Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 175

17401

I am determined
To serve my Lord Supreme
Unconditionally
As long as I breathe.

17402

I do not want to live
Any more
Between my mind’s explanation
And my heart’s frustration.
I want to live
In my mind’s serenity-room
And my heart’s sincerity-room.

17403

Like the smiling Guest,
God,
Let my heart become
A smiling host.

17404

I never know
Where the face of success is.
I never know
Where the heart of progress is.
And yet I go on!

17405

Alas,
My mind knows not
What to say;
My heart knows not
What to do.

17406

At last I am enjoying
The sinking
Of my overloaded mind-ship.

17407

The mind
Does not want to know
That doubt
Is its secret enemy number one.

17408

Alas, why do I not see
That my mind’s thought-rooms
Are covered with desire-dust?

17409

Only a confidence-heart
Can take
A fruitful peace-journey.

17410

A self-giving thought
Is a passport
To a higher consciousness-bliss.

17411

Hard is it
To cure the mind’s
Unwillingness-spasm.

17412

Good-bye,
O my mind’s thought-room.
Welcome,
O my heart’s satisfaction-smile.

17413

O how beautiful
A hope-sea
And a promise-sky are!

17414

My heart-fragrance
Is my God-obedience.
My life-breath
Is my God-satisfaction.

17415

Only the heart’s
Soulfulness-smile
Can cure the mind’s
Impurity-disease.

17416

My Lord,
Do allow me to know
Your Opinions
Instead of giving me
Lavish options.

17417

What am I doing?
I am enjoying
My mind’s anxiety-retirement.

17418

You deny
God’s Compassion-Eye.
Therefore,
You will be forced to remain
A misfortune-carrier.

17419

Is there any human being
Who has never been
A deplorable victim
To fear, doubt and anxiety?

17420

A hurtful vital
And a doubtful mind
Are our life-destruction-tigers.

17421

My Lord Supreme,
Do daily repair
My aspiration-heart
And my dedication-life.

17422

My meditation-dawn
Protects and illumines
My entire day.

17423

O my mind,
Not even my worst enemy
Can torture me
Like you do.

17424

Imitation-aspiration
Is stupidity.
Imitation-dedication
Is futility.

17425

Do not remain glued
To your own opinion.
Others may have opinions
That can easily challenge
And defeat yours.

17426

Insecurity-stature
Is smaller than the smallest.
Insecurity-breath
Is weaker than the weakest.

17427

My soul is homesick
For Infinity’s Peace
And Immortality’s Love.

17428

Alas,
Why do I not learn
From failure-lessons?
Why do I continue
With my deplorable mistakes?

17429

Willingness-eyes
See the farthest.
Willingness-hearts
Feel the deepest.
Willingness-feet
Run the fastest.

17430

There can be no
Unconditional surrender-replacement.
No, never!

17431

Only God’s
Unconditional Compassion-Eye
Can pull me out of
This darkest ignorance-night-quagmire.

17432

O my stupid mind,
Build not
Expectation-pyramid.
You will suffer
Frustration-death.

17433

Where do I live?
I live
In the Compassion-neighbourhood
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

17434

A purity-heart
Is bound to radiate
Goodness-light
Everywhere.

17435

O my mind,
Remain not in the ancient ruins
Of your past deeds.
Wake up!
Go forward!
A bright dawn
Is awaiting your arrival.

17436

You can climb up
All life-towers.
There is no such thing
As impossibility-tower.

17437

My Compassion-Lord Supreme
Asks me every day
To write down my heart-experiences
To expedite my inner journey.

17438

A silence-mind
Lovingly puts all thoughts
To sleep.

17439

My mind’s conversation
With doubt
And my heart’s conversation
With faith
Will never end, never.

17440

Is there any human being
Who does not love
His own desire-fulfilment-story?

17441

Every morning
My Lord Supreme asks me
To make my heart’s faith-flames
More soulful and more powerful.

17442

When the clever mind
Of any human being
Asks you to do something,
You have reason to doubt.

17443

My mind calls it
Blind belief.
I call it
My heart’s
Wisdom-flooded faith.

17444

If you live only in your head,
Even God the Compassion
Does not think much of you.

17445

When your heart becomes
A very long-range prayer,
You certainly will be able
To please God in His own Way.

17446

God is here,
But where are you roaming
With your doubting mind,
Strangling vital
And fearful heart?

17447

A mind of silence
Is the Satisfaction-Smile
Of God’s own Heart.

17448

If he is truly divine,
Your flattery or criticism
Cannot reach his head —
No, not even his feet!

17449

My Lord, do make
My dedication-blossoms
Beautiful
And my aspiration-tree
Peaceful.

17450

Before, I was a believer
In God’s Satisfaction-Smile.
Now, I am a server
Of God’s Satisfaction-Smile.

17451

My heart-door is sleeplessly open
Only to those
Who love and serve God
Unconditionally.

17452

God’s creation unmistakably knows
That ruthless exploitation
Is the order of the day.

17453

His aspiration-heart
Wants to remain a stranger
To his doubt-indulgence-mind.

17454

As inspiration and aspiration
Have no limits,
Even so,
Life-transformation and God-satisfaction
Have no limits.

17455

My Lord tells me
That my heart’s
Humility-candle flame
Is priceless.

17456

What is doubt
If not mind-division
And truth-defiance?

17457

My Lord, do bless me
With the capacity to remember
My childhood sweetness-dreams.

17458

Alas,
Our suffering heart-life
Is forced to live
In our jungle-mind.

17459

Now that my heart’s
Faith-rose has blossomed,
No more do I have to see
My mind’s doubt-reality-thorns.

17460

No more am I
A stupid supporter
Of my mind’s revolution
Against my heart’s aspiration-life.

17461

Every day
God’s Compassion-Eye
Navigates my heart-journey.

17462

Aspiration and ingratitude
Are never to be found
Together.

17463

Be careful!
Do not allow
Any virtue of yours
To drown in ignorance-sea.

17464

Sail, sail
Your aspiration-boat!
Delight-destination
Is within your easy reach.

17465

The aspiration-heart
Is the promise-voice
Of the seeker’s life.

17466

My soul’s morning star
Feeds my aspiration-heart
Before I do anything.

17467

My soul’s silence-moments
Devour my mind’s
Ignorance-roar.

17468

Patience is undoubtedly
The first step
Towards perfection’s summit-height.

17469

If I cannot see God’s Face,
I do not mind.
But I do mind
If I do not or cannot
Sit at God’s Compassion-Feet.

17470

Can you not see
That God is asking you
To drink His Compassion-Delight
To your heart’s content?

17471

Still man’s same complaints:
God does not love me.
God does not want me.
God does not even think of me.

17472

Please, Lord,
Do save my poor heart
From becoming a withering hope.

17473

Each doubt
Secretly tries to stab
The foolish mind.

17474

Your eyes are closed to light.
Therefore,
Misery has become
Your Lord Supreme.

17475

O my mind,
Do not participate
In pleasure-parade.
Your suffering will be
Infinitely more destructive
Than you can ever imagine.

17476

A single faith-flame
Can illumine my mind’s
Darkness-doubt-room.

17477

My soulful silence
Is the smile
Of my heart-garden.

17478

My Lord Supreme,
If not now,
When will you make me
A perfect instrument of Yours?

17479

If you want to be
A perfect God-lover,
Then you cannot walk
On temptation-road.

17480

When I take a gratitude-step,
My Lord tells me
That my perfection-days
Are fast approaching.

17481

To be happy every day
I open
My heart-aspiration-door
And close
My mind-expectation-door.

17482

I have started smiling
Sincerely,
For I know my ignorance-days
Are numbered.

17483

I have shattered
My life’s uncertainties
With my willingness-power.

17484

O my doubting mind,
You rightly deserve
A poison-look of hatred
From me.

17485

God’s Compassion
Hires my heart.
Man’s frustration
Fires my life.

17486

Good-bye,
Expectation-hallucination!
Hello,
My prayer-heart!

17487

I cannot help
Laughing heartily
When ignorance-king and ignorance-queen
Unreservedly admire themselves.

17488

Only my soulful meditations
Can considerably reduce
My anxiety-days.

17489

Because of my unconditional surrender
To God’s Will,
My heart is hailing today
The divine birth
Of a supreme Vision.

17490

No more shall I remain
A slave
To my mind’s darkness-flooded
Doubts and fears!

17491

Alas, I do not know
How and why
The purity-heart should be exiled
Into slavery.

17492

Each truth-seeker and God-lover
Is the fulfilled promise
Of a new world-dream.

17493

Alas,
I do not know why
I have become a perfect slave
To my self-imposed tortures!

17494

Never undermine
The sincerity of your mind,
The purity of your heart
And the divinity of your soul.
Never!

17495

I am extremely grateful
To my heart
For helping me
So kindly and affectionately
To rise far above
My mind’s shameless pride.

17496

I came into the world
Not to destroy and bury,
But to transform and illumine
My ignorance-life.

17497

My Lord,
May each of my daily moments
Flourish
In my heart’s purity-love.

17498

Poor God!
In vain His Compassion-Heart
Tries to entertain
My dry mind.

17499

Before granting God-realisation,
God does not let the seeker
Leave any of his aspiration-lessons
Unlearnt.

17500

An unconditional inspiration-mind,
An unconditional aspiration-heart
And an unconditional dedication-life
Are God-cherishing treasures.

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