304. I can't follow
I can’t follow God    Because
He wants, instead, to follow me most faithfully.
I follow man
    Because
He wants to lead me constantly.
Staying behind,
    God inspires me
To reach my sun-world.
Staying ahead,
    Man instigates me
To ignore my aspiration-world.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 7, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973