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The simplicity of lifeWe were.
The sincerity of the mind
We were.
The purity of the heart
We were.
The divinity of our prayers
We were.
Alas, we do not know
Whether we have deserted them
Or they have deserted us.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 187, Agni Press, 1993