My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 33
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The secret factsMust be revealed
For the betterment of the world.
APR 2714. These prayers were given in Sanya, China — 7 December 2004.↩
2
The sacred TruthMust remain unknown,
If so is the Will of God.
3
In this mortal existence,The more we can pray,
The more we can meditate,
The sooner we shall be able to arrive
At the Feet of God.
4
Nobody can estimateHow much damage
The seeker’s disobedience-downfall
Can cause.
5
God is personallyAnd compassionately concerned
About my each and every heart-breath
In my spiritual life.
6
When God looks straightInto my mind,
My mind fearfully cries.
7
When God looks straightInto my heart,
My heart immediately starts
Singing and dancing.
8
An unconditional God-obedienceIs the longest stride
In our spiritual life.
9
Speaking about GodIs good, very good.
10
Praying to GodIs, indeed, better.
11
Surrendering oneselfTotally and unconditionally
To God’s Will
Is infinitely the best.
12
Now that my Lord is teaching meHow to deal with my defeats
And failures,
All my sorrows and all my sufferings
Have totally vanished.
13
Our inner freedom-choiceComes directly from God.
14
God tells meThat I need no outer degrees
To become
His choicest instrument.
15
God tells meThat my invocation
Of His Compassion-Eye
Is absolutely the highest degree
That God will give me
At His choice Hour.
16
Whenever I forget God’s PresenceInside my heart,
My breath becomes
Empty of peace.
17
My mind-prayersHave a very, very short breath.
18
My heart-meditationsHave a longer than the longest breath.
19
When I pray and meditate regularly,God comes down
And charms my eyes and my heart.
20
When I do not pray and meditateRegularly,
God’s Power-Eye alarms me.
21
At my Master’s express command,I have entered into
The God-manifestation-field.
22
God does not mindWhen my mind takes full credit
For our success,
But my soul and my heart
Dislike it vehemently.
23
To shorten my doubtAnd lengthen my faith,
Every day I pray
To my Lord Supreme.
24
Each approachTo God’s Heart-Home
Is special,
Plus unique.
25
God’s Promise-forgetfulnessIs a zero possibility.
26
God’s late ArrivalIs an absurdity.
27
My mind thinksThat God’s Love for my mind
Is not true.
28
My heart feelsThat God’s Love for my heart
Is Truth itself.
29
Today my LordIs asking my heart
To be with Him
In creating a happy world.
30
When the time arrives,My Lord says
That I must be with Him
While He creates
A perfect world.
312
My Lord,I do not want to be
Your worshipper.
APR 2744. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 9 December 2004.↩
32
My Lord,I do not want to be
Your adorer.
33
My Lord,I do not want to be
Your lover.
34
My Lord,I do not want to be
Your server.
35
My Lord,I do not want to be
Your soldier.
36
My Lord,I do not want to be
Your partner.
37
My Lord,I want to be always
Your Compassion-Feet-dreamer.
383
Every morningMy Lord expects from me
A great surprise.
At noon He expects
A greater surprise.
In the evening He expects
The greatest surprise.
The first surprise:
Sincere tears.
The second surprise:
Sincere smiles.
The third surprise:
Sincere surrender.
APR 2751. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 10 December 2004.↩
39
God’s Flute-Heart-SweetnessFailed to transform
My life.
40
God’s Thunder-Eye-KicksHave transformed
My life.
41
My prayersSweeten
My God-crying heart.
42
My meditationsAwaken
My sleeping life.
43
My God-surrender expeditesMy God-journey
To my God-Destination.
444
May each thought of mineEmbody
Rainbow-beauty.
APR 2757. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 12 December 2004.↩
45
Never waitFor the next aspiration-train —
Never!
46
O my mind,You must not try to correct
Others’ way of life.
47
For centuries and centuries,I depended on human beings.
From now on I shall depend
Only on my Lord Beloved Supreme.
48
The higher visionsAre fast approaching
The God-lovers and God-servers.
49
Every day God reveals HimselfIn a most striking manner
To the sincere God-seekers.
50
Every dayIs a new heart-cry
Of poor Mother Earth.
51
Any evil thoughtCan extinguish
Our heart’s climbing flames.
52
I prayerfully claspMy Lord’s Compassion-Feet.
53
My LordMost powerfully grasps
My earthbound life.
54
My Lord invites meTo ride with Him
In His Heart-Car
Only when He sees that
I am no longer interested
In my ignorance-desire-life.
555
Faith shows surrenderThe way to God.
APR 2768. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 13 December 2004.↩
56
The heart and hopeAre inseparable.
The soul and promise
Are inseparable.
57
In the inner world,A God-crying heart
Has the fastest speed.
58
The soul translatesGod’s Transcendental Messages
To the heart.
The heart translates
The soul’s lofty messages
To the life.
59
God is all Love,But alas,
God’s Creation
Is empty of love.
60
An unconditional surrenderIs the solid foundation
Of God-realisation.
61
God looks here, thereAnd everywhere
To find a tear-flooded
Heart-seeker.
626
My God-obedienceAnd my heart-happiness
Always stay together.
APR 2775. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 17 December 2004.↩
63
My heartAlways longs to be
At my Lord’s Haven-Feet.
64
God loves to paradeThe seeker’s fragrance-soul
And beauty-heart.
65
Each self-giving thoughtIs a sacred heart-shrine.
66
Self-admirationIs quite common.
67
God-glorificationIs quite uncommon.
68
Today God has sent my soulTo sing and dance
On my desire-grave.
69
God tells meThat nobody has the right
To challenge
My God-gratitude-heart.
70
My inner God-oneness-freedomIn the midst of
Multifarious outer activities
Draws God’s highest admiration.
71
God has invited meTo be always beside Him
With my unfailing love.
72
Unless I give myself totallyTo God,
How can I become
My true divine self?
73
I did not come into the worldTo prove anything.
I came into the world
To love everyone
And everything.
74
My earthly sourceIs Eternity’s Joy.
My Heavenly Source
Is Infinity’s Peace.
75
I follow my heartLovingly.
76
My heart follows my soulFaithfully.
77
My soul follows my LordSelf-givingly.
78
A divine travellerTravels only at the Command
Of his Inner Pilot.
79
Stop thinking!The problems will
Eventually surrender.
80
Be patient!Adversity cannot
Forever last.
81
O my mind,There is no such thing
As ‘unlovable’.
82
To forgive thoseWho wrong us
Is to gain our own
God-Satisfaction-advantage.
83
A self-giving manFinds himself
In the very Heart-Breath
Of God.
84
God is never alone.His self-giving Heart
Always accompanies Him.
85
The fools knowOnly one thing:
How to complain.
86
The wise ones knowThe real thing:
How to remain silent.
87
God’s Love-OceanIs only for those
Who promise to God
That He is their only aspiration,
Their only dedication
And their only realisation.
88
God is always readyAnd even eager
To help us discover
Our own uniqueness.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Sanya and Xiamen, China in December 2004.
