My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52
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PathfindersAre infinitely more important
Than travellers.
APR 4099. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 16 February 2006.↩
2
When God is my choice,Only choice,
God’s Voice cannot remain far,
Very far.
3
Man the bondageAnd
God the Freedom
Together live.
4
I want to seeGod’s Feet first,
Before I see God’s Face.
5
I want to seeGod’s Eye first,
Before I see the world.
6
God-knowersAre more God-lovers
Than God-seekers.
7
God’s GraceIs always
Empty of condition.
8
The strength of goodnessFar surpasses
The strength of greatness.
9
I am extremely fondOf the heart of everything
In God’s world.
10
Peace, universal peace,Is definitely within the reach
Of all.
112
Life is eternalOnly when we cry to live
In God’s Breath.
APR 4109. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 17 February 2006.↩
12
ChangeIs absolutely necessary
In the process of evolution.
13
Love of GodIs our only religion.
14
To fulfil GodIn His own Way
Is the code of our life.
15
Religion meansConscious God-union.
16
Religion meansTo live in a higher height.
17
Religion meansUniversal Smile.
18
Nothing elseBut spirituality
Is the world-salvation.
19
With loveWe make our progress.
20
With serviceWe make ourselves
Perfect.
213
Knowledge and informationAre good friends.
APR 4119. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 18 February 2006.↩
22
Wisdom and willAre perfect friends.
23
Knowledge meansWorld-unity.
24
Wisdom meansWorld-oneness-embrace.
25
LeadershipIs
Extremely easy.
26
FriendshipIs
Extremely difficult.
27
Life is notA false dream.
28
Life is the bloomingAnd blossoming
Reality.
29
We learn from GodOneness-Delight.
30
God learns from usSeparation-night.
314
My Lord,I really try to love You only.
Please do not be sad or mad
If I do not succeed.
APR 4129. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 19 February 2006.↩
32
I do not knowWhy I am confined
To the dark chamber
Of self-doubt.
33
My Lord,If You really love me,
Then do not overlook
Even a slight mistake!
34
I am my constant loyaltyTo my Supreme.
35
When God approaches usPowerfully,
We get frightened.
Therefore, He comes to us
Playfully.
36
When God does notSmile at me,
My life becomes
Real death.
37
God’s SmileAlways embodies Silence —
The mightiest Silence-Sound!
38
There is no ignorance-abyssThat cannot
Be crossed.
39
God inundates meWith His
Life-giving Love.
40
Each time you speakAgainst your fellow seekers,
You go away —
Farther than the farthest —
From your Lord Supreme.
20 February 2006 ...
20 February 2006Langkawi, Malaysia
415
I am ready to be disregardedBy all,
But not by my Lord Supreme.
APR 4139. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 20 February 2006.↩
42
A soulful seekerIs he whose life-breath
Is offered to God.
43
Tomorrow’s promiseWe never fulfil.
44
God wants usTo preserve our love for Him
And our service for the world.
45
To become complete,What we need
Is God-realisation.
46
Peace-blossomsWe find
Only in our heart-garden.
47
My heart is oneWith the happiness
Of the moon.
48
My life is oneWith the power
Of the sun.
49
My breath is oneWith the Immortality
Of God’s Heart.
50
My hopeIs my beauty’s fragrance.
51
My promiseIs my duty’s fulfilment.
526
My heart is flyingWith my Lord’s Breath
Towards Heaven.
APR 4150. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 21 February 2006.↩
53
Everybody needsMind-purification
Every day.
54
Everybody needsHeart-surrender
Every day.
55
Everybody needsLife-dedication
Every day.
56
My happiness-lifeIs on God’s
Priority list.
57
I love to journeyInto the Unknown
At every moment.
58
Some great soulsDisguise themselves
As street beggars.
59
The beauty of the heartIs too deep
For the mind to appreciate.
60
Every heartIs made of dreams.
61
Every lifeIs made of realities.
22 February 2006 ...
22 February 2006Langkawi, Malaysia
627
The power of silenceThe mind tries to break
In vain.
APR 4160. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 22 February 2006.↩
63
Spirituality beginsWith God-awareness.
64
There is no real treasureIn the mind;
All the treasures
Are hidden in the heart.
65
The hopes of the heartAre full of fragrance.
66
The aspiration-dedication-lifeIs truly difficult,
But not impossible.
67
I cry and try,I try and cry
To become
A choice instrument
Of God.
68
My soul-smilesWiden my life.
69
My heart-tearsHeighten my life.
70
A gratitude-heart-experienceIs beyond compare.
71
May the climbing flameOf my heart
Please God
In His own Way.
728
The desire-mindLives between
Gloom and doom.
APR 4170. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 23 February 2006.↩
73
Not God the JusticeBut God the Compassion
Prepares our future.
74
Nobody can go towards GodUntil God Himself
Comes towards him.
75
Each prayerIs a climbing ladder
To Heaven.
76
Each meditationIs a bridge
Between Heaven and earth.
77
For the heart,God’s Name
Is a daily
Remembrance-reality.
78
With my tear-waves,I go to God.
79
With my smile-seas,I return.
80
When we think of God,Hopelessness
Is not to be found anywhere.
81
O my mind,What you need
Is just one gratitude-plant.
829
Nothing startsWith human beings.
Everything starts
With God’s Heart.
APR 4180. These prayers were given in Langkawi, Malaysia — 24 February 2006.↩
83
Each momentIs a miracle-experience
In the history of the world.
84
I need a heart-elevatingAnd not an eye-catching
God-drawing service.
85
Be a manOf few words
But endless deeds.
86
To enter into God’s Boat,We need only
A soulful smile.
87
We long forEarthly length,
But we should long only for
Divine strength.
88
God loves two things:My listening ears
And
My embracing heart.
89
My aspiration-heartCarries me home
To Heaven.
90
My Lord,When will my mind come to learn
That my heart will never be able
To live without You?
91
My physical deathIs not the end of my life —
I am an eternal journey.
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Langkawi, Malaysia in February 2006.
