Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 154

15301

The time to become perfect
Is all the time.
The time to please God
In His own Way
Is all the time.

15302

My Lord Supreme,
Please do not allow me
To surrender
To my loneliness-mind.
Please allow me
To be won
By my world-oneness-heart.

15303

If there is even an iota of doubt
Inside your mind,
God will not take the trouble
Of answering
A single one of your mind-questions.

15304

I tell myself
That the ignorance-life
Is not meant for me.
My life and I
Must speed up our progress-process
To reach our destined Goal.

15305

A single, short, wrong step
Is enough to make us miserable
For a long time
In our God-quest-journey.

15306

Always knock at opportunity-door
With your aspiration-heart.
Whom will you see coming out?
God the Fulfilment!

15307

My heart’s faith-power
Can destroy my mind’s
Huge disbelief-tree.

15308

Divine ecstasy’s height
Is not possible
For a human mind to scale.

15309

God compassionately blesses
A soulful God-worshipper’s
Body, vital, mind and heart
With sacredness.
Everything that he has
Is made sacred
By God’s Compassion-Touch.

15310

I am sure someday, somehow
My illumination-soul will win
Over the breath
Of my darkness-ignorance-life.

15311

O my mind’s huge ego-tree,
It is high time for you
To be uprooted.
Can you not see
That I am now
My soul’s adamantine will?

15312

O peace-seeking heart
Of humanity,
You have pleased God’s Heart
Far beyond your imagination-flight.

15313

A seeker’s streaming tears
Will eventually become
Very intimately associated
With God’s Heart.

15314

O my mind,
There is no evidence
That you ever loved God.

O my heart,
There is full evidence
That you and God
Secretly and openly love each other.

15315

God’s unconditional Compassion-Eye
Is the only force
Behind my speedy progress-life.

15316

Only an ingratitude-heart
Can dare to prune
God’s Compassion-Tree.

15317

What a life you have!
Yesterday you thundered
With haughtiness.
Today you are dining
With utter helplessness.

15318

You must learn how to laugh
At your untold miseries
If you want to be brave enough
To welcome eventually
Your ecstasy-flooded soul.

15319

This morning
My soul invited me to enjoy
Its Eternity’s rainbow-radiance.

15320

Do not forget
Your real name.
Your real name
Is God-Compassion-Devourer.

Do not forget
Your real home.
Your real home
Is God-Silence-Mountain.

15321

Look forward smilingly.
Look upward lovingly.
Look inward bravely.
Lo, you have been liberated
From the ignorance-shackles
Of the past.

15322

My mind,
Yesterday you were heartless.
God the Justice-Light
Has forced you to be helpless today.
And tomorrow
You are destined to be hopeless.

15323

When I ask my heart
To give me the inner report,
It always tells me
Things that are inspiring
And encouraging.

15324

Your heart’s gratitude-tears
Make God feel
That He has something
In His creation
To be proud of.

15325

In your oneness-fulness-heart-garden
There is no room
For discouragement-weeds.

15326

You are allowed
To feed your mind
With exciting information.
But you must also
Feed your heart
With illumining Messages from God.

15327

Sometimes I wonder
What will happen to me
If God ever becomes tired
Of my worthless and useless
Earth-performances.

15328

One day
Man will definitely become tired
Of writing his success-story
And will start writing
His sweet progress-song.

15329

God does not mind
If I am not aware
Of His endless Blessings.
But He does mind
When I say that God is for others
And not for me.

15330

Smile at the world.
Smile at yourself.
Just smile, within and without!
Your fate could have been
Infinitely worse.

15331

God, in His infinite Compassion,
Is warning me to be careful:
“My child,
Your destruction-suspicion-mind
Is right in front of you.”

15332

My mind,
You have no right
To meddle with my heart’s
Sterling faith.
My heart
Has done nothing wrong
To you.

15333

My life has been completely transformed
Just by accepting
God’s Compassion-flooded Invitation.

15334

Under no circumstances
Should you desert
Your hope-boat
Or allow it to sink
In the confusion-mind-sea.

15335

What do I want
To govern my life?
I want my heart’s
Life-perfection-dreams
To govern my life.

15336

O my mind’s sadness-sunset,
Do not give up hope!
For tomorrow God may give you
Another chance
To transform yourself
Into my heart’s eternal sunrise.

15337

Time will tell you
What I have done
For your perfection,
O my mind.

Time will tell you
What I have done
For your satisfaction,
O my heart.

15338

God is the Compassion-Fountain.
He wants His children to be
The acceptance-delight.

15339

O my soul,
Do help my heart to revive
Its long-forgotten promise to God
For His complete manifestation
On earth.

15340

Somehow, a desire-cry
And a destruction-smile
Are perversely attracted
To each other.

15341

O my sincerity-heart,
You have to outlast everything
Before God uses you
To manifest His Light
Here on earth.

15342

If you see God’s immortal Heart,
Then you are bound to see
His infinite Peace inside it.
They are inseparable.

15343

When the mind is sincerely open
To the loving heart,
Then both the mind and the heart
Can achieve the impossible.

15344

In my daily morning meeting
With God,
I learn only one thing:
The Beauty-Smile
Of the Infinite
Inside the purity-cry
Of the finite.

15345

Every morning
My soul-priest
Collects my heart-blossoms
Lovingly and proudly,
And places them on the altar
Of my Lord Supreme.

15346

Like my heart,
If my body, vital and mind
Also cry for progress-delight,
Then the world will be flooded
With God-Beauty and God-Prosperity.

15347

Two meals I take daily:
My unconditional life-surrender
And
My unconditional heart-gratitude.

15348

God, do You not need
A short vacation?
“I do not need a vacation.
What I badly need
Is your life’s
Immediate perfection!”

15349

God will help you
Command your mind-thoughts
If you offer Him
Your heart’s surrender-gift.

15350

Only one enthusiasm-step
Shortens my destination-distance,
Quickens my speed
And enlightens my life.

15351

Unless you are eagerly ready
To approach God on His own terms,
You will remain a complete failure
Both in your inner life
And in your outer life.

15352

Ask yourself only one question,
The question of questions:
Do you belong to God’s Heart
Or do you belong to your own mind?

15353

Each temptation-thought
Is finally forced
To join life’s extinction-parade.

15354

When you keep your eyes turned inward,
You are blessed with
A sweetness-satisfaction-surge.

15355

Your wisdom-soul-teacher
Does not mind
Teaching you the same lesson
Again and again,
Provided you want to learn it.
What is that lesson of life?
God-manifestation on earth!

15356

Who has ever seen
Satisfaction-famine
Inside his unconditional
Surrender-life?

15357

I tell you, O my mind,
Your encyclopedia-memory
Has nothing to do with
God-remembrance-ecstasy.
You are permitted only to remember
Earth-bound facts,
Not Heaven-free realities.

15358

God has a Heart of sympathy
Even if He doesn’t have
Anything else.
The spirituality shortage
In today’s world
Is causing severe pangs
In His Heart.

15359

O my heart, offer to God
Your oneness-flame.
He will immediately grant you
His Fulness-Sun.

15360

My heart’s open invitation
Is for all.
There are no intruders —
No, not even unwanted
Or undesirable visitor-guests.

15361

Gradually
Perfection will come to the fore
If you continue offering
Your heart’s life-breath
To the world.

15362

Every day
Good and evil thoughts
Are increasing in the world.
Therefore, the mind-hotel
Never enjoys vacancy.

15363

What you need
Is a silence-mind.
What you need
Is a sacrifice-heart.
What you need
Is a willingness-life.

15364

If you are even a little negative
Towards God’s unconditional
Compassion-Light,
The skies of Heaven will never allow you
To enjoy peace of mind.

15365

If you do not disobey
Your ignorance-leader,
The inner progress-summit
Will always be denied to you.

15366

As soon as God opens His Eyes,
My life runs towards Him
For perfection.
As soon as God closes His Eyes,
My mind runs towards Him
For forgiveness.

15367

You will be equal to the task
Of manifesting God on earth
If your life is a constant
Willingness-eagerness.

15368

Because the smile of my soul
Is strong,
God asks my soul’s smile
To come and stand beside Him.

Because the tears of my heart
Are weak,
God tells my heart’s tears
To come and hide inside His Heart.

15369

No matter how much complexity
Your mind cherishes
Either consciously or unconsciously,
God will bless your mind one day
With a childlike simplicity,
For that is the only way
Your mind will be able to enjoy
Delight infinite.

15370

O hungry impatience-mind,
How I wish that you could enter
Into Eternity’s patience-sky
To recognise your divinity’s
Transcendental form.

15371

You cannot live
In the outer world
Divinely and supremely
If you are trying to live
Beyond your heart’s surrender-income.

15372

God-Compassion-flooded human beings
Have a very special way
Of receiving
God’s inner Glory supreme.

15373

God’s Sweetness-Whisper
Is my climbing heart’s
Aspiration-breath.

15374

Every morning
My heart’s fondness-faith feeds me
So that I am not devoured
By the wild doubt-tiger.

15375

Every morning my enthusiasm-soul
Takes me into the aspiration-elevator,
Which goes straight to the highest floor
Of Consciousness-Bliss.

15376

When God comes to me,
He does not come alone.
He brings with Him
The blessingful Message
Of my nature’s perfection-possibility.

15377

No genuine aspiration-life
Should ever be afraid
Of disaster-intrusion.

15378

Do not worry, my seeker-friend!
The Lord of infinite Compassion
Will never allow your aspiration-heart
To go astray.

15379

Humanity’s life
Has taken a new direction.
It wants a heart
Flooded with oneness-peace.

15380

My Lord,
May my life-boat be anchored
In Your sleepless
Compassion-Earth-Harbour.

15381

Every day
The abundant beauty
Of the morning
Heralds the great promise
Of God-Divinity on earth.

15382

A beautiful, soulful and fruitful
Gratitude-smile
Is the smile of a very rare
Perfection-life.

15383

Not God the Ruler
But God the Lover
Is my foremost Companion
Among my countless acquaintances.

15384

I am absolutely certain
That no soulful question
From my aspiration-heart
Will remain unanswered by God.

15385

You can avoid God’s Presence
As long as you want to,
But God will definitely give you
As much inner treasure
As you can receive.

15386

My heart-pain can easily annul
My mind’s
Long-lived pleasure-life.

15387

Only an unconditional
Surrender-life
Is entitled to inherit
God’s nectar-flooded
Promise-Land.

15388

My heart’s sincerity-cry
Is slowly blossoming
Into the radiance-smile
Of my purity-dawn-eyes.

15389

Ignorance-frown is too weak
To come near my heart’s
Ever-blossoming soul-smile.

15390

When desire captures your mind,
You can fight it
And become supremely victorious.
You are under no obligation to surrender
And obey desire’s express commands.

15391

Only a breathless willingness-heart
Knows and feels how close God is
To His Fondness-Creation.

15392

God’s Compassion-Eye
Not only forgives
But also forgets
All our very dark
Ignorance-misdeeds.

15393

O my mind,
It is high time
For you to enter into
A living, loving and illumining
Life of spirituality.

15394

God is extremely happy
When we admire
The silent, self-giving heart
Of a God-lover.

15395

My soul is inviting my heart
To be a passenger
On its moon-sailboat
To Heaven-port.

15396

God does not ask you
To meditate
Twenty-four hours a day.
He just asks you
To pray and meditate
Twenty-four minutes a day,
But quietly and self-givingly.

15397

Your surrender-prayer
Must be completely empty
Of despair-sighs.

15398

In the world of silence-heart,
There are no problems,
Not even the so-called
World-prosperity-problem.

15399

In the perfection-progress-race,
God does not want anybody
To be the loser.
He wants everybody equally
To win the race.

15400

My Lord is telling me
That at the end
Of my dedication-life
He will bless me
With His Heart’s
Perfect Satisfaction-Smile.

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