My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 24
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My love of GodMust immensely increase
From this very moment.
APR 2032. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 6 December 2003.↩
2
My God-Feet-devotionMust immensely increase
From this very moment.
3
My God-heart-surrenderMust immensely increase
From this very moment.
4
With my aspiration-criesAnd my dedication-smiles,
I am desperately trying
To make up for lost time.
5
My Lord’s Compassion-EyeLoves to play all the time
With the tears and smiles
Of my heart.
6
My Lord Beloved SupremeIs extremely fond
Of my heart-whispers.
7
My Lord wantsThe beauty of my smiles
To be invincible.
8
My Lord wantsThe fragrance of my tears
To be indestructible.
9
God begs my doubting mindTo mingle
With my aspiring heart.
He also tells my aspiring heart
Not to worry.
10
Every single God-seekerEmbodies
God’s Vision-Fulfilment-Eye.
11
The desire-lifeThat I once stupidly chose
I am now wisely
Casting aside.
12
Each moment I can applyFor my conscious ascent
To the highest.
Alas,
What prevents me,
If not my unwillingness-mind?
13
Every dayMy Lord Beloved Supreme
Drinks and drinks and drinks
From my gratitude-heart-fountain.
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My Lord is always eagerTo receive the tears
Of my heart.
APR 2045. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 7 December 2003.↩
15
Sooner or laterWe needs must journey
Towards the Unknowable.
16
My joys know no boundsWhen I am
My heart-country-traveller.
17
We must realiseThat the river of time
Does not wait
For anyone.
18
To my greatest joy,Inside my Lord’s Heart-Garden
My gratitude-heart-flowers
Keep growing and growing.
19
O my mind,I am begging you
To come with me only once
Into the silence-world.
20
I must never, never sufferFrom a broken heart-relationship
With my Eternity’s Beloved Supreme.
21
Alas,Most of us love
Only emergency prayers.
22
My Lord, chain me!Chain my heart, chain my life
And chain my all
To Your Compassion-flooded Will.
23
May my life’sGod-surrender-shrine-worship
Be fulfilled
In this lifetime.
24
My Lord,As long as You care
For my heart-garden,
I shall not mind
If You do not care
For my mind-jungle
And my life-market.
25
With every God-gratitude-breathOf mine,
I come closer and closer
To my Lord Supreme.
26
My Lord,You have endless Names,
But I call You
And I shall forever call You
By only one Name:
Forgiveness.
273
God tells meThat He secretly and proudly treasures
My prayer-life
And my meditation-heart.
APR 2058. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 8 December 2003.↩
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The sleepless and selflessHeart-giver
Expects no return.
29
The earth-time ticks and ticksTo awaken me.
The Heaven-time beckons
And beckons me
To raise me high, higher, highest.
30
Who is my Mother Earth,If not a ceaseless flood
Of God-Tears?
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Who is my Father Heaven,If not an ocean
Of God-Smiles?
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God quickly comesTo the seeker
Who does not claim anything.
33
God proudly comes runningTo the seeker
Who lovingly, devotedly and soulfully
Claims God.
34
I wish every step of my lifeTo be guided
By the Compassion-Eye
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
35
God is exceedinglyAnd equally pleased
With my sleepless heart-tears
And my breathless soul-smiles.
36
What was I doing?I was repeating and chanting
God’s Forgiveness-Name.
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What am I doing?I am repeating and chanting
God’s Compassion-Name.
38
What will I be doing?I will be repeating and chanting
God’s Inspiration, Encouragement
And Enthusiasm-Names.
39
Centuries agoI started devouring
The golden dust
Of my Lord’s Feet,
And I have not stopped
Even for a fleeting moment.
404
Since my LordDoes not think of my future,
Why do I have to think
Of my future?
Do I not know
That my future is eternally safe
In my Lord’s Hands?
APR 2071. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 9 December 2003.↩
41
Alas,Very few people enjoy
Walking along life’s
Transformation-road.
42
When my heart suffers,My soul comes
With an overwhelming flood
Of sympathy.
43
Move away, my mind!My God wants to enter
Into my heart.
44
How can a seekerSucceed
Without his faith-breath?
45
Self-doubt is, indeed,The very beginning
Of a dangerous self-threat.
46
May my heartAlways remain enraptured
By God’s Sweetness-Eye.
47
Every day we should increaseOur love-devotion-surrender-speed
On our God-fulfilment-road.
48
Alas,I do not know how and when
I have lost contact
With my Beloved Supreme.
49
When I cry,I see myself above earth.
When I smile,
I see myself below Heaven.
50
My aspiration-mountainAnd my dedication-fountain
Must work together.
51
My life,Continue to pray!
My heart,
Continue to meditate!
Ignorance-forces before long
Will retire and surrender.
52
My love, my devotionAnd my surrender
Have only one Source:
My Lord’s Compassion-Eye.
535
Where is God?God is just behind me,
Watching me very carefully.
APR 2084. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 11 December 2003.↩
54
What is God doing?God is merrily dancing
Inside my singing.
55
God’s WillIs not my master.
God’s Will
Is my Eternity’s partner.
56
Our prayersInch by inch
Take us to God’s Feet.
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Our meditationsMile by mile
Take us to God’s Heart.
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As we want to be lovedBy God,
God also wants to be loved
By us —
Even more so.
59
Hard to believe,But it is true:
God loves not only
My aspiration-heart,
But also
My recreation-life.
60
Mother EarthDearly loves
Her running children.
61
Father HeavenProudly loves
His meditating children.
62
Mother Earth expectsSmile-lustre
From her children.
63
Father Heaven expectsPeace-hunger
From His children.
64
Be neither a clever seekerNor a stupid seeker.
Publicly you smile;
Privately you sigh.
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All sincere seekersAgree on one thing:
We need God the Love
More than God the Power.
666
My singing heartIs God’s proud Eye.
APR 2097. These prayers were given in Solo, Indonesia — 12 December 2003.↩
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There was a timeWhen I was a lover
Of God’s Feet,
But now I am a devourer
Of God’s ambrosial Feet-dust.
68
Sleepless self-givingKnows no equal.
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The mind thinksThat it can easily live
Without God’s Love.
70
The heart feels and knowsThat it cannot live
Even a fleeting second
Without God’s Love.
71
My Lord’s Compassion-EyeAnd my heart-cries
Can never be separated.
72
My Lord tells meThat He does not want
To hear from me
My sad news and bad news
Any more.
73
God’s Pride-EyeAnd my love-heart
Celebrate elaborately
Our mutual arrivals.
74
Insecurity-heart disappearsOnly when
God’s Compassion-Eye appears.
75
My heart-tearsHave a free access
To my Lord’s Smile-Eye.
76
Outwardly God does not tell meWhat He thinks of my visits
To His Heart-Home,
But inwardly He does.
I know it, I can feel it —
It is all His blessingful Love
And Joy.
77
The mindDoes not love God.
The mind
Does not need God.
It enjoys only
Its self-importance.
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I have only one desire:I wish to be
A breathless, heart-diving
God-lover.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Solo, Indonesia in December 2003.
