My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 15
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If everybody knewHow unconditional at every moment
God truly is,
This world would have become
The Garden of Eden.
APR 1325. These prayers were given in Hamilton, New Zealand — 27 November 2002.↩
2
O seeker,Do not forget
That curiosity-attacks
Can be extremely dangerous.
3
My fameIs fleeting.
My God-surrender-joy
Is everlasting.
4
Nothing is incurable —No, not even the wild suspicions
Of the mind.
5
I must wake upAnd join my heart’s
Sleepless cries for God.
6
No matter what others think of meOr say about me,
I shall always take the side
Of my aspiration-heart.
7
A true God-loverIs, indeed,
A true God-manifestation-light-hero-warrior.
8
An aspiration-heartIs always in search of
A worry-free life.
9
God has a very special planFor me.
I must not allow my mind
To indulge in useless expectations,
Worries and anxieties.
10
Every day I must practiseMy God-surrender-songs
At least for ten minutes.
11
As I treasureMy God’s Forgiveness-Smiles,
Even so, He treasures
My gratitude-tears.
12
Some seekers do not pray and meditateEven once a week.
Therefore the sages and the seers
Of the hoary past
Are horrified
At their aspiration-forgetfulness
And aspiration-negligence.
13
Finally my prayerful lifeIs becoming a unique
God-gratitude-heart-beauty-fragrance.
142
May this be my last messageTo Your Eye, my Lord:
That I shall obey Your Eye only.
APR 1338. These prayers were given in Hamilton, New Zealand — 28 November 2002.↩
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May this be my last messageTo Your Heart, my Lord:
That I shall love Your Heart only.
16
May this be my last messageTo Your Feet, my Lord:
That I shall devour
The dust of Your Feet only.
17
In a very slow measure,I give to God
What I have.
18
In a sudden rapture,God gives to me
What He is.
19
When God came to himFor the first time,
God saw his heart
Fast asleep.
Therefore, God went back
To His celestial Abode.
20
When God came to himFor the second time,
His mind rejected God.
21
When God came to himFor the third time,
His vital ignored God.
22
When God came to himFor the fourth time,
His life criticised God.
23
When God came to himFor the fifth time,
He asked God
Why He continued coming.
He asked God if God was a beggar
Or a robber.
(23. continued)
God said to him,
“My child,
I am neither a beggar
Nor a robber.
I just cannot help seeing you,
For you are My Divinity’s
Self-Transcendence-Dream.”
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It is only whenMy heart flies and flies and flies
In Infinity’s skies
That God shows me
Where lies the path
Of His Immortality’s Smiles.
253
When I pray,I can touch God’s Feet.
When I meditate,
I can feel God’s Heart.
APR 1349. These prayers were given in Hamilton, New Zealand — 1 December 2002.↩
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God wantsMy self-discipline-life
To mingle
With His proudest Smile.
27
My mind wants to beThe God-knower.
My heart wishes to be
The God-lover.
28
My God-dependence-joyHas no equal.
29
My mind carries yesterday’sFailure-bondage.
My heart carries tomorrow’s
Victory-garland.
30
The finite powerChallenges.
The infinite Power
Embraces.
31
Earth is a strangerTo Heaven’s ceaseless Smiles.
Heaven is a stranger
To earth’s helpless tears.
32
God’s golden HeartDescends.
Man’s broken heart
Ascends.
33
When my mindSalutes God,
He immediately plays
His Rhapsody-Flute.
34
God’s GreatnessPuzzles and blinds me.
God’s Goodness
Cradles and nestles me.
354
May a gratitude-flowerBe found
In each heartbeat
Of mine.
APR 1359. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 2 Decemberr 2002.↩
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Mine is a heartOf eagerness.
God’s is a Breath
Of Closeness.
37
O my stupid mind,How long are you going to enjoy
Negativity’s torrential rain?
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God says to my heart,“My child, I have a beautiful story
To tell you.”
My heart says to God,
“Father, I have a soulful song
To sing for You.”
“My child, My story
Is all about your previous life
When you were My fondness-lamb.”
“My Father, my song
Is all about my immediate future
When You will make me
Your inseparable oneness-heart-hero.”
39
Mine is a greedy mindFor God’s constant
Outer attention.
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Mine is a hungry heartFor God’s ceaseless
Inner Compassion.
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For my life’s outer success,I depend one hundred per cent
On God’s Compassion-Eye.
APR 1365. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 3 December 2002.↩
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For my life’s inner progress,I depend one hundred per cent
On God’s Forgiveness-Feet.
43
For my life’s inner criesAnd outer smiles,
I depend one hundred per cent
On God’s Satisfaction-Heart.
44
May my heart’s burning aspirationGo a very long way in awakening
The God-sleeping human lives.
45
The great menMay often badly fail us
In our high expectations
Of their life-conduct.
But the good men
Can never, never fail us
In awakening, inspiring
And aspiring in and through us
For us to reach our destined Goal.
46
For the mind,God-surrender
Is a totally new approach.
47
O God-seekers and God-lovers,Let us join
God’s Oneness-Victory-Drum-March!
48
Let me be sincere to myselfAt least once:
Since I joined the spiritual path,
I have come to know myself
Infinitely better.
49
My faith in my MasterShall definitely conquer
All my doubts
In any context.
506
My Lord’s blessingful RequestsDo not believe in tomorrow.
They believe only
In here and now.
APR 1374. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 4 December 2002.↩
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My life’sGod-fulfilment-willingness-dictionary
Does not house the word
“Impossibility.”
52
Three real enemiesWe all have:
Hesitation, procrastination
And frustration.
53
The core of spiritualityIs at once our inner choice
And outer voice.
54
A true seeker is heWho is always cheerfully committed
To God-satisfaction-dreams.
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My prayer is my Lord’sProtection-umbrella.
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My meditation is my Lord’sProtection-fort.
57
My proud mouth loves to preachAll the time.
My soulful hands love to practise
All the time.
58
The outer voice may speakMany languages.
The inner voice speaks
Only one language:
The language of the heart.
59
May my life once again becomeA child’s
Purity-sweetness-flooded heart.
607
Mine is a God-bestowed vision,Far beyond
The misty self-doubt-mountains.
APR 1384. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 5 December 2002.↩
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Unconditional surrenderIs a springboard
To Divinity’s lofty heights.
62
My mind does not dare to bring meTorturous doubt-waves
Any more.
63
God’s inner NameIs Compassion.
His outer Name
Is Concern.
64
The more I can love the world,The sooner I shall be able
To forgive the world.
65
Every morning my Lord SupremeInvites me to be with Him
During His Delight-Chariot-Ride.
66
I must not forgetThat each wrong desire
Has a strangling grip.
67
Each good thoughtHas two long-stretched
Sheltering arms of light.
68
A meditation-lifeIs the only escape
From the dire bondage of time.
69
God’s inner TearsAnd His outer Smiles
Protect His favourite children
Every day.
708
My Lord,Only to You my sleepless life
And my breathless heart
Shall remain open.
APR 1394. These prayers were given in Taupo, New Zealand — 6 December 2002.↩
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My Lord proudly choosesMy unconditional surrender-life.
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God tells meThat my purity-heart
Is by far the best shrine.
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God tells meThat my smiles have made Him
Extremely, extremely strong.
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God comes to me and tells me,“My child, let us measure
Sincerely and proudly
Each other’s heart.”
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My sincere concernFor the poor world
God deeply appreciates and admires.
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O my heart,Once you start repeating
My Lord’s Name,
Never, never stop!
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Today I am under very strict ordersFrom my Lord Beloved Supreme
To remain happy and cheerful
At every moment.
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My life-boatHas reached the Golden Shore
At my Lord’s ambrosial Feet.
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FinallyGod has some good news for me:
He is telling me
That I shall not fail Him
Any more.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to New Zealand in November and December 2002.
