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    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 2
    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 2
    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 2
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    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 2

    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 28, 2016
    ISBN9781934972564
    27,000 Aspiration-Plants, Part 2
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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 2 - Sri Chinmoy

      1,001.

      Dear to my Lord

      Is my aspiration-heart.

      Dearer to my Lord

      Is my surrender-life.

      Dearest to my Lord

      Is my gratitude-breath.

      1,002.

      If your mind climbs up the pride-ladder,

      Your life before long

      Will fade into obscurity

      And your heart will not be rediscovered

      By Heaven’s Concern.

      1,003.

      True, he cannot control his mind.

      But his life has surrendered to his heart.

      Therefore, his life is anchored

      In the Golden Boat of the

      Lord Supreme.

      1,004.

      His heart’s ever-blossoming hope

      Is holding both ends

      Of the Infinity-Rope

      Of God’s Eternity.

      1,005.

      He lives in ignorance-night

      With only the echoing memories

      Of his soul’s long-lost promises.

      1,006.

      My Lord, destroy me!

      If You do not want to destroy me,

      At least destroy my mind’s hopelessness.

      If you do not want to destroy

      My mind’s hopelessness,

      Please, please destroy

      My heart’s helplessness.

      1,007.

      Your soul is asking you

      To sleep in your life’s illumination-bed.

      But what are you doing?

      You are forcing your life

      To lie beneath its annihilation-blanket.

      1,008.

      Finally his heart’s aspiration-life

      Became so powerful

      That it was able to totally paralyse

      His mind’s desire-life.

      1,009.

      God will not be there to receive you

      If you hurriedly reach

      Your life’s finish line.

      He will not only receive you

      But also garland you and embrace you

      If you slowly, steadily and soulfully reach

      Your life’s finish line.

      1,010.

      What is wrong with you, my mind!

      Why can’t you accept any defeat?

      What is wrong with you, my heart!

      Why are you afraid of winning

      Continuous victories?

      1,011.

      If your heart is ready

      To sparkle with eagerness,

      Then God will definitely come

      And stand right in front of you

      With His Infinity’s Fulness.

      1,012.

      What is he doing?

      He is sleeping with his rainbow-dream

      Inside his silence-heart.

      What else is he doing?

      He is making the final revision

      Of his surrender-life-script.

      1,013.

      You may not realise it,

      But God is carrying you,

      And you are quite heavy.

      Perhaps it is beyond your imagination,

      But God has also developed

      Very serious back pain

      Because of your weight.

      Can you not lighten His Load and cure Him

      With your obedience-surrender-medicine?

      Try, you can!

      You have simply no idea

      How proud God will be of you

      If you do.

      1,014.

      My heart has undertaken

      A very difficult task.

      It wants to guide

      My mind’s irregular search for God.

      1,015.

      My mind struggles for satisfaction.

      My heart struggles for perfection.

      My soul struggles for my life’s

      God-preparation.

      1,016.

      Do you want to hear

      What you say during your sleep?

      You say that you love God alone

      And need God alone, nobody else.

      1,017.

      Your heart feels that God

      Does not speak to it

      Because it is imperfect.

      Your mind thinks that God

      Does not speak to it

      Because it has already reached

      Perfection-height.

      1,018.

      An infant-cry is the soulful lover

      Of self-transcendence,

      God-discovery

      And God-satisfaction.

      1,019.

      Do you know God

      Or do you just know about Him?

      If you know God,

      Then I shall immediately become yours

      But if you just know about God,

      Then even if the entire world claims you,

      I shall never become yours.

      1,020.

      Today you are a God-dreamer.

      Tomorrow you will become

      A Heaven-sprinter.

      The day after tomorrow you will become

      Your soul’s wonder-speed

      And your Lord’s Victory-Smile.

      1,021.

      Something to give to my Lord Supreme:

      My soul’s promise-delight.

      Something to give to humanity:

      My heart’s aspiration-might.

      1,022.

      My child, I wish to have

      A friendly competition with you.

      You will run against Me

      With your life’s ignorance-sky,

      And I shall run against you

      With My Heart’s Compassion-Sun.

      1,023.

      His absurdity-philosophy:

      True happiness can be found

      Only in sorrow.

      His stupidity-philosophy:

      Happiness is sorrow

      In disguise.

      1,024.

      Truth is neither easy nor difficult.

      Truth is spontaneous, self-revealing

      And God-revealing all at once.

      1,025.

      No satisfaction shines

      Where division is king.

      No imperfection abides

      Where oneness is emperor.

      1,026.

      History’s exclamation mark:

      Man’s moon-adventure.

      History’s question mark:

      Man’s dissatisfaction-hunger.

      1,027.

      My Lord Supreme,

      Do give me the capacity

      To need Your Heart.

      My Lord Supreme,

      Do give me the privilege

      To love Your Life.

      1,028.

      Since time will not wait for me,

      I also shall not wait for time.

      I shall go ahead of time

      With my soul’s silence-stillness-smile.

      1,029.

      My mind tells me

      That my prayer-life

      Is something strange

      Yet quite familiar.

      My heart tells me

      That my meditation-life

      Is always familiar

      And never strange.

      1,030.

      My sweet child,

      Early each morning

      Instead of asking Me

      Whether I love you,

      Just ask yourself

      Whether you need Me.

      1,031.

      O my body and vital,

      Be not afraid of my mind’s greatness.

      O my mind,

      Be not afraid of my heart’s goodness.

      O my heart,

      Be not afraid of my soul’s oneness.

      O my soul,

      You are never afraid of my Lord’s Fulness.

      1,032.

      When a true God-lover

      Cannot decide what to do

      In his outer life,

      God, out of His infinite Bounty,

      Takes it as His bounder Duty

      To help that person choose

      The right thing to do.

      1,033.

      Something is wrong,

      But I do not know what.

      Perhaps my heart does not

      Love God intensely anymore.

      Something is right,

      But I do not know what.

      Perhaps my mind has sincerely

      Started longing for God at last.

      1,034.

      Where is my home?

      My home is inside

      My world’s possession-cry.

      Where is my Lord’s Home?

      My Lord’s Home is inside

      His Eternity’s

      Acceptance-Satisfaction-Smile.

      1,035.

      Your heart’s climbing cry

      Is like a rope,

      Longer than the longest,

      Extending from earth to Heaven.

      Once you start climbing that rope

      Cheerfully and powerfully,

      Who can prevent you from reaching

      The highest perfection-satisfaction-height?

      1,036.

      Your Inner Pilot is telling you

      That you will, without fail,

      Make progress.

      You fool!

      Why are you consciously and deliberately

      Trying to prove Him wrong?

      1,037.

      Pride and insecurity

      Come from only one source: impurity.

      He who is bloated with pride

      And he who is insecurity incarnate

      Are both absolutely useless.

      1,038.

      Purity has the capacity

      To immediately destroy

      Insecurity and pride.

      Purity has the capacity

      To immediately create

      Oneness with God’s

      Transcendental Will.

      1,039.

      Whoever experiences

      His life’s surrender-smiles

      As a permanent reality

      Is undoubtedly the choicest instrument

      Of his Beloved Supreme.

      1,040.

      If you are loyal to God

      And take Him as your only Friend,

      How can you have any serious problems?

      Impossible!

      Even your mind-problems

      Will be taken care of

      By His Heart’s Compassion-Concern-Sky.

      1,041.

      If your consciousness

      Remains deep inside your heart

      And you are constantly

      Thinking of God,

      Then all your problems will be solved,

      Even if you simply ignore them.

      Needless to say,

      This applies only to you,

      Since you are a soulfully sincere seeker.

      1,042.

      Three signs of progress:

      To do something better

      Than you have previously done it,

      To maintain your standard,

      To have a cheerful heart

      Even if your standard goes down.

      1,043.

      For years you have neglected

      Your teeming weaknesses.

      But now that you want

      To conquer them,

      What you need

      Is an ever-climbing heart-cry.

      1,044.

      Aspiration-fire is immediate purification.

      It powerfully purifies

      The sleeping body,

      The strangling vital

      And the doubting mind.

      1,045.

      In your life of service to humanity

      Confidence is supremely good,

      But do not develop

      Disproportionate self-confidence,

      Not to speak of pride and haughtiness.

      1,046.

      If you think that you are

      Most graciously helping others,

      You are badly mistaken.

      You should feel that you are offering

      Your service-smile

      To the Supreme in others.

      1,047.

      If your service-life

      Is only increasing your ego-power,

      Then rest assured

      You are a stark failure

      In the inner world.

      1,048.

      Someday you will realise

      That your Master is

      The direct representative

      Of the Supreme.

      Someday you will realise

      Your Master’s Eternity’s oneness

      With the Supreme.

      1,049.

      He started with utmost sincerity

      Trying to please the Supreme

      In the Supreme’s own divine Way.

      Alas, now he is shamelessly

      Begging the Supreme to please him

      In his own human way.

      1,050.

      Either please God

      In His own Way

      Or go back to your old life

      Where your desire-fires

      Reigned supreme.

      1,051.

      If you feel that God’s Way

      Is not the only way,

      And you have a totally different way,

      Then why should anybody

      Care to prevent you

      From following your own way?

      1,052.

      True, nobody is indispensable.

      But if you can please the Supreme

      In His own Way,

      Then He will definitely need you

      Infinitely more than He needs

      Anybody else.

      1,053.

      My Lord Supreme,

      May I sleeplessly remember You.

      I mean, Your Compassion-Eye.

      My Lord Supreme,

      May I sleeplessly remember

      Your Compassion-Eye.

      I mean, Your Forgiveness-Heart.

      My Lord Supreme,

      May I sleeplessly remember

      Your Forgiveness-Heart.

      I mean, Your Oneness-Life.

      1,054.

      My dreamer-eye,

      My listener-heart,

      My observer-soul,

      My Liberator-God,

      I enjoy your festival

      Of Eternity’s Satisfaction-Sun.

      1,055.

      Purify your sound-breath,

      Illumine your sound-life.

      You will immediately feel

      Ecstasy’s silence-embrace.

      1,056.

      They call it

      My hermit-heart.

      I call it

      My divinity’s tapestry of truth.

      1,057.

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