My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 34
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Anything that is humanIs fleeting.
APR 2802. These prayers were given in Xiamen, China — 20 December 2004.↩
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Anything that is divineIs everlasting.
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When there is a battleBetween truth and falsehood,
Rest assured,
The ultimate victory
Goes to the truth.
4
Alas,Unworthiness
Secretly and cleverly
Destroys our love of God.
5
We open our mind-doorTo temptation-arrival.
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We open our heart-homeTo God’s Compassion-Arrival.
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If God is not sufficientIn our life,
Who else can be?
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God never wantsTo attract seekers
By performing miracles.
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God wantsTo attract seekers
By singing the song
Of self-offering.
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The mind doubtsGod’s Smiles.
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The heart devoursGod’s Smiles.
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I do not needA free world-wandering mind.
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I needA free world-loving heart.
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The mind is emptyOf the river-beauty.
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The heart is fullOf the garden-fragrance.
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A God-gratitude-heartNever wastes time in thinking
Of God-Satisfaction-reward.
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The hour has struckWhen self-transcendence-joy
Will meet with no obstruction.
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God’s living PresenceMeans
Man’s ultimate transformation.
19
Those who look for GodIn a book
Will have to continue
Eternally.
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Those who look for GodIn the heart,
God fails to hide
From them.
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Every morningI thrive on God’s
Compassion-Eye.
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During the dayI thrive on God’s
Encouragement-Heart.
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At nightI thrive on God’s
Forgiveness-Feet.
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Imagination expeditesGod’s Arrival
In our hearts.
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My Lord,No matter where You throw me
Out of Your Life,
I always see
That I am deep inside Your Heart.
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May my aspiration-heart-sunNever set.
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May my disobedience-mind-cloudsBe dispersed
Sooner than at once.
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GoodnessAlways surrounds
Our hearts.
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The love of the heartIs accepted
By the four corners
Of the globe.
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Not imperfectionBut perfection
Hides deep within us.
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God does not wantTo capture us
With His temptation-snare.
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God wantsTo capture us
With His Eye’s Compassion-Care.
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O my mind,Why do you try
To find fault with others?
You will gain nothing,
Absolutely nothing.
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My heartHas gained everything
Precisely because of
Its cheerful oneness with all.
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I cannot imagineHow God still has hopes
For me!
36
My prayersCry and cry
To see God’s Face.
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My meditationsDive and dive
To feel God’s Heart
And become one with God.
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Mind-confusionDestroys
Our purity-hearts.
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Complexity and the mindNever want to remain alone.
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We search for everythingBut not for our spirit —
The only Real in us.
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Hope tells usTo look upwards.
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Faith tells usTo look all around.
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Promise tells usTo look up first
And then look down
For our God-manifestation.
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My Lord’s LightIs repairing my mind, vital
And body,
Which are all out of order.
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Silence-lightIs everywhere,
All-pervading.
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In the morningI hear my Lord’s
Budding Whispers.
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During the dayI hear my Lord’s
Blossoming Whispers.
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At nightI fulfil my Lord’s
Budding, blossoming
And blossomed Whispers.
I become absolutely one
With my Lord’s Will.
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When I choose my soul,Only my soul,
My desire-life ceases.
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When I choose my heart,Only my heart,
I feel my Lord
Is next door.
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When I choose my mind,Only my mind,
I immediately become blind.
Darkness I feel all-where.
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My aspiring realitiesOriginated
In the Heart of my Lord Supreme.
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My desiring realitiesOriginated
Inside my mind.
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When I run towards my LordFor protection,
I give my Lord’s Heart
Immense joy.
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God most affectionatelyEmbraces
All our positive thoughts.
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God givesA Thunder-Kick
To our negative thoughts.
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I amA devoted partner
Of my soul-fragrance.
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I amAn affectionate partner
Of my heart-beauty.
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My Lord,I am praying to You
To give me a clear path
And an easy way to go forward.
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O seeker,Dive inward
Bravely.
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O seeker,Go forward
Self-givingly.
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O seeker,Go upward
Eagerly.
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The unruly mindIs apt to destroy
My heart-blossoms.
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Be faithfulWhen you feel
That God is not near you.
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Be soulfulWhen God
Is right in front of you.
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Be prayerfulWhen you feel
That God is right inside you.
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If anything is destined to succeedIn my life,
Then it is my God-faith.
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Failure is quite normalAnd natural.
Why do we then
Pay so much attention
To failure?
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Every day God gives usAmple opportunity and capacity
To unearth our divinity’s life.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Xiamen, China in December 2004.
