Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222

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22101

Although I doubt it very much,
God is absolutely certain
That I am a choice instrument of His.

22102

Each self-giving thought proves
That we have deep inside
The Fragrance of God’s Heart.

22103

The oneness-heart
Eventually will triumph over
The reasoning mind.

22104

The day I do not pray and meditate,
I see a complete eclipse
Of my God-fulfilment-promise.

22105

My continuous surrender
To frustration
Has shut every door
Of my heart-room.

22106

Each undivine thought
Has the capacity to oust us
From our own divine heart-garden.

22107

O Lord,
Restore me to what I used to be:
A loving and faithful child of Yours.

22108

I shall always deeply treasure
My soul’s peace-promise
To the world.

22109

Be not afraid
Of a volcano-temptation.
Your heart’s mounting aspiration
Can silence it.

22110

O my mind, be wise.
How long are you planning
To keep yourself attached
To your ignorance-life?

22111

I have only one question for God:
Does He need me
The way I need Him?

22112

Be happy
When you offer your good actions
To God.
Be equally happy
When you offer your bad actions
To God.

22113

I am at once a fool and a rogue
When I blame others
For my own misdeeds.

22114

God treasures
Not only
The smiles of my soul,
But also
The tears of my heart.

22115

When we want to change
God’s Will to ours,
God does not allow it.
Why not?
Precisely because
He cares for our perfection
Very dearly.

22116

We do not know
And we will never know
How clever and strong
Our self-deceptions are.

22117

Do you not see
That God’s Compassion-Eye
Is chasing your runaway vital?

22118

God-disobedience
Is the ignorance-multiplication
Of life.

22119

God congratulates me
Only when I transform
My mind’s “I”-ness-pride
Into my heart’s oneness-light.

22120

I am satisfied
When God’s Mouth
Speaks to me.
God is satisfied
Only when my heart
Speaks to Him.

22121

God will give you many, many chances
To change your nature.
Therefore, be not disappointed
Even if you continuously fail.

22122

You do not have to take care
Of yourself.
Just give God the chance,
Cheerfully.

22123

From my gratitude-heart
I get everything.
From my surrender-life
I become everything.

22124

Every night I dream
That my mind’s nightmares
Will soon come to an end.

22125

Who is not on the right track?
He who thinks
That he has nothing,
And he who thinks
That he has everything.

22126

Alas, quite often
Success creates nothing
But untold miseries.

22127

Our sleepless and breathless prayers
Show us the royal road
To self-discovery.

22128

To see God smiling,
I must drown
My questioning mind.

22129

Unless I am one hundred per cent
For God,
How can I expect satisfaction
Either from myself
Or from the world?

22130

If you can offer God
Your heart’s streaming tears,
God will cheerfully carry you
All the way to His Peace-Abode.

22131

Your heart’s sorrows will turn into
Your soul’s joys
If you can surrender each thought of yours
To fulfil God’s Will.

22132

You always converse
With your division-mind.
Can you not once in a while converse
With your oneness-heart?

22133

God sends an invitation to you
Every day,
But unfortunately you are always absent
From your heart-home.

22134

Eagerness of the mind
And willingness of the heart
Can bring about the greatest miracle:
The transformation of life.

22135

Who is responsible,
If not my mind,
For compelling me to be
The slave of imperfection?

22136

My cheerful surrender
To God’s Will
Is indeed the master
Of my fate.

22137

When readiness is your name,
You are bound to see
Your divine qualities
Come to the fore.

22138

Alas, even when I am totally successful
Only because of God’s Compassion,
I forget to give credit
To God’s Compassion-Eye.

22139

How can you participate
In God’s self-giving Game
When you are completely in love
With your name and fame?

22140

The heart shows me its depth
Unconditionally.
The mind fails to show me
Its real height
Even when I plead with the mind.

22141

The summit of God’s Divinity
God wants to show
In humanity’s tears.

22142

To make us divinely happy,
What we need
Is the light of silence,
And not the power of sound.

22143

You are looking for
The perfect seeker.
Why not train yourself
To be that perfect seeker?
Start with yourself.

22144

How long can my mind resist,
Since God Himself is insisting
On my life-perfection?

22145

My Lord Supreme has finally
Pronounced the death
Of my disobedience.

22146

Every day
My Lord Supreme,
Out of His infinite Bounty,
Illumines the pathless woods
Of my mind.

22147

In my mind’s impurity
I have many enemies.
In my heart’s purity
I have no enemy.

22148

O world,
What I need from you
Is your heart,
Not your mind
And not even your hands.

22149

A oneness-heart-lover
Does not believe
In subordinates.

22150

We can escape
From everything else,
But not
From the heart of Truth.

22151

My unconditional surrender
Is the only anchor
That firmly holds me to God.

22152

My striving heart
Is my pilgrimage.
My smiling soul
Is my destination.

22153

My self-giving heart
God unquestionably prefers
To anything else.

22154

Nothing is really
Against us.
Everything is only
For itself.

22155

In the spiritual life,
Each opportunity is like
An open heart-door.

22156

There is no self-torture
As powerful as
Depression.

22157

If we cannot tame our vital,
Then we are doomed to have
A life of sheer exasperation.

22158

Our heart’s surrender-door
Is the only door
That God uses
To enter into our life.

22159

Nothing is worse
Than a constantly
Criticising mind.

22160

A self-giving life
Is always the Smile
Of the Absolute Supreme.

22161

My Lord, kick me!
Kick me hard!
The harder You kick,
The better I become.

22162

God suffers more, much more,
When He disagrees with man,
Than when man
Disagrees with Him.

22163

The world is lost
Between
Its possessiveness-vital
And its cynicism-mind.

22164

Instead of spending
Your time in tears,
There is another way
To live on earth:
You can spend
Your time in smiles.

22165

Jealousy’s hostility
Is as dangerous
As standing in front of
A tiger.

22166

Everything that is false
Must be negated
As soon as possible.

22167

To weaken the strength
Of ignorance,
We must laugh
At ignorance.

22168

Book-knowledge
Is quite often
Not only superficial,
But also imperfect.

22169

Each undivine thought
Increases the length
Of darkness-night.

22170

If we do not aspire,
Then our mind
Will always remain
Deplorably confused.

22171

Do not allow any divine dream
To get lost,
If you want to run
Towards your destination.

22172

When we have made
Our surrender unconditional,
We have satisfied
All of God’s Requirements.

22173

My mind only knows
How to frighten me.
My heart only knows
How to enlighten me.

22174

The reasoning mind
Can at times
Be unimaginably fragile.

22175

The law-maker-mind
Is also
The law-offender-mind.

22176

Is there anything
More difficult
Than to please
One’s own mind?

22177

My heart does not need
To read any book
To become wise
And remain forever wise.

22178

Nature’s perfection
Unavoidably requires
Endless time.

22179

Nothing really belongs to us.
No, not even
Our aspiration-heart.

22180

The spiritual life
Can easily live
Far beyond the understanding
Of the mind.

22181

My aspiration-heart
Definitely has the right
To destroy my ego’s vanity.

22182

My self-giving heart
Is the only thing
That God enjoys
When He is sad.

22183

My divine thoughts
Are the blooms and blossoms
Of my aspiration-breath.

22184

No matter how great and good
You are, alas,
You are bound to be discredited
By the jealousy of the world.

22185

The mind is a train
That is always late
In thinking of God
And praying to God.

22186

Do not think
Of your undivine qualities
All the time.
Indeed, that is the worst
Torment of all.

22187

Spirituality
Is nothing other than
A road that winds uphill
All the way.

22188

My heart’s happiness
Is marred
By my constantly reasoning mind.

22189

If we do not try to satisfy God
In God’s own Way,
Then we are not above
The level of animals.

22190

The unruly torrent
Of man’s vital life
Can be silenced
By the soul’s adamantine will.

22191

Every thought,
Either divine or undivine,
Marks either a satisfactory
Or unsatisfactory life.

22192

Each desire-fulfilling thought
Is strewn
With many dangers.

22193

The mind that wrestles
With the world
Also has the capacity
To embrace the world.

22194

We have the capacity
For self-appreciation.
We have the capacity
For self-abnegation.
How is it that
We do not have the capacity
For self-perfection?

22195

We make a colossal mistake
When we allow our life
To be governed
By mere curiosity.

22196

Your heart will not remain
Always barren of hope
If your prayers
Are unmistakably genuine.

22197

Loneliness attacks us
So ruthlessly
That at times it is impossible
For us to escape from it.

22198

Nobody can compel us
To be an absolute stranger
To Truth.
It is we who make ourselves
Strangers to Truth.

22199

Only the practice of detachment
Can make a human being
Really happy.

22200

Life is worth living,
For in life abides
God’s Golden Dream.

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