25. Renunciation

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Lord Supreme,

Do I need earth-renunciation

To love You more?

"My son,

Do I need Love-perfection

To claim you more?"

Lord Supreme,

Tell me the difference

Between my body-renunciation

And my soul-renunciation.

"My son,

Your body-renunciation

Is your clever cry for an immediate escape.

Your soul-renunciation

Is the invention of your ignorance-dream.

"Son, do you love Me?

Then do not renounce,

Do not reject.

Son, do you need Me?

Then accept and perfect."

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From:Sri Chinmoy,My California Redwoods, Agni Press, 1974
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/mcr