2578. YOU WERE AN ANGEL

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Yesterday you were an angel.

Do you know why?

Because you did not exploit

Your purity-heart.

Today you are a demon.

Do you know why?

Because you have invited

Wild dissatisfaction

To dine with your purity-heart.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 26, Agni Press, New York, 1982
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