Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 66

6501

O heart, my heart,
I have only one prayer:
Do become the banner of hope
In my life.

6502

Do not waste your precious time
In thinking of your mind’s
Doubt-tree.
Just think of your heart’s
Faith-plant.

6503

If you daily take your faith-ferry
Across the doubt-river,
Then God will grant you
His Heart’s Satisfaction-Song.

6504

You want to know where you can find me.
Either you will find me and my head
At God’s Feet,
Or you will find me and my feet
On the head of ignorance-night.

6505

This ignorance-game will end
Only when I feel that God
Is my Eternity’s only Friend.

6506

God knows how to do everything
Except one thing:
He does not know
How to underestimate
My capacities.

6507

Every day God welcomes you.
He comes to see you
With new hope and new determination,
But you prefer to live
In your endless frustration-maze.

6508

One wasted moment
Has the capacity to force us
To learn the song of surrender
To ignorance-prince.

6509

God is always on your side,
But can you not give Him
Your freedom-choice:
Surrender-obedience?

6510

To him who says
That without God he knows nothing,
God will always be there
To grant His eternal Friendship.

6511

God,
Who are You?
“My son,
I am your Eternity’s
Unrecognised Friend.”

6512

If you enter the desire-race,
You will not be allowed to participate
In God’s Oneness-Game.

6513

If you have the will to do,
God will definitely give you
The courage
To dare and succeed.

6514

Death’s inseparable friends:
Man’s depression-vital
And man’s frustration-mind.

6515

Each man
Consciously or unconsciously
Tries to shelter
His shattered dreams.

6516

I may not know many things,
But I do know one thing.
I do know how to dance
To my Lord’s Compassion-Cadence.

6517

Do not try to hide
Your ignorance-idleness,
For it is almost
An impossible task.

6518

This world has brought you
To your knees,
Yet at every moment
You speak ill of God
Instead of begging for
His Compassion-Light.

6519

You are a self-styled seeker.
Therefore
You do not care
For God’s Manifestation-Play.

6520

Since the inner life
Is not for you,
What more can I expect from you
Than an ingratitude-life?

6521

Your life knows
The philosophy of failure
Because your mind has surrendered
To ignorance-ordeals.

6522

God does not need
Your suggestions.
He is quite satisfied
With what He has
And who He is.

6523

Do not take the world’s criticism
Personally
If you want to make progress
Swiftly and unquestionably.

6524

You have deliberately cast aside
Countless opportunities
To realise God,
Yet you blame God breathlessly.

6525

Why is God so silent?
Because you have not answered
His first question:
Who are you?

6526

Food for thought:
You have walked along
Your mind’s road
And you have come to a dead end.
Now you wonder why
You do not see
Your inner streak of progress-light.

6527

Do you not realise
That it is high time
For you to offer yourself
Unconditionally to God
So that God can claim you
As His own, very own?

6528

A God-lover knows
That life is a supreme gift
And not
An unbearable imposition.

6529

If you walk
Along the paths of long ago,
How can you forget
Your life’s dry failure-tears?

6530

True happiness
Always wants to live
Without attachment-ropes.

6531

I cannot agree with you
When you say
That you are a stranger
To God’s Compassion-Eye.

6532

It is you
Who will be the loser
If you cannot have faith
In the inscrutable future.

6533

He wanders
In the mind-wilderness.
No wonder
He thinks God’s Way
Is always incomprehensible.

6534

You may not know,
Your mind may not know,
Even your heart may not know,
But your soul does know
The taste of God’s Love-Delight.

6535

Do not break God’s Rules
If you want to feel
That He is near,
Very near.

6536

If you want to enjoy
God’s Satisfaction-Eye,
Then push the human in you
Towards the Divine in God.

6537

“So much to do,
So little time.”
This story is as old
As God’s creation itself.

6538

Your mind-victory was short-lived
Because you did not want God
To see through you
And see for you.

6539

Now that you have assessed
Your aspiration-assets,
Do not underestimate
God’s Forgiveness-Heart.

6540

Do you think
You will be able to evade
Your soul’s divine demands
All the time,
Everywhere?

6541

Your poor heart is defenceless
Because
You have been unconsciously cherishing
A homeless life.

6542

Good hearts
Are not hard to find
Provided
Pure lives look for them.

6543

If you want to reach
The excellence-summit
Of your self-transcendence-life,
Then allow no failure
To weigh heavily upon your mind.

6544

Only one piece of advice
I have for you:
Never stop
Once you have started!

6545

His mind demands
An immediate answer.
His heart cheerfully waits
With God’s soundless Silence.

6546

You have confessed
Your ignorance-crime.
Now start devoting
Your entire being
To God’s Satisfaction-Heart.

6547

I race
Not to see God’s Face,
But to sit
At God’s Protection-Feet.

6548

Be wise!
Constantly keep
Your inner fears and doubts
Under your perfect control.

6549

Share openly
What you have secretly found,
And you will have a special place
In God’s Heart-Kingdom.

6550

Do you know
That your oneness-heart
Is one in a million?

Do you know
That your division-mind
Is also one in a million?

6551

Just as your perfection-heart
Has no limits,
Even so, God’s Satisfaction-Eye
Has no limits.

6552

Even to think
That the time has come
For you to become spiritual
Is indeed
A step in the right direction
To arrive at God’s Palace.

6553

Heaven does not want to know
His mind’s achievements,
But Heaven wants to measure
His heart’s surrender-light.

6554

My little heart,
I do not know how to console you
When you suffer,
But I do want to tell you
That I always love you.

6555

Just because
Your body, vital and mind
Have failed you,
Do not think
That your heart also
Will do the same.
Your heart is made of
God’s Satisfaction-Smiles.

6556

You live
In the abysmal chasm
Of ingratitude,
Yet you expect
A life of unmeasured
Fortitude.

6557

Earth ascends to Heaven
When earth does not allow
Its inner happiness to be destroyed
By the dry, reasoning mind.

6558

He changed his name
Into God’s Compassion-Eye.
He changed his heart
Into God’s Forgiveness-Soul.

6559

Every day
You steal the fruit
Of the pleasure-tree,
Yet you want to be
A satisfaction-fruit
For God to enjoy!

6560

Do not think of your future,
For God has already prepared it
Inside your heart’s
Aspiration-cry.

6561

A mind of doubt
And a heart of despair
Do not like each other.
Yet they are immediate neighbours.

6562

My Lord,
Since I am wasting Your time,
Shall I give up?
“My child,
If you give up,
I shall be jobless.”

6563

God’s Music is sweet.
God’s Silence is sweeter.
God’s Oneness-Soul
Is the sweetest.

6564

His was a life of self-giving.
Therefore
When he left his body,
A chorus of God-Smiles
Greeted him in Heaven.

6565

The Hand of God
Opens
Only when the heart of man
Is ready to cry
Sleeplessly.

6566

Fear cherished,
Oneness perished.
Who can deny
This experience universal?

6567

If you do not dare
To meet God’s Eyes,
How will you dare
To feel His Heart?

6568

Yesterday proved
That my mind was something.
Today proves
That my mind is absolutely nothing.
Tomorrow will prove
That my heart has and is everything.

6569

If you do not include God
In your outer life,
Then God does not want to become
A member of your inner family.

6570

For him
There is no yesterday.
For him
There is no tomorrow.
For him
There is only now,
An eternal Now.

6571

If you want your future
Only to glow with promises,
And not with actions,
Your life will dance
On nothingness.

6572

If you allow your life
To be enfeebled by fear,
You will never be able to reach
Your heart’s perfection-room.

6573

In the twinkling of an eye
My Beloved Supreme
Abandons the mind
Of indifference-desert.

6574

Why do you repeatedly ask God
To grow His Perfection-Plants
Inside your barren heart-garden?

6575

If you surrender to an easy life,
Your God-realisation
And God-manifestation
Will be infinitely more complicated
Than otherwise.

6576

If you are truly wise,
Then do not waste time.
Immediately try
To get a close-up view
Of God.

6577

Now that you have freed your life
From your mind-prison,
God will teach you the secrets
Of His Heart’s Oneness-Game.

6578

I know that I am unworthy.
Therefore, no human being
Thinks of growing his heart-plant
Inside my heart-garden.

6579

Go where God wants you to go.
Stop when He wants you to stop.
This is the only way
To become a perfect instrument
Of God.

6580

Does God have to believe you
When you say
That you will never be able
To please Him
In His own Way?

6581

From time immemorial
Man has received
Next to nothing
From God’s constant Benediction-Rain.

6582

Tell me what you are going to do
For God today.
I shall then tell you
What God has already done
For you.

6583

To know God
Is not a difficult task.
But to become another God
Is indeed a far-distant reality.

6584

Every day
You keep God busy
Fighting against your stupidity.

6585

My heart’s fondest hobby
Is to play
With God’s Forgiveness-Heart-Sun.

6586

How do you judge your own progress?
You judge your own progress
By the beauty and splendour
Of your heart’s oneness-smile.

6587

It is you
Who allowed the world
To weaken your security-heart.

6588

You need the hope
Of a newborn child
If you feel the need
For renewal
Of your own spiritual goal.

6589

You are deliberately delaying
God’s Manifestation-Smile.
Do you think that God
Will easily forgive you?

6590

You cry.
That is good.
But you do not sleeplessly cry.
That is bad.

6591

Anything that you conceal
In your confusion-mind
Ends in a frustration-life.

6592

If you do not sharpen
Your conscience-sword,
Who can help you?
Nobody!

6593

Since God is
Man’s richest treasure,
Can man not become,
At least for a minute,
God’s smiling Heart?

6594

Even if you challenge
God’s Authority,
He will be more than willing
To forgive your stupidity.

6595

The surges
Of desire-sea
Will eventually lose
To the current
Of dedication-river.

6596

When your heart is ready and willing,
God will come to you
As your only Satisfaction-Friend.

6597

Stop voting for both
Your outer life
And your inner life.
Otherwise
Yours will be the bitter tears
Of regret.

6598

Perhaps I made a mistake
In thinking that this world
Will one day become my slave.

6599

If you are suspicious of Heaven,
The gracious gods may forgive you,
But there shall come a time
When you will not forgive yourself.

6600

Peace from Heaven
Will inundate this world:
Indeed, this is an undelivered Message
From God.

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