My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 55
11
Earth-tearsAnd Heaven-Smiles
Are God’s childhood friends.
APR 4336. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 11 December 2006.↩
2
Value your self-discipline.Self-discipline is the way.
Self-discipline will bring you
To God’s Heart-Door.
3
We obey God.God obeys our love,
Unconditional love,
For Him.
4
When the gratitude-heartFully blossoms,
The transformation of life
Begins.
5
My Lord is my Friend,Only Friend.
I do not need
A multitude of friends.
6
Soulfully and self-givinglyI sing and sing
At the top of my voice
To become a choice instrument
Of God.
7
The outer successWe can easily measure,
But the inner progress
Is extremely difficult to measure.
8
Today’s God-disobedienceTomorrow becomes
Life’s worst possible catastrophe.
9
He who dreams of GodQuite often
In the small hours of the morning
Becomes a God-lover
Of the highest magnitude.
10
I love God,Not because He is
Divinely great
And not because He is
Supremely good,
But because He is my All,
Very All.
112
God-obedience-lessonsAre compulsory
From the journey’s start
To the journey’s close.
APR 4346. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 12 December 2006.↩
12
My Lord,Please, please,
Give me another chance
To please You
In Your own Way.
13
God wants meTo fly with Him
With my ever-blossoming
Heart-songs.
14
My soul, my heart and IWill never be found
In the thick of desire-forest.
15
Constant God-choiceIs the only antidote
To self-doubt.
16
The inner joyGives more.
The inner joy
Receives more.
The inner joy
Becomes more.
17
In silence-secrecyMy heart talks
To my Lord Supreme.
18
Our sleepless God-surrenderIs the architect
Of God’s new world.
193
My Lord tells meThat my ever-blossoming
Gratitude-heart
Is His most favourite song.
APR 4354. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 13 December 2006.↩
20
My heart’s blissIs the announcer
Of God’s express Arrival.
21
Earth says to Heaven,“Why are you
So beautiful?”
22
Heaven says to earth,“Why are you
So useful?”
23
AspirationIs
My heart-song.
24
DedicationIs
My life-story.
25
When I desire,I become a body-cage.
26
When I aspire,I become a soul-bird
Flying in Infinity’s Sky.
274
My Lord tells meThat all my promises to Him
Are just exquisite.
APR 4362. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 14 December 2006.↩
28
God’s EyeIs my most powerful
Heart-attraction.
29
Each fleeting momentI try to run at full speed
Towards my Lord Supreme.
30
Our genuine prayersMust bring us to our knees,
And not our endless
Worries and anxieties.
31
My life’s sufferingsCan be measured,
But my soul’s bliss
Forever shall remain
Immeasurable.
32
My God-obedienceAnd God’s Pride in me
Are extremely fond of each other.
33
Impossible —A permanent God-failure-life
Is impossible!
34
When the inner heartIs all sweetness,
The outer life
Becomes all fulness.
355
Our aspiration-eagerness-intensityHelps us find our way back
To our Absolute Lord Supreme.
APR 4370. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 15 December 2006.↩
36
Day and nightMy heart and I
Walk along
Our soul-paved road.
37
My hope-beautyComes from God’s Heart.
38
My promise-fragranceComes from God’s Breath.
39
My morning meditationIs my soul’s
God-invocation.
40
My morning meditationIs my life’s
God-Dream-Delight.
41
My morning meditation tells meThat God-vision
Is not enough,
God-realisation
Is not enough,
Even God-manifestation
Is not enough.
My life’s complete transformation
Is my journey’s final halt.
42
May each and every thoughtOf mine
Be always Heaven-bound.
436
When God is on my side,I become my life’s sad failure.
When I am on God’s side,
God gives me His Victory-Drum.
APR 4378. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 16 December 2006.↩
44
Every morningI sing for my Lord
With my gratitude-heart-tears
And my gratitude-eye-smiles.
45
Wherever I go,I carry with me
A newness-mind
And a soulfulness-heart.
46
Each time I pray,I must try to reach
A higher height.
47
Each time I concentrate,I must try to develop
A stronger will.
48
Each time I meditate,I must try to enter into
A deeper depth.
49
Each time I contemplate,I must try to get
Closer, closer and closer
To God.
50
My devotionIs my only
God-Satisfaction-fulfilment-necessity.
517
The tears of my heartFeed on our Lord’s
Compassion-Temptation-Feet.
APR 4386. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 17 December 2006.↩
52
Every dayGod wants me to accomplish
Something absolutely new,
Inspiring and aspiring.
53
Alas,Will I ever be worthy
Of mingling
With the dust of my Lord’s Feet?
54
Determination, determination —Stoic determination!
If not,
God-realisation
Will remain a far cry.
55
When everything is gone,The tears of my heart
And I
Shall remain.
56
My heart and IGet tremendous joy
When my Lord Beloved Supreme
Checks and checks
On my surrender-life.
57
Our Lord Beloved SupremeExpects all true
And self-giving seekers
To be madly in love
With Him alone.
58
My Lord SupremeEvery day,
For at least an hour,
Cradles my life
With His Compassion-Eye.
598
My peaceful heartPrayerfully welcomes
My Lord’s blissful Eye
And His powerful Feet.
APR 4394. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 18 December 2006.↩
609
My heart’s cries and tearsPurify and fortify my life
Most significantly.
APR 4395. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 19 December 2006.↩
61
My soul’s smilesFeed my heart
To run the fastest
For God-realisation.
62
My heart’s performancesAre mightily appreciated
By earth’s heart
And Heaven’s Eye.
63
Do not allowLethargy-sleep
To prevent you from seeing
God’s morning Smile.
64
Morning is the timeTo receive from God
His torrential Blessings,
Affection and Concern-Rain.
65
I came into the worldTo serve God
Lovingly and self-givingly,
And not to experience
His highest Height
And His deepest Depth.
66
Each heart-songIs a very long step forward
Towards God.
67
Sleep like a child,Dream like a child,
Act like a child.
Lo, God is granting you
A free access
To His Heart-Home.
6810
Poor GodIs all the time calling us,
But we deliberately
Do not respond.
APR 4403. These prayers were given in Antalya, Turkey — 20 December 2006.↩
69
My Lord Supreme returnsMy love-devotion-surrender-calls
Immediately.
70
God-disobedience-train —Once it starts,
It never stops.
71
The ancient God blessed meWith the message
Of unity in multiplicity.
72
The modern God is blessing meWith the message
Of diversity and complexity.
73
In our spiritual life,Eagerness-speed
Knows no equal.
74
No human heartCan ever dare to resist
God’s Heart-Attraction.
75
God never sanctionsAny seeker’s
Retirement-enjoyment.
76
Nothing in my lifeIs as sacred
As my heart’s
Sleepless and breathless
God-devotion.
77
Never,Never become tired
Of your inward dive!
Editor's note
Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Antalya, Turkey in December 2006.
