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, God’s Glance and God’s Grace, Agni Press, 2006
