Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 148
14701
There is only one wayTo purify my human life,
And that way is
To burn the soul-fire
Within my heart.
14702
Alas,Why does my mind have to walk
Through the dust of the past
Every day?
14703
Spend not even a momentIn hesitation-night
If yours is the goal
Of fastest speed.
14704
My Lord,I can hide from Your Justice-Might,
But I will never be able to hide from
Your Compassion-Height.
14705
There shall come a timeWhen the hustle and bustle
Of the vital life
Will cease
And the secret and sacred whisper
Of the psychic life
Will reign supreme.
14706
I have decided to chooseA new future.
In this new future
I shall let God make
My daily routine.
14707
Do you want to change your mindOr do you want your mind to change you?
If you want to change your mind,
Then inject your heart’s meditation-fragrance
Into your mind.
14708
Imagination and inspiration I needTo improve my outer life of duty.
Aspiration and surrender I need
To improve my inner life of divinity.
14709
A smile from your oneness-heartIs undoubtedly the best weapon
To save you from
The bite of insecurity.
14710
Intensity expedites our progressIn every sphere of life.
Therefore,
In everything we do and become
Intensity is of paramount importance.
14711
If you strike your heart’s aspiration-gongFor God’s Victory
Every morning and evening,
You will be able to calm
Your mind’s destruction-hurricane.
14712
May my searching mind and my loving heartToday start
A soulful and fruitful relationship
To please the Lord Supreme
In His own Way.
14713
Like God’s Compassion,Your concern for mankind
Can speak each and every language
On earth.
14714
O my heart’s hope-fountain,In all sincerity I wish to tell you
That you are my life’s only saviour.
14715
My humility-strengthIs my Lord’s
Fondness-Pride in me.
14716
My Lord,Just remember when I love You,
And not when I ignore You.
“My child,
That very thing I always do.”
14717
God wants youAt every moment to assert
Your inner and outer relationship
With Him alone.
14718
Unalloyed ecstasy does exist,But it exists only
In my heart’s self-giving breath.
14719
As time does not stop,But always proceeds
Either slowly or speedily,
Even so, my heart’s aspiration-cry
Will not stop.
It will cry either powerfully or faintly.
14720
Do not allow yourself to be suffocatedBy the ruthless ignorance-demands
Of the outer world.
Your freedom-choice is coming
From God’s inner Voice.
14721
When you talk about God’s Compassion,You maximise
Your inner strength.
When you talk about your aspiration,
You do not maximise
Your heart’s sincerity-beauty.
14722
Do not be afraid ofThe new challenge ahead every day.
Each new challenge
Makes your love of God
Infinitely stronger
Than you can ever imagine.
14723
My heart’s lonelinessAnd my life’s separation from God
Are two most powerful blows
That I will never be able to endure
Even for a fleeting second.
14724
Every morning, when I place my headAt the Feet of my Lord Beloved Supreme,
Immediately He says to me,
“My child,
I want to hear something new
From you today!”
14725
God tells me not to take Him seriouslyWhen He does not want to give me
Another chance
For my life-transformation.
14726
If you can make friendsWith your heart’s hope-fountain,
Your life’s dream-boat
Will unmistakably reach its destination.
14727
Your mind’s clever deceptionWill eventually end in
A volcano-eruption.
14728
O my mind’s frustration,You must relinquish
Your illegal and unauthorised
Frustration-dominion.
14729
O my mind’s ignorance,You may defeat my soulful heart
With your clever tricks
For the time being,
But my heart still enjoys
Supreme popularity.
14730
When all your thoughts are aspirationsMultiplied by actions,
You become God’s choice child
To live permanently in His Heart-Home.
14731
There is only one songThat each human being likes to sing
From the cradle to the grave,
And that song is his hope-song.
14732
You are supposed to exposeYour ego-life
And not merely eclipse it
To make the fastest progress
In your spiritual life.
14733
When a mental catastrophe strikes,Intensify your psychic cries
For your liberation-life.
14734
If you enjoy your hesitation-mind,It will eventually
Turn your heart-faith false.
14735
My prayer-life is my helplessEarth-ascending cry.
My meditation-life is my fearless
God-descending smile.
14736
If desire controls your life,Then God will not keep you
On His Compassion-Satisfaction-Payroll.
14737
The sweetness of hopeAnd the power of promise
Keep my dream-reality alive.
14738
O my mind’s thought-life,Do make friends with
My heart’s newness-fulness
And my God’s Fulfilment-Promise.
14739
Be not afraid of your meditation-sunburst.This sun will connect you with
Your own Eternity’s peace
And Infinity’s delight.
14740
Not my division-mindBut my oneness-heart
Is practising to participate
In the self-transcendence
Olympic Games.
14741
My Lord,Every day I think of You soulfully
For half an hour.
Do I have to think of You more?
“Yes, you do, My child.
But if you want to hasten
Your realisation-hour,
Then walk along the path
Of your mind’s surrender
And your heart’s gratitude.”
14742
God asks you to doOnly two things:
To make Him laugh loudly
And make Him dance powerfully.
14743
When I speak ill of my mind to God,My mind also speaks ill of me to God.
God tells us
That we two are saddening His Heart
Beyond our imagination.
14744
The mind is a memberOf the heart-family.
But, alas, it mistakenly thinks
That the heart is its very distant relative.
14745
Until I become completely desireless,I have decided to put my desire-life
On a very strict and very limited budget.
14746
My mind likes to takeDoubt-training.
My heart likes to take
Faith-training.
My soul likes to take
Surrender-training.
My God wants me only to take
God-oneness-training.
14747
My morning meditationWeakens the power of my sound-life
And augments the satisfaction
Of my silence-life.
14748
What else can you expectFrom a vagabond mind
Than daily to make new
ignorance-friends?
14749
When my longing heart-tearsWash God’s Compassion-Feet,
He tells me,
“My Manifestation-Life,
My child, I leave entirely in your hands.”
14750
Concentration-speed I needTo run forward.
Meditation-speed I need
To dive inward.
Contemplation-speed I need
To claim and be claimed
By the higher God,
The inner God
And the outer God.
14751
Do we love others?This is the wrong question.
Do we love ourselves?
This is the right question.
14752
Do we see God?This is the wrong question.
How do we see God?
This is the right question.
14753
Are there many ways to realise God?This is the wrong question.
Is there one way to realise God,
Which is God’s own Way?
This is the right question.
14754
Does God love my mind?This is the wrong question.
Does my heart love God?
This is the right question.
14755
When I am unhappy,What does God do?
This is the wrong question.
What do I do
To make God happy?
This is the right question.
14756
Is God nice to me?This is the wrong question.
How many times a day
Am I nice to God?
This is the right question.
14757
Is God old or is God young?This is the wrong question.
Is God eternal and immortal?
This is the right question.
14758
Where is God?This is the wrong question.
Am I feeling God right now
Inside my heart?
This is the right question.
14759
Has anybody ever seen God?This is the wrong question.
When am I going to see God?
This is the right question.
14760
Are there many gods, or only one?This is the wrong question.
Do I need many gods or only one
For my realisation?
This is the right question.
14761
Does God need me?This is the wrong question.
How many times a day
Do I sincerely need God?
This is the right question.
14762
Will God ever treasure me?This is the wrong question.
Will I ever love God
In His own Way?
This is the right question.
14763
Who told me first about God?This is the wrong question.
Have I told anybody about God?
This is the right question.
14764
When will God change this worldInto a better world?
This is the wrong question.
Will I be able to become a partner of God
To create a better world?
This is the right question.
14765
When will God come to me?This is the wrong question.
When God comes to me,
Will I be able to receive Him
With deepest love and gratitude?
This is the right question.
14766
God, will You give me the capacityTo please You?
This is the wrong question.
God, will You give me the capacity
To sleeplessly pray
And breathlessly meditate?
This is the right question.
14767
Who can tell me todayHow great God is?
This is the wrong question.
How many people can I tell today
How good God is?
This is the right question.
14768
God, what will You give me today?This is the wrong question.
God, will You give me the capacity
To give You everything
That You ask of me today?
This is the right question.
14769
God, if I do not please YouHere on earth,
Will You give me another chance
To please You in Heaven?
This is the wrong question.
God, will You give me another chance
To fulfil You and please You
In Your own Way here on earth?
This is the right question.
14770
God, will there be a timeWhen there will be no wars
On earth?
This is the wrong question.
God, how can we serve You
Most soulfully and most effectively
In Your world-peace-manifestation
On earth?
This is the right question.
14771
God, will You make my mindAs vast as the ocean?
This is the wrong question.
God, will You make my mind
As pure as a flower?
This is the right question.
14772
God, can You tell meHow many drops there are
In the ocean?
This is the wrong question.
God, will You make my heart’s
Gratitude-tears
As countless as the drops
Of the ocean?
This is the right question.
14773
The stupid mind never thinksThat God is approachable.
The wise heart knows
That God can be approached
For anything.
14774
A special Grace from AboveHas to flood the world
If the world is to be saved
From oneness-bankruptcy.
14775
His heart is hidingInside his mind
To illumine his mind
Affectionately and compassionately
At the right moment.
14776
Since God’s Compassion and ForgivenessSee through all our disguises,
Can we not be sincere and wise?
14777
Only the hopes and dreamsThat live inside my heart
Can make friends with Immortality.
14778
I have bravely forgivenAll my yesterdays
So that today I can cheerfully run
Towards my destined Goal.
14779
O my mind,You say that you cannot wait
For a better world.
But tell me, what have you done
To speed the arrival
Of a better world?
14780
Only a sleepless enthusiasm-strengthCan build a bridge
Between earth’s ceaseless cries
And Heaven’s sleepless smiles.
14781
To spend a moment in hesitationIs to go away
Further and further
From Reality’s Satisfaction-Delight.
14782
Only by singingYour heart’s soul-songs
Will you be able to tame
Your unruly mind.
14783
The vigilance of the soulCan grant enormous confidence
To the aspiring mind.
14784
A soulful meditationDoes have the capacity
To minimise the mind’s
Anxiety-pressure.
14785
A tearful gratitudeCan easily increase
The depth and height of your meditation.
14786
Because of his heart’s readinessHe ran the fastest from the very start
To reach God’s Satisfaction-Destination.
14787
Some people have many guides,But I have only one guide,
And that guide is my fondness-dream.
14788
I am glad that you areYour heart’s implicit devotion-cry
To reach God’s Summit-Palace.
14789
When God comes with His Compassion-EyeTo speak to my doubting mind,
My doubting mind, like a thief,
Disappears from God’s Presence.
14790
Why do you waste your timeArguing with your doubting mind?
Your mind is already a fool.
Do you want to be another fool?
14791
On this very special dayMy Lord Supreme
Is in an excellent mood
To answer any questions
I can possibly ask.
Alas, alas!
Where are my life-illumining questions?
14792
It is the heart that suffersFrom its separation from the mind,
And not the reverse.
14793
God’s unconditional CompassionNever keeps
An unlisted telephone number.
14794
The moment I think of God,I clearly see only one thing:
His Summit-Forgiveness-Smile.
14795
You may be a rogue,But don’t think God is a fool.
He will not give you maximum results
For your minimum effort!
14796
O my mind,Can you not see that
Because of your stark stupidity-acts
You are quite often entangled
By frustration-nets?
14797
An unaspiring heartCan have only a fragile faith,
And never a faith everlasting.
14798
I wanted my aspiration-dreamTo fly.
Alas, it is not even crawling!
14799
Seekers come in three categories:Some want only to be pleased
By God.
Others want to please God
And be pleased by God.
Still others soulfully sing
Their heartbeat-motto:
“God for God’s sake.”
14800
May my life be an enthusiasm-server,May my heart be an eagerness-crier
To sing my Lord’s Victory-Song.
