216. Close the door

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Close your outer door;

You will silence the storm.

Open your inner door;

You will shelter the storm-tossed sea.

Close your ignorance-door;

God will be happy.

Close your reality-door;

Nobody will be happy -

No, not even God.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Goal is Won, Sri Chinmoy Centre, New York, 1974
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/gw