My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 20
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My mindNever wants to change.
It is I who have to force
My mind to change.
APR 1722. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 16 January 2003.↩
2
Heaven is not infinite milesAbove my head.
Heaven is right here,
Deep inside my God-gratitude-heart.
3
God’s Desire and my desireHave the same goal:
Love.
4
How can my limited mindEver experience
The beauty and majesty
Of my Absolute Lord Supreme?
5
Nothingness and InfinityAre the two shores
Of God’s Life Universal.
6
To my greatest surprise,I seek freedom
And yet I love captivity.
7
Alas, we all are in loveWith a real stranger-thief:
Ignorance.
8
In vainDeath, the finite,
Tries to hide
Life, the Infinite.
9
The acceptance of LightAnd the rejection of darkness
Must be done
With utmost sincerity,
Willingness and eagerness.
10
My heart is no more mine.My heart is all Yours,
My Lord Beloved Supreme.
“My Heart is also no more Mine,
My sweetest child.
It is all yours,
Yours it was,
And yours it will forever be.”
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My Lord,My prayers
Do not touch Your Heart.
My meditations
Do not touch Your Heart.
My cries
Do not touch Your Heart.
My tears
Do not touch Your Heart.
What else can I do, my Lord?
“My sweet child,
Patience, patience!
Wait for My choice Hour.”
APR 1732. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 17 January 2003.↩
12
Never give up hope!Hope ultimately succeeds.
13
The unlit manIs his mind.
The illumined man
Is his heart.
The perfect man
Is his soul.
14
Fight against mankind —You are a fool.
Fight against yourself —
You are a saint.
15
My life belongsTo my faith.
My faith belongs
To God.
16
Each pure thoughtIs a strong bridge
To cross
To God’s Heart-Home.
17
I wish to beA God-loving heart
And not
A world-interesting man.
18
Forget the past.Guide and lead the present.
Tomorrow’s golden dawn
Will bless you and embrace you.
19
Oneness from AboveIs sure illumination.
Oneness from below
Is sweet devotion.
203
Only the aspiring heartHas the capacity to bury itself
In the ambrosial Lap
Of its Beloved Supreme.
APR 1741. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 18 January 2003.↩
21
Only the unconditionalGod-surrender-seekers
Receive very special lessons
From their Beloved Supreme.
22
The unaspiring mind-landIs a dangerous place.
23
My life’s greatnessHas badly failed to please God.
My heart’s goodness
Has sadly failed to please God.
My sleepless gratitude-heart-tears
And my breathless surrender-life-smiles
Have unreservedly pleased God.
24
My prayer-life beganWith begging.
My prayer-life now is singing
Only God’s Glories.
My prayer-life shall end
With surrendering my all
To the Will of my Beloved Supreme.
25
God is a strange matterWith the arid intellectuals.
My Lord, do give me
A simplicity-life and a purity-heart
To sing always
Your Victory-Songs.
26
Self-lovers and self-serversAre to be found all-where.
God-lovers and God-servers
Are extremely rare achievements.
27
Nobody can ever dareTo take away from me
My God-Touch-Thrill.
284
Morning begins.I begin to pray.
God begins to give.
In silence supreme
He gives me His All.
APR 1749. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 19 January 2003.↩
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When my mind thinks of God,God lightens
My life-burdens.
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When my heart prays to God,God removes
All my life-burdens.
31
When I meditate on God,God says to me,
“My child,
All your burdens
Are self-imposed.”
32
My sweet Lord,May the sound of Your Footfall
Frighten my doubting mind.
May the sound of Your Footfall
Awaken my sleeping heart.
May the sound of Your Footfall
Enlighten my serving life.
33
My Beloved Lord,Today I have nothing to spare.
“My child,
Come, come closer to Me!
Empty your heart.
I have everything
To share with you.”
34
In the morning I singWith the blissfully ascending waves
Of my heart-sea.
35
In the evening I singWith the peacefully descending waves
Of my heart-sea.
36
My Lord Beloved Supreme,Today You have made me
Immeasurably happy
By allowing my heartbeat
To mingle, sing and dance
With the golden dust
Of Your golden Feet.
375
I know, I know,My heart-tears for God
Will never be lost
In the dust of the earth.
APR 1758. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 20 January 2003.↩
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O my mind-doubts,I shall not cherish you any more!
You must leave me alone.
39
O my heart-fears,I shall not shelter you any more!
You must leave me alone.
40
O my life-weaknesses,I shall not carry you any more!
You must leave me alone.
41
Once moreI have won back my heart-kingdom
From the hostile forces.
From now on
My heart-kingdom and I
Shall forever remain together.
42
My Lord,Your Flute has stolen
The tears of my heart.
43
“My child,Your songs have stolen
The Smiles of My Eye.”
44
God’s choice HourHas struck.
His Hunger-Heart
Has devoured my devotion-life.
45
This morningMy Lord said to me,
“My child, if you once more weep
At your unworthiness,
Never shall I visit you!
As I claim you
To be My All,
Even so, you must claim Me
To be your All.”
466
My Lord,Please tell me
When Your Hour will strike
For You to place Your Feet
Inside my crying and bleeding heart.
APR 1767. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 21 January 2003.↩
47
Ignorance-sleepAttacks us
With no warning.
48
Like my heart,I must make my mind,
My vital and my body
Always available
To my Beloved Supreme.
49
My Lord,This time when You enter
Into my heart,
Please bring with You
Your Enthusiasm
And Dynamism infinite.
50
Each God-loverIs a direct instrument of God
For God’s full manifestation
Here on earth.
51
My Lord Supreme has graced meWith His divine Presence,
But alas, I am not ready
To race against ignorance-night
And win the supreme Victory
For my Lord Supreme.
52
My Lord never disappoints me.It is my expectation-cleverness
That disappoints me.
53
True,I cannot sprint,
I cannot run,
I cannot march,
I cannot walk,
But I can easily crawl
Towards my Lord Beloved Supreme.
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God’s long StoriesAwaken me.
God’s beautiful Poems
Charm me.
God’s soulful Songs
Thrill me.
God’s Tears and Smiles
Perfect me and fulfil me.
557
When I go to GodAs a beggar,
He immediately closes
His Eyes and Ears.
APR 1776. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 22 January 2003.↩
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When I go to GodAs His own child,
He immediately stands up,
Blesses me and embraces me.
57
Wisdom-lightIs giving and giving.
Ignorance-night
Is self-styled and self-multiplying.
58
God does not appreciateMy shyness.
He appreciates
My openness.
59
Earth needsGod’s Descent.
Heaven needs
God’s Consent.
60
My immediateAnd eternal need
Is God-fulfilment
In God’s own Way.
61
Every second,Many, many, many God-seekers
Are pleasing God in His own Way.
How I wish I could be
One of those fortunate ones!
62
God-worshippersAnd
God-lovers
On any path
Are my only
Divine brothers and sisters.
63
Like my soul,How I wish I could spend
All my time
Only with my Lord Beloved Supreme!
64
To realise God, reveal GodAnd manifest God here on earth
Is the birthright
Of a selfless God-lover.
658
The day my LordCannot come to see me,
He sends His Heart to me.
APR 1786. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 24 January 2003.↩
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The day my Lord’s HeartCannot come to see me,
He sends His Eye to me.
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The day my Lord’s EyeCannot come to see me,
He sends His Ear to me
To receive messages
From my soul, heart,
Mind, vital and body.
In this way, every day
My Lord keeps
A very, very special connection
With me.
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Every morningMy Lord’s Heart
Says something very nice
To His Eye
About me.
69
God-believers are, indeed,God’s happiness-harbingers
To mankind.
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Disappointment,I do not know you
And I do not want to know!
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When we runOn the aspiration-track,
God says to us,
“My children, no slow speed
Is allowed!”
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No impurity-biteWhen we pray.
No mind-intrusion
When we meditate.
73
God tells His seeker-childrenThat without the climbing
Aspiration-flames
From their hearts,
They will never be able
To satisfy Him in His own Way.
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When I am able to offerEven an iota of satisfaction
To my Lord Beloved Supreme,
My heart immediately gets
Throbbing joy.
759
ForgivenessIs the only real happiness
That lasts.
APR 1796. These prayers were given in Cairns, Australia — 25 January 2003.↩
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To become a happiness-fountain,I must forgive those
Who ruthlessly hurt me
Every day.
77
My Lord,Today I am praying to You
To think of me
And work in and through me
To the fullest.
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My Lord,You have taught me
Many, many, many things
Right from my very birth.
Only two more things
Please teach me:
How to have tears in my heart
When I pray to You
And how to have poise in my heart
When I meditate on You.
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My Lord says to meThat from today
Until I breathe my last,
He will decide for me
And choose for me
My life’s “yes” and “no”.
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To my soulMy Lord has given the capacity
To be a maker of bliss,
My heart, to be a maker of peace
And me, a maker of gratitude.
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Every dayI must give myself
The time I need
To please my Lord Supreme,
Not only when I am fully awake,
But also when I am dreaming.
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I must not enjoy any moreUnrealistic expectations
In my life.
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Every morningMy Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Comes to me
To guide and lead me
On the golden path ahead.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Australia in January 2003.
