43. Their fees
I will tell youWhat I paid for my God-realisation:
To God I paid His Fee:
Surrender unconditional.
To my earth-teacher I paid his fee:
Love-flood.
To the Heaven-witness I paid his fee:
Smile-dawn.
To the Time-lawyer I paid his fee:
Silence-sky.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 9, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
