When you take one step towards me⁶

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Although I have an insincere mind,

I frequently think of You, my Captain.

Although I have an impure heart,

I fearfully love You, my Captain.

Although I have a complicated life,

I hesitantly need You, my Captain.

Please tell me what You actually think

Of my insincere mind, impure heart

And complicated life.

“My child, when you use your insincere mind,

Impure heart and complicated life,

It is like taking one step towards Me.

While you are taking one step towards Me,

I go one step farther away.

But if you ever use your sincere mind,

Pure heart and simple life,

Then I tell you,

When you take one step towards Me,

I take ninety-nine steps forward to meet you

And give to your mind

A beautiful Sincerity-Smile,

To your heart,

A powerful Purity-Embrace

And to your life,

A fruitful Simplicity-Oneness.”

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Captain, my Captain, Agni Press, 1994
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