Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 257

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25601

A genuine God-lover
Has to be a dynamo
Of endless energy.

25602

My aspiration-heart
Is now being adorned
By my soul’s rainbow-smiles.

25603

To walk hand in hand with God,
First you must kiss the dust
Of God’s Feet.

25604

I need
A God-searching mind
That never bargains.

25605

I need
A God-loving heart
That never complains.

25606

How to illumine darkness?
Offer your heart’s aspiration-cry
To your God-representative-soul.

25607

If you want to play
Your mind-supremacy-game
On the world’s stage,
You will never be able to remove
The veil of your ignorance-night.

25608

Alas, the golden days of the heart
Are so brief
That before we can overcome one obstacle,
They disappear.

25609

Vow and vow
To reach your soul
Happily and sleeplessly.

25610

If you live in your mind,
You will see not only the birth
But also the death of your decisions
Before you achieve
What you wanted to achieve.

25611

A gratitude-heart
Is the sun
Of a seeker’s life.

25612

My heart’s tears
Have given way
To my soul’s
Ever-illumining cheers.

25613

May I spend my life between
The beauty
Of my mind’s imagination
And the fragrance
Of my heart’s aspiration.

25614

Desire has blinded me.
Alas, who will give me a new eye,
Who?

25615

Confusion of the mind
Always comes
In profusion.

25616

Faith-mountain
And surrender-mountain
Each seeker has to climb up.

25617

Ancient dreams
And modern realities
Will never be able to establish
A loving and fulfilling oneness.

25618

May each second of my life
Become the beauty
Of a blossoming promise.

25619

Let us accomplish everything
On the strength of our faith,
Long before the birth of doubt.

25620

My Lord,
Do give me the capacity
To give You my all
At every moment.

25621

Hope-light grows
From promise-power.
Fulfilment-delight glows
In promise-power.

25622

May my inner sun,
In its inner effulgence,
Never, never set.

25623

God’s own Melody
Is irresistible,
Right from the beginning to the end.

25624

Patience is
A most extraordinary virtue
That we embody.

25625

Obedience is
By far
The fastest Heavenward competitor.

25626

The superlative outer ideal
Is power-autocracy.
The superlative inner ideal
Is peace-ecstasy.

25627

One thing that God
Does not joke about
Is my God-surrender-smile.

25628

O truth-seeker and God-lover,
I assure you
That the land of nothingness-futility
For you is non-existent.

25629

The symphony
Of life-giving hearts
Has infinite notes.

25630

A dry mind
And a barren heart
Can only produce
A lifeless tree.

25631

I have many, many possessions.
My Lord has only one possession:
The smile of my gratitude-heart.

25632

Truth-seekers
And God-lovers
Can never, never clash.

25633

If a student of peace
Has eagerness and enthusiasm,
Then easily he will be able to manifest
God’s Transcendental Light on earth.

25634

Self-discovery
Can only be founded on
Self-conquest.

25635

God delights only in one thing:
The inseparable oneness
Of His children.

25636

A heart-sprinter
Can easily far surpass
A mind-marcher.

25637

Never be insecure.
It mars your God-given
Inner effulgence.

25638

Truth-seekers of the world:
Where are you?
God-lovers of the world:
Where are you?
Why are you delaying so much
Your perfect union?

25639

My heart’s peace-dreams
Reveal
My life’s satisfaction-tree.

25640

God came down
With a very special Message.
Nobody cared to listen
To His Message.
No, absolutely no one!

25641

Finally I have chosen today
To let my ego-bird
Fly away.

25642

God will never shorten the distance
From my mind to His Kingdom.
On the contrary,
He will lengthen the distance,
For my mind is all the time
Enjoying disobedience.

25643

God does not give my desire
The satisfaction
Of touching His Feet.

25644

In vain my heart begs my mind
To hoist together
The aspiration-sails.

25645

I awake every morning
With my life-blossoming
Gratitude-heart.

25646

If enthusiasm is missing,
If eagerness is missing,
Then we shall always find ourselves
At the very, very bottom
Of our aspiration-ladder.

25647

God tells both Heaven and earth
To stop disputing over their supremacy.
He tells them that both of them
Must meet each other on equal terms.

25648

My heart, my life and my life-breath —
All I have placed beneath the dust
Of my Lord’s Will.

25649

Be careful, O seeker!
At any moment
You can be trampled underfoot
By your brooding doubts.

25650

I have abandoned myself
Not to God’s Smiles,
Not to God’s Tears,
But to God’s creation-feeding Breath.

25651

If you are wise,
Then at every moment
You are going to question
Not only your outer life,
But also your inner life,
For your own self-discovery.

25652

Every day
My soul teaches my heart
How to have
God-pleasing smiles.

25653

My soul every day reveals to me
The sweet notes
Of a new delight-song.

25654

If we do not nourish our life-tree
With compassion, concern
And oneness-smiles,
Then our service-life will never have
Beauty and fragrance.

25655

I am afraid
Of my mind’s narrowness.
I am afraid
Of my heart’s vastness.

25656

I try so hard every day
To be in the sweet Presence
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme
Inside His Heart-Garden.

25657

If you were
A truly God-dedicated man,
Then by this time
God would have made you
A God-liberated soul.

25658

What are you doing, my seeker-friend?
“I am building and building
An aspiration-heart-home for myself.”

25659

Aspiration-requirement
Always comes first
In our Godward journey.

25660

A doubt-dominated mind
I was.
A faith-blossomed heart
I am.

25661

Do not worry!
If not today, then tomorrow
Your vital will break
All its earthly bondages.

25662

There shall definitely come a time
When our mind’s attachment-nights
Will either be illumined or disappear.

25663

Do not be worried
But be extremely happy
That God is going to interview
Your heart today.
I am sure your heart
Will do extremely well.

25664

If you show your eagerness to God,
Then only will God make Promises
In and through you.

25665

Like God’s Compassion,
Our gratitude also
Should not need
A wake-up call.

25666

Between our heart’s tears
And our mind’s doubts,
There can be no real contest.
The heart is bound to win.

25667

What is present-day humanity?
Present-day humanity
Is nothing short of
The violence-nature of an animal.

25668

Our minds crave
Self-aggrandising opportunities.
Our hearts long for
Self-giving opportunities.

25669

Living a God-enamoured life
Is quite possible
For any sincere God-lover.

25670

It is high time for me
To wake up
And not to neglect any more
My heart-garden.

25671

May my heart become every day
A beautiful harvest
Of God-gratitude.

25672

You must chide your mind
If it dares to interrupt God
When God wants to speak
To your heart.

25673

O seeker, a speedy ascent
Is not only necessary
But of paramount importance.

25674

If your mind plays
Ping-pong meditation,
How will you ever have illumination
In your mind and vital?

25675

God never asks you
To hide your head in humiliation.
He always asks you
To bring to Him a humility-head
So that He can give you
His infinite Blessing-Light.

25676

Heaven’s rest-resort
Will definitely be there
For those who try their utmost
To manifest God here on earth.

25677

Insecurity is in secret collusion
With misery
To torture our life.

25678

All God wants
Is my sleeplessly
Self-giving heart.

25679

To reach our destination,
Every day we must smooth and pave
The inner road
With hopes and promises.

25680

O seeker,
The hour has already struck!
You must close as soon as possible
Your insecurity-mind-umbrella.

25681

Only a heart that is inspired
By genuine love
Is embraced by God Himself.

25682

If you have
Immense and intense enthusiasm,
Then you will succeed
In everything that you do for God.

25683

O my heart, if you do not go
With your God-obedience-companion
Wherever you go,
Then you will fail.

25684

O my vital, be careful.
Try to see the light
And listen to the truth.
Otherwise, you will suffer
Lifelong God-disobedience-damage.

25685

O my Lord Beloved Supreme,
Every day I need You
To clear my mind-jungle
And purify my vital-tornado.

25686

Indeed, everybody’s soul
Is a crusader
For world-peace.

25687

If you can surrender
Happily and cheerfully
Your life to God,
Then only can you have
A perfect grasp of spiritual matters.

25688

I am so happy
That I am starving
For God’s Forgiveness-Smile.

25689

It is quite common and natural
For the unaspiring mind
And the unruly vital
To have a very strong relationship.

25690

Challenge at every moment
The authority of your mind
If you want to succeed
In your spiritual life.

25691

A self-giving heart
Is definitely the epitome
Of angelic sweetness.

25692

Every morning my Lord Supreme
Asks me to ring my inspiration-bell
And strike my aspiration-gong.

25693

Unlike my mind,
My heart is always filled to the brim
With soulful truth.

25694

In no time,
God Himself comes
To bless our souls
When they knock at God’s Temple Gate.

25695

Quite often
When our stupid mind rejoices,
Our wise heart weeps.

25696

Row, row your aspiration-boat,
If you want to arrive
At your golden Destination.

25697

Let the world ridicule
Your aspiration-attempts.
God Himself appreciates and admires
All your aspiration-attempts
At God-realisation.

25698

All the riddles of our life
Can be solved
By singing a God-surrender-song.

25699

How beautiful a day can be
When we allow our compassion-heart
To touch it.

25700

We are always guided by an unseen Hand.
But that unseen Hand can be seen,
Can be touched, can be felt
And can be claimed
On the strength of our oneness
With God’s Will.

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