My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 50
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When my soul meditatesInside my heart,
My entire being
Gets a tremendous thrill.
APR 3956. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 2 February 2006.↩
2
The necessity of speedIn everything
Is of paramount importance.
3
Without sincerity,Nobody can fulfil
God’s Will.
4
The mind does not wantTo know
What the Truth is.
5
Do not be afraidOf weaknesses.
They are not everlasting.
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How can one denyGod’s Existence forever?
How?
7
An aspiration-empty heartWeakens
Our God-connection.
8
The blame-gameIs at once
Easy and dangerous.
9
My heart-tearsAre treasured
By the golden dawn.
10
I immediately avoidAll my backward-looking
Thoughts.
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My heart-lotusIs opening to God,
Petal by petal.
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When I offer my aspiration-heartTo God,
He blesses me
With His Satisfaction-Smile-Garden.
APR 3967. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 3 February 2006.↩
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In the spiritual life,Nobody is expected
To remain in the beginners’ class
All the time!
14
No aspirationShould have
An ailing experience.
15
No dedicationShould have
A failing experience.
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Silence pleases GodMore easily
Than anything else.
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My gratitude-heartAnd God’s Fondness
Are found always together.
18
Aspiration and dedicationAre to be found
On the same level of consciousness.
19
I must offer my gratitude-heartTo God
Daily and punctually.
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A God-descending thoughtIs what I need.
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A heart-ascending willingnessIs what I need.
223
When I please GodIn His own Way,
I see countless stars
Singing and dancing
In my heart-sky.
APR 3977. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 4 February 2006.↩
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We came into the world,Not only to eat material food,
But also to feed our heart
With our aspiration-meal.
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The mind’s limitationsLead us, quite often,
Astray.
25
Each heartHas a museum
Of sweetness-memories.
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Meditate, meditate —Do not
Anticipate!
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When we do not prayAnd meditate,
We become prisoners
Of our mind.
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Nothing can remainForever unreachable.
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A single GlanceFrom my Lord Supreme
Gives me unimaginable happiness.
30
Truth blossomsOnly inside
The heart of pure God-seekers
And God-lovers.
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O seeker,Do not be greedy!
Why do you have to be
All alone with God?
324
I loveThe lion-roar
Of my prayer.
APR 3987. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 5 February 2006.↩
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I loveThe sea-peace
Of my meditation.
34
Those who are faith-heroesWill not be afraid of anything
Here on earth.
35
The willingness of the mindAnd the eagerness of the heart
Must work together
To arrive at the Goal.
36
God wants usTo be happy, happy, happy
All the time.
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We want GodTo be proud of us
All the time.
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In the spiritual life,The mind and the heart
Are as far from each other
As the East is from the West.
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If we act soulfully and self-givinglyTo please God,
It is impossible to fail.
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Since God spoke to me,My outer life and my inner life
Have completely changed
For the better.
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God in HeavenIs beautiful.
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God on earthIs useful.
435
God wants me to smile,Bright, brighter, brightest,
To please Him.
APR 3998. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 6 February 2006.↩
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God wants me to cry,Soulfully and ceaselessly,
To please Him.
45
In the purity-gardenOf the heart,
There should be
No falsehood.
46
My prayer and my meditationTake the first aspiration-flight
To God in Heaven.
47
We cannot satisfy GodOnly with our hollow promises.
God wants us to fulfil
Our promises.
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Imagination is notA whim of the mind.
It is a reality in its own right.
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To believe in GodIs not enough.
To be dynamic for God
Is needed.
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My meditationSilently and infallibly opens
My Lord’s Heart-Door.
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A devotion-heartAnd an argumentation-mind
Must always remain apart.
52
Love smiles,Whether it is human love
Or divine love.
536
Man’s mind is bornFor world-success.
APR 4008. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 7 February 2006.↩
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Man’s heart is bornFor God-satisfaction.
55
I close my eyesWhen discouragement
Wants to enter into my life.
56
The power of despairIs shocking.
57
We must break asunderThe veil
Of the doubting mind.
58
Light is not to be feared.Light is to be loved
All the time.
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Be not a slaveTo the mind’s autocracy.
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Each seekerMust work very hard
To illumine the mind.
61
The longings of childhoodAre always cheerful
And soulful.
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Willingness and eagernessAdd unimaginably
To our aspiration
And dedication-life.
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PatienceHas a most
Comforting hand.
APR 4018. These prayers were given in Penang, Malaysia — 8 February 2006.↩
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Simplicity and sincerity —These are the very special
Gifts of God
To mankind.
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I wantThe music of silence
To silence my mind.
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PerfectionIs, indeed,
A lifelong battle.
67
I must not allow fearTo blindfold
My heart.
68
My God-onenessIs
My universal passport.
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The light of silenceBreathes
Everywhere.
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Slowly and steadily,Not abruptly,
We must open up our heart-lotus,
Petal by petal.
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We are allPrisoners
Of Time.
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I do not care for my mind’sWorld-possession-thirst;
I care only for my heart’s
World-embrace-hunger.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Penang, Malaysia in February 2006.
