501 - 600

 

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

Aforizmi 21,501 - 21,600

 

21,501

Every morning my heart and I

   Must discover

New ways to please

   My Lord Supreme.

 

Svakog jutra moje srce i ja

   Moramo da otkrivamo

Nove načine da udovoljimo

   Mom Gospodu Svevišnjem.

 

21,502

May the bliss-waves

Of my gratitude-heart

Sleeplessly rise and rise.

 

Neka se talasi blaženstva

Mog srca zahvalnosti

Besano dižu i dižu.

 

21,503

Crying is not enough

To satisfy God’s Wishes.

   Self-giving

Is of paramount importance.

 

Plač nije dovoljan

Da se udovolji Božjim Željama.

   Davanje sebe

Od vrhunskog je značaja.

 

21,504

Where do I live?

I live in the beauty

Of my Lord’s starlit Feet.

 

Gde ja živim?

Živim u lepoti

Zvezdama obasjanih Stopala mog Gospoda.

 

21,505

A doubting mind

   Is, indeed,

A special hazard.

 

Um koji sumnja

   Zaista je

Posebna opasnost.

 

21,506

Every day God blesses us

With secret and sacred hymns

To make the fastest progress.

 

Svakoga jutra Bog nas blagosilja

Tajnim i svetim himnama

Kako bismo najbrže napredovali.

 

21,507

Everything has its origin

In the dust of God’s Feet.

 

Sve potiče

Od prašine sa Božjih Stopala.

 

21,508

At every moment

I must live far beyond

   My mind’s

Obscurity-flooded territories.

 

U svakom trenutku

Moram da živim daleko od

   Mrakom preplavljenih prostora

Mog uma.

 

21,509

God’s Will is extremely easy

   To grasp

When we live only for God.

 

Izuzetno je lako

   Spoznati Božju Volju

Kad živimo samo za Boga.

 

21,510

God the Lover disappears

The moment we become

The doubt-enjoyer.

 

Bog-Ljubavnik nestaje

Onog trenutka kad počnemo

Da se naslađujemo sumnjom.

 

21,511

My Lord,

May my only capacity

Be my constant faith in You.

 

Moj Gospode,

Neka moja jedina sposobnost bude

Moja stalna vera u Tebe.

 

21,512

There is no secret passageway

   From the doubting mind

      To the aspiring heart.

 

Nema tajnog prolaza

   Od uma koji sumnja

      Do srca koje teži.

 

21,513

May my heart-tears

Take care of my life

   All the time.

 

Neka se suze moga srca

Sve vreme

   Staraju o mom životu.

 

21,514

Depression-obsession-seekers

Have no goal whatsoever.

 

Tragaoci opsednuti depresijom

Nemaju nikakvog cilja.

 

21,515

With every failure-sigh,

The human life

Slightly dies.

 

Sa svakim uzdahom neuspeha

Ljudski život

Polagano umire.

 

21,516

May I become the thrill

Of sleepless and breathless

   God-service.

 

Neka postanem ushićenje

Besanog i neumornog

   Služenja Bogu.

 

21,517

My Lord, do give me

What my heart needs,

And not what my life wants.

 

Moj Gospode, daj mi

Ono što treba mom srcu,

A ne ono što želi moj život.

 

21,518

Today’s hope-seed

   Grows into

Tomorrow’s promise-deed.

 

Današnje seme-nada

   Raste u

Sutrašnje delo-obećanje.

 

21,519

Temptation is

The worst possible

Meditation-destruction.

 

Iskušenje je

Najgori mogući

Ruzoritelj meditacije.

 

21,520

Nobody will be able

   To realize

How poor God tries

To illumine our mind.

 

Niko nije u stanju

   Da shvati

Koliko se siroti Bog trudi

Da prosvetli naš um.

 

21,521

Perfection means

The arrival of our life-train

   At the bliss-station.

 

Savršenstvo znači

Ulazak voza našeg života

   U stanicu blaženstva.

 

21,522

The human life

   Is full of

Unreceptivity-knots.

 

Ljudski je život

   Pun

Čvorova neprijemčivosti.

 

21,523

Even an iota of impurity

   In the mind

Can destroy the beauty

Of our God-gratitude-heart.

 

Čak i mrvica nečistote

   U umu

Može da uništi lepotu

Našeg Bogu zahvalnog srca.

 

21,525

God’s Compassion-Fountain-Eye

   Is

My life’s only nourishment.

 

Božje Izvor-Oko Samilosti

  Jedina je

Hrana mog života.

 

21,528

A single God-thought

Can bring about

A thousand blessings.

 

Jedna jedina misao o Bogu

Može da donese

Hiljade blagoslova.

 

21,527

May my life everyday

   Bow and bow

In humility-prayers

   To God.

 

Neka se moj život svakog dana

   Klanja i klanja

   Bogu

U poniznim molitvama.  

 

21,528

Man’s gratitude-tears

Provide him with

The fastest inner speed.

 

Čovekove suze zahvalnosti

Daju mu

Najveću unutrašnju brzinu.

 

21,529

The heart’s newness-dawn

   Becomes

The life’s fulness-day.

 

Zora novine srca

   Postaje

Punoća dana života.

 

21,530

My life must reach

   The topmost

Aspiration-sky.

 

Moj život mora da dosegne

   Najviše

Nebo težnje.

 

21,531

God’s Forgiveness-Heart-Pen

   Cancels

All our blunders.

 

Pero Oproštaja Božjeg Srca

   Briše

Sve naše greške.

 

21,532

A godless life

Is an endless

Heart-torture.

 

Život lišen Boga

Beskrajno je

Mučenje srca.

 

21,533

Each time I see my Master,

The human in me surrenders,

   Only to be embraced

By the divine in my Lord.

 

Svaki put kad vidim mog Učitelja,

Ljudsko u meni se predaje,

   Samo da bi ga zagrlilo

Božansko u mom Gospodu.

 

21,534

May my sweetness-heart

Invite each and every

God-seeker and God-lover.

 

Neka moje srce slatkoće

Prizove sve

Tragaoce za Bogom i zaljubljenike u Boga.

 

21,535

No mind-wanderer

Can ever find

The heart-harbour.

 

Niko čiji um luta

Nikad ne može naći

Luku srca.

 

21,536

We must not allow

Any opportunity-moment

   To fly away.

 

Ne smemo dopustiti

Nijednom trenutku-prilici

   Da proleti.

 

21,537

My Master’s Eye

   Is at once

The body and the soul

   Of my life.

 

Oko mog Učitelja

   U isto vreme je

Telo i duša

   Mog života.

 

21,538

The Master’s smiles

Are the thrills

In our fights against

Ignorance-night.

 

Osmesi mog Učitelja

Trenuci su ushićenja

U našoj borbi

Protiv noći neznanja.

 

21,539

Every time I have

A genuine and self-giving life,

I feel God the Rapture

   Enrapturing me.

 

Svaki put kad je moj život

Istinski i samodajući

Osećam da me obuzima

   Bog-Ekstaza.

 

21,540

Every sincere willingness-attempt

   Unmistakably counts.

 

Svaki iskren napor učinjen sa voljnošću

   Nesumnjivo se računa.

 

21,541

We must no longer

Remain under

The heavy mind-weight.

 

Ne smemo se više

Zadržavati

Pod teškim um-teretom.

 

21,542

If we do not go beyond

   Our mind-domain,

We will never be able

To converse with God.

 

Ako ne izađemo izvan

   Teritorije našeg uma

Nikad nećemo moći

Da razgovaramo sa Bogom.

 

21,543

When we pray sincerely,

We can definitely see

God’s inner Sun

Shining upon us.

 

Kada se iskreno molimo,

Zaista možemo da vidimo

Kako Božje unutrašnje Sunce

Sija na nas.

 

21,544

We must accept

Both the outer way

And the inner way

   To realise God.

The outer way is dedication.

The inner way is aspiration.

 

Moramo da prihvatimo

I spoljašnji način

I unutrašnji način

   Ostvarenja Boga.

Spoljašnji način je posvećenost.

Unutrašnji način je težnja.

 

21,545

There is no human being

Who has not breathed

   A helpless sigh.

 

Nema ljudskog bića

Koje nikad nije ispustilo

   Bespomoćni uzdah.

 

21,546

The ego is a false

Mind-building-builder.

 

Ego je lažni

Graditelj zgrade uma.

 

21,547

Every day I pray

Only to become

A tiny speck of dust

On my Lord’s Compassion-Road.

 

Svakog se dana molim

Jedino da postanem

Zrnce prašine

Na Putu Samilosti Mog Gospoda.

 

21,548

To love God unconditionally

Is to enjoy a thousands victories

   Divinely and proudly.

 

Voleti Boga bezuslovno

Znaći uživati u hiljadama pobeda

   Božanski i ponosno.

 

21,549

Yesterday

An ignorance-captured dust-life

   I was.

 

Juče

Neznanjem zarobljen prah-život

   Ja bejah.

 

21,550

Today

A Heaven-soaring flying bird

   I am.

 

Danas

K nebu ustremljena ptica raširenih krila

   Ja sam.

 

21,551

Keep struggling!

You are bound

   To succeed.

 

Nastavi da se boriš!

Nesumnjivo ćeš

   Uspeti.

 

21,552

My life-river

Is sooner or later

Destined to reach

My Lord’s Compassion-Feet.

 

Reci mog života

Suđeno je da

Pre ili kasnije

Dosegne

Samilosna Stopala mog Gospoda.

 

21,553

To live cheerfully

Without our desires being fulfilled

   Is a tremendous victory.

 

Živeti radosno

A da nam želje nisu ispunjene

   Ogromna je pobeda.

 

21,554

Every day I sit at the foot

Of my Lord’s Compassion-Tree

   And devour

His Compassion-Fruits.

 

Svakog dana sedim u podnožju

Drveta Samilosti mog Gospoda

   I halapljivo jedem

Njegovo Samilost-Voće.

 

21,555

There is only one room

In the heart of a God-lover’s life:

   Surrender.

 

Ima samo jedna soba

U srcu života zaljubljenika u Boga:

   Predaja.

 

21,556

May my heart-temple

Always remain ready

   To receive

My Lord Supreme.

 

Neka hram mog srca

Uvek bude spreman

   Da primi

Mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

21,557

My Lord

Dearly loves to play

With my heart’s streaming tears.

 

Moj Gospod

Veoma voli da se igra

Sa bujicama suza moga srca.

 

21,558

My Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart

At every moment

I need.

 

Srce Oproštaja mog Gospoda

Potrebno mi je

U svakom trenutku.

 

21,559

My Supreme asks me:

Do I really love

His Compassion-Eye?

 

Moj Svevišnji me pita:

Volim li zaista

Njegovo Samilosno Oko?

 

21,560

My Supreme asks me:

Do I really need

His Forgiveness-Heart?

 

Moj Svevišnji me pita:

Da li mi zaista treba

Njegovo Srce Oproštaja?

 

21,561

No pride is tolerable,

Specially

Ignorance-pride.

 

Nikakav se ponos ne može tolerisati,

A posebno ne

Neznalački ponos.

 

21,562

Restlessness

And uselessness

Are roommates.

 

Uznemirenost

I beskorisnost su

Cimeri.

 

21,563

A life surrendered

To God-Happiness

Is a one-way street.

 

Život predan

Božjoj Sreći

Jednosmerna je ulica.

 

21,564

Ignorance-destruction

Or ignorance-illumination:

I must choose one of the two.

 

Uništenje neznanja

Ili prosvetljenje neznanja:

Jedno od ta dva moram odabrati.

 

21,565

Just a second

Of God’s Smile

Is my Eternity’s Treasure.

 

I sekunda

Božjeg Omeha

Moje je večno blago.

 

21,566

This moment I try to envelop

The human in me.

The next moment I try to develop

The divine in me.

 

Čas pokušavam da obuhvatim

Ljudsko u meni.

Čas nastojim da razvijem

Božansko u meni.

 

21,567

My soul commands me

To imprison

All my undivine thoughts,

And I obey my soul.

 

Moja duša mi zapoveda

Da utamničim

Sve moje nebožanske misli,

A ja slušam moju dušu.

 

21,568

The beauty

Of experience-transcendence

Is unimaginable.

 

Lepota

Iskustva-prevazilaženja

Nezamisliva je.

 

21,569

I live

In the fragrance

Of my God-surrender-prayer.

 

Ja živim

U mirisu

Molitve moje predaje Bogu.

 

21,570

From today on

There shall be no worries

To terrorise my mind.

 

Od danas

Brige neće više

Terorisati moj um.

 

21,571

A life without anxieties

Is the life of

A God-surrender-lover.

 

Život bez strepnji

Život je

Predanog zaljubljenika u Boga.

 

21,572

O seeker,

Never allow yourself

To be haunted

By the fear of failure.

 

O tragaoče,

Nikad ne dozvoli sebi

Da te opseda

Strah od neuspeha.

 

21,573

When God and I have

Animated discussions,

God gets much more joy

Then I do.

 

Kad Bog i ja

Živahno raspravljamo,

Bog se mnogo više raduje

Od mene.

 

21,574

Each aspiring heart

Is a flying banner

Signalling the supreme Victory

Of the Lord Supreme.

 

Svako srce koje teži

Razvijena je zastava

Vrhunske Pobede

Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

21,575

A pure thought

Is nothing short of

A rainbow-beauty.

 

Čista misao

Lepa je

Poput duge.

 

21,576

O God-surrendered seeker,

On you march

To your inevitable victory.

 

O tragaoče predan Bogu,

Stupaj napred

U svoju sigurnu pobedu.

 

21,577

Only a genuine God-lover

Is

An indisputable genius.

 

Jedino je

Istinski zaljubljenik u Boga

Nesumnjivi genije.

 

21,578

This moment

The mind can be an unreliable friend.

The next moment

The mind can be infinitely worse:

A despicable enemy.

 

Um je

Čas nepouzdan prijatelj,

Čas nešto beskrajno gore:

Podli neprijatelj.

 

21,579

Delight born in Heaven

Is the only thing

My heart desires.

 

Blaženstvo rođeno na Nebesima

Jedina je stvar

Koju moje srce želi.

 

21,580

May my aspiration-heart

Grow into

An ever-increasing smile.

 

Neka moje srce težnje

Preraste

U osmeh koji se stalno širi.

 

21,581

If a good thought

Is not put into practice

Then it has no value.

 

Ako se dobra misao

Ne sprovede u praksi,

Ona ništa ne vredi.

 

21,582

Each soul is

An inexaustible supply

Of God's Love.

 

Svaka duša je

Neiscrpni rezervoar

Božje Ljubavi.

 

21,583

Mine is

A non-stop longing

For God-satisfaction.

 

Ja neprekidno

Žudim

Da zadovoljim Boga.

 

21,584

A true seeker

Needs

A flexibility-mind.

 

Istinskom tragaocu

Potreban je

Elastičan um.

 

21,585

No patience-light,

No success-delight.

 

Bez svetlosti strpljenja

Nema blaženstva uspeha.

 

21,586

O my mind,

Burn the past.

You will not only be happy

But also perfect.

 

O moj ume,

Spali prošlost.

Ne samo da ćeš biti srećan,

Već i savršen.

 

21,587

If you want to treasure

God's Heart-World,

Then you must discard

Your longing for pleasure-world.

 

Ako hoćeš da prigrliš

Svet Božjeg Srca,

Moraš da odbaciš

Svoju čežnju za svetom zadovoljstva.

 

21,588

The divine love

Can definitely melt

The God-unwillingness-mind.

 

Božanska ljubav

Nesumnjivo može da smekša

Um nevoljan Bogu.

 

21,589

The life of desire

Has the capacity

To eclipse our divine vision.

 

Život želja

U stanju je

Da pomrači našu božansku viziju.

 

21,590

If it is true God-worship,

Then it will definitely make us

As humble as the grass.

 

Ako istinski služimo Bogu,

To će nas sigurno učiniti

Poniznim poput vlati trave.

 

21,591

Frustration mounts

When Compassion fades.

 

Frustracija raste

Kad Samilost slabi.

 

21,592

Each human being has to wrestle

With ignorance-power

Before he can sit

At God's Feet.

 

Svako ljudsko biće mora da se rve

Sa snagom neznanja

Da bi moglo da sedne

Do Božjih Stopala.

 

21,593

Promise-announcement

Is not enough.

Promise-fulfilment

Is of supreme importance.

 

Dati obećanje

Nije dovoljno.

Ispuniti obećanje

Vrhunski je važno.

 

21,594

As the mind knows

How to protest,

Even so, I must know

How to arrest the mind.

 

Pošto um zna

Kako da se buni,

I ja moram da znam

Kako da zauzdam um.

 

21,595

Negativity

Is an incalculable

Power.

 

Negativnost je

Neizmerna moć.

 

21,596

O my mind,

Surrender to God's Will

If you want to enjoy

The galaxies of satisfaction-delight.

 

O moj ume,

Predaj se Božjoj Volji

Ako hoćeš da uživaš

Galaksije blaženog zadovoljstva.

 

21,597

No heart-tear

Can ever

Be useless.

 

Suza srca

Nikad ne može biti

Beskorisna.

 

21,598

My life-incapacities

And my heart-capacities

I have cheerfully placed

At the Feet

Of my Lord Supreme.

 

Nesposobnosti mog života

I sposobnosti mog srca

Radosno sam položio

Pred Stopala

Mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

21,599

Desire-fulfilment-hunger

I was.

 

Glad za ispunjenjem želje

Bejah.

 

21,600

Aspiration-fulfilment-meal

I now am.

 

Obed ispunjenja težnje

Sada sam.

Prevod: Goran Bojić