6. In the grand old days

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In the grand old days

My thought was my life’s sole pole-star.

My mouth and my heart,

In forms they were two

But

In spirit they were one.

I saw God, my All.

He embraced me.

He needed my love.

I demanded His Love.

His Love nullified all my

Vainglorious power in a twinkling.

My love developed into

A hushed silence.

In that silence grew a seething

Amazement:

My death in God’s Immortality

And

God’s Immortality in my death

Bloomed in excellence supreme. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Dance of Life, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
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