My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 27
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For the God-lover,Impossibility
Is just a dictionary word.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 21 December 2003.↩
2
My mindHas an urgent message
For God:
From now on,
My mind will listen
To my heart.
3
To attend Heaven-school,The seeker must get
A compassion-certificate
From Mother Earth.
4
My heart has discoveredThat God, my Lord,
Is
An ever-transcending Newness.
5
MeditationDoes not believe in
Man-delivered information.
6
Meditation meansThe beauty and fragrance
Of the fast-revealing illumination.
7
The joysOf the Heaven-Kingdom
I have.
8
The sorrowsOf the earth-planet
I am.
9
Mine is a God-gratitude-songThat is perpetually sung
By my heart.
10
UnityBegins the Cosmic Game,
Multiplicity
Continues the Game,
And this Game never ends.
112
Two things are infinite:My mind’s ignorance-night
And
My heart’s God-delight.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 21 December 2003.↩
12
Two things are eternal:My crying heart
And
God’s smiling Eye.
13
Two things are immortal:God’s Vision
And
God’s Compassion.
14
Success isAction-pride.
15
Progress isAn ever-transcending
Destination.
16
Success isCapacity-supremacy.
17
Progress isHeart-ecstasy.
18
PrayLike a child.
19
MeditateLike a yogi.
203
When God cries,I remember immediately
All my mistakes.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 22 December 2003.↩
21
When God smiles,I forget
All my good deeds
And bad deeds.
22
Inch by inch,Minute by minute,
I shall try to dive into
My Lord’s fathomless Heart.
23
When God hearsThat I am on His side,
I please Him
More than anything else —
So says God.
24
When God walksAmong us,
Our hearts become
Infinity’s Fragrance.
25
When God the BeautyBlessingfully enters into
My eyes,
My entire being becomes
Not only beautiful,
But also blissful.
26
If we try to please humanity,Even in a thousand ways,
We sadly fail.
27
When we try to please God,Even in a single way,
We please Him
Sooner than at once.
28
My heart of silenceIs full of
God-Messages.
29
To go a little higherIs to see God a little better
And be a little closer.
30
My Lord Supreme sings and singsThe glories of my willingness-mind
And eagerness-heart.
314
My mind desiresIndependence-pride.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 23 December 2003.↩
32
My heart desiresGod-dependence-peace.
33
I desireGod-satisfaction-delight.
34
My humilityIs the secret
Of my God-closeness.
35
My life and IShall be simpler and simpler
Every single day
To please our Lord Supreme.
36
My heart and IShall be sweeter and sweeter
Every single day
To please our Lord Supreme.
37
My Lord and IShall be dearer and dearer
Every single day
To perform our respective tasks.
38
My Lord tells meThat my God-gratitude-heart-tears
And my God-gratitude-heart-smiles
Are His strong, stronger and strongest
Hero-warriors.
39
My Lord Supreme has askedMy aspiration-heart-flames
To buy only a one-way ticket
To His Heart-Home.
40
My Beloved Supreme tells meThat as long as He can claim my heart
As His personal property,
He does not have to worry
About my life.
415
My HeavenIs my ever-blossoming
God-gratitude-heart.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 25 December 2003.↩
42
If you do not love your soul dearly,Your life is bound to be estranged
From your bountiful soul.
43
No human being is fatedTo live in stark ignorance-night
Forever.
44
O ignorance-night,No matter how powerful you are,
You will not be able to uproot
My aspiration-heart-tree.
45
The mindAsks questions.
The heart
Immediately answers.
46
The heartAsks questions.
The mind
Speedily disappears.
47
The disobedience-mindWas summarily punished
By God Himself.
48
My mind sleeps and sleeps,Endlessly sleeps.
49
My heart keeps awakeTo hear the pindrop-silence-arrival
Of my Lord Supreme.
506
When God asks me my name,I tell Him that my name is
God-gratitude-heart-fragrance.
God blesses me
With an unending Smile.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 26 December 2003.↩
51
A God-cryReaches
A new horizon.
52
No aspiring heartShould ever allow the invasion
Of the doubting mind.
53
Our love of our MasterInspires our Master immensely
Plus immeasurably.
54
The soul-musicCan easily silence
The mind-turbulence.
55
For the fulfilment of the divine actionsIn our outer life,
Inner poise is of paramount importance.
56
Our surrender-livesAre the perfect manifestations
Of our Master’s
Earth-transformation-promises.
57
My MasterIs my most sincere
Happiness-beggar.
58
God’s burning Flame-TearsMy mind forgets
Sooner than at once,
But my heart —
Never, never, never!
59
Every dayGod invites and welcomes
My gratitude-heart
With open Arms
And soul-stirring Smiles.
60
God is the real LoverOf my constantly new start
To arrive at new horizons.
617
The outer beautyGladdens
The human in us.
APR 2234. These prayers were given in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — 27 December 2003.↩
62
The inner beautyAwakens
The divine in us
To the Heights of the Absolute.
63
May my life be untiringlyThe singing glow
And the dancing flow
Of my heart.
64
Alas,We do not care
For our inner light to illumine us,
But we care
For the outer light
That puzzles and dazzles us.
65
The divine seekerHungers only
For the timeless Dream of God.
66
The Cosmic GameDoes not break anything.
It only builds everything.
67
The mind-caveIs empty of light.
68
The heart-cottageIs inundated
With silence and peace.
69
The loud soundOf the earth
I love.
70
The silver silenceOf Heaven
I need.
71
My heart desires to beThe lover and worshipper
Of God
The ever-transcending Dreamer.
72
My Lord,Do You think
I will always be able
To love You?
“My child,
Do you think
I will ever be able
To forget you?”
73
My Lord,Do You think
I will ever be able
To fulfil You?
74
“My child,You can and you shall
Fulfil Me,
Because I am the secret Doer
And you are the outer enjoyer.”
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia in December 2003.
