1690. Invited and welcomed
Do you think that ignorance-forceHas no pride of its own?
Do you think that it knocks
At your life’s door uninvited?
I tell you, the undivine forces
Will never darken your heart
Unless and until you have
Either consciously or unconsciously
Invited and welcomed them.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 17, Agni Press, 1981