1¹

Victory to my Supreme!
Victory to my Lord Supreme!
Victory to my Lord Beloved Supreme!
Victory to my Lord Beloved Absolute Supreme!
Victory, victory, victory!

2

The soul introduces the seeker
To the Master.
The Master introduces the seeker
To the Absolute Supreme.
The Absolute Supreme introduces
The God-realised seeker
To humanity.
Humanity says to the God-realised seeker,
“Sorry, I am not ready.
You have come untimely.
You have come long before the hour.
You may come and visit me once again
After at least 200 years.”
The God-realised seeker says to humanity,
“Amen!” and adds,
“Humanity, I love you.
Humanity, you I love.
Humanity, I shall love you
Forever and forever and forever.”
Finally, the God-realised seeker says
To the Absolute Supreme,
“Supreme, my Supreme,
What have You done?
Supreme, my Supreme,
What have I done?”

3

What I can do,
Poor God cannot do.
God cannot sleep.

4

What God can do,
Poor me cannot do.
I cannot dream.

5

Only to please my Lord,
I smile and smile
And smile.

6

Only to please my soul,
I fly and fly
And fly.

7

Only to please my heart,
I suffer and suffer
And suffer.

8

Only to please my mind,
I doubt and doubt
And doubt.

9

Only to please my vital,
I challenge and challenge
And challenge.

10

Only to please my body,
I sleep and sleep
And sleep.

11

Only to please my life,
I struggle and struggle
And struggle.

12

Only to please myself,
I hide and hide
And hide.

13

Alas, God’s Compassion-Eye
Is no match
For our disobedience-minds
And disobedience-lives.

14

Each moment
Is a golden opportunity
For me
And for my God-obedience.

15

The mind shouts.
The heart sprouts.

16

The mind steals
From God.
The heart feels sorry
For poor God.

17

Desire cries
Pitifully.

18

Aspiration flies
Sleeplessly.

19

The great life
Is not a fate-product.
The great life
Is a determination-achievement.

20

When I concentrate,
I can feel the presence of my soul
Deep within.

21

When I meditate,
I can speak to my soul.

22

When I contemplate,
My Supreme Lord
Becomes extremely proud of me.

23

I love the joy
Of my life.

24

God loves the peace
Of my heart.

25

No escape, no escape!
This is, indeed,
Our human life.

26

All escape, all escape!
Freedom is, indeed,
The life divine.

27

The outer happiness comes
Only to go.

28

The inner happiness
Is an abiding reality.

29

Speak ill of God;
God will forgive you.

30

Speak ill of yourself;
The world will not care —
No, not even God.

31

Torture and frustration
Are ruling the world.

32

God wants only His Peace-child
To sit
On my meditation-heart-throne.

33

The aspiration-mountain
Touches and clasps
The summit-heights of Heaven.

34

God the Forgiveness-Heart
Indulges me.

35

God the Justice-Eye
Teaches me and perfects me.

36

Man’s life is the pendulum
Between division-night
And oneness-light.

37

Willingly God lives
Everywhere,
But happily and proudly God lives
Only in the aspiration-heart.

38

My heart and I invoke
Only the Unknowable.

39

Alas,
I am imprisoned by the things
That I do not have.

40

The sound of night
Can never feel
The joy of silence.

41

Immortal
Is the silence-dream
Of the aspiration-heart.

42

The mind touches
God’s Head
To examine.

43

The heart clasps
God’s Feet
To worship.

44

My soul-dictionary
Does not house
The word ‘despair’.

45

My Lord forgives
All my blunders
Save and except
My disobedience.

46

My inmost Source
And my topmost Goal
Are one and inseparable.

47

Today my soul
Has brought me and my heart
To the kingdom of Delight.

48

My heart and I
Are God’s
Love-service-blossoms.

49

I shall rewrite my life
With my God-surrender-songs.

50²

The love of God
Is everywhere
The same.

51

The prayers to God
Are almost everywhere
The same.

52

The meditations on God
Are not the same
Everywhere.

53

The realisations of God
Are not the same in every human being.
Some God-realised souls
Stand at the foot of the tree,
While others remain at the middle
Of the God-realisation-tree.
Still others reach the topmost branch
Of the God-realisation-tree,

54

The emptiness of the heart
Is absolutely necessary
For a total God-acceptance,
God-realisation and God-manifestation.

55

The aspiration-dreams
Of the seekers
Ceaselessly ascend and ascend.

56

The realisation-realities
Of a God-realised soul
Sleeplessly blossom and blossom.

57³

My Lord,
I have only one desire:
I wish to place my head at Your Feet,
And my head will remain at Your Feet
Forever and forever.

58

Ultimately,
Every human being has to surrender
To God’s Will,
Willingly or unwillingly.

59

My Lord says to me,
“My child,
You always make Me laugh.
Can you not make Me smile
Once in a while?”

60

My Lord says to me,
“My child,
Now that you have made
Your unconditional surrender
Cheerful, complete and perfect,
Your life will be the uppermost
On My list of priorities.”

61

If I do not have
Inner peace,
I shall never be able
To make my Lord Supreme
Proud of me.

62

Every second
Is a golden opportunity
To make my Lord
The sole Possessor
Of my inner life
And my outer life.

63

How can I be a loser
On the battlefield of my life
If I have already claimed
My Lord Supreme
As my own, very own?

64

As my Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Thrills me,
Even so, my gratitude-heart
Thrills my Lord.

65⁴

During the day
I keep myself
Before my Lord’s Eye.

66

During the night
I keep myself
At my Lord’s Feet.

67

In my outer life
God is
His Compassion-Eye.

68

In my inner life
God is
His Sweetness-Fondness-Heart.

69

In my higher life
God is
His bright, extremely bright
Satisfaction-Smile.

70

Yesterday
I was my own
Victory-pride.

71

Today
I am my Lord’s
Victory-Dance.

72

To my heart’s greatest delight,
Wherever I go,
My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Lights my path.

73

Right from the very beginning
Of my spiritual life,
I saw and knew
That I had two unfailing friends:
God’s Compassion-Eye
And
God’s Forgiveness-Heart.

74

Every day
I desire to implore
God’s Forgiveness-Heart,
But every day
God wants me to explore
His Heart-Kingdom.

75

My Lord is taking
My aspiration-heart
Far, far beyond the horizon
Of my earthly life.

76

My Lord’s Eye
Is pulling me and pulling me
Most affectionately upward.

77

My Lord’s Heart
Is pulling me and pulling me
Most proudly inward.

78

My Lord’s Arms
Are pulling me and pulling me
Most unconditionally forward.

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Sanya, China in November 2004.