6. LOST CHARMS

You have lost all your physical charms;
         Therefore
You are no longer called a man of temptation.

You have lost all your vital charms;
         Therefore
You are no longer called a man of danger.

You have lost all your mental charms;
         Therefore
You are no longer called a man of awakening
    beauty.

You have lost all your psychic charms;
         Therefore
You are no longer called a man of enlightening
    duty.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 17, Vishma Press, New York, 1974