My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 14
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A birthdayIs the blossoming
Of a new
Consciousness-delight-dream.
APR 1237. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 3 February 2002.↩
2
The world demandsThe very best from me.
3
My Lord desiresTo have
Everything of mine.
4
The final and last choiceHas to be made here and now.
No more chances
Shall be granted.
5
Not my outer belief,But my inner faith
That decides who God is,
Where God is
And what God actually expects
From my life.
6
The outer successReaches the fleeting
Pride-crown-destination.
7
The inner progressReaches the abiding
Happiness-throne-goal.
8
What we haveIs a false outer smile.
What we need
Is a sincere inner cry.
9
An open mindIs a very rare achievement.
A God-surrender-life
Is a God-achievement.
102
I must examineThe beauty and fragrance
Of my own happiness-heart
Before I offer them
To humanity’s heart.
APR 1246. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 4 February 2002.↩
11
My knowledge-lightIs the quantity-beggar.
My wisdom-delight
Is the quality-chooser.
My Lord Supreme tells me
Not to worry.
He will gladly take care of
The beggar in me
And the chooser in me.
I just have to love Him only
And need Him only.
12
To me, the highest heightIs not the happiest privilege,
But the greatest and heaviest
Responsibility.
13
My Lord has chosenMy utterly insignificant life
To accomplish the impossible:
The full manifestation of God
Here on earth.
14
If my life really desiresTo be a God-server,
Then God’s Heart will be
My life’s untiring supplier.
15
I measure my life-boundaries.My Lord counts only
My heart-garden-flowers.
16
There are God-doubters.There are God-believers as well.
Who can prevent me
From being a God-believer,
And who can prevent me
From being a God-lover,
A God-server
And, finally, a God-manifester?
17
In God’s EyeI am never insignificant.
In God’s Heart
I am eternally and infinitely
More significant
Than I can ever imagine.
18
My life-book begins withThe God-aspiration-chapter
And ends with
The God-realisation-chapter.
19
The heart has another name:Aspiration.
The mind has another name:
Suspicion.
The vital has another name:
Restlessness.
The body has another name:
Idleness.
Life has another name:
Uncertainty.
Man has another name:
Complexity.
The soul has another name:
Observer.
God has another Name:
Forgiver.
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My Lord blessingfully whispers.Alas, I pay no attention.
My soul compassionately whispers.
Alas, I pay no attention.
My heart lovingly whispers.
Alas, I pay no attention.
APR 1256. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 5 February 2002.↩
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My mind speaks to me.I immediately obey.
My vital speaks to me.
I proudly obey.
My body speaks to me.
I lovingly obey.
Alas, when shall I stop
Obeying them, when?
Alas, when shall I be
The choice instrument
Of my Lord Supreme, when?
22
In this lifeI need only one qualification:
God-obedience.
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Only one thingI shall never, never, never desire:
God-disobedience.
24
My God-obedienceIs my God-closeness.
My God-disobedience
Is my God-aloofness.
25
My God-satisfactionAsks my God-obedience
To run side by side with it
All the time.
26
My God-defianceBravely marches along the road
That has no goal.
My God-disobedience
Proudly follows my God-defiance.
27
We cannot meritGod’s Transcendental Consciousness
And His Universal Consciousness,
But we can inherit and do inherit
His Transcendental Consciousness
And His Universal Consciousness.
28
My outer beautyAttracts and welcomes
All the hostile forces of the world.
My inner beauty
Frightens and transforms
All the hostile forces of the world.
29
If I am a real God-lover,Then I must always remember
That God the Power infinite
Is my constant helper.
30
I love God.This may be an iota of truth.
God loves me.
Indeed, this is the bloom of truth,
And this is the blossom of truth.
314
I dare and dare to sayThat my Lord and I
Love each other intensely
And care for each other immensely.
APR 1267. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 6 February 2002.↩
32
God wants onlyThe selflessness-hearts
To broadcast His most glorious
Life-Activities here on earth.
33
God tells me that spiritualityIs not something fanatic,
Fantastic, eccentric and idiotic,
But really realistic and idealistic.
34
My prayers and ITogether
Climb and climb.
35
My meditations and ITogether
Dive and dive.
36
My life is absolutely safeOnly when I can remain seated
At the Feet of my Lord Supreme.
37
The inner worldsAnd the outer world
Are clashing and crashing together.
Yet my Beloved Lord Supreme
Has kept me
Absolutely unshaken.
38
Alas,In an unknown and mysterious way,
We cherish our endless
Worries and anxieties.
39
In the battlefield of life,My Lord has granted my heart-tears
The supreme victory
Over the darkest ignorance-night.
40
Only inside the heart of silenceDoes God give us
His Nectar-flooded Smile.
415
My Absolute Lord Supreme,I love You, I really do,
But the Cosmic Game
That You play with me
Is so confusing.
APR 1277. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 7 February 2002.↩
42
“My child,I love you, I really do,
But the earthly game
That you play with Me
Is so uninspiring.”
43
I prayerfully offer my Lord SupremeThe streaming tears of my heart.
My Lord Supreme blessingfully Offers me
The beaming Smiles of His Heart.
44
The mind, the vital and the bodyRuthlessly attack
The poor and pure heart,
But they eventually
And deplorably lose.
Why?
Because God always
Takes the side of the heart.
45
This morningMy Lord Absolute
Compelled me to discard
My long-cherished ignorance-mask.
46
I am the ownerOf sincerity-weakness-tears.
God is the Owner
Of Forgiveness-Divinity-Smiles.
God is commanding me to barter
My tears for His Smiles,
And I immediately obey.
47
O Heaven, do acceptWhat I have to offer:
My prayers.
O earth, do accept
What I have to offer:
My service.
48
Spiritually my soul is fully grownPrecisely because for centuries
My soul has been sowing
God-Smiles and God-Ecstasies
In every heart.
49
My outer life lovesThe success-dance.
My inner life loves
The progress-song.
I love my Lord’s
Victory-Banner.
506
My only desire is to obeyMy Lord Absolute Supreme
All the time
With a flower-pure heart.
APR 1286. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 8 February 2002.↩
51
God tells me thatI do not need His Permission
Before I trust others,
But I do need
His express Permission
Before I distrust others.
52
In the spiritual life,To see humanity
Without the heart of beauty
And purity
Is the height of stupidity.
53
A caring heartIs a daring glory.
54
My life and IFaithfully follow
The tears
Of my ever-climbing heart.
55
There is a sure wayTo make oneself happy,
And that way is to bury the past
In oblivion-cave.
56
The aspiring heartIs always an open door
To a new God-hope
And a new God-promise.
57
Alas, it is not God,But it is I
Who have forsaken myself.
58
There are many paths to reachThe God-Summit-Heights.
Each path is absolutely right
In its own way.
But my heart and I have chosen
The path of love, devotion
And surrender.
59
Our heart-aspirationsAnd
Our life-dedications
Are very carefully examined
By God Himself
Before He allows us to live
In His Infinity’s Heart-Home.
607
At last,At the very peak,
I discover what I seek.
APR 1296. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 9 February 2002.↩
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O friendship-flower,O friendship-flower,
Do not wither,
Do not wither.
62
Come what may,Come what may,
My heart must pray,
My heart must pray.
63
No dead end,No dead end.
Just a bend,
Just a bend.
64
My Lord gives meA new lesson
At every hour
So that my heart can be
His Beauty’s flower.
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God is not an iron rod,God is not an iron rod.
Let us all go quickly,
Go to the Shelter of God.
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Meditation, meditation,Meditation:
My God-preparation,
My God-preparation.
678
No prayer, no prayer,No prayer:
Life is an ignorance-lair.
APR 1303. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 10 February 2002.↩
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No meditation, no meditation:Life is an utter imperfection.
69
SoundIs man-cheering.
Silence
Is God-becoming.
70
Life-river flows.Patience-tree grows.
71
Life is a thunder-gong.Death is a silence-song.
72
My life-storyIs painful.
My heart-song
Is Godful.
73
What is peace?The absence of selfishness.
What is bliss?
The presence of oneness.
749
Wake up, my mind,Wake up
To our Lord’s
Sweetness-Presence-Smile.
APR 1310. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 11 February 2002.↩
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God’s nationalityIs a Self-Transcendence-Vision-Reality.
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God feels meOnly when
My heart kneels.
77
My bleeding heart-tearsAre my alarm clocks
To put an end
To my ignorance-slumber.
78
My soul-smiles whisper,And I arrive at God’s Heart-Door
Always on time.
79
Only a God-obedience-lifeReceives from God
His real Reward:
His Heart of Infinity.
80
My tears and my smilesHave created my human life.
My God-promises
And my God-fulfilments
Are creating my divine life.
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Meditation meansThe beginning of
A God-becoming-life.
APR 1317. These prayers were given in Sabah, Malaysia — 14 February 2002.↩
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Meditation-sun shinesAround the clock
Throughout Eternity.
83
Peace-dreamersAre
Heart-givers.
84
God warns us inwardlyLong before darkness comes down
Upon our lives.
85
O my ignorance-mind,You can cherish your proud opinions,
But I shall cherish only
My God-union-heart-hunger.
86
God never misses an opportunityTo tell the aspiration-hearts
That He is all for them.
87
My convictionsAre always founded upon
God-Opinions.
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God wants onlyMy gratitude-heart-tears
To introduce me to Him.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered These prayers during his visit to Malaysia in February 2002.
