My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 45
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My heart’s blooming smileI always offer
To my Lord Supreme
First.
APR 3594. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 30 December 2005.↩
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God-dreamersEventually become
God-manifestation-fulfillers.
3
The more we travelWithin,
The faster we get good results
Without.
4
My God-gratitudeIs
My true life-transformer.
5
How do I find happiness?I find happiness
By loving the world more,
Ever more.
6
The sourceOf my inspiration
Is
Mother Earth.
7
The sourceOf my aspiration
Is
My inner sun.
8
The sourceOf my success
Is
My mind-determination.
9
The sourceOf my progress
Is
My surrender-life to God.
10
Every hourGod sows
A new seed of transformation
In my heart-garden.
112
The heart is always readyTo answer the questions
Of the mind,
But the mind is not satisfied.
APR 3604. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 31 December 2005.↩
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A life of meditationGives tremendous joy
To God.
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My mind,If you stay with doubt,
Then I shall have
Nothing to do with you!
14
HesitationSlows down the speed
Of everything divine
That we have.
15
When we see GodWithin ourselves,
He is beautiful and powerful.
But when we see God
In others,
He is only powerful.
16
No matter whereGod’s Feet are,
God’s Heart
Has given me the capacity
To clasp Them.
17
Only the God-listenersAre my true friends.
18
SpiritualityWithout surrender
Will always remain
Incomplete.
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God equally lovesThose who aspire soulfully
And those who serve devotedly.
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God does not loveThe sleepers.
He has concern
For the sleepers,
But not love.
213
When God introduces HimselfTo me,
The finite in me
Immediately becomes the Infinite.
APR 3614. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 1 January 2006.↩
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When I introduce myselfTo God,
The Infinite in Him
Immediately becomes the finite.
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I am enamouredOf each moment that I get
At the Feet
Of my Lord Supreme.
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My gratitude-heartHas the capacity
To speak to my Lord Supreme
At every moment.
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O Lord,Do purify my outer voice
And immortalise my inner voice.
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My Lord,When will my mind
Realise You?
“My child,
I am more eager than you are
For your mind to realise Me.”
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Ceaselessly I ringMost devotedly
My God-gratitude-heart-bell.
28
Each life hasCountless ascending steps
Before it arrives
In Heaven.
29
Be brave!Be not stunned
By the present stark reality.
30
If I really wishTo be a God-devotion-singer,
Then God will give me
The sweetest range of voice.
314
God enters intoThe mind-jungle
With His Light, Peace and Bliss.
The mind hides.
After a while the mind comes
And touches God’s Feet.
God immediately transforms
The mind-jungle
Into the Garden of Eden.
APR 3624. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 2 January 2006.↩
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Desire sees the moonBut wants to remain
In the mud and clay
Of the earth.
33
The doubting mindHas no entry form
To enter into
God’s Heart-Palace.
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Spiritual progressEnds
The moment the desire-life
Succeeds.
35
Age has nothing to doWith a sage life.
36
God is starving and starvingFor an iota
Of my inner progress.
37
PrayerProtects us
From ignorance-night.
38
MeditationIs
Ignorance-night-illumination.
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Do not waste timeEven for a moment.
God is eagerly waiting
For you.
40
No backward stepWith doubt,
But forward,
Ever forward steps
With faith.
41
My Lord,I have only one prayer:
Please give me
Two Heaven-flying
God-obedience-wings.
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Earth-boundThe mind travels.
43
Heaven-freeThe heart flies.
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May my aspiration-heartAnd my dedication-life
Become
Inseparable friends.
APR 3637. These prayers were given in Kuantan, Malaysia — 3 January 2006.↩
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God forgivesOur ill-disciplined life,
But He never forgets it.
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A sincere seekerNever asks God
For a leave of absence.
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If unwillingnessDoes not accept opportunity,
Life becomes a failure.
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When my mindDoes not obey
My Lord Supreme,
The tears of my soul
Flood my heart.
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The seeker’s firstAnd foremost duty:
God-acceptance
In God’s own Way
At every moment.
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My hopesAnd my dreams
Adorn my heart-garden.
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A God-Feet-surrender-lifeIs compulsory
Until we breathe our last.
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To oversleep God’s special HourIs, indeed, a painful
But common experience
In a seeker’s life.
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God applaudsWhen we cry.
God applauds
When we smile.
Is there any time
When God does not applaud,
No matter what we do?
546
We must braveThe dire challenges of life
To become God’s
Most perfect instruments.
APR 3647. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 4 January 2006.↩
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Our powerful meditationIs the only food
That God appreciates
Most sincerely
And most blessingfully.
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There is always a better wayTo love God and serve God,
And we must try to discover
That particular way.
57
My meditationIs my heart’s
God-love-sanctification.
58
Our oneness-heartIs God’s
Ecstasy-Dance.
59
God wants me to winThe inner world first
And then to think
Of the outer world.
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Heaven’s Blessings and ConcernI have brought down with me
To be of service
To the earth-planet.
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Not the mind’s fantasy,But the heart’s intimacy
I need.
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The privilegeOf serving God
On a daily basis
In the inner world
And in the outer world
Is unimaginable.
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My devotion-heartAnd God’s Breath
Sing perfectly in tune.
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If we love GodIn God’s own Way,
There will be no stop
On our God-journey.
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The mindTakes pride
In its high opinions.
66
The heartSurrenders its pride
Utterly and unconditionally
At the Feet of God.
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If we want to work on earthSoulfully and perfectly,
Then we must keep in touch
With Heaven’s
Constant Compassion and Concern.
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Our God-closenessWe must every day use
To increase
The world-oneness.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Kuantan and Kijal, Malaysia in December 2005 and January 2006.
