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Šri Činmoj, "Sedamdeset sedam hiljada stabala služenja", deo 34:

Aforizmi 33,001 - 33,100

 

33,001

Every day I pray to God

   To teach me

His Heart-Language.

 

Svakog dana se molim Bogu

   Da me nauči

Jeziku Njegovog Srca.

 

33,002

Believe, believe!

If you believe,

God will soon

Open your eyes.

 

Veruj, veruj!

Ako veruješ,

Bog će ti uskoro

Otvoriti oči.

 

33,003

The day God appeared in my life,

I immediately felt that

He was not only my real Friend,

   But also my only Friend.

 

Onog dana kad se Bog pojavio u mom životu

Smesta sam osetio

Ne samo da mi je On pravi Prijatelj,

   Već i da mi je jedini Prijatelj.

 

33,004

Every day

I strengthen my faith

In my Lord Supreme.

 

Svakog dana

Ojačavam moju veru

U mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

33,005

Every day

I energise my life

With my love of God.

 

Svakog dana

Okrepljujem moj život

Mojom ljubavlju prema Bogu.

 

33,006

I shall wait for

My Lord's Arrival,

No matter how many centuries

   It takes.

 

Čekaću

Dolazak moga Gospoda

Ma koliko vekova da je

   Potrebno za to.

 

33,007

Like a child, I must give

Everything that I have

And everything that I am

To my Lord Beloved Supreme.

 

Poput deteta, moram dati

Sve što imam

I sve što jesam

Mom Gospodu Voljenom Svevišnjem.

 

33,008

God's Command

Is the only joy

And only pride in my life.

 

Božja Zapovest

Jedina je radost

I jedini ponos mog života.

 

33,009

Only a heart of constant surrender

Is allowed to sit in the Lap

Of my Lord Supreme.

 

Jedino je stalno predanom srcu

Dopušteno da sedi u Krilu

Mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

33,010

God is more than eager

To speak on my behalf

About what I am doing

   Here on earth.

 

Bog jedva čeka

Da umesto mene ispriča

Šta radim

   Ovde na zemlji.

 

33,011

I do not know

How God still tolerates me.

Unconsciously, even consciously

I have spoken ill of Him.

 

Ne znam

Kako me Bog još uvek trpi.

Nesvesno, pa čak i svesno,

Govorio sam loše o Njemu.

 

33,012

Anything that God cherishes

Is also the object

Of my adoration.

 

Sve što Bog ceni

Predmet je i mog

Obožavanja.

 

33,013

God-fulfilment-promises

Never grow old.

 

Obećanja ispunjenja Boga

Nikad ne stare.

 

33,014

Alas,

Is there anybody on earth

Whose path does not zigzag?

 

Avaj,

Ima li ikoga na svetu

Čiji put ne krivuda?

 

33,015

How can there be

Any satisfaction in my life

If I do not please God

Every day, every hour

And every minute

In His own Way?

 

Kako u mom životu

Može biti bilo kakvog zaovoljstva

Ako na udovoljavam Bogu

Svakog dana, svakog sata

I svakog minuta

Na Njegov sopstveni Način?

 

33,016

My Lord, do tell me,

When will You make me

A member of Your Inner Circle?

 

Moj Gospode, reci mi

Kada ćeš me učiniti

Pripadnikom Tvog Unutrašnjeg Kruga?

 

33,017

God-servers are my only

Brothers and sisters

In my aspiration-life.

 

Oni koji služe Bogu

Jedina su mi braća i sestre

U mom životu težnje.

 

33,018

The more I think of God,

The sooner all my misunderstandings

   Leave me.

 

Što više mislim na Boga,

To me brže napušta

 Svo moje nerazumevanje.

 

33,019

Doubt I have seen.

Doubt I have felt.

Again, doubt is the thing

That I have totally rejected.

 

Sumnju sam video.

Sumnju sam osetio.

A opet, sumnja je ono

Što sam potpuno odbacio.

 

33,020

Who can be worthy of God's Love?

   Nobody.

But we can at least try

To be reliable for Him

In so many ways.

 

Ko može biti dostojan Božje Ljubavi?

   Niko.

Ali, možemo bar da se trudimo

Da On može da se pouzda u nas

Na mnogo načina.

 

33,021

We must not barter

Our love of God

For anything else.

 

Ne smemo da trampimo

Našu ljubav prema Bogu

Ni za šta drugo.

 

33,022

God's Heart repeteadly knocks

   At my heart-door.

Alas, my heart-door remains

   Unanswered.

 

Božje Srce stalno kuca

   Na vrata mog srca.

Avaj, vrata moga srca

   Ne otvaraju se.

 

33,023

My Lord has given me

His own Heartbeat

To play a special role

In His Cosmic Drama.

 

Moj Gospod mi je dao

Svoje sopstveno Bilo

Da igra posebnu ulogu

U Njegovoj Kosmičkoj Drami.

 

33,024

My Lord,

What is my first necessity?

„My child,

Self-offering to Me

Is your first necessity.“

 

Moj Gospode,

Šta mi je najneophodnije?

„Dete moje,

Tvoje davanje Meni

Ti je najneophodnije.“

 

33,025

Do not delay!

Choose the side you want

   In life's tug-of-war.

 

Ne oklevaj!

Izaberi stranu koju hoćeš

   U životnoj borbi.

 

33,026

God-separation

Is the most painful suffering

   To a seeker.

 

Odvajanje od Boga

Najbolnija je patnja

   Za jednog tragaoca.

 

33,027

As we travel along the path

Of love, devotion and surrender,

We receive abundant Light and Bliss

   From Above.

 

Dok koračamo putem

Ljubavi, posvećenosti i predanosti,

Dobijamo obilje Svetlosti i Blaženstva

   Odozgo.

 

33,028

Ego-gratification

   Is

Aspiration-heart-starvation.

 

Zadovoljenje ega

   Je

Izgladnjivanje srca težnje.

 

33,029

I refuse to be the slave

Of my desire life

   Any more.

 

Odbijam da više budem

Rob

Mog života želja.

 

33,030

When God comes first,

Everything in life

Is fed by aspiration.

 

Kad je Bog na prvom mestu,

Sve u životu je

Zasićeno težnjom.

 

33,031

I have infinite cries.

God has giant Strides

To come and console me.

 

Ja plačem bez kraja.

Bog ima divovske Korake

Da dođe i uteši me.

 

33,032

Every second

God is desperately trying

   To train me

In His own Heart-Gym.

 

Svake sekunde

Bog se očajnički trudi

   Da me obuči

U Vežbaonici Svog Srca.

 

33,033

We must cherish –

More than our life itself –

The dust of God's Feet.

 

Moramo da cenimo –

Više od samog svog života –

Prašinu sa Božjih Stopala.

 

33,034

Continue moving forward.

Life is, indeed,

A forward march.

 

Nastavi da se krećeš napred.

Život je, zaista,

Stupanje napred.

 

33,035

Simplicity

Is the most powerful beginning

   Of spirituality.

 

Jednostavnost je

Najmoćniji početak

   Duhovnosti.

 

33,036

Day in and day out

I must take the side

Of God's Vision-Eye.

 

Uvek i svagda

Moram stati na stranu

Božjeg Oka Vizije.

 

33,037

Purity

Ushers in

The God-Victory.

 

Čistota

Doziva

Božju Pobedu.

 

33,038

Only Divinity's

Compassion-flooded Smile

Appeals to me and my heart.

 

Jedino Samilošću preplavljeni

Osmeh Božanstva

Privlači mene i moje srce.

 

33,039

My surrender

   Is

My God-closeness-reality.

 

Moja predaja

   Je

Moja stvarnost bliskosti Bogu.

 

33,040

Each day we must try

To ascend to a higher summit-height

To make God extremely happy

And extremely proud of us.

 

Svakog dana moramo da pokušamo

Da se uspnemo do nekog višeg vrha

Da bismo Boga učinili krajnje srećnim

I kranje ponosnim na nas.

 

33,041

God is always trying

To make me

A true and unalloyed seeker.

 

Bog se uvek trudi

Da načini od mene

Pravog i čistog tragaoca.

 

33,042

To my great sorrow,

Is there any day

I do not mistreat God?

 

Na moju veliku žalost,

Nema dana

Da ne maltretiram Boga.

 

33,043

The beauty of nature

   Puts us to sleep

And helps us enjoy

   Beuatiful dreams.

 

Lepota prirode

   Uljuljkuje nas u san

I pomaže nam da sanjamo

   Divne snove.

 

33,044

The fragrance of nature

   Awakens us

To look Above and bring down

God's Compassion-Affection

   In boundless measure.

 

Miomiris prirode

   Budi nas

Da pogledamo Naviše i odozgo donesemo

Božju Ljubav-Samilost

   U beskrajnoj meri.

 

33,045

He who can live in the heart

   Of the Eternal Now

Is the chosen instrument

   Of God.

 

Onaj ko može da živi u srcu

   Večitog Sada

Odabrani je instrument

   Božji.

 

33,046

If my heart is full of love,

Then no outer bad qualities

   Can mar it.

 

Ako mi je srce puno ljubavi,

Onda ga nikakve spoljašnje loše osobine

   Ne mogu pokvariti.

 

33,047

Time stops

Long before I imagine

The Golden Feet

Of my Lord Supreme.

 

Vreme staje

Mnogo pre nego što i zamislim

Zlatna Stopala

Mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

33,048

In my life's aspiration-race,

One day I shall definitely be able

   To see

My Lord's sacred Face.

 

U trci težnje mog života,

Jednog dana ću sigurno moći

   Da vidim

Sveto Lice mog Gospoda.

 

33,049

When I see clearly

That my Lord does not need me,

Yet He showers me with His Blessings,

Affection, Love and Sweetness,

I become happier than the happiest.

 

Kad jasno vidim

Da nisam potreban mom Gospodu,

A da me on ipak obasipa Svojim Blagoslovima,

Nežnošću, Ljubavlju i Slatkoćom,

Postajem najsrećniji na svetu.

 

33,050

The heart that has become

Inseparably one with God's Will

Enjoys freedom within and without.

 

Srce koje je postalo

Nerazdvojno jedno sa Božjom Voljom

Uživa slobodu iznutra i spolja.

 

33,051

Every morning

I replenish my treasury

Of God-loving tears.

 

Svakog jutra

Iznova punim svoj trezor

Suza ljubavi prema Bogu.

 

33,052

Slowly and steadily

I am coming out of

My insecurity-sea.

 

Polako, ali sigurno,

Izlazim iz

Mora moje nesigurnosti.

 

33,053

I must have my feet

   Solidly planted

On the path of faith

If I want God to claim me

As His own, very own.

 

Moja stopala moraju

   Čvrsto stojati

Na stazi vere

Ako hoću da me Bog smatra

Svojim, sasvim svojim.

 

33,054

Close your mind's eye.

Open your heart's eye.

Look! Ineffable beauty from Above

   Is welcoming you.

 

Zatvori oko svoga uma.

Otvori oko svoga srca.

Gledaj! Večna lepota s Neba

   Pozdravlja te.

 

33,055

May my mind be doubt-proof

So that my mind and my heart

Can sing sleeplesly

God's Victory-Song.

 

Neka moj um bude otporan na sumnje

Da bi moj um i moje srce

Mogli da besano pevaju

Pesmu Božje Pobede.

 

33,056

Each time I think of God

I am overwhelmed by

The Sweetness-Beauty

   Of His Eye.

 

Svaki put kad pomislim na Boga

Preplavljen sam

Slatkom Lepotom

   Njegovog Oka.

 

33,057

Because my faith is growing

Stronger and stronger,

I am able to come

Closer and cloesr

To God's Feet.

 

Pošto moja vera postaje

Sve jača i jača,

Mogu da se

Sve više primičem

Božjim Stopalima.

 

33,058

Hours seem as fleeting moments

When I drink deep the Beauty

   Of my Lord's Eye.

 

Sati izgledaju kao trenuci

Kada se opijam Lepotom

   Oka mog Gospoda.

 

33,059

When I desire

To see God's Face,

I use my heart-eye.

 

Kad želim

Da vidim Božje Lice,

Koristim oko mog srca.

 

33,060

When God wants

To see my heart,

He uses His Wisdom-Eye.

 

Kad Bog hoće

Da vidi moje srce,

On koristi

Svoje Oko Mudrosti.

 

33,061

The only journey that matters

   Is my heart's

Heavenward journey.

 

Jedino putovanje koje nešto znači

   Jeste putovanje moga srca

Ka Nebu.

 

33,062

I need to take

A deeper and longer look

   At myself

Before I knock at God's Heart-Door.

 

Potrebno mi je da se

Dublje i duže zagledam

   U sebe

Pre nego što pokucam na Vrata Božjeg Srca.

 

33,063

When we work for

Our God-discovery,

There is no such thing

   As overtime.

 

Kad radimo za

Naše otkriće Boga

Ne postoji

   Prekovremeni rad.

 

33,064

Self-offering

Is the secret code

Of inseparable oneness.

 

Davanje sebe

Tajna je šifra

Nerazdvojnog jedinstva.

 

33,065

We must help purity

To increase its popularity.

 

Moramo pomoći čistoti

Da postane popularnija.

 

33,066

One thing I notice

Everywhere in this world,

And this is peace-poverty.

 

Jednu stvar zapažam

Na čitavom ovom svetu,

A to je oskudica mira.

 

33,067

May my God-longing

   Heart-incense

Burn and burn and burn

And never stop burning.

 

Neka tamjan čežnje

   Mog srca za Bogom

Gori i gori i gori

I nikad ne prestane da gori.

 

33,068

God wants me to enjoy

   Partnership with Him,

But I love to enjoy

   My God-worship.

 

Bog želi da uživam

   U partnerstvu sa Njim,

Ali ja volim da uživam

   U obožavanju Boga.

 

33,069

Again and again

I sleeplessly beg God

To take ownership

   Of my life.

 

Stalno iznova

Besano molim Boga

Da preuzme vlasništvo

   Nad mojim životom.

 

33,070

I do not have to know my future.

My future I have placed lovingly,

Soulfully and self-givingly

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme.

 

Ne moram da znam moju budućnost.

Moju budućnost sam sa ljubavlju,

Duševno i nesebično položio

Pred Stopala mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg.

 

33,071

My soul came into the world

To radiate happiness

Here, there and everywhere.

 

Moja duša je došla na svet

Da zrači srećom

Ovde, tamo i svuda.

 

33,072

God wants each human being

To be the sunshine

For the entire world.

 

Bog želi da svako ljudsko biće

Bude svetlost

Čitavom svetu.

 

33,073

Each prayer has the capacity

   To strengthen

My God-loving hunger-cry.

 

Svaka molitva ima sposobnost

   Da ojača

Moj vapaj gladi ljubavi prema Bogu.

 

33,074

If my mind does not listen

   To my soul,

Then it will one day vanish

Into the mists of obscurity.

 

Ako moj um ne sluša

   Moju dušu,

Jednog dana će iščeznuti

U maglama tame.

 

33,075

We must always give

Our purity-heart

The right of way.

 

Uvek moramo

Dati prioritet

Našem čistom srcu.

 

33,076

Is there anybody

Who has not taken

Years of preparation

To satisfy God in His Own Way?

 

Ima li ikoga

Kome nisu bile potrebne

Godine pripreme

Da zadovolji Boga na Njegov Sopstveni Način?

 

33,077

God gives me His celestial Gifts

   With open Arms,

And He expects me likewise

To give Him an open heart.

 

Bog mi daje Svoje nebeske Darove

   Raširenih ruku,

A isto tako očekuje

Da Mu ja dam otvoreno srce.

 

33,078

When I asked God over the phone

   For Forgiveness,

He said He was eagerly waiting

   For a call from me.

 

Kad sam preko telefona zamolio Boga

   Za oproštaj,

On reče da je željno čekao

   Moj poziv.

 

33,079

Does God ever

   Do anything

To delay our God-realisation?

   No, never!

 

Čini li Bog ikad

   Išta

Da bi odložio naše ostvarenje Boga?

   Ne, nikad!

 

33,080

I was eagerly watching God

Shattering my ego-machine.

 

Oduševljeno sam gledao Boga

Kako trese mašinu mog ega.

 

33,081

God never gives up

My life-transformation-responsibility,

No matter what I do or what I say.

 

Bog nikad ne odustaje

Od odgovornosti za preobražaj mog života,

Bez obzira šta ja činim ili govorim.

 

33,082

When my God-yearning heart

Looks for God's Light,

He immediately

Shows me His Light

   Everywhere.

 

Kad moje srce koje žudi za Bogom

Traži Božju Svetlost,

On mi smesta

Pokazuje Svoju Svetlost

   Svuda.

 

33,083

We are aware of the fact

That we at times feed

Our worries and anxieties.

 

Mi smo svesni činjenice

Da povremeno hranimo

Svoje brige i strepnje.

 

33,084

Today

God wants me to be

His newness-life-partner.

 

Danas

Bog želi da budem

Partner Njegovog života novine.

 

33,085

Tomorrow

God will want me to be

His fulness-heart-partner.

 

Sutra

Bog će želeti da budem

Partner njegovog srca punoće.

 

33,086

The outer suffering

   Comes to an end

When we turn ourselves

Towards the inner light.

 

Spoljašnja patnja

   Okončava se

Kad se okrenemo

Unutrašnjoj svetlosti.

 

33,087

God's solemn Promise

To each and every one is this:

He will never withdraw

His love from us.

 

Božje svečano Obećenje

Svakom od nas:

On nikad neće povući

Svoju Ljubav od nas.

 

33,088

God's Compassion

Carries its own

Absolute Will-Power.

 

Božja Samilost

Ima svoju sopstvenu

Apsolutnu Snagu Volje.

 

33,089

God is all loving

To my surrender life.

 

Bog je sav ljubav

Prema mom predanom životu.

 

33,090

We do not deserve God.

We can only faithfully preserve God

   In our aspiration-heart.

 

Mi ne zaslužujemo Boga.

Mi jedino možemo da verno sačuvamo Boga

   U našem srcu težnje.

 

33,091

God at His own Hour

   Will bless us.

This God-Hour

Is far beyond our ken.

 

U Svom Odabranom Času

   Bog će nas blagosloviti.

Taj Božji Čas

Daleko je izvan našeg vidokruga.

 

33,092

A self-giving life flies up

   Only to see

That God has kept His heart-Door

   Wide open.

 

Samodajući život leti uvis

   Samo da bi video

Da je Bog ostavio Vrata svoga Srca

   Širom otvorena.

 

33,093

The world has countless things

   In endless measure

Save and except one thing:

   Gratitude.

 

Ovaj svet ima bezbrojne stvari

   U neograničenoj količini,

Osim jednog:

   Zahvalnosti.

 

33,094

My God-service

Is nothing short of

My God-delight-experience.

 

Moje služenje Bogu

Nije ništa drugo do

Moje blaženo iskustvo Boga.

 

33,095

I invoke the presence

Of a rainbow-dream

And revoke the license

Of the darkness-night.

 

Ja prizivam prisustvo

Sna duginih boja,

A opozivam dozvolu

Noći neznanja.

 

33,096

Each divine thought helps me

Spread happiness-sunshine

   From my heart.

 

Svaka božanska misao pomaže mi

Da širim svetlost sreće

   Iz mog srca.

 

33,097

At the time of selection

God invariably chooses

Our intense God-hunger-heart.

 

Kad dođe vreme da bira,

Bog uvek izabere

Naše srce intenzivne gladi za Bogom.

 

33,098

Only an unconditional life

Can offer to the world

The peak performance

Of its gratitude-heart.

 

Jedino bezuslovni život

Može ponuditi svetu

Najviši domet

Svog srca zahvalnosti.

 

33,099

I am waiting for the day

When my Lord Supreme

Will inundate this world

With Peace-Beauty

And Bliss-Fragrance.

 

Ja čekam dan

Kada će moj Gospod Svevišnji

Prožeti ovaj svet

Lepotom Mira

I Mirisom Blaženstva.

 

33,100

Are you desperate for God's Love?

Then give up immediately

Your self-love-exhibit.

 

Da li ti je očajnički potrebna Božja Ljubav?

Onda se smesta okani

Paradiranja samoljubljem.

Prevod: Goran Bojić