6695. BITTER IS THE SOUND-LIFE

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Sweet was the sound-life

Before we accepted the life

Of self-giving spirituality.

But now extremely bitter is the sound-life,

For the silence-life has dawned

And is illumining our heart within

And our life without.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 67, Agni Press, New York, 1983
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