January 22

I hated myself in order to become good.

On becoming good I realised that I hated not me, but God in the making.

I loved myself in order to become good. On becoming good I realised that it was not I who loved me, but God the Lover who loved God the Beloved.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
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