165. I love

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I love the distant saint.

I do not want to expose

His impurity.

I love the distant yogi.

I do not want to expose

His insincerity.

But

I do not love the distant God.

I want Him right beside me.

I want to reveal His supreme Divinity. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Three hundred sixty-five Father's Day prayers, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/fdp