Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 181

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18001

My only necessity in life
Is to be at Your Feet
And look at Your Compassion-Eye
And Forgiveness-Heart.

18002

Relax!
You will not only feel great,
But also become good.

18003

Speak!
You may eventually become
A great speaker.

Listen!
You will definitely become
A wise world-transformer.

18004

Each human being on earth
Is my teacher.
This definitely includes
My enemies.

18005

The more I purify my mind,
The less I look ugly and undivine,
Even in the eyes of my enemies.

18006

Yesterday I expected
My nature’s partial transformation.
Today I demand
My nature’s radical transformation.

18007

I pay attention
Only to what I feel about myself,
And not to what others
Think and say about me.

18008

Can you not surprise God today
By going to Him yourself,
Instead of inviting Him
To come and see you?

18009

In my life there are many things
That I do not like.
But God does not like
Only one thing in my life:
My unwillingness to change,
My unwillingness to become
His fondest child.

18010

The outer world
Gives me responsibilities.
The inner world
Gives me not only capacities
But also opportunities.

18011

The birth of a new
And illumining thought
Inside my mind
Is the blossoming of a new
And illumining world.

18012

My true accomplishments
Are nothing other than
My self-transcending songs.

18013

God sincerely needs
Your soul, your heart, your mind
And your vital.
Therefore, you must love them
And be proud of them.

18014

From the desiring ego
I have learnt
How to cry.
From the surrendering ego
I have learnt
Not only how to smile
But also how to proceed fast
Towards my goal.

18015

What my mind needs
Is tomorrow’s divinity-vision.
What my life needs
Is yesterday’s purity-voice.

18016

Unlike my mind,
My heart always obeys
Both earthly and Heavenly
Wisdom-laws.

18017

Every day I pray to God
To grant me the rebirth
Of my devotion-heart.

18018

God wants each human being
To be an imagination-thirsty
And aspiration-hungry child of His.

18019

May my heart’s tears
And my life’s promises
Walk along
My soul’s pilgrim-journey-road.

18020

It seems to me
That each incarnation
Of a human being
Is Divinity’s unfinished dream.

18021

Alas,
What was once upon a time
My heart’s boundless poise
Is now
My mind’s noisy voice.

18022

Imagination lives
In the world of soulfulness.
Aspiration lives
In the world of fruitfulness.

18023

God is always hungry
For the fragrance
Of a self-giving purity-heart.

18024

No matter where God goes,
He is always followed
By His Compassion
And Perfection-Sunshine.

18025

Enthusiasm
Is the God-given energy
Which we must use
To fulfil our heart’s
Inner divinity.

18026

My Lord,
I hate so many things.
Do You hate anything?
“Yes, my child, I do.”
What do You hate, my Lord?
“I literally hate
Your exaggerated devotion.”

18027

A suspicion-mind
And an impurity-heart
Are the footfalls
Of impending doom.

18028

Mother Earth
Is my life’s dedication-body
And my heart’s illumination-soul.

18029

There is no such thing
As perfection’s
Ultimate height.

18030

During the entire day
I have only two genuine friends:
My heart
And my heart’s morning-song.

18031

In my inner life
I meditate on the mountain-silence
To be peaceful.

In my outer life
I meditate on the fountain-sound
To be cheerful.

18032

I must admit
That my prayer-income
Is next to nothing.
But my meditation-income
Is quite substantial.

18033

Every day
I happily watch my heart
Importing aspiration-flowers
And exporting desire-coals.

18034

God always chooses
My willing heart
And not
My complaining vital.

18035

Each and every
Heart-dream of mine
Has the capacity
To take the highest flight
And the longest journey.

18036

Holiness-beauty-fragrance
Always remains
Beyond measure.

18037

My mind wants
Success-procession.
My heart wants
Progress-acceleration.

18038

There can be nothing
As beautiful as
My heart’s meditation-garden.

18039

I like my mind’s
Inspiration-smiles.
I love my heart’s
Aspiration-tears.

18040

My Lord Supreme tells me
That my heart does not have to become
His best friend,
For my heart already is.

18041

My mind asks me
To be the leader of everything.
My heart tells me
To be the doer of everything.

18042

My Lord,
I need only one thing from You
For my life:
A non-stop dedication-express train.

18043

Today I have discovered
That it is infinitely easier
To please God
Than to please my mind and vital.

18044

Alas,
Today I have discovered
That I am my mind’s
Hallucination-reservoir
And my heart’s
Aspiration-drought.

18045

Idleness is a free ticket.
With this ticket
You can never go anywhere.

18046

God’s Pleasure
Has always been
My heart’s treasure.

18047

God’s Greatness
At times may be knowable,
But God’s Goodness
Will forever remain
Unknowable.

18048

It is my heart’s sincere cry
And nothing else
That removes the barrier
Between me and Divinity’s Smile.

18049

God has repeatedly asked me
To offer the gratitude
Of my unconditional heart
To His own Heart,
And not even
To His Eyes and Feet.

18050

My mind is accustomed
To making bombastic promises.
My heart is accustomed
To making ecstatic promises.
My body is accustomed
To making pathetic promises.
My Lord Supreme is accustomed
To making not only sympathetic promises
But also prophetic promises.

18051

Some are born to succeed.
My mind
Is one of those divine instruments.

Some are born to proceed and transcend,
Transcend and proceed.
My heart
Is one of those God-instruments.

18052

When my heart
Is all endurance,
My Lord Supreme
Is all assurance.

18053

My heart’s aspiration-fire
Will definitely one day
Burn my desire-rope to ashes.

18054

Inside each aspiration-heart
God’s Sunshine-Smile
Is always available.

18055

Life is real
Only when it is divine,
And this life divine
Comes into existence
Only after ego’s death.

18056

My heart, I love you
Precisely because
You have gladly accepted
My God-manifesting challenge
Here on earth.

18057

The mind is hungry
For earthly pleasure.
The heart is hungry
For Heavenly treasure.

18058

God is whispering to you
To show Him your heart’s
Aspiration-wings.

18059

My Lord Supreme,
Do give me the capacity
To surrender my heart’s
Blue-gold breath
To You.

18060

My heart’s faith-fragrance
Is my open door
To Heaven’s loftiest heights.

18061

Mankind’s ignorance-malady
Is unbearable indeed,
But not incurable.

18062

The dryness
Of the mind’s philosophy
Is nothing short of
The life’s emptiness-voice.

18063

I know
What the mind’s constant worry is.
But alas, will I ever know and feel
What the heart’s abundant poise is?

18064

To live
In the surrender-heart-affection
Is to sing
Nature’s perfection-song.

18065

The mind that is given
To hatred and tyranny
Can easily possess
An atom-bomb-mouth.

18066

I know my life
Will cease to be a problem
When I become constantly
My heart’s surrender-song.

18067

Do not underestimate
Either the strength
Of ignorance-night
Or the strength
Of wisdom-light.

18068

All that we claim to be ours
Is a temporary loan
From the inner world.

18069

Impossibility
Always bows
To humanity’s
Patience-mountain.

18070

What we need
Is the breath of sincerity,
The heart of purity
And the life of simplicity.

18071

The aspiration-heart
Always sings
God’s most powerful
Victory-Song.

18072

Who can conquer
The mind’s suspicion-fever?
Who can penetrate
The mind’s unwillingness-wall?
Who can waste
The soul-power of man’s heart?

18073

If you want to succeed,
My life,
Then always try to bask
In the heart’s willingness-sunshine.

18074

I have come to learn
That my Lord’s Forgiveness-Song
Has no final note.

18075

My Lord, I need to learn from You
That I still love You,
I still need You,
I still want to be
A perfect perfection-instrument of Yours.

18076

God will change
Your mental frustration
And psychic depression
If you are ready to have
A new name:
Willingness.

18077

Nothing can be more destructive
Than ingratitude-heart-dagger.
Nothing can be more constructive
Than gratitude-heart-fragrance.

18078

Believe it or not,
I am extremely proud
Of my singing soul
And breathlessly winging heart.

18079

My Lord,
I have only two questions
To ask You:
When will my lethargy-vacation end,
And
When will my energy-expedition start?

18080

O my mind,
I shall wait for you.
Even for centuries I shall wait,
If it is necessary,
For your transformation.

18081

I do not need anybody
To dig my grave
When I am gone.
My earthly desires
Have already done it.

18082

My Lord tells me
That I cannot know
The depth of His Love
If I do not care to accept His Love
In His own Way.

18083

I want to be independent
From now on.
I do not want to remain
Under the hurtful influence
Of expectation.

18084

Alas, how often
Our human mind surrenders
To the sudden attack
Of suspicion-night.

18085

God’s Compassion-Tears
Ceaselessly drop from Heaven
To purify our mind
And fulfil our aspiration.

18086

Lord, do allow me to discover
Why I find it so difficult
To unconditionally surrender
To You.

18087

My Lord,
If You want to tear
My life apart,
Do it immediately.
But never leave me,
My heart.

18088

My mind trusts me,
But I do not trust
My mind.

18089

May my mind never be preoccupied
With hopelessness-tears.
May my heart never be preoccupied
With helplessness-sighs.

18090

Although God gets
Countless complaints
From human beings
Every day,
He never runs short of
Complaint-diaries.

18091

Alas, I have come to realise
That true satisfaction,
Illumining satisfaction
And
Fulfilling satisfaction
Will always remain
Out of my reach.

18092

I can see that
God’s Compassion-Eye
Has already arrived
At your heart-door.
But when are you planning to send
Your heart’s gratitude-smiles to Him?
When?

18093

Attachment-night
Has imprisoned me.
Detachment-day
Will liberate me.
But alas,
I know not when,
I know not how.

18094

O seeker,
Be not lost.
Cultivate more heart-will-power.
Destined is your Golden Shore.

18095

From today on
My heart’s tears
And my life’s smiles
I shall direct
Only to my Lord Supreme.

18096

Alas, my life has now become
A long-lost aspiration-cry
And a long-lost dedication-smile.

18097

We must realise
That we are indeed
The slaves of our ambitions
And not the masters
Of our ambitions.

18098

Your spirituality-life’s foundation
Will be shattered
If you maintain your friendship
With ignorance-desire.

18099

Each time I offer
My gratitude-heart to God,
I enter into a more illumining
And more fulfilling
Tomorrow’s dawn.

18100

No more imperfection-darkness.
Enough is enough!
No more ignorance-night.
Enough is enough!
No more self-indulgence.
Enough is enough!
No more my God-forgotten life.
Enough is enough!

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