231. The cave-life

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I lived a cave-life

For meditation.

I shunned all my human friends

To gain my only eternal

And immortal Friend.

He came in and said:

“Son, your cave will suffocate me.

I want to live in your palace-life.

It will give me what I admire —

Oneness with the multitudes.”

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Wings of Light, part 5, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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