My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 19
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The only way to free oneselfFrom the mind’s prison
Is to forgive others.
APR 1646. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 7 January 2003.↩
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Hesitation, doubt and fearLeave me
Only when I stay
On the God-navigated course.
3
Like my Lord Beloved Supreme,I also must take
A full-time service:
Loving unreservedly
And unconditionally
Each and every human being.
4
My meditation-depthIs my Lord’s
Ecstasy-Height-Pride.
5
My Lord’sCompassion-Concern-Heart-Door
Never has any lock.
6
Our mind-maladiesCan be cured
Only by repeating constantly
God’s sacred Name.
7
Morning devotion-singersGive tremendous joy
To their Lord Supreme.
8
Music of the heart-tearsAnd heart-smiles
Is bound to thrill
All sincere seekers of the world.
9
Every morningI pray to my Lord Supreme
To bless me
With a rainbow-heart-beauty-smile.
10
Just yesterdayMy Lord Beloved Supreme scolded me
Most powerfully.
He said, “My child,
You must take My express Permission
Before you do something
Or say something important.”
112
When I give GodMore than I promised,
He gives me
Seven transcendental Smiles.
APR 1656. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 8 January 2003.↩
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Dreams come trueOnly if we dearly love them
And proudly treasure them.
13
Humanity is not interestedIn the light.
It is interested only
In the power-supremacy.
14
My acceptance of spiritualityIs neither my obligation
Nor my responsibility,
But a golden opportunity
To love God and be loved by God.
15
Life has no dead end.Life carries the promise
Of endless progress-delight.
16
When my mind is happy,Everything is pure.
When my heart is happy,
Everything is perfect
And everybody is perfect.
When I am happy,
My Lord Supreme
Immediately embraces me.
17
My Lord, may I offer YouA true story?
“No!”
My Lord, may I offer You
A beautiful poem?
“No!”
My Lord, may I offer You
A soulful song?
“No!”
My Lord, may I offer You
My gratitude-heart-tears?
“Yes, yes, yes!
My child, start offering.”
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The songs of my voiceAre pure and sweet.
The songs of my heart
Can touch God’s Feet.
APR 1663. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 9 January 2003.↩
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The self-mastery-educationNobody can ever complete.
20
To pay even the slightest attentionTo my insecurity-life
Is the height of my stupidity.
21
I always approachMy Lord Beloved Supreme
On my bended knees
And not just with my folded hands.
22
Every morningI place my sincerity-heart-tears
And my sincerity-heart-smiles
At the Feet of my Lord Supreme
Before I enter into my meditation.
23
My Lord Beloved Supreme HimselfUses
My God-devotion-heart-magnet.
24
My constant God-dependenceIs the safest and surest
God-discovery-road.
25
My God-aspiration-questionsAnd answers of the past
Are of no avail.
My God-aspiration-questions
And answers of the future
Are simply ridiculous.
My God-aspiration-questions
And answers of my present life
Are of supreme importance.
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My Lord,My only prayer to You
Is this:
Do continue to remain
Fully in charge of my life.
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Every morningI become
My heart’s God-worshipping joy.
APR 1672. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 10 January 2003.↩
28
Each happy thoughtAnd each happy feeling
Gives me the strength
Of a roaring lion.
29
DelightIs bound to permeate
A God-surrender-heart.
30
Spirituality alone succeedsIn giving the God-seekers
A God-oneness-home.
31
Be brave, divinely brave,Supremely brave!
Do not surrender
To despair.
32
Kneeling prayersReceive immediately
Illumining Smiles
From God’s Eye.
33
Every morningI memorise four soul-stirring
And heart-elevating Messages
From my Lord Supreme.
34
God wants my life to beThe beauty of my heart
And
The fragrance of my soul.
35
My only needIs what my Lord
Blessingfully gives me.
365
Each new momentIs a new bloom
Of my aspiration-heart.
APR 1681. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 11 January 2003.↩
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My Lord tells meThat my God-gratitude-heart
Is my promise-fulfilled life.
38
God tells meThat the surrender of my mind
Is His prized possession.
39
My desire abruptly closesMy heart-door.
My aspiration slowly, steadily
And unerringly opens
My heart-door
And keeps it open.
40
The Golden Age has decidedNot to sleep any more.
It is about to wake up
To illumine the world
Once again.
41
FalsehoodIs sensation.
Truth
Is compassion.
42
FalsehoodIs fearless.
Truth
Is deathless.
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FalsehoodUltimately fails.
Truth
Sleeplessly sails.
44
FalsehoodAttracts.
Truth
Rejects.
45
My Lord Supreme HimselfProudly hoists
My obedience-flag.
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No streaming heart-tears,No express God-Arrival.
APR 1691. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 13 January 2003.↩
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God’s Compassion-EyeVisits
My sleeping body.
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God’s Pride-HeadVisits
My serving life.
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God’s Delight-HeartVisits
My surrendering breath.
50
My God-thoughts dream and dreamInside the silence
Of my sweet and deep sleep.
51
My God-actionsAre invited by God Himself
To fly and fly
In His Infinity’s Sky.
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God is not displeasedWith my feeble weakness-body.
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God is extremely displeasedWith my strong, bold and wild
Disobedience-vital.
54
God is at onceA Compassion-Teacher
And an Illumination-Student.
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The beauty of a devotion-heartAnd the fragrance of a surrender-breath
Are the supremely choice Blessings
From the Unknowable.
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Alas,There is not a single day
That our doubting minds
Do not torture us
And our Lord Beloved Supreme.
577
I love my soul-commands —I really do!
APR 1702. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 14 January 2003.↩
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I love my heart-whispers —I really do!
59
I am not a singer,But the angels come and sing for me.
Why?
Because they have been asked
By my Lord Beloved Supreme.
60
I am not a seeker,But the cosmic gods come and bless me.
Why?
Because they have been asked
By my Lord Beloved Supreme.
61
My Lord’s FeetBeckon
My prayer-tears.
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My Lord’s HeartBeckons
My meditation-silence.
63
We must not anticipate.At God’s choice Hour,
God will definitely
Do the needful.
64
Those who prayFor a world-oneness-heart
Are the harbingers
Of tomorrow’s golden dawn.
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My hope-heart-bloomTakes me to God.
66
My promise-soul-blossomBrings God to me.
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All that livesIs my heart’s beauty.
All that dies
Is my mind’s ugliness.
APR 1712. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 15 January 2003.↩
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One forgiveness-prayer-tearCan stand against
Ten serious blunders.
69
We can not only practise meditation,But also can become
The Inner Pilot of meditation.
70
My thought can be displeasedWith God,
But my feeling cannot.
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When I talk to God,Man becomes jealous.
When I talk to man,
I receive a very powerful Embrace
From my Lord Supreme.
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Life is a golden opportunity.The sooner we realise it,
The better.
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My self-transcendence is blessedBy Eternity’s Silence,
Infinity’s Sound
And Immortality’s Delight.
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My God-revelationIs the beauty of my realisation.
My God-manifestation
Is the fragrance of my realisation.
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The tears of my heartAnd the smiles of my soul
Are the Footsteps
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
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My hope-heartStarts.
My promise-breath
Completes.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Australia in January 2003.
