243. He paid three visits to God

He paid three visits to God:

First time he went
With a beggar’s humiliation.

Second time he went
With a seeker’s humility.

Third time he went
With a lover’s oneness.

God questioned the beggar,
God smiled at the seeker,
God caught the lover.
Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Light, part 5, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974