V — Some inner qualities
Obedience, inner and outer
Inner obedience, inner obedience:What is it,
If not a divine opportunity?
Outer obedience, outer obedience:
What is it,
If not a glowing beauty?
My inner obedience
Carries me to my Lord Supreme
Sooner than at once.
My outer obedience
Brings me to my Lord Supreme
Slowly, steadily and unerringly.
Sri Chinmoy, Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974, Agni Press, 1975