My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 12
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I know and I feelThat my Lord Beloved Supreme
Has an everlasting Love
For me.
APR 1077. These prayers were given in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 2 January 2002.↩
2
God does not hide anythingFrom me.
Because of my blind eyes,
I do not see
What He does for me
Self-givingly and sleeplessly.
3
God blesses meOut of the Bounties of His Heart.
Alas, where is my receptivity-heart,
Where?
4
If we want to walkEvery day
In the newness of life,
Then we must have enthusiasm
In our mind
In abundant measure.
5
Every morning and eveningMy Lord tells me
Only one thing:
Not to do,
But to be.
6
God expectsThe deepest affection-portion
From my aspiration-heart,
And no,
Never some random portion.
7
The days are short.My desires are endless.
O climbing aspiration-flames,
Where are you?
In your absence
I am helpless,
I am hopeless,
I am useless.
82
I searchFor my inner food:
Life divine.
APR 1084. These prayers were given in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 3 January 2002.↩
9
An insecurity-mind-plantRapidly grows.
10
An impurity-life-riverDauntlessly flows.
11
God-manifestation on earthEntirely depends
On humanity’s genuine love
For God.
12
A faultless heartIs possible,
But not
A faultless life.
13
The human in usSleeplessly needs
Self-mastery.
14
The divine in usBreathlessly needs
God-discovery.
15
How can God tameMy unruly earth-existence-life
If I every day blame God
Consciously and deliberately?
16
My life needs nothingFrom the future.
It needs everything
From the immediacy of today.
17
Every day, without fail,My Lord Himself breathes
My gratitude-heart-tear-breath.
18
Desire-journey endsIn the land of nowhere.
19
Not to entertainMy mind, my vital and my body,
But to enlighten my life
I came into the world.
20
The beauty of my prayerAnd the fragrance of my meditation
Are carrying me
To my Lord’s Heart-Home.
21
My heart’sDevotion-temple
Is my life’s
Pole-star.
22
Look forward,My life!
Never, never look back
At the sad failures
Of the past.
233
I must hold myselfTo the absolutely highest
God-satisfaction-standard.
APR 1099. These prayers were given in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 4 January 2002.↩
24
I must brighten my mind,Deepen my heart
And strengthen my life.
25
Be fully prepared!Lo and behold,
The unparalleled opportunity-train
Is come.
26
God tells meThat God-Satisfaction
Is my birthright.
I have only to claim it,
The sooner the better.
27
I must find my inner roadMyself,
Or I must beg God
To make one for me.
28
Every divinely blooming thoughtBecomes
A supremely blossoming experience.
29
My prayers and meditationsAre answered
Not when I am begging God,
But when I am loving
And serving God.
30
God’s Protection-Shelter-HomeIs for all human beings,
Whether they are aspiring
Or desiring.
31
I unmistakably seeThat my desire-mind-cloud-sky
Is clearing.
32
May my gratitude-heartExpand and expand
In every direction.
33
When my meditationIs very deep,
I breathe in perfect rhythm
With my Beloved Lord Supreme.
34
He who has never visited hellWill never be able
To appreciate, admire,
Adore and love Heaven
Most adequately.
35
Only the helpless tearsOf my heart
Are given the chance
By my Lord Supreme
To take a short-cut
To His Heart-Home.
364
Every morningThe very first thing I do
Is to offer my gratitude-heart-tears
To my Lord Beloved Supreme.
APR 1112. These prayers were given in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 5 January 2002.↩
37
A God-surrender-life meansA life of ever-blossoming
God-Delight.
38
My Lord tells meThat He will make me
A blue-gold star
In His Heart-Sky
If I meditate soulfully
And self-givingly.
39
Yesterday my Lord gave meThe lightning speed of inspiration.
Today my Lord gives me
The lightning speed of aspiration.
Tomorrow my Lord will give me
The lightning speed of self-offering.
40
God comes to my surrender-angelInside my heart
On tiptoe
With His infinite Joy
And infinite Pride.
41
Every day our inner faithNeeds newness-joy
To grow into
The Fulness of God.
42
Every morning my heart and IHoist our Supreme Lord’s
Victory-Flag.
435
There is nothingThat a hope-heart
Cannot achieve.
APR 1119. These prayers were given in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 6 January 2002.↩
44
Alas,I fool myself miserably
By thinking that I know
Who I truly am.
45
I must replace the pleasure-lifeOf my outer world
With the heart-joy
Of my inner world.
46
God proudly smiles at my mindWhen He sees that it has
Even an iota of peace.
47
If I really want peaceIn my life,
Then I must not busy myself
With what others do and say.
48
To be perfect in my outer life,I must harmoniously live
With my inner
God-aspiration-heart.
49
A famous lifeIs no match
For a God-Pride-heart
And a God-faithfulness-life.
50
To see my Lord Beloved SupremeSmiling,
I am ready to sacrifice everything
In my life.
51
I must not postponeEven for a single day
My unconditional surrender
To God’s Will.
52
Not what the mind says,But what the heart feels
I must immediately believe
And accept.
53
My heart’s soulfulDevotion-skill
Is my life’s momentous
Enthusiasm-thrill.
54
A devotion-heartThat has intensity
Is of paramount importance.
55
A doubting mindCan influence other minds,
But never an aspiring heart.
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Every morning I receiveMy Lord’s Blessing-Rain
With my gratitude-heart-tears.
576
My heart-breath descendsFrom my Lord’s
Transcendental Delight.
APR 1133. These prayers were given in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam — 9 January 2002.↩
58
I must multiplyMy heart’s sweetness
And my life’s oneness.
59
When the Hour of God strikes,Do not delay!
Just run your fastest
To your final Destination.
60
Every morningPrayerfully, soulfully and blissfully
I fly on the wings
Of my God-love.
61
Do not mindIf you fall.
Only allow God
To lift you up again.
He is all ready
To do you this big favour.
62
In the marketplace of life,Nothing is essential
And nothing is permanent.
63
Sweet is God’sCompassion-Eye.
64
Sweeter are God’sAffection-Arms.
65
Sweetest is God’sFondness-Heart.
66
The mind gives millions of reasonsWhy it does not want to accept God
As its Creator.
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The heart says,“I cannot live without God
Even for a fleeting moment.
No reason-snare
Can ever catch me.”
68
I needAn ever-progressing
God-gratitude-life.
69
A God-eagerness-heartFeeds on only
Now.
707
My Lord says to me,“My child,
I am infinitely more interested
In your aspiring heart
Than in your life’s
Mighty achievements.”
APR 1146. These prayers were given in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam — 10 January 2002.↩
71
I desperately and sleeplessly needEnthusiasm-thrill
In my dry mind.
72
God says to me,“My child,
I want to reverse the game.
My only desire is this:
From now on,
You will be indulgent to Me
And not to yourself.”
73
In each century,God-realised souls
Can be counted
On the fingertips.
74
To smile at GodIs a seeker’s
Very first requirement.
758
I dearly loveMy God-adoration
And
My God-manifestation-convictions.
APR 1151. These prayers were given in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam — 9 January 2002.↩
76
Do not enjoy your friendshipWith your unaspiring mind.
You will be a dejected
And rejected God-devotee.
77
When we please GodIn His own Way,
He accepts us as true members
Of His inner Family.
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AspirationIs the transcendence-assurance
Of our previous achievements.
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God-criticism-acceptanceIn our spiritual life —
Not only unacceptable,
But also unpardonable.
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God the Forgiveness-HeartAnd
God the Compassion-Eye
Pick us up
After each fall.
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To protectHis supremely chosen children,
God is God’s
Round-the-clock Concern.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered These prayers during his visit to Cambodia and Viet Nam in January 2002.
