48. To get up, to meditate

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To get up early in the morning

Is one thing;

To meditate soulfully

Is something else.

If I fail to get up early

In the morning,

How can I meditate?

Again, if I get up

And do not meditate well,

I just torture my poor body.

O my body,

From now on I shall use you

Only for God’s sake.

O my soul,

From now on I shall use you

Only for God’s sake. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 5, Agni Press, 1974
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