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    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 1
    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 1
    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 1
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    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 1

    By Sri Chinmoy

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    For many of us, the inspiration to write poetry visits us without advance notice, stays but fleetingly, and then departs. However, on a summer's day in New York in 1983, spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy had a different experience. The inspiration came to him to write 27,000 short poems. He had no idea how many years this epic project would take, or even if it was humanly possible. But he rode the crest of this wave of inspiration and poems started flowing forth -- poems about the inner life, about meditation, about the struggles of the mind and the small victories of the heart. There were poems that encompassed the sweep of centuries, while others celebrated the simple beauty of sunrise and sunset. In many ways, the poet became a divine cartographer, mapping the vast inner realms of the soul. The years passed by and still the poems streamed from his pen. Finally, in 1998, almost 15 years later, he celebrated the end of his epic journey. As he writes in one poem:

    Life's perfection-road
    Is very long,
    But the journey is richly rewarding.

    These poems are offered in 27 separate e-books, comprising 1,000 poems each. The books can be picked up in those moments where you feel the need for a surge of inner courage, an uplifting message, or merely a reminder of what is real in this transient world. Sometimes we just need to be re-focused on our spiritual path and Sri Chinmoy's wise and lucid words have a way of clearing our minds of obstructions and guiding us to our own spiritual awakening. Essentially, these are poems to live with, to re-read again and again so that they resonate, like mantras, in one's entire being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSri Chinmoy
    Release dateJul 10, 2016
    ISBN9781938599927
    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 1
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    Sri Chinmoy

    Sri Chinmoy was born in the small village of Shakpura in East Bengal, India (now Bangladesh) in 1931. He was the youngest of seven children in a devout family. In 1944, after the passing of both of his parents, he joined his brothers and sisters at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, a spiritual community near Pondicherry in South India. He prayed and meditated for several hours a day, having many deep inner experiences. It was here that he first began writing poetry to convey his widening mystical vision. He also took an active part in Ashram life and was an athletic champion for many years. Heeding an inner command, Sri Chinmoy came to the United States in 1964 to be of service to spiritual aspirants in the Western world. During the 43 years that he lived in the West, he opened more than 100 meditation Centres worldwide and served as spiritual guide to thousands of students. Sri Chinmoy’s boundless creativity found expression not only in poetry and other forms of literature, but also in musical composition and performance, art and sport. In each sphere he sought to convey the diverse experiences that comprise the spiritual journey: the search for truth and beauty, the struggle to transcend limitations, and the supremely fulfilling communion of the human soul with the Divine. As a self-described student of peace who combined Eastern spirituality and Western dynamism in a remarkable way, Sri Chinmoy garnered international renown. In 1970, at the request of U Thant, third Secretary-General of the United Nations, he began the twice-weekly peace meditations for delegates and staff members at UN headquarters that continue to this day. He offered hundreds of peace concerts, always free of charge, in the U.S. and many other countries. He founded the World Harmony Run, a biennial Olympic-style relay in which runners pass a flaming peace torch from hand to hand as they travel around the globe bearing the message of universal oneness. And he established the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles humanitarian organization, which serves the less fortunate members of the world family by supplying food, medical and educational equipment and other urgent support. On 11 October 2007, Sri Chinmoy passed behind the curtain of Eternity. His creative, peace-loving and humanitarian endeavours are carried on worldwide by his students, who practise meditation and strive to serve the world in accordance with his timeless teachings.

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      27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 1 - Sri Chinmoy

      27,000 Aspiration-Plants 01

      Twenty-Seven Thousand

      Aspiration-Plants 1

      (Parts 1-10)

      Sri Chinmoy

      AUM PUBLICATIONS   NEW YORK

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Sri Chinmoy’s first book,

      Meditations: Food for the Soul,

      was published in 1970.

      Copyright © 1984 Sri Chinmoy Centre

      Copyright © 2011 Sri Chinmoy Centre (ebook)

      ISBN: 978-1-934972-49-6

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book

      may be reproduced without express written permission of the publisher.

      Aum Publications

      8610 Parsons Blvd.

      Jamaica, New York 11432

      www.srichinmoy.org

      1.

      Twenty-seven thousand

      Aspiration-plants:

      Indeed, the distance is too long.

      But my Beloved Lord Supreme

      Says to me,

      "My child, the distance is too short.

      In top secrecy I am telling you:

      I shall walk with you

      All the way."

      2.

      Every day my entire being

      Receives a blessingful Boon

      From my Lord Supreme,

      And that boon is

      A beauty-flooded dawn of joy.

      3.

      Choice is my unnecessary imperfection

      In my desire-life.

      Choice is my indispensable perfection

      In my aspiration-life.

      4.

      I am a chosen instrument

      Of my Lord Supreme

      Not because I have done

      Something great for Him,

      Not because I shall do

      Something good for Him,

      But because He wants to do

      Something divinely great

      And supremely good

      In and through me.

      5.

      I shall become a purity-prayer

      So that my heart

      Can safely climb up to God.

      I shall become a luminosity-meditation

      So that God’s Delight

      Can easily enter into me.

      6.

      Since God has not given up

      His Vision-Transcendence-Dance,

      How can you give up

      Your God-manifestation-song?

      7.

      You are useless!

      Therefore you do not fight

      Against ignorance the intruder.

      You are stupid!

      Therefore you do not want

      God the Lover to fight for you.

      8.

      A soulful cry, where is it?

      Inside my heart.

      A powerful smile, where is it?

      Inside my soul.

      A bountiful blessing, where is it?

      Inside my life.

      And where am I, myself?

      Inside God’s unknowable Vision-Eye.

      9.

      If you and your mind are afraid

      Of a silence-life,

      That means you are nowhere near

      God’s Transcendental Throne.

      10.

      Yesterday

      My mind was fond of

      God’s Greatness.

      Today

      My heart is fond of

      God’s Goodness.

      Tomorrow

      My life shall be fond of

      God’s Oneness.

      11.

      My Lord, how can I be pleased with You

      When You do not give me

      What I want?

      "My child, I cannot be cruel to you.

      You want from Me

      The bondage of the finite.

      I want to give you and I shall give you

      Only the freedom of the Infinite."

      12.

      O Inspiration-Runner,

      I love your running.

      It is so beautiful.

      O Aspiration-Climber,

      I love your climbing.

      It is so soulful.

      O Realisation-Diver,

      I love your diving.

      It is so powerful.

      13.

      In the morning

      My Lord gives me

      A powerful concentration-arrow.

      In the evening

      My Lord gives me

      A beautiful meditation-bow.

      At night

      My Lord asks me to kill

      My ferocious ignorance-tiger.

      14.

      My mind’s brooding doubt-sea

      Versus

      My Lord’s ever-illumining Patience-Sun:

      Who can unmistakably

      Predict the result?

      15.

      God and His Infinity’s Power

      My mind wants.

      God and His Immortality’s Love

      My heart needs.

      16.

      O my mind,

      Do unlearn quickly!

      O my heart,

      Do learn soulfully!

      O my soul,

      Where are you hiding

      Sleeplessly and calmly?

      O my God,

      I am here!

      I need You only,

      Desperately!

      17.

      The Vision-Eye

      Of my Beloved Supreme

      Thinks of me.

      The Compassion-Heart

      Of my Beloved Supreme

      Loves me.

      The Forgiveness-Life

      Of my Beloved Supreme

      Immortalises me.

      18.

      My prayer-cry is making my heart

      Beautiful and soulful.

      My meditation-smile is making my life

      Powerful and fruitful.

      19.

      My Beloved Supreme never reminds me

      Of my tiny ant-promises.

      Alas, why do I remind Him every day

      Of His mighty Lion-Promises?

      20.

      O my stupid mind,

      Do not dare to challenge

      My heart’s sleepless

      And breathless faith

      In my Lord Supreme.

      Also, do not dare to challenge

      My soul’s birthless

      And deathless oneness

      With my Lord Supreme.

      21.

      During my morning God-Hour meditation,

      My Beloved Supreme said to me:

      "My child, your heart-ecstasy’s

      Fountain-Source

      Is not a secret treasure

      But always a sacred,

      Supremely sacred, treasure."

      22.

      When I am inside my mind,

      I am a helpless sigh

      Of utter failure.

      When I am inside my heart,

      I am a mounting flame

      Of divine love.

      When I am inside my soul,

      I am a translucent smile

      Of my Beloved Supreme.

      23.

      Yesterday my success-life

      Made me godless.

      Today my progress-heart

      Has made the world speechless.

      Something more,

      My Beloved Supreme now tells me

      That my life has become totally flawless.

      24.

      You have blindfolded your vision-eye

      Completely.

      Yet when, out of His boundless Bounty,

      God comes to your rescue,

      You blindly refuse to accept

      His unconditional Help.

      25.

      I call it life.

      My soul calls it beauty’s temple.

      I call it death.

      My soul calls it purity’s shrine.

      26.

      You are a chosen child of God,

      Yet you envy.

      Whom do you envy?

      You envy your own totally forgotten

      And astonishingly unrecognised

      Boundless oneness-self.

      27.

      In my life’s battlefield,

      At long last my world-division-mind

      Has unconditionally surrendered

      To my God-oneness-heart.

      28.

      If you do not become

      A conscious God-lover,

      Then you will always remain

      A stranger to your own

      Absolute vision-heights.

      29.

      Do you know that I am

      A very special member

      Of God’s immediate family?

      Do you know that at every moment

      I am being guided, moulded,

      Perfected and liberated

      By God’s fondest instrument-child:

      Compassion?

      30.

      What is my human mind

      If not a life of sheer nothingness?

      What is my human heart

      If not a life of fragile littleness?

      What is my divine soul

      If not a life of supernal newness?

      Who is my Supreme Lord

      If not the Life of Universal Oneness

      And Transcendental Fulness?

      31.

      The God-lover who prays

      With a sincere mind,

      Meditates with a soulful heart

      And serves with an unconditional life

      Is a hero-warrior

      Of God-Immortality’s infinite Delight

      Who is journeying home.

      32.

      You know that it takes time

      For the mind to become

      Sincerely spiritual.

      How is it that you are unwilling

      To give your life the needed time

      To become perfectly perfect?

      33.

      Right from the day I was born

      I have been maintaining a very strict diet

      Of God’s very special food:

      His Eternity’s Compassion

      And

      His Immortality’s Love.

      34.

      Secretly you enjoy climbing

      The staircase of despair.

      Openly you enjoy gathering

      Your life’s incapacity-sighs.

      35.

      My prayer wants to conceal

      The impurity of my unnatural sound-life.

      My meditation wants to reveal

      The beauty of my Lord’s

      Natural Silence-Life.

      36.

      Your aspiration tells you

      That God you can have.

      Your dedication tells you

      That God you already have.

      Your realisation tells you

      That God you always have been.

      37.

      My constant happiness entirely depends

      On the quality of my gratitude-heart

      And on the quality of my surrender-life

      To the Will of my Inner Pilot.

      38.

      Nothing is as eternally beautiful

      As my life’s surrender-dance.

      Nothing is as infinitely fruitful

      As my heart’s gratitude-song.

      39.

      I deeply admire

      Your three astonishingly

      Sincere confessions:

      You have not prayed to God

      Even once in your entire life

      Unconditionally.

      You speak ill of God the creation

      Secretly.

      You serve God and help man

      Quite unwillingly.

      40.

      You do not want to live for others.

      That is fine with me.

      You do not want to live with others.

      That is fine with me.

      You do not want to live for me.

      That is fine with me.

      You do not want to live with me.

      That is fine with me.

      But if you do not want to live

      For God’s full Manifestation on earth,

      I shall never be pleased with you.

      And if you do not want to live with

      God the Lover and God the Beloved,

      I shall not only be displeased with you,

      But I shall never forgive you,

      Never!

      41.

      O my heart,

      Can you not become

      A climbing sun?

      O my life,

      Can you not become

      An expanding sky?

      42.

      As a doubting mind

      Finds no comfort on earth,

      Even so a loving heart

      Finds no comfort in the grave.

      43.

      My Lord Supreme,

      You are both

      The Creator and the creation.

      Why is it so difficult for me

      To thank You as the creation?

      "My child,

      Because of the capacity

      I have given you

      To serve

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