Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 266

26501

My Lord’s Compassion-Hands
Not only hold but also steer
The wheel of my dedication-life.

26502

My gratitude-heart-smiles
Thrill my Lord Supreme
To the core.

26503

How I wish at every moment
To be drawn into the orbit
Of God’s Compassion-Eye.

26504

For many years I have tried
To please myself.
Alas, everything has been in vain.
From now on I shall perform
My God-assigned tasks.
I shall pray, meditate and serve Him
Every day.

26505

When I was a mind-pessimist,
I did not find joy anywhere.
Now that I have become
A heart-optimist,
I find joy everywhere.

26506

If you compromise your soul’s freedom,
Then you have nothing
To call your own.

26507

May my heart-life
Be a sleepless
God-progress-journey.

26508

May each good thought of my mind
Jump into
God-manifestation-service.

26509

Each doubtful thought
Is a dark blot on a page
In our aspiration-heart-book.

26510

When I fall down,
I invariably fall into the Lap
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

26511

Alas, I never thought
That each doubt could make our life
So difficult and disheartening.

26512

When we enter into
Our mind’s doubt-boat,
It quickly leads us into
The ignorance-sea.

26513

How can the mind judge
The Beyond
When it does not even know
What the Beyond is?

26514

Inside my gratitude-heart-garden
Every morning my Lord sings
And every evening my Lord dances.

26515

Finally I have compelled my mind
To come out of the dry desert
Of scientific life.

26516

The human mind
Should not be encouraged
To belittle others’ achievements,
Even in jest.

26517

Each undivine thought
Has tremendous capacity
To take away our God-energy.

26518

It is so difficult to convince doubt
That its very existence
Is harmful.

26519

Our minds may accept defeat,
But our God-loving hearts
Will never accept any defeat
On their way
To their God-Destination.

26520

Since the dawn of human aspiration,
Man has been longing for
The beauty and fragrance
Of the Unknowable.

26521

To love
God the Forgiveness more
Is to satisfy
God the Compassion more.

26522

In matters of spirituality,
If we can convince ourselves,
It is enough.
We do not have to convince others.

26523

Not to like God
May be rational,
But to doubt God
Is completely irrational.

26524

My Lord,
I do not need a precious mind.
What I need is a gracious heart.

26525

The earth-bound time
Runs towards Eternity
With humanity’s inspiration-blooms
And aspiration-flames.

26526

Alas, God’s Compassion-Eye
And His Forgiveness-Heart
Know no privacy.

26527

Love, devotion and surrender:
These three birds
Are Heaven’s most beautiful birds.

26528

Man foolishly thinks
That there is a short-cut to peace.
To be sure, there is none!

26529

A first-class disciple
Will never hold his Master
To his promise.
His Master’s freedom-light
Is his choice-delight.

26530

My doubting mind
And my strangling vital
Astonish and bewilder
Even God.

26531

The era of God’s
Indomitable Will-Performance
Is fast approaching.

26532

Where do I actually live?
I actually live
Inside the faith-blossoms
Of my heart-temple.

26533

In my spiritual life,
Nothing can equal
One atom of my gratitude-heart.

26534

God will never allow science
To take charge
Of God-realisation.

26535

You are so shameless
That you criticise God
Right in front of
His astonished Eyes.

26536

God steers His Life-Boat
Every morning
Between my aspiration-shore
And His Satisfaction-Shore.

26537

There can be no final destination
For our love-devotion-surrender-
Pilgrimage-life.

26538

I do hope that I can make God happy
With my heart’s new hope
And my life’s new promise.

26539

God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Means every word
Of what it says.

26540

God wants me every day
To forgive and forget,
So that I can happily and proudly
Run towards Him alone.

26541

An enthusiasm-life
And an eagerness-heart
Know no insurmountable barriers.

26542

Do you want to know
Why God is extremely fond of me?
He is extremely fond of me
Because not only do I love Him only,
But I also depend on Him solely
In my inner life of aspiration
And in my outer life of dedication.

26543

If there is no complaint
Against you
And if you also have no complaint
Against anybody,
Then you are a living saint.

26544

A spiritual Master is, indeed,
A God-manifestation-giant
Of the earth.

26545

Not for the faint heart,
Not for the stupid mind,
But for the self-giving life,
God is always ready
And God is always willing.

26546

When I forgot how to expect,
God came to me.
He gave me His All
Quite surprisingly
And quite unexpectedly.

26547

There should be no competition
Between truth-seekers and God-lovers.
They just have two different opinions.
Truth-seekers say:
“God is Infinity’s Height.”
God-lovers say:
“God is Immortality’s Love.”

26548

A gentle rebuke occasionally
From my Master
Not only saves my life,
But also gives me new hope
And new promise.

26549

My soul teaches my heart
Every day
To play obedience-melodies
On my life-harp.

26550

Who says desire is bad?
I say desire is very good
If I desire only one person:
God.

26551

Who says entanglement is bad?
I say entanglement is very good
As long as I want to be entangled
Only in God’s Compassion-Net.

26552

A heart of aspiration
Is always found
In the garden-beauty
Of a universal dream.

26553

A bright future is there for us all
If we feel that we are becoming
Younger than yesterday
To embrace new dreams
And new promises.

26554

Each Heaven-free thought
Is a special song
Sung by God’s own Heart.

26555

God the Emperor every morning
Knocks at our heart-door.
But being afraid of the majestic Heart
Of the Emperor,
We beggars do not dare to respond.

26556

The breath of each prayer
Is infinitely more beautiful
Than a flower of beauty.

26557

A gratitude-flower-song-heart
Is treasured
By God’s Divinity-Pride.

26558

Do not allow your mind
To be crowded
With uncomely thoughts.

26559

You are always meant
To remain awakened
To the ever-blossoming light
Of Heaven’s dawn.

26560

Why do you have to search
For a soul ripe in spirituality?
You must know that you yourself
Are already one.

26561

Everywhere I go
I see the cries and smiles
Of my own heart-home.

26562

What I call
My immediate willingness,
God calls that very thing
The music of His Heart.

26563

If you really want a heart of silence,
Then you must go far beyond
The domain of your mind’s
Reason-hunger-cries.

26564

Not one desire
But all our desires
Must be consumed
In our purity-climbing flames.

26565

No human being can escape sorrow.
But we are supposed to transform
Sorrow into joy
By becoming one with the Will of God.

26566

The pride of the mind’s power
Is nothing short of
Real weakness-reality.

26567

When I am ready to forgive the world,
God tells me:
“My child, I am coming.
No, no, My child,
I have already come!”

26568

When I deliberately forget the world,
God says to me:
“My child, I am going away.
Lo, I am already gone!”

26569

God cherishes my small heart-throne
And heart-crown.
He never cares for my mind’s
Splendour-grandeur.

26570

What you are doing
Is only multiplying your years.
Alas, God wants you only
To increase and increase and increase
Your God-tears.

26571

Only a purity-mind
Has the capacity to become
A clear reflection
Of God’s Eye and Heart.

26572

When my aspiration-heart cries,
I see God’s
God-Manifestation-Smiles dancing.

26573

The obedience of the heart,
The obedience of the mind
And the obedience of the life
Travel the selfsame road
To God-Infinity’s freedom.

26574

Prayers and meditations
Are the only God-Blessingful capacities
We have
To widen and enlighten
Our heart-horizon.

26575

May the new millennium
Usher in God’s new Dream,
God’s new Promise
And
God’s new Satisfaction
To liberate humanity from the throes
Of ignorance-bondage.

26576

Away with my joyless days!
I shall vehemently fight and win
The war within.

26577

Life is either to soar
In the inner sky
Or to sink
Into the abysmal abyss.

26578

To my greatest joy,
My pessimism-mind
Is fading fast, very fast.

26579

There is only one need,
And that need is great, greater, greatest:
An unconditional love for God.

26580

I do not recognise God’s Greatness,
But as long as God recognises
My smallness
And wants to turn my smallness
Into greatness,
Then I am all gratitude to God.

26581

One voice of hope
In my aspiration-heart
Is sufficient for me
To fight against all misfortunes.

26582

Do not think that you deserve
To hear all the time from God
How well you are doing.
As long as God knows
How well you are doing,
You should be satisfied.

26583

Beautiful are the tear-drops
Of my hope-heart.
Powerful are the smile-drops
Of my promise-eye.

26584

Make your heart full,
Then start giving,
And not before.

26585

What is the best way
To welcome the future?
Just create it!

26586

I never knew
The ever-ascending wings
Of my aspiration-heart
Would be greeted
By God’s Transcendental Vision.

26587

When you postpone
The Hour of God,
God, like a human being,
Loses heart.

26588

My Master,
No matter how many times
I fail you,
Please keep me again and again
In your obedience-hope-orbit.

26589

Each time I listen
To the dictates of my mind,
Alas, I am drawn into
A whirlpool of confusion.

26590

If you can increase your faith in God
And in your spiritual life,
Then you are bound to be freed
From your insecurity-ailments.

26591

God asks me to banish
All thoughts of my misdeeds
Of bygone days.

26592

Do you want to make real progress
In your spiritual life?
Then stop feeling guilty
Here and now!

26593

When you discard your faults,
You lose nothing.
On the contrary,
You get the most charming Smile
From God.

26594

I can never dare to imagine
That I shall be able to exhaust
The inexhaustible faith of my Master
In my spiritual life.

26595

Finally, I have totally destroyed
The prison-house of my name and fame
To become a choice instrument
Of God
And to fulfil Him in His own Way.

26596

If your destination is success,
Then your life
Is of no importance to me.

26597

If your life is progress —
Continuous progress,
Sleepless and breathless progress —
O seeker-friend of mine,
Then I am with you, I am in you,
And I am all for you.

26598

I am determined to take
My life’s surrender-heart-car
Non-stop
To the Lotus-Feet of my Lord Supreme.

26599

When my silence-heart sings,
I become a portion
Of Eternity’s peace-breath.

26600

To make our Lord Supreme happy,
Every day we must attempt a summit
That we never before dared.

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