Attachment and detachment
Attachment is my teacher:"God lives in a cave."
I learn.
Detachment is my teacher:
"God lives in a Palace."
I learn.
Attachment demands my body's breath,
The life of the howling finite.
Detachment offers my soul's Promise,
The Light of the beckoning Beyond.
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol. 2, No.10,11, May — 27 June 1967, Boro Park Printers -- Brooklyn, N. Y, 1967
