My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 37
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The desire-experiencesOf my life
Come and go.
APR 2977. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 29 December 2004.↩
2
The aspiration-experiencesOf my life
Always remain.
3
My heart is well acquaintedWith my Lord’s
Satisfaction-Heart.
4
I adoreMy Lord’s
Beautiful Eye.
5
I worshipMy Lord’s
Merciful Feet.
6
If you want to explainGod’s Will,
You are bound to fail.
7
God’s Heart and my heartAlways live
A very, very, very simple life.
8
My God-surrender-lifeIs not
My mental hallucination —
It is Reality itself.
9
Alas,There are so many things
In life
That remain
Insoluble mysteries.
10
My purity-heartIs exactly the same as it was
Half a century ago.
11
SweetIs my Lord’s Eye.
12
SweeterIs my Lord’s Heart.
13
SweetestAre my Lord’s Feet.
14
To say that I will tryIs nothing short of a joke.
15
To say that I mustIs, indeed, the brave utterance
Of a real seeker.
16
It seems thatTo have an enduring bliss
On earth
Is almost an impossible task.
17
PeaceIs founded upon
Forgiveness.
18
When my heartStarts blooming,
My Absolute Lord Supreme
Starts dancing.
19
When we harmonise anything,We divinise it
At the same time.
20
What have I been doing?I have been taking shelter
At my Lord’s Nectar-Feet.
21
Pleasure-comfortIs fleeting.
22
Sacrifice-joyIs everlasting.
23
Nothing to hide,Save and except
Our sleep-body.
24
Nothing to hide,Save and except
Our aggression-vital.
25
Nothing to hide,Save and except
Our suspicion-mind.
26
Nothing to hide,Save and except
Our insecurity-heart.
27
Nothing to hide,Save and except
Our pride-life.
28
The mind is extremely afraidOf raising itself
Upward.
29
Lengthen and strengthenYour heart-wings
If you want to fly
All over the world.
30
Satisfaction liesOnly between my heart’s cries
And my Lord’s Smiles.
312
The fragrance of my heartIs
My morning God-satisfaction.
APR 3007. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 1 January 2005.↩
32
No more do I haveThe mind-knowledge-thirst.
I am all my heart-hunger
For the golden dust
Of my Lord’s Feet.
33
We can open up earth’s heartAnd Heaven’s Heart
All at once
If we can breathe in God’s Victory
At every moment.
34
Fear hides,Only to arrest and capture us
At its choice time.
35
May my heart longFor one brief glimpse
Of my Lord Supreme.
36
Never forgetYour patience-exercise.
All other exercises
You can forget,
But not your patience-exercise.
37
Justice-LightIs God’s
Absolutely last Choice.
38
God tells meThat He is eager
To be the slave
Of my surrender-joy.
39
To be a genuineGod-seeker,
No price is too great.
40
A path-finderIs, indeed,
A God-binder.
413
God’s blissful EyeGod unreservedly shares
With the world.
APR 3017. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 3 January 2005.↩
42
Only sincere heart-seekersCan see
God’s golden Throne.
43
A limitation-mindIs
A frustration-life.
44
My inner lifeIs
An indomitable power.
45
I never caredAnd I will never care
For countless sounds.
46
I care onlyFor boundless silence.
47
Only silence-joyCan show us the way
To God-realisation.
48
When I pray to GodTo come down,
He tells me,
“Come up, come up,
My child!
This place
Is infinitely safer.”
49
Every dayGod wants me
To spring a new surprise
On Him.
50
The ingratitudeOf the mind
Is ruthlessly shocking.
514
Sleeplessly I keepMy heart-room open
For my Lord Supreme.
APR 3027. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 6 January 2005.↩
52
I searchFor God-closeness
Everywhere.
53
I searchFor God-oneness
Deep within.
54
Heaven showers BlessingsUpon me
Every morning.
55
Every morningI treasure my Lord’s Feet
More than I treasure
My Lord’s Eye.
56
When I am all aspiration,My Lord is all action
In and through me.
57
The mind wants meTo be a member
Of its world-division-club.
58
The heart wants meTo be a member
Of its world-oneness-assembly.
59
O sorrow,Do not shadow
My heart!
60
O joy,Do make me
Your cherished toy!
615
Each human beingIs either God’s
Recognised representative
Or God’s
Unrecognised representative.
APR 3037. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 8 January 2005.↩
62
God tells meThat I must give myself away —
Not to everybody,
But to the chosen few.
63
The moment DivinityTouches the earth,
Humanity either remains
Fast asleep
Or wakes up slowly,
Very slowly.
64
Be carefulOf the doubting mind!
It can spread like wildfire
Everywhere.
65
When I do not pray to GodFor devotion,
I feel myself to be
A poor street-beggar.
66
I must climb upThe aspiration-mountain-summit
During my lifetime.
67
Anything that is simpleEmbodies the natural Beauty
Of God.
68
The supremacy of the mindWill without fail
One day collapse.
69
May my inner courageNever desert me.
70
I do not want my faithTo be fruitful.
I want my faith
To be Godful.
716
We cannot reallySurprise God,
But He pretends
To be surprised
Even at our minor success.
APR 3047. These prayers were given in Qingdao, China — 9 January 2005.↩
72
I long only to haveGod’s Compassion-Eye
And God’s Forgiveness-Heart
In my heart-home.
73
The mind shocks GodBy not accepting immediately
God’s Light.
74
I have closed the long distanceBetween me and my Lord
With my sleepless and breathless
Surrender.
75
I must always keepMy aspiration-heart-standard
As high as possible.
76
There is no other wayTo develop my closeness to God
Than with my prayerful
And tearful eyes.
77
When I touchGod’s Forgiveness-Feet,
God immediately opens up
His Compassion-Eye.
78
The modern lifeIs blindly racing
Towards a goalless goal.
79
When I pray to GodFor His Victory,
He immediately blesses me
With two inspiration-wings
And one aspiration-heart.
80
When the heart, the mind and the vitalBecome real friends,
The soul dances ecstasy’s dance.
817
Self-effacementIs the first step
In our self-exploration.
APR 3057. These prayers were given in Xian, China — 14 January 2005.↩
82
Alas,My heart and my mind
Have extreme
Opinion-differences.
83
I see the authenticityOf light
Even in the darkest night.
84
Not “Go alone”But “Go together with all”
Should be our last
And lasting experience.
85
I love my heart’s serviceAnd not
My life’s servitude.
86
Infinity, Eternity and ImmortalityLive together most amicably.
They are divinely and supremely
Bound to one another.
87
Difficulties arise,But we must make them feel
That we are destined
To reach a destination
Where they will not be able
To accompany us.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered the following prayers during his visit to Qingdao and Xian, China in December 2004 and January 2005.
