856. Modern and ancient

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Modern art

Is not as bad as you think.

Ancient art

Was not as good as you think.

The modern world

Is not as unaspiring as you feel.

The ancient world

Was not as aspiring as you feel.

Modern man

Is not as undivine as you believe.

Ancient man

Was not as divine as you believe.

Like ancient art,

Modern art embodies its beauty

In its own way.

Like the ancient world,

The modern world reveals its divinity

In its own way.

Like ancient man,

Modern man manifests his immortality

In his own way.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Dance of Life, part 18, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/dl_18