50. Closeness

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On earth,

Closeness is nothing

But physical proximity.

In Heaven,

Closeness is nothing

But the soul's oneness,

Conscious oneness.

In God,

Closeness is nothing

But the song of His Self-amorous,

Self-fulfilling Immortality.

Human closeness is

Our conscious self-giving of the "I"

Which tells us that God is for others

Or

That God cannot be achieved.

But

God is forever and forever

For the seeker,

Who is an instrument of His.

If the seeker

Feels that God is eternally

For the seeker,

Only for the seeker,

Closeness on earth

Will not remain a far cry,

But will become the living breath

Of consciousness-reality

In the seeker's aspiration-life. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Beauty-Drops, Agni Press, 1975
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