Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 48

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4701

Lightning-fast progress
You have made
Just because you have invoked
God’s Forgiveness-Ocean
And His Compassion-Sky.

4702

Your soul does not want
Your heart
To fall into the deep
Oblivion-chasm.

4703

A moment’s slackness
Can delay your heart’s
Conscious oneness with God
Indefinitely.

4704

You are such a fool!
You want to take a holiday
From reality-life.

4705

You must realise
That your wisdom-reality
Is infinitely stronger
Than your ignorance-dream.

4706

If you have the time
To think of God-manifestation,
Then you must have the time
To think of God-realisation first.

4707

Meditate with greatest enthusiasm
If you want to make the fastest progress
In your aspiration-heart
And in your dedication-life.

4708

There can be no
Dedication-garden
Without satisfaction-flowers.

4709

Now that wisdom-light
Has dawned upon him,
He is immediately repairing
His doubt-created mind-damage.

4710

If you can climb a little,
God will definitely help you
Climb His own
Transcendental Life-Tree.

4711

My heart’s willingness
Is my life’s only official passport
To visit God’s
Self-Transcendence-Kingdom.

4712

You have now turned
Completely to God.
Therefore
God has given you
His Infinity’s immortal Address.

4713

Alas,
You have not fulfilled
Your promise.
Therefore
God’s Hope-Seeds
Are all destroyed!

4714

God’s Justice-Scale
Will frighten you,
But His Compassion-Scale
Will only enlighten you.

4715

You wanted to reach God
With your mind’s brilliance.
You have badly failed.
There is another way
You can try to reach God:
With your heart’s surrender-smile.

4716

If you misuse opportunity,
All your blossoming hopes
Will before long be destroyed.

4717

The mind’s perfection
And the life’s transformation
Are absolutely indispensable
In any human life.

4718

Keep your heart
Always independent of your mind
So that God can share with you
His supreme Ecstasy.

4719

My Lord was pleased
When He saw
Only one surrender-wave
In my life-sea.

4720

It seems that my Lord
Has only one thing to do
Day in and day out:
Amplify my heart’s aspiration-cry.

4721

If you do not pay any attention
To your inner life’s
Emergency signals,
You are bound to sink
In your outer life’s
Destruction-sea.

4722

If I have to choose
Between God’s Grace and God’s Love,
I will definitely choose God’s Grace,
For I know perfectly well
That God’s Love will follow God’s Grace.

4723

To please
Without being pleased in return:
This is an experience
That God gets every day
From His creation.

4724

A fire-pure change of heart
Was the turning point
In his aspiration-life-career.

4725

What has saved and illumined my life?
Not my possession-life,
But my cheerful surrender-breath
To my Lord’s Will.

4726

Everything in life will fade
Into insignificance-night
When God’s Compassion-Light dawns
Upon your aspiration-life.

4727

God-realisation
Is the final challenge,
But not
An unattainable challenge.

4728

You are in search of something
To rely on.
Try your soul’s
Illumination-sky!

4729

If you have the courage to believe
That God loves you unconditionally,
Then you grant God the opportunity
To enjoy His infinite Satisfaction-Delight.

4730

To meditate
Like a great seeker-soul,
What you need
Is a soulful child-heart.

4731

If you are a true God-lover,
Then you will definitely feel
That your suffering-life
Is not desired by God.

4732

Who gives me my heart-lessons
Daily?
Not man,
The self-styled knower,
But God,
The Supreme Lover.

4733

Every day
Set a new goal,
Even if you have failed
To reach your previous goals.

4734

If you have an inner cry,
Then you must never allow it to hide.
You must urge it to reveal itself
And touch God’s Compassion-Heart.

4735

My mind does not know
That it is being followed
By a frustration-panther.
My heart does not know
That it is being followed
By a peace-lamb.

4736

If you can live
Inside your silence-heart,
Then you can easily establish
Your satisfaction-delight
For humanity to enjoy.

4737

The sadness
Of an unfulfilled dream
Has prevented him from coming out
Of the dark doubt-room.

4738

Alas,
I do not know
When my golden Boatman
Will arrive
With His golden Dream-Boat.

4739

God is definitely
Counting on you.
For God’s sake,
Don’t disappoint Him!

4740

Tame your vital-beast!
Otherwise, before long,
Your bellowing vital-beast
Will devour you.

4741

It is you who have created
Your own misery
By arguing
With the divine in you
And by disobeying
The Supreme in you.

4742

Just by avoiding the doubt-enemy
You cannot become happy.
You have to completely conquer
The doubt-enemy
Once and for all.

4743

At long last,
I am so happy to hear,
The surrender-bells
Of my aspiration-life
Are tolling.

4744

Do you know
That God is holding
A perfection-party?
I am sure
He is going to invite you.
Therefore
Be fully prepared
For His Invitation.

4745

To improve your future
You must prove that you belong
To God’s Compassion-Light
Alone.

4746

Two momentous questions:
Does God, the Beloved Supreme,
Exist for me?
And do I, the God-seeker,
Exist for God?

4747

Yes, you have seen
My body sleeping.
But have you not seen
That my heart is fully awake?

4748

God wanted me to tell you
That you must not allow your mind
To house unwashed thoughts
Any more.

4749

If you do not shorten
Your lethargy-hours,
You will not be able to lengthen
Your energy-days.

4750

Ask your life
If its dedication
Is up-to-date.

Ask your heart
If its destination
Is up-to-date.

Ask yourself
If your oneness with God’s Will
Is up-to-date.

4751

If you have an inspiring past,
Then add to it your aspiring present
And finally,
Add to your past and present
Your surrendering future.

4752

O Heaven,
Do allow me to try
Once more
To smile powerfully
With you.

4753

A joyful God-seeker
Will definitely be able
To meet with God,
The playful Lover.

4754

O smile of Heaven,
I am sorry to have missed you today.
But I assure you,
Tomorrow I am not going to miss you.

4755

You want to know
Who he is.
He is his insatiable thirst
For his silence-meditation.

4756

Two unexpected disasters:
God does not care for my needs.
I have forgotten God
The Compassion-Heart.

4757

If you can be above
Your mind’s demands,
You can easily command
Your soulless animal-life.

4758

If you want to walk secretly
On God’s sacred Pathway,
Then always sing
Your heart-songs.

4759

If you are not ruthlessly strict
With your lethargy-life,
Then your heart’s soul-education
Will never begin.

4760

If you do not make yourself
Useful to God,
How can God ever make you fruitful
To please both Heaven and earth?

4761

Every day try to sing
A newness-song.
Then you will not hear
The voice of world-illusion.

4762

God has no ulterior motive
When He tells you
He will give you
His Heart’s limitless Treasure
Unconditionally.

4763

Because you are God’s
Choice instrument,
He has given you the capacity
To replace the fleeting
With the everlasting.

4764

Where do I stand?
I stand in between
My heart, the doer,
And my soul, the witness.

4765

You call it your heart’s
Gratitude-second.
God calls it His Life’s
Satisfaction-Day.

4766

God wants only one thing
From me:
He wants me to make my heart
The star of my earth-show.

4767

Birthless is the soul’s
Education-life.
Endless is the soul’s
God-manifestation-life.

4768

My purity-heart
Is the priceless gift
From my Absolute Beloved Supreme.

4769

He and his aspiration-heart
Were both killed together
By his stupid mind’s
Doubt-bullet.

4770

If you are
Your doubt-destroying mind,
Then God will become
His self-giving Heart.

4771

I am going to wash my mind
Every day.
Then my heart and I
Shall climb up
My life’s perfection-tree.

4772

The finite in me
Desires God the Infinite.
Indeed, this is my Lord’s
Unrecognised miracle.

4773

Whether you care for it
Or not,
Your soul will never stop
Its unconditional
Whispering guidance-light.

4774

There is no such thing
As lasting defeat,
Since there is no such thing
As being unwanted by God.

4775

The fool in me believes
In my mind’s constant promises.
The wise man in me believes
In my Lord’s self-giving Promise-Delight.

4776

He who thinks that experience
Is not essential
Will not be recruited by Heaven
To become a hero-warrior
In its army.

4777

Your aspiration-shrine
Is collapsing.
Your devotion-temple
Is crumbling.
Yet you expect to see
Satisfaction-duty
In your life.

4778

Your inner life
Is unimaginably frail.
How can you then expect
To sail with God
In His Golden Boat?

4779

Persistently
He has dismissed temptation.
Therefore
God is infinitely more pleased
With him
Than he can ever imagine.

4780

Ask your heart-gardener
To sow only the seeds
Of God-Satisfaction.

4781

The mind thinks
That flattery is most delicious.
The heart knows
That flattery is not at all
Nourishing.

4782

I need only my heart’s happiness
To cry sleeplessly
For God-manifestation
Here on earth.

4783

You must satisfy God
Unconditionally.
Otherwise, your achievement
Will be far below
Your soul’s expectation-light.

4784

Never blame God!
He never asked you
To gamble away
Your heart’s treasure-wealth
At the temptation-racetrack
Of your vital.

4785

If you are a hero-seeker,
Then all your tomorrows
Will surrender to your today.

4786

If you can spread
Your heart’s redolent eagerness,
Then yours will be
God’s Transformation-Touch.

4787

God is dying for
Your longing heart
And not for
Your doubting mind.

4788

God sometimes pretends
That He knows nothing
And He is as uncertain
As an ordinary human being.
This is the only way
He can expedite humanity’s progress:
By descending to its own level
Of consciousness.

4789

I gave God what I have
And what I am:
My willingness.
God is now giving me
What He has and what He is:
His Fulness.

4790

The first and the last step
Must be taken
Soulfully and sleeplessly:
I love God.
I love God unconditionally.

4791

Because you have given
Your undivided attention
To your God-life,
God is celebrating
The stupendous success
Of your outer life
And the momentous progress
Of your inner life.

4792

He feels that there is always
A yawning gulf
Between the envisioned reality-life
And the fulfilled reality-breath.

4793

The great thunder-sound
Of your mind’s success-life
Definitely has nothing to do with
Your heart’s progress-light.

4794

God may accept your wish
If you do not want to become great.
But He will never accept your refusal
To become another God.

4795

Accept only one challenge in life:
God-realisation.
All other challenges
Are worthless.

4796

You must have
At least this much faith in God:
That He is going to solve
Your spiritual problems,
Only it may not be
At your choice hour.

4797

Your chosen summit
And God’s chosen summit for you
Are totally different.
You must aspire to reach
Only one summit:
Needless to say,
God’s Perfection-Summit.

4798

You are dreaming of
A peace-life
Without offering God
Your surrender-life!

4799

I am now intensely inspired
In all my being
To sing only one song:
Self-improvement.

4800

Mine is the heart
That desperately needs God’s Love.
Mine is the life
That desperately needs God’s Compassion.

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