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I had a bitter quarrel with God.

Many a time He has come to make it up.

But my ire has not allowed me to be in with Him.

Therefore to Him I have said, “God, You have made me the man in the moon, but I wish to be a man of the earth.”

No answer have I heard from Him.

At last I now take in the meaning of His silence.

When evil things torture me I must in no time become the man in the moon. And when ignorance rises to dominate me, forthwith I must be the man of the earth.

From:Chinmoy,Chandelier, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1959
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