18. To starve or feed

```

When

I starve my outer ignorance-night,

God proudly shakes hands with me.

When

I feed my inner aspiration-flame,

God triumphantly embraces me,

My heart, my all. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Giving and becoming, Agni Press, 1974
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