301 - 400

 

Šri Činmoj, "Sedamdeset sedam hiljada stabala služenja", deo 22:

Aforizmi 21,301 - 21,400

 

21,301

As we take death seriously,

Even so, we must take

Every moment of our life seriously.

 

Kao što smrt shvatamo ozbiljno,

Tako moramo da shvatimo ozbiljno

I svaki trenutak svog života.

 

21,302 

Expectation is frustration,

   But hope is not.

 

Očekivanje je osujećenje,

   Ali nada nije.

 

21,303

Do not make decisions

Unless and until

You have examined

   The whole picture.

 

Ne donosi odluke

Ukoliko nisi i sve dok nisi

Sagledao

   Celokupnu sliku.

 

21,304

Trust can disappear immediately,

But it takes a very long time

   To regain it.

 

Poverenje može da se izgubi trenutno,

Ali veoma dugo traje

   Dok se ne povrati.

 

21,305

   Do not compare

If you want to be happy.

   Do not blame

If you want to be happy.

 

   Ne upoređuj

Ako hoćeš da budeš srećan.

   Ne okrivljuj

Ako hoćeš da budeš srećan.

 

21,306

Happiness disapears

The moment we pursue

   Name and fame.

 

Sreća nestaje

Čim počnemo da jurimo

   Za imenom i slavom.

 

21,307

Plant your own heart-tree:

It will give you

Endless joy.

 

Zasadi drvo sopstvenog srca:

Ono će ti dati

Beskrajnu radost.

 

21,308

There is only one question

That has to be answered

   By me:

Do I really love and need God only?

 

Postoji samo jedno pitanje

Na koje ja moram

   Da odgovorim:

Da li zaista volim jedino Boga

I da li mi je zaista potreban jedino Bog?

 

21,309

Do not speculate

But visualise golden days

   Ahead.

 

Ne mozgaj,

Već zamisli zlatne dane

   Koji dolaze.

 

21,310

The real victory

Lies in constant struggling

Againts ignorance-night.

 

Prava pobeda je

U neprekidnoj borbi

Protiv noći neznanja.

 

21,311

Who can deceive me,

   If not myself?

Who can perfect me,

   If not myself?

 

Ko može da me obmane

   Osim mene samog?

Ko može da me usavrši

   Osim mene samog?

 

21,312

Sincerity opens

The heart-door.

Purity keeps it open.

 

Iskrenost otvara

Vrata srca.

Čistota ih drži stalno otvorenim.

 

21,313

The sincerity

Of the heart

Will forever last.

 

Iskrenost

Srca

Trajaće doveka.

 

21,314

The insincerity

Of the mind

Will fade away.

 

Neiskrenost

Uma

Nestaće.

 

21,315

To lose one's child-heart

Is to lose everything.

 

Izgubiti svoje detinje srce

Znači izgubiti sve.

 

21,316

Two ears we have,

But only one mouth.

Let us give them their due value.

 

Mi imamo dva uha,

A samo jedna usta.

Hajde da ih uvažavamo proporcionalno tome.

 

21,317

Silence refutes

All arguments.

 

Tišina pobija

Sve argumente.

 

21,318

A good action

Has its own

Glorious results.

 

Dobro delo

Samo po sebi ima

Veličanstvene rezultate.

 

21,319

The strength

Of a God-loving person

   Is his non-violence.

 

Snaga

Onoga ko voli Boga

   Leži u njegovom nenasilju.

 

21,320

Are we really ashamed of ourselves

When we waste time?

Are we?

 

Da li se zaista stidimo sebe

Kad traćimo vreme?

Stidimo li se?

 

21,321

Anger and pride

Shorten life.

 

Gnev i ponos

Skraćuju život.

 

21,322

Poise and love

Lengthen life.

 

Spokoj i ljubav

Produžuju život.

 

21,323

Simplicity and humility

Strengthen life.

 

Jednostavnost i smernost

Krepe život.

 

21,324

Do not try to prove

That the world is wrong.

Just try, again and again,

   Endlessly

To improve yourself.

 

Ne pokušavaj da dokažeš

Da svet nije u pravu.

Jednostavno nastoj, stalno iznova,

   Neprekidno

Da usavršiš sebe.

 

21,325

If worries and anxieties are real,

Than your constant rejection and denial

   Of them

Can be more real, infinitely more real.

 

Ako su brige i strepnje stvarne,

Onda i tvoje stalno odbacivanje i odupiranje

   Brigama i strepnjama

Može biti još stvarnije, beskrajno stvarnije.  

 

21,326

O my mind,

If you want to be wise,

Then start immediately to unlearn,

For there are many things to unlearn

   If you want to have happiness.

 

O moj ume,

Ako hoćeš da budeš mudar,

Odmah počni da se odučavaš,

Jer ima mnogo stvari od kojih se moraš odučiti

   Ako hoćeš da budeš srećan.

 

21,327

Anything spiritual

Is more valuable

Than the actual cost.

 

Sve što je duhovno

Vredi više

Nego što nas košta.

 

21,328

No, never underestimate

The power of weakness.

 

Ne, nikad ne potcenjuj

Snagu slabosti.

 

21,329

To search for happiness

   Is good.

To pray for happiness

   Is better.

To grow into hapiness

   Is infinitely better.

 

Tragati za srećom

   Dobro je.

Moliti se za sreću

   Bolje je.

Prerasti u sreću

   Beskrajno je bolje.

 

21,330

We must break through

Our mind-assertion-religion-curtain

   To have a glimpse

Of our Absolute Lord Beloved Supreme.

 

Moramo da se probijemo

Kroz zastor religijskih ubeđenja našeg uma

   Da makar na tren ugledamo

Našeg Apsolutnog Gospoda Voljenog Svevišnjeg.

 

21,331

No aspiration, no dedication

   And no obedience.

That means no God‘s beautiful Face,

No God‘s blisful Eye

   And no God‘s peaceful Heart.

 

Nema težnje, nema posvećenosti

   I nema poslušnosti.

To znači da nema Božjeg prelepog Lica,

 Nema Božjeg blaženog Oka

   I nema Božjeg smirenog Srca.

 

21,332

A good leader is perfect

Only if he is ready to follow

When necessity demands.

 

Dobar vođa je savršen

Samo ako je spreman da sledi

Kad je to neophodno.

 

21,333

   Self-inquiry

Is the beginning of the road.

   Self-mastery

Is the end of the road.

 

   Samoispitivanje

Početak je puta.

   Vladanje sobom

Kraj je puta.

 

21,234

To be kind

   Is

Definitely good.

 

Biti ljubazan

  Nesumnjivo je

Dobro.

 

21,335

To be a little kinder

   Is

Truly necessary.

 

Biti malo ljubazniji

  Zaista je

Neophodno.

 

21,336

When you embark on

Something divine,

Double-check your motive.

 

Kad se upuštaš

U nešto božansko,

Dobro proveri svoj motiv.

 

21,337

Do not listen to your mind.

It always over-schedules.

 

Ne slušaj svoj um.

On uvek preterano planira.

 

21,338

No tragedy

Is as painful

As indifference.

 

Ni jedna tragedija

Nije tako bolna

Kao što je to ravnodušnost.

 

21,339

To be happy,

Do not try to understand

   The world,

But try to be useful

   To the world.

 

Da bi bio srećan,

Ne trudi se da razumeš

   Svet,

Već se trudi da koristiš

   Svetu.

 

21,340

Imagination needs exercise

Before it becomes

   A true reality.

 

Imaginaciji je potrebna vežba

Da bi postala

   Istinska stvarnost.

 

21,341

Self-sufficient people

Are at times

Worse than street begars.

 

Samodovoljni ljudi

Ponekad su

Gori od uličnih prosjaka.

 

21,342

It is not necessary to count

Each and everything

As long as you count

God's Blessings upon you.

 

Nije neophodno da računaš

Sve i svašta

Ukoliko računaš

Koliko te je puta Bog blagoslovio.

 

21,343

Desire

Has to stop ruling

   The world.

 

Želja

Mora da prestane

   Da vlada svetom.

 

21,344

Aspiration

Has to start governing,

Protecting and illumining

   The world.

 

Težnja

Mora da počne da vlada,

Štiti i prosvetljuje

   Svet.

 

21,345

Clear thoughts

Are never denied

To any human mind.

 

Jasnih misli

Nije nikad lišen

Ni jedan ljudski um.

 

21,346

You may distrust other's advice,

But never distrust

Your own inner voice.

 

Možeš da sumnjaš u savet drugih,

Ali nikad ne sumnjaj

U sopstveni unutrašnji glas.

 

21,347

A little thought

Can unjustly occupy

   A big mind.

 

Mala misao

Može da uzurpira

   Veliki um.

 

21,348

Doubt does not dare to challenge

The pride of ignorance-night,

   But faith does.

 

Sumnja se ne usuđuje da se suprotstavi

Ponosu noći neznanja,

   Ali se vera usuđuje.

 

21,349

Anybody can say anything he wants to,

But how many can say,

Do and become

The right thing?

 

Svako može da kaže šta god hoće,

Ali koliko njih može da kaže,

Učini i postane

Ono pravo?

 

21,350

The heart works

Twenty-four hours a day,

Seven days a week,

Three-hundred sixty-five days a year

   For God,

Yet we do not love our heart

   Unreservedly.

 

Srce radi

Dvadeset četiri sata dnevno,

Sedam dana nedeljno,

Trista šezdeset pet dana godišnje

   Za Boga,

Pa opet mi ne volimo svoje srce

   Bezrezervno.

 

21,351

There are many questions

That do not need to be answered by God

In my life,

   Such as:

When will I realise God?

Is God pleased with me?

 

Ima mnogo pitanja

U mom životu

Na koja Bog ne mora da odgovori,

   Kao što su:

Kada ću ostvariti Boga?

Da li je Bog zadovoljan mnome?

 

21,352

True, we cannot undo the past,

But we can make the present

   And the future

Beautiful, extreemely beautiful.

 

Istina, mi ne možemo da poništimo prošlost,

Ali možemo da sadašnjost

   I budućnost

Učinimo lepim, izuzetno lepim.

 

21,353

The aspiring heart

Is for appreciation.

 

Srce koje teži

Dostojno je uvažavanja.

 

21,354

The desiring mind

Is for depreciation.

 

Um pun želja

Dostojan je prezira.

 

21,355

So often

Succes harms us.

 

Uspeh nam

Veoma često škodi.

 

21,356

Progress is always

Illumining and fulfilling.

 

Napredak je uvek

Prosvetljujući i ispunjujući.

 

21,357

Do not be afraid of failure,

If you want great achievement

   In your life.

 

Ne plaši se neuspeha

Ako hoćeš da u životu

   Postigneš velike stvari.

 

21,358

If you want to succeed,

There is only one way:

   Proceed.

 

Ako želiš da uspeš,

Postoji samo jedan način:

   Nastavi dalje.

 

21,359

If you want to live

   In tomorrow’s reality,

Then you are not getting anything

   From today’s divinity.

 

Ako želiš da živiš

   U sutrašnjoj stvarnosti,

Onda ne dobijaš ništa

   Od današnje božanstvenosti.

 

21,360

Forget the misdeeds of others.

Forgive your own misdeeds.

Lo, happiness is all yours.

 

Zaboravi nedela drugih.

Oprosti sebi sopstvena nedela.

Gle, sreća je potpuno tvoja.

 

21,361

Success in spirituality

Is not bound

To only one road.

 

Uspeh u duhovnosti

Nije ograničen

Na samo jedan put.

 

21,362

Life has only one

Supreme motto:

   Here and now.

 

Život ima samo jedan

Vrhunski moto:

   Sada i ovde.

 

21,363

Sincerity simplifies

Complexity.

 

Iskrenost pojednostavljuje

Zamršenost.

 

21,364

Dreams can become real

Only when we work diligently

   With our dreams.

 

Snovi mogu postati stvarnost

Jedino kad marljivo radimo

   Na svojim snovima.

 

21,365

Singing is good

   For the mind.

 

Pevanje je dobro

   Za um.

 

21,366

Climbing is good

   For the heart.

 

Penjanje je dobro

   Za srce.

 

21,367

Smiling is good

   For life.

 

Osmehivanje je dobro

   Za život.

 

21,368

Be not afraid

   To say no

When doubt wants to intervene.

 

Ne plaši se

   Da kažeš ne

Kad sumnja hoće da se umeša.

 

21,369

Be not afraid

   To say yes

When the entire world

Wants you to be

Part and parcel of it.

 

Ne plaši se

   Da kažeš da

Kad čitav svet

Želi da postaneš

Nerazdvojno jedno da njim.

 

21,370

Build new

Friendship-relationships.

 

Izgradi

Nova prijateljsva.

 

21,371

Rebuild

Broken friendship-relationships.

 

Popravi

Narušena prijateljstva.

 

21,372

If you disappoint yourself,

God will never appoint you.

 

Ako razočaraš sam sebe,

Bog te nikad neće naimenovati.

 

21,373

Hope

Cheerfully lives

   In us.

 

Nada

Radosno živi

   U nama.

 

21,374

Promise

Powerfully lives

   For the world.

 

Obećanje

Moćno živi

   Za svet.

 

21,375

Smiles

Strengthen

   My life.

 

Osmesi

Osnažuju

   Moj život.

 

21,376

Tears

Immortalise

   My heart.

 

Suze

Obesmrćuju

   Moje srce.

 

21,377

Do not try to impress.

Just try to express candidly

What you have and what you are.

 

Ne trudi se da impresioniraš.

Samo se potrudi da iskreno izraziš

Ono što imaš i ono što jesi.

 

21,378

Overconfident people

   Are always

Pillars of failure.

 

Previše samopouzdani ljudi

   Uvek su

Namenjeni da ne uspeju.

 

21,379

The mind is a house.

Try to make it a home,

   Like the heart.

 

Um je kuća.

Pokušaj da od njega načiniš dom,

   Kao što je to srce.

 

21,380

Life is not

A thought to think.

 

Život nije

Misao da se misli.

 

21,381

Life is

A song to sing.

 

Život je

Pesma da se peva.

 

21,382

When I misuse

   A moment,

The entire day denies me.

 

Kad zloupotrebim

  Neki trenutak,

Čitav dan me se odriče.

 

21,383

Either forget impossibility's challenge

Or challenge impossibility's pride

   To become truly happy.

 

Ili zaboravi izazov nemogućnosti

Ili izazovi ponos nemogućnosti

   Da bi postao iskreno srećan.

 

21,384

You can be

An all-loving emperor

In your heart’s beauty.

 

Ti možeš da budeš

Kralj sveopšte ljubavi

U lepoti svoga srca.

 

21,385

A continuous

Success-seeker

   I was.

 

Stalno tragah

Za uspehom.

 

21,386

A slow and steady

Progeess-dreamer

   I now am.

 

Sad polako, ali sigurno,

Sanjam o napretku.

 

21,387

The stupid mind

Challenges change.

 

Glupavi um

Suprotstavlja se promeni.

 

21,388

A wise heart

Embraces change.

 

Mudro srce

Oberučke dočekuje promenu.

 

21,389

This world was created

According to God’s Plans.

He is in full control.

Our interference shall bring about

   Immediate disaster.

 

Ovaj svet je stvoren

U skladu sa Božjim Zamislima.

On ga u potpunosti kontroliše.

Naše mešanje dovešće do

   Trenutne katastrofe.

 

21,390

Life is, indeed,

An unfathomable gift

   From Above.

 

Život je, uistinu,

Neizmerni dar

   Odozgo.

 

21,391

Do not trust the mind.

It is never too late to go back

   To the heart-school.

 

Ne veruj umu.

Nikad nije kasno da se vratiš

   U školu srca.

 

21,392

Every morning

I multiply my devotion-heart

   By my surrender-life.

 

Svakog jutra

Ja pomnožim moje srce posvećenosti

   Mojim životom predanosti.

 

21,393

Happiness is found

Only in the vision-eye

   Of courage.

 

Sreća se nalazi

Samo u oku vizije

   Smelosti.

 

21,394

   My mind-distance

Is very long and uninspiring.

   My heart-distance

Is very short and eventful.

 

   Staza moga uma

Veoma je duga i neinspirativna.

   Staza moga srca

Veoma je kratka i puna zbivanja.

 

21,395

A God-seeker has come

   To lift the world

And not to lean on the world.

 

Bogotražitelj dolazi

   Da uzdigne svet,

A ne da se osloni o svet.

 

21,396

If you want to be

Eternally happy,

Never say "never".

 

Ako hoćeš da budeš

Večito srećan,

Nikad ne reci "nikad".

 

21,397

Freedom

Has no responsibility

But interdependance has.

 

Sloboda

Nema odgovornosti,

Ali međuzavisnost ima.

 

21,398

Give equal importance

To others’ good deeds

And to your own misdeeds.

 

Pridaj podjednak značaj

Dobrim delima drugih

I tvojim sopstvenim nedelima.

 

21,399

A short pleasure

Always gives birth to

A long, very long repentance.

 

Kratkotrajno zadovoljstvo

Uvek rađa

Dugo, veoma dugo kajanje.

 

21,400

Optimism is the mind’s salvation,

The heart’s liberation

   And

The life’s perfection.

 

Optimizam je spasenje uma

Oslobođenje srca

   I

Savršenstvo života.

Prevod: Goran Bojić