3201

Two real messages of my heart:
Gratitude is beautiful,
Obedience is fruitful.

3202

You think you can thwart
The Will of God!
Just show me if you can end
The whims of your mind.

3203

If you see God’s Face
But you do not see
The revelation of His Grace
On His Face,
That means you have not seen
God’s real Face.

3204

The racing motor
Of humanity’s mind
Is not going to see
Divinity’s Immortality-Life.

3205

God created my life for me
Out of Compassion.
I have built a cage for myself
Out of attachment.

3206

He knows how to do
Only one thing.
Every day he enlarges
His mind’s imaginary catastrophes.

3207

When my heart thinks of God,
It sees a reservoir
Of Nectar-Delight.

When my mind thinks of God,
It sees nothing but God’s
Supreme Indifference.

3208

If you want to remain
The servant of your desire,
God will definitely wait
Until you desire to be
His Infinity’s partner.

3209

Although the mind-bird
Is always inside the cage,
It thinks that it is always
Outside the cage
And freely flies all-where.

3210

God will not give you the capacity
To look up to Him,
Because you have taught your mind
To look down upon man.

3211

At last he has freed himself
From his old compelling desire.
He will no longer try
To lord it over the world.

3212

His life’s greatness-achievements
He gave to mankind.
His life’s surrender-achievement
He gave to God.

3213

You must start your life’s journey
As a persistent traveller.
Then only God will make you
His enlightened traveller.

3214

God’s Compassion-Eye
Shows him concern constantly.
God’s Forgiveness-Heart
Illumines him daily.

3215

Activity will show you
Its blazing fire.
Inactivity will show you
Its useless ashes.

3216

His life is playing hide-and-seek
Between
His heart’s setting sun
And his mind’s thickening night.

3217

Others rule your mind
Because you and your heart
Do not live inside each other.

3218

God does not need
A handful of thanks from you.
He needs only
A heart-melting cry.

3219

Simplicity, sincerity and humility —
These are the three purity-guards
Of your heart-temple.

3220

Because of your two powerful
Determination-arms
And two aspiration-eyes,
You are bound to be victorious
In your life’s battlefield.

3221

Your heart-runner
Will be able to run most speedily
Without suffering
From doubt-cramps.

3222

Next door
To your silver heart
Is your soul’s
God-manifesting Golden Shore.

3223

To destroy your mind’s
Confusion-jungle,
You have to be always
In the valley of aspiration
And not relaxation.

3224

God wants an iota
Of pure love from you
To satisfy Him,
But never, never
Your leftover love!

3225

If you are playing
The cosmic game,
You must expect
Only one thing
As your supreme reward:
Perfection.

3226

Your past desire-life
Is born again.
Therefore, God is hiding
His Satisfaction-Face
Once more.

3227

Alas,
Unfounded doubts are governing
The beauty and purity
Of God’s entire creation.

3228

Again and again you are abusing
Your privileged position.
Therefore, you are becoming
Not only a deplorable
But also an unforgettable
Failure.

3229

You are not meditating
On God the Eternal Time,
But you are meditating
On the man-made hands
Of a fleeting clock.

3230

The divine in you touches the Feet
Of God’s Will.
The human in you foolishly tries
To bend God’s Will.

3231

Success wants to solve
Humanity’s problems,
But it badly fails.
Progress solves humanity’s problems.
Do you know how?
God Himself does it
For progress.

3232

A non-seeker is he
Who has a futility-heart
Inside his stupidity-mind.

3233

If you do not love the world
In spite of its obvious imperfections,
God is not going to grant you
His extra-special, precious Love.

3234

If you can show God
Your uncorrupted heart,
Then God will not only show you
But will also give you
His uninterrupted Happiness-Heart.

3235

Your rich heart begs
At your poor mind’s door.
It begs your mind to accept
Its ecstasy-sea.

3236

You asked for too little.
Something more,
You asked too late.
How can you then satisfy God?

3237

Since you are ruthless
With your imperfections,
Your life can never
Be hopeless.

3238

He has an infinite appetite
For God’s Appreciation
Without having any aspiration
To satisfy God
Even on rare occasions.

3239

No matter which incarnation
I think of,
I just think of one thing:
The winding road
Of my mind’s confusion.

3240

Play the soul-stirring flute
To awaken humanity
From its age-long ignorance-sleep.

3241

You are not at all prepared
For your inner examination.
How do you then expect
Abiding satisfaction
In your outer life?

3242

Once his life was famed
For aspiration.
Now his life is famed
For dedication.

3243

You need not practise
To win God’s Compassion-Eye,
For His Compassion-Eye
Is unconditional.
But you have to practise
To win God’s Satisfaction-Heart,
For His Satisfaction-Heart
May be conditional.

3244

Your doubtful mind
Is teaching you how to walk backward.
Where is your faithful heart
To help you march and run forward?

3245

You have lost
Your life’s hope-seeds.
Alas, your soul’s promise-trees
Will never come into existence.

3246

You are your disobedience-sky.
How will you have
Beauty’s moon and divinity’s sun
In your sky?

3247

I really cannot understand
How you can be seized
With desire-pangs
And aspiration-happiness
At the same time!

3248

Throw your devotion-javelin!
You are definitely going to pierce
The veil of ignorance-life.

3249

God has promised to visit
My silence-heart
With His blessingful Eye
And fruitful Feet
At least once a day.

3250

You know how
To argue with God,
But God does not know how
To love you less.

3251

The soul’s flight of delight
Is never delayed.
It always flies
At God’s choice Hour.

3252

Your universal negligence
Indicates that soon
God will lose all confidence
In you.

3253

When did God tell you
That you are indispensable?
He only told you
That you are useful
And you can remain useful.

3254

How do you like your new life
Where God comes first
In everything you say
And everything you do?

3255

One unguarded moment
Destroyed the satisfaction
Of his entire day.

3256

What shall I do with my life?
Since I have no need for it,
Either I can destroy it,
Or I can offer it to God
In case He can use it.

3257

If you are afraid
Of mounting inner stairways,
The solutions to your life’s problems
Will never be found.

3258

Unless you realise
That ignorance is the hardest pillow,
You will not look for wisdom-light,
Which is really the softest pillow.

3259

To stop your desire-fire,
You have to bathe in the ocean
Of God’s Forgiveness-Light.

3260

A secret war is going on
In my spiritual life
Between my heart’s patience
And my mind’s impatience.

3261

Not only his mind
But also his entire body
Is infected
With measureless pride.

3262

If you refuse to surrender
To ignorance,
Then God will definitely allow you
To live inside
His Compassion-Harbour.

3263

You need
Indescribable satisfaction
To conquer
Your irresistible temptation.

3264

He has two medicines
To cure all his diseases:
Time and silence.

3265

He is playing hide-and-seek
With his doubting mind.
Needless to say,
This is a forbidden game.

3266

What you are doing
Is just nourishing my fantasies.
What I want
Is my long-lost heart-ecstasy.

3267

What saved his life?
Not his life’s outer capacity
But his heart’s inner sincerity.

3268

If you see
Through the eye of the heart,
You will be ready to receive
The delight of perfection.

3269

Always put the accent
On God’s Compassion
And not
On man’s promise-mountain.

3270

I am of God,
I am for God.
Indeed, this experience
Is the springboard
Of my God-commissioned life.

3271

If you are a non-seeker,
That means you have become
The unconscious possessor
Of a barren life.

3272

At long last
He is enjoying a little rest
From his dark doubt-dreams.

3273

If you disobey your Master,
You can rest assured
That you will have a different name:
Failure.

3274

Since you do not know
When your life ascends
And descends,
You are definitely very far away
From perfection-delight.

3275

I have seen and I have heard,
But I want to see more
And I want to hear more
Of God’s Compassion-Blessing.

3276

Out of sheer curiosity
If you accept the spiritual life,
How can you expect
Divine thoughts to nurse you?

3277

A wordless prayer of silence
Has surmounted
All his previous resistance-barriers.

3278

You have to discard
Quite a few things
From your life.
Start by discarding
Your uncomely thoughts.

3279

No matter how powerfully
You think,
Your ego-castle is bound to crumble
Before long.

3280

When your spirituality becomes
Your unhappy duty,
Futility becomes
Your unwanted companion.

3281

If you can show God
Your heart’s tenacity-capacity,
God will definitely come
And stand before you
And also crown you
With His Heart’s Satisfaction-Crown.

3282

Alas, he did not know
That he was going to be struck
So mercilessly
By unseen inferiority-blows.

3283

The ferocious vital-tiger
Can easily destroy
The auspicious breath of a seeker
If he is not all the time
Cautious and conscious.

3284

Picture yourself
In your heart’s satisfaction-garden,
For it is there
That you actually belong.

3285

You have spoken to God
A great many times.
How is it that you have not asked Him
Even once
What He wants from your life?

3286

It is high time
For you to wake up,
You fool!
Your conscious life
Is unable to please God.
How do you think
That your unconscious sleep
Is going to satisfy God?

3287

If God can initiate everything
In your life,
Can you not at least imitate Him
And prove that someday
You will be His worthy heir?

3288

If you doubt your own inner life,
God the Justice will someday
Definitely shout at you.

3289

God has already sent you
His urgent Love-Message,
But alas,
You are nowhere to be found!

3290

If you hold nothing back from God,
God will keep you immune
To ignorance-disease
Always.

3291

He has been bitten
By the doubt-cobra.
Alas, faith-antidote is not available
Either here or there or anywhere.

3292

His heart’s surrender-song
Was cut short
By his mind’s thunderstorm.

3293

Ask your false, flattering friends
If they can flatter God
And bring Him to you!

3294

He who does not aspire
Has either consciously
Or unconsciously
Blinded himself
And become a blind instrument
Of fate.

3295

Each time he enters
Into his tranquillity-trance,
God grants him two boons:
A silver dream-boat
And a golden reality-shore.

3296

You can at least
Delay your departure
If you really have to enter
Into the ignorance-country
And dine with the prince of gloom.

3297

God never counts the cost
Of His Love for you.
Can you not do the same
When you are loving God’s creation?

3298

Alas,
When is my heart
Going to blindfold
My earthly critic-eyes?

3299

Now that my mind
Rests in silence-light,
Doubt-gravity no longer
Pulls my life down.

3300

When God carries me
In His Heart-Pocket,
He tells me that I have to share
My God-realised breath
With humanity’s ceaseless tears.

Editor's introduction to the first edition

Twenty-seven thousand aspiration-plants is a series of 27,000 poems that Sri Chinmoy began composing on 10 July 1983. Each of these unfolding poem-plants contains the essence of that ultimate spiritual perfection towards which all mankind is growing and striving. As the 270 volumes flow forth from the illumined mind and liberated life of Sri Chinmoy, aspiring mankind will be able to trace this spiritual metamorphosis through its countless stages and discover in the divine beauty and supreme truth of Sri Chinmoy’s messages a unique source of spiritual inspiration-light.