.

13697

Do not run away from
Unsolved problems
If you ever care to realise
Your soul’s unhorizoned and fantastic dreams.

13698

Do not seek truth
In the mind’s confusion-market,
Even after you have inundated your heart
With light.

13699

Be not a victim
Of your heart’s self-denial
And your mind’s self-betrayal.

13700

My Lord,
May I eternally live
As a soulful gratitude-life-plant.

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