917. I believe in oneness

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I believe in oneness.

A child adds his achievements

To his parents’ achievements.

Thus the three become one.

Here I hear the song of oneness,

Here I see the dance of oneness,

Here I feel the reality of oneness.

But for me to say

A child’s achievements

Equal his father’s achievements

Or

His mother’s achievements

Is sheer stupidity.

You are on the top of the life-tree,

He is in the middle of the life-tree,

I am at the foot of the life-tree.

How can our achievements

Be equal?

But we are one,

Undoubtedly one,

Because we have established

Our inseparable oneness

With the life-tree.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Dance of Life, part 19, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
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