211. NEVER AND EVER

Never the two shall meet:
   Doubt and faith.
Never the two shall meet.

Never the two shall meet:
   Love and hatred.
Never the two shall meet.

Never the two shall meet:
   Aspiration-flame and desire-cloud.
Never the two shall meet.

Ever the two shall meet:
   God and man,
   Life and death,
   Ignorance-sea and Reality-Shore.
Ever the two shall meet.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, Part 5, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973