9859. My Mind Derives Satisfaction
My unlit mind derives satisfactionFrom ingratitude-thorns.
My illumined mind derives satisfaction
From a gratitude-flower.
I become ingratitude-thorns
When I want to defeat the world.
I become a gratitude-flower
When I walk with the world
And for the world
In my Lord Supreme.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 99, Agni Press, 1983
