Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 91

9001

Even before I knew
Who God was,
God started painting my life
With His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.

9002

On earth God’s favourite Game
Is human transformation.
In Heaven God’s favourite Game
Is divine Satisfaction.

9003

You have always been
A victim of circumstance.
Can you not try once
To become a victor?
Listen to your soul’s advice.
You are bound to succeed!

9004

The human in him
Has written his life-book.
The divine in him
Has started correcting and perfecting it
Before the animal in him
Destroys it.

9005

Before tomorrow’s dawn
I shall discontinue
My long-standing friendship
With ignorance-night.

9006

Either aspire
For Heaven’s dream
Or, who knows,
At any moment
You will be frightened
By earth’s nightmare.

9007

The inner world of aspiration
Does not need
Your guilt-ridden mind.

The outer world of dedication
Does not need
Your bed-ridden vital.

9008

When hopes are dead,
Human life becomes
A haunted phantom-house.

9009

One thing is definite:
There shall come a time
When my outer finite life
Will grow into the Infinite
Within my heart.

9010

Alas,
He does not know where he lives.
He lives
In his confusion-decorated
Mind-room.

9011

His insincerity
Coupled with stupidity
Ruined his life
Long before he became aware
Of it.

9012

If you allow your mind
To be eaten up by envy,
How can you expect your heart
To swim in the sea of ecstasy?

9013

Tear off
As soon as possible
The calendar of your life’s
Deplorable mistakes.

9014

Do you not realise
That your heart is nothing
But lip-deep sincerity?

9015

Now that he lives
Inside his soul,
He enjoys the expanding shore
Of Infinity.

9016

There is no such thing
As drinking too much
Of God’s Nectar-Delight.

9017

Give to God what you have:
Your mind’s slow train to hell.
God will give you what He has:
His Heart’s fast Boat to Heaven.

9018

Death can never bring you
Any relief.
It is your willingness
To abide by God’s Will
That can give you relief
From earthly pangs.

9019

Allow not ambition-appetite
To grow
If you want to enjoy
Satisfaction-feast.

9020

Unless you aspire
Devotedly and soulfully,
There is every possibility
That your life will be buried
In the cave of doubt.

9021

What you need
Is an extra dimension of courage
To bravely pass through
The corridors of your mind’s darkness.

9022

Every day
Pray to the Lord Supreme
To bring to the fore
Your inner sun.
It will silence
Your mind’s confusion-candle.

9023

I pray every day
For two things:
An illumination-thirsty mind
And a liberation-hungry heart.

9024

He has an exceptional mind.
His mind is completely immune
To doubt-disease.

9025

Keep your heart’s purity
And your mind’s simplicity
At the head of your life-parade.

9026

A blossoming faith
Should always play the role
Of your life’s
Inner traffic controller.

9027

Slowly and steadily
But unmistakably
Your happiness can blot out
Your life’s age-old depression.

9028

If your mind is enjoying
The looming shadow of distrust,
The world is not going to be the loser
In any way.

9029

What my mind needs
Is a fresh breeze
Of sweet hope
To succeed once more
Gloriously
With my life.

9030

God will definitely
Come to you.
Keep brimming with
Soulful anticipation.

9031

Only on your heart-line
Can you directly dial God
And always get an immediate response.

9032

Every day you should try
To set a personal record
In your unconditional self-giving.

9033

He lifts cheerfully
And sleeplessly
All his responsibility-weights.
Therefore, God has made him
His Heart’s satisfaction-partner.

9034

Your mind can never get
Anything beautiful and fruitful
By complaining or by explaining.

9035

You must never be afraid
Of height.
You must never be afraid
Of depth.
Love the beauty of height.
Love the purity of depth.
Yours will be the success unparalleled.

9036

An aspiration-heart carries
God’s universal Hope
And transcendental Promise.

9037

There are millions
Of useless actions,
But there cannot be millions
Of totally useless human beings.

9038

Alas,
Not only his body
But also his mind
Is overcome
By lethargy-destruction.

9039

When will you stop being addicted
To your self-doubt-drink,
So that God can grant you
His Heart’s Nectar-Drink?

9040

Can you not see
That your unwillingness-river
Is running very fast
And you will soon be found
In the world of fruitless nothingness?

9041

God’s Compassion exists
In every life-experience of yours,
Whether you believe it or not.

9042

You are your mind’s
Barren desire-path.
You are your heart’s
Joyless journey.
I do hope that you know it!

9043

The obedience
Of man’s mind
And the gratitude
Of man’s heart
Are cherished Treasures
Of God.

9044

Aspiration itself is satisfaction
If it can keep in mind
That man’s God-realisation
Is always for God’s sake.

9045

Try to see yourself
From now on
The way God has always
Been seeing you:
As His universal Vision-fulfiller.

9046

Sincerity does not mean
Deliberate strictness
With one’s body, vital,
Mind and heart.
Sincerity means
Man’s spontaneity
In his self-expression.

9047

God loves
Your heart’s aspiration
Infinitely more than He loves
Your mind’s contribution.

9048

You want to be
A roaring wisdom-lion.
Alas, the devouring ignorance-tiger
Is right in front of you.

9049

I may not know
Why I have descended,
But I must know
That God has given me
Enough strength
To ascend once again.

9050

He came into the world
To be one with the world-sorrow.
He came into the world
To fulfil God’s Promise
In and through him.

9051

Do not waste
Your heart’s moonlit hours
And your life’s sunlit days.

9052

I guard you
When you are fast asleep.
You give me your all
When you are wide awake.

9053

In fear of tomorrow’s sufferings,
You must not give up
Your heart’s longing
For satisfaction-delight.

9054

Through repeated attempts
He has developed the unusual capacity
To transform the temptation-life
Into illumination-life.

9055

If you do not know
Where the aspiration-door is,
No harm!
Try to discover at least
The imagination-door.

9056

All your vital problems
Will vanish
And you will be able to weather
All your inner storms
When you develop sleepless aspiration
And when dedication
Becomes your second nature.

9057

Nobody can deceive the soul
Because
God’s Omniscience is
The soul’s permanent friend.

9058

Now that you have become
Your life’s surrender-sunrise,
God is granting you
His Heart’s Immortality-Sky.

9059

What my mind desperately needs
Is a true haven
From doubt-war.

9060

Can you not see
That temptation-thief is hiding
Behind your heart-door?

9061

The divinity of gratitude
Is not richly rewarded
Here on earth, alas!

9062

If you love only God,
He will love the whole world
For you.

9063

Ignorance-tiger
Is not going to surrender to you
On its own.
It is you who have to compel the tiger
To surrender to you.

9064

If your hope-life dwindles,
Then there can be no real God-life
Inside your heart.

9065

Cleverness can never bring
Perfection-fulness in life.
It will always be deprived of
God’s Satisfaction-Smile.

9066

Every day God sponsors
My aspiration-race
And I sponsor
God’s Forgiveness-Race.

9067

May I become my heart’s soulful
Purity-flooded surrender-dawn!

May I become my soul’s powerful
Divinity-manifested perfection-sun!

9068

On earth you call it
Your God-realisation.
In Heaven God calls it
His Joy-Day.

9069

What can your life expect
From your lethargy-infested body?
What can your heart expect
From your doubt-poisoned mind?

9070

Beautiful
Is my moonlit mind.
Fruitful
Is my sunlit heart.

9071

My Lord, do teach me
In the morning
Your Heart’s Oneness-Song
And in the evening
Your Life’s Perfection-Dance.

9072

How can you reach the Golden Shore,
Since you have not yet even embarked
On your aspiration-journey?

9073

Be a faithful dog
To your heart,
The way your heart has become
A faithful dog
To your soul.

9074

The Abode of God’s Compassion
Is the hospital
For sinners.

The Abode of God’s Delight
Is the lighthouse
For seekers.

9075

Once you become a genuine God-lover,
You will realise
That nothing is impossible.
No, not even to tame the temptation-tiger
Inside your vital.

9076

The breath of bondage-life
Will never be able to sing
God-Immortality’s Silence-Song.

9077

Do not blame anybody
For allowing your vital
To be permanently caught
In a most powerful depression-downpour.

9078

How can you ever be fulfilled
When you have become
Your mind’s unwilling acceptance
Of God’s God-Delight?

9079

Every day I try to lock
My Lord’s Face
Inside my aspiration-heart.
Alas,
The absence of intensity
And integrity
Has turned me into a complete failure.

9080

If you defy the invasion of doubt,
God will grant you the perfection
Of His Eternity’s Life-Breath.

9081

Do not think that God’s Compassion-Eye
Will ever forsake you
Just because your entire being
Is enmeshed in imperfection-night.

9082

God’s outer Life
Is a Hope in you.
God’s inner Life
Is a Promise for you.

9083

Each unaspiring human being
Is consciously pushing me away
From my life’s cherished
Hope-territory.

9084

Can you not see
That your heart’s aspiration-cry
Is fast asleep?

Can you not see
That your life’s dedication-smile
Is fast waning?

9085

My heart dreams
Of hope-mountain.
My mind dreams
Of destruction-tiger.

9086

You cannot think of locking
Any human heart-door
In God’s entire creation
If you have a soulful aspiration-key.

9087

Although he is notorious
For his insincerity-life,
He is now disconnecting
His evil thought-current.
And all this he is doing
With the help of
God’s unconditional Grace.

9088

Self-indulgence can no more be
A part of my life.
Unquestionably it can no longer be
My life’s colleague.

9089

God bestows His Gold Medal
On man’s totally soulful
Surrender-life
And his perfectly beautiful
Gratitude-heart.

9090

Your soul has blessed your heart
With confidence-boat.
Sail it cheerfully
And reach the Golden Shore.

9091

Allow not your mind
To sprinkle your desire-jungle.
Beg your heart
To water your aspiration-garden.

9092

The smile of his self-giving heart
Is God’s favourite item
In His precious Divinity Collection.

9093

You have so many divine things
To do on earth.
Why are you wasting your precious time
With your mind’s thought-criminals?

9094

Look up and appreciate
The purity and divinity
Of the moon
And then fly beyond the moon
With your aspiration-cry.
Do not hesitate!

9095

Your task is
Not only to distinguish
The false spiritual teachers
But also to extinguish
Their false claims.

9096

When you imagine,
Try to be careful.
Try not to tangle
Imagination’s chain
While you are flying on the wings
Of imagination-bird.

9097

Do not read
Secret mind-thoughts
But feel
Sacred heart-thoughts.

9098

A doubting mind
In the spiritual life
Is not only a chronic
But a fatal disease.

9099

You are longing for God-realisation
Sooner than the soonest.
Are you ready to pay the highest price:
Your immediate and permanent
Unconditional surrender?

9100

When you become
Your heart’s gratitude
And your life’s surrender,
You will see that you are
Just one step away
From God.

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