My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 47
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Before our transformationTakes place,
God keeps it
A top secret.
APR 3737. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 10 January 2006.↩
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To listen to the mindAll the time
Is, indeed, a good way
To go crazy.
3
God’s Grace-HeartNever stops.
4
I never miss a chanceTo fulfil God
In His own Way.
5
The mindConcerns itself
With things mundane.
6
The heartConcerns itself
With God’s Compassion,
Protection and Forgiveness.
7
Anything that helps us evolveWe must accept,
And be grateful.
8
O my mind,Do not delay!
Set your prayers
In perfection-motion.
9
Constant awarenessLeads us
To full wakefulness.
10
The mindIs the reservoir
Of worries and anxieties.
11
The heartIs the reservoir
Of God’s Beauty
And God’s Forgiveness.
122
Whenever people tell meThat God has special Love
For me,
I am overwhelmed
With God-gratitude.
APR 3748. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 11 January 2006.↩
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I came into the worldTo feed God’s chosen children
With my heart’s love.
14
Whatever comes into my life,I shall never make friends
With ignorance-night.
15
The pastMust not discourage
Our forward march.
16
The pastMust not discourage
Our inward dive.
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My prayerIs the loving breath
Of my heart.
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Undivine thoughtsImprison
Our mind.
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Divine thoughtsLiberate
Our mind.
20
The traveller in meCarries hope
Wherever it goes.
21
Concentration-trainingIs absolutely needed.
22
The aspiring heartHas no enemy.
It sees and feels
Friends everywhere.
233
EverythingSings in the heart
Of a genuine seeker.
APR 3759. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 12 January 2006.↩
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Not only God’s DreamsBut also His Realities
At times change.
25
I have onlyOne thing to do:
To stay peacefully
Inside my heart.
26
God-intoxicated soulsAre the ones
Who will manifest God
Here on earth.
27
My Lord,Whether my heart is good or bad
Is for You to judge,
But my heart is all Yours.
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As soon as I enteredInto God’s Heart-Room,
I saw that God
Had already prepared the Room
For my arrival.
29
Wherever I go,I see that my Lord
Has preceded me.
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My mind,Why do you think of the things
That blight your own vision?
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God-seekers, God-loversAnd God-servers
Carry the message
Of world-transformation.
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My Lord,You are Your overwhelming Love,
And
I am my heart's streaming tears.
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Oneness meansGod-expansion
In a seeker's life.
APR 3769. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 13 January 2006.↩
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Alas,What can a seeker do
With his overfed pride?
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No more shall I liveWith my torn hopes.
I shall live only
In the land of cheerfulness.
36
Each seeker must buryHis anxieties and worries
In his sterling faith.
37
Will-power has to be usedAll the time
To save us from wrongdoings.
38
Soulfulness and eagernessAre extremely needed
In the spiritual life.
39
We do not needInsecurity-thorns.
We need only
Beauty's security-roses.
40
Doubt, doubt, doubt,I am fully prepared
Bravely to meet you head on.
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God the HelperAnd God the Supporter
We need
When we want to achieve
The impossible.
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My Lord,Give me tears in my heart.
Give me cheers in my life.
Give me divine freedom in my thought
To make me a perfect instrument
Of Yours.
43
I shall never, never goTo the expectation-world.
Time and again
It has failed me.
44
Exorbitant prideIs
The God-renouncer.
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The heart can protectThe outer life,
But the outer life cannot protect
The inner life.
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My Lord,I love Your Thunder-Kick-Anger
To make the fastest progress
In my inner life.
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My Lord,I love Your Strictness
The way I love Your Kindness.
485
Everything divineBegins in the heart
And then spreads.
APR 3784. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 14 January 2006.↩
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My Lord,Anything that I have in my life,
Divine or undivine,
Rest assured, it is all Yours.
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My Lord tells me that,To love Him more,
I shall have to shed soulful tears
In abundant measure every day.
51
My mind no longerDares to block
My fastest progress.
52
Every God-created heartConsciously or unconsciously sings
God’s Victory-Songs.
53
To my greatest surprise and joy,My stone heart
God melted long ago.
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My Lord,Give me not greatness,
Not goodness,
But oneness with Your Will
In everything that I say and do.
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My life is all God-service.I do things not to magnify myself.
God says to magnify me
Is His Task.
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We have the right to choose.We must choose
Wisely.
57
Our inner realityIs the Smile
Of God-Beauty's Dream.
586
I must know that it isOnly for my good
That God does not answer
My questions.
APR 3794. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 15 January 2006.↩
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My irregular devotionGod does not appreciate.
60
My mind and my vital,Please do not make
My Lord Supreme angry.
He is all Love for you.
61
Every day I pray to GodTo be fully in control
Of my life.
62
ForgetfulnessIs, at times,
A great blessing.
63
This worldIs not interesting
But instigating.
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Everything I doWith God’s complete
Permission and Assurance.
65
Do not tryTo perfect the world,
But try to love the world
More.
66
I call myselfA God-lover,
But God calls me
His constant partner.
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God does not mindIf I criticise Him
Without any rhyme or reason,
But He does mind
When I do not pray every day
Prayerfully and soulfully.
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My life beganWith my heart's
Tear-beauty.
APR 3804. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 16 January 2006.↩
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My life shall endWith my soul's
Smile-fragrance.
70
When I thinkOf the world situation,
I find myself
In the heartbeat of tears.
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An atom of inner peaceIs infinitely more important
Than all the successes
That we have accumulated
Over the years.
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O my mind,Obey my heart
The way my heart obeys my soul,
If you really want to have peace.
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I want to beA faith-hero
And no longer remain
A doubt-slave.
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Faith and doubtShould be kept apart,
Poles apart.
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To please GodMy heart-smile has to be
Brighter than the brightest.
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Anything that God gives meIs beautiful within
And useful without.
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God,Please give me
A sky-vast and sun-high eagerness
To please You.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Kijal, Malaysia in January 2006.
