5584. He expects the fruits

```

He does not pray,

He does not meditate.

Yet he expects the fruits

Of prayer and meditation.

Since this is not possible,

He is forced to enlarge

The confines of his despair.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 56, Agni Press, 1983
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