My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 23
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My aspiration-heart’sMost favourite task:
My God-prayer-tear-cries.
APR 1956. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 30 November 2003.↩
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Rotating worries and anxieties —Alas,
This is what the human mind is.
3
No ‘why’, no ‘how’,No ‘when’, no ‘where’ —
My life’s God-surrender is.
4
Alas,When will we realise
That our doubts
Are our mind-made products?
5
My Lord’s Love-BridgeSpans my aspiration-cries
And my dedication-smiles.
6
From now on,No information-collection-mind,
But aspiration-ascension-heart.
7
DivisionIs the self-promoter.
Union
Is the God-prompter.
8
The unaspiring mindIs an over-hasty
Judgement-pronouncer.
9
When my self-dedicationIs absolutely unconditional,
My aspiration-cry skyrockets.
10
Only the prayerful receptivity-heartsAre able to watch
God’s hundreds of miracles every day.
11
My Lord must come first.My Lord must come last as well,
And in between
There must be none.
12
A sleepless,Self-giving life
Is all sunshine.
132
My Lord Supreme tells meTo practise every day
Forward sprinting,
And never, never
Backward sprinting.
APR 1968. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 1 December 2003.↩
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My aspiration-heartIs determined today
Not to allow the mind
To walk along
The godless shore.
15
My Lord, do capture me!Can You not see
Each and every breath of mine
Is for You, only for You?
16
God and I barter every dayMy gratitude-tears
And His Pride-Smiles.
17
My Lord loves to hear from meMy heart-songs
For hours and hours.
18
My Lord has no timeTo hear even one story
Of my life.
19
Humanity’s total transformationIs only a local train,
And can never be
An express train.
20
I devour the dustOf my Lord’s Feet.
21
My Lord devours the sandsOf my life’s
Never-ending mistakes.
22
O seeker,Be always on the alert!
At every moment
Try to please God in His own Way.
His Compassion-Eye
May not visit you again.
23
My oneness with the WillOf my Lord Beloved Supreme,
Alas,
Is still at the beginning stage.
24
God gives me His Heart-BreathFar beyond my necessity.
Needless to say,
I deserve it not in the least.
253
My aspiration-heartIs not brittle.
Therefore,
It cannot be broken.
APR 1980. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 2 December 2003.↩
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Darkness cannot surround usIf we can ever develop
True love of God.
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Although it is a most painful task,We must accept
The inevitable.
28
We must not thinkOf escaping our past,
But we must dare
To challenge the past
And go far, far beyond
The domain of the past.
29
Every day, early in the morning,My Lord Himself enters into
My heart-garden
And collects all my prayerful, soulful
And beautiful heart-blossoms.
30
At every moment I must and mustSoulfully pray to God
To illumine the darkness
Of my ignorance-night.
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God tells my aspiration-heartImmediately to devour
All my desires,
For they can at any moment
Attack my aspiration-heart
And destroy it totally.
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May my enthusiasm-heartBe not only dauntless,
But also sleepless and breathless.
33
God calls itMy delight-heart-fountain.
I call it
My Lord’s unconditional
Compassion and Love-Mountain.
34
If the tears of our heartsAre sincere,
Then God will definitely keep us
Inside His Compassion-Protection-
Perfection-Satisfaction-Ring.
35
My God-obedience-boatMy Lord always
Blessingfully and proudly keeps
On the right course.
36
A prayerless heartIs, indeed,
A hopeless and useless life.
374
The gratitude-heartIs absolutely necessary
To live upon this whole earth.
APR 1992. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 3 December 2003.↩
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Aspiration-life beginsThe God-discovery-adventure.
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Unless I make my Lord happy,How can I be really happy?
40
My heart’s each new God-songIs a forward step
Towards my Lord’s Heart-Home.
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I am my life’sInner tears.
God is His inner Heart’s
Unending smiles.
42
Nothing is as charming,Illumining and fulfilling
As my inner boat-ride
With my Lord Supreme.
43
God’s Compassion-EyeIs always desperately eager
To keep the genuine seekers happy.
44
With His own HandsOur Lord Supreme feeds
His unconditionally surrendered
Children.
45
A complete surrender-lifeMeans a oneness-dance
Of God and the seeker.
46
Aspiration-life meansCountless
God-fulfilment-opportunities.
47
All my devotion-heart-lettersGod’s Heart immediately reads
And His Hands immediately fulfil.
48
The mindIs the strength
Of only one individual.
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The heartIs the power
Of multitudes.
505
I must walk, march, run and sprintBehind my Lord Beloved Supreme,
For He knows
Where He is taking me.
APR 2005. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 4 December 2003.↩
51
God surrenders to me.God says to me,
“My child, I have been leading you
For centuries after centuries.
Now I feel you can lead Me.”
“My Lord,
You must always lead me.
The child has always to follow
The Father.
Please do not break Your Cosmic Law
For me.”
52
Life needs courage,Courage invincible.
Heart needs oneness,
Oneness universal.
53
Eternity is within.Infinity is without.
Immortality is at once
Within and without.
54
Man in general:A self-motivated plan.
55
Ultimately, self-importanceBecomes homeless —
Nowhere to go.
56
God has only one messageFor me:
“Up, up, My child!
To the very top, My child!
Stop not
Until the Goal claims you
And your all.”
57
Do not think unnecessarily,Do not think!
Your mind will completely be covered
With ink.
58
God says to me,“My child,
Seek Me, seek, seek!
Your heart’s tears and cries
Are still very weak.”
59
Alas, alas, alas!My life knows how to sleep,
My heart knows how to weep,
And I know how to cry and sigh
In vain.
60
I know, I knowWhom only I owe
For my ignorance-conquest-victory-smile:
He is none other than
My Inner Pilot.
61
My Lord’s Heart-Village-InvitationIs the greatest privilege
And deepest delight
Of my life.
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Who saddens the HeartOf my Lord Beloved Supreme?
Not me, not me, not me!
Who gladdens the Heart
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme?
Me, me, me!
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O foolish mind,Do not dare to fight
With the Omnipotence-Silence!
APR 2018. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 5 December 2003.↩
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Silence embodies,Reveals and manifests
God’s Transcendental Dream
Upon earth.
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Life is Eternity’sSilence-journey
Towards Infinity.
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God says to me,“My child,
If you are ready to be responsible
For your today’s life,
Then I shall be fully responsible
For your entire future life.”
67
Do not try to inform the worldWho you are.
Just try to reform the world
With the tears of your heart.
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Each soulful prayerTouches God’s Feet.
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Each deep meditationEnters into God’s Heart.
70
God has made meHis Divinity’s partner,
Not because my mind
Is extremely powerful
And not because my heart
Is extremely beautiful,
But because I am of Him
And I am for Him.
71
As long as my Lord SupremeKnows and sees
That my heart-cries are sincere,
I do not have to prove anything
To the world.
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Every day my God-surrender-lifeHas to increase in beauty and purity
If I really want God to love me more
And ever more.
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When I thinkOf my Lord Supreme,
He is His Power infinite.
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When I prayTo my Beloved Supreme,
He is His Compassion infinite.
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When I meditateOn my Absolute Supreme,
He is His Satisfaction-Heart infinite.
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God is His Immortality’sHope-Dream and Promise-Reality
For His full Manifestation
In each human being upon earth.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Solo, Indonesia in November and December 2003.
