15. When I escaped
When I escapedFrom ignorance-river
The ocean of ignorance
Captured me, my earth-body
And
My Heaven-soul.
When I escaped
From the ocean of ignorance
The Infinity of God-Love
And
God-Pride
Embraced me, my all.
Sri Chinmoy, Three hundred sixty-five Father's Day prayers, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974