My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 49

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11

We need both
The tears of the heart
And the smiles of the soul
To perfect our lives.


APR 3885. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 24 January 2006.

2

Nothing
Can be compared
To God’s sweet Whispers.

3

If you are not
Firmly on the path,
How can you succeed?

4

God’s Closeness
Depends on
Our heart’s openness.

5

A child’s heart
Draws immediate attention
From God’s Eye and Heart.

6

Meditation has the capacity
To take us far beyond the domain
Of sorrows and sufferings.

7

My Lord,
One good look
Is all that I need
From You.

8

To follow the mind
Is the height of stupidity.

9

To follow the heart
Is to sing ecstasy-songs.

10

A fountain-heart
Will forever remain
Blossoming.

112

Opportunities
Are God’s Blessings.
Do not miss them!


APR 3895. These prayers were given in Kijal, Malaysia — 25 January 2006.

12

I beg You, my Lord,
With all my heart,
To scold me mercilessly
When I do something wrong.

13

Each prayer
Has a special connection
To God’s Heart.

14

Each meditation
Has a special connection
To God’s Eye.

15

My Lord’s Peace-Sea
Every day welcomes me
To come and swim.

16

My mind,
How long will you sleep?
When will you wake up
To God’s Light?

17

Unless we close
All the desire-doors and windows
Of the mind,
We will not be able to please God
In His own Way.

18

When God’s Victory-Sun
Shines,
Alas, I am fast asleep.

19

My Lord every day blesses me
With a new work
To increase my capacity
In various ways.

20

God awakens us
From ignorance-sleep.
He energises us to walk along
Life’s wisdom-path.

213

My mind,
Stop dictating
To my heart!


APR 3905. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 28 January 2006.

22

My Lord’s encouragement
Expedites
My spiritual journey.

23

There shall come a time
When God will unveil
Our lofty visions.

24

Who is crying
Inside my heart,
If not my Lord?

25

If you want to find
Your true self,
Then the only place
Is your diving heart.

26

Do not allow uncertainty
To obscure your heart.

27

My love of God
And my gratitude to God
Are keeping me alive.

28

God gets tremendous satisfaction
When we pay attention
To His Messages.

29

God-willingness
Is needed
At every moment of life.

30

The necessity
Of God-obedience
Can never be exaggerated.

314

I wish to have
God-surrender
As my life-partner.


APR 3915. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 29 January 2006.

32

Action! Action!
No more feeble words.

33

God loves
To obey
His own iron Laws.

34

The Creator enjoys
His Cosmic Game
Seated on His golden Throne.

35

God’s Cosmic Law
Admits exception.

36

Conquer temptation,
If perfection
You sincerely need.

37

Each heart-cry
Takes us away
From the meshes of ignorance.

38

Alas,
We are apt to invoke
Heaven’s Power
And not
Heaven’s Light.

39

Ignorance-night
Again and again
Loves to fight
Against Heaven’s Light.

40

The beauty and the fragrance
Of happiness
Lead and guide us
To the Higher Worlds.

415

Wrong thinking
Is nothing short of
Poison-drinking.


APR 3925. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 30 January 2006.

42

God
Protects my heart
From wrong feeling.

43

Life
Has to be surcharged
With gratitude
Every day.

44

O seeker,
Do not surrender to despair!
Start your spirituality
All over again.

45

We must put
A strong accent
On self-giving.

46

We must not be bound
By our mind’s
Self-styled whims.

47

My happy moments
Are
God’s dancing Hours.

48

May my sweet hopes
Be faithful.

49

May my powerful promises
Be fruitful.

50

The price
Of name and fame
Is astronomical.

51

The mind needs
Flexibility
More than anything else.

526

Every morning and evening
I go to God’s Surrender-School
To study.


APR 3936. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 31 January 2006.

53

My soul always passes
God’s Examinations
With flying colours.

54

O my heart,
See fear
Nowhere!

55

I must bring
Tomorrow’s aspiration
Into my today’s life.

56

Stop impatience
At the very root.

57

The forward march
Is a challenge —
Only the brave succeed.

58

There is no substitute
For a God-gratitude-heart.

59

Fight we must
To establish God’s Kingdom
Here on earth.

60

Eternity breathes
In each moment.

61

Each dawn inspires us
To be the golden flames
Of the rising sun.

627

My Lord,
May my gratitude to You
Come first,
Before I do anything.


APR 3946. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 1 February 2006.

63

God’s bountiful Message
Of my transformation
Reverberates in my depths.

64

From now on,
I shall see
Only the good
In all human beings.

65

Today is the day
That I have smashed asunder
My doubt-prison cell.

66

My Lord, what can I do,
What can I do?
“My child, what can you not do,
What can you not do?
You can easily realise God!”

67

When we do not
Believe in God,
We believe in
God-empty nothingness.

68

Each day
Is a new adventure
Towards our Destined Goal.

69

My Lord,
To my greatest joy,
Your Thoughts pervade my mind
All the time.

70

My Lord,
May Your sacred Feet
Adorn my heart-garden.

71

My Lord,
My whole life depends on
Your Smiles and Tears.

Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Kijal and Penang, Malaysia in January and February 2006.

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