991. THE NEIGHBOUR

Your self-importance
Is a clear sign
Of your inner helplessness.

Your self-declaration
Is a clear sign
Of your inner emptiness.

But you are fortunate
    Because
Your self-importance
    And
Your self-declaration
    Have
God-Compassion
  As their immediate neighbour.
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974