48. To get up, to meditate
To get up early in the morning    Is one thing;
To meditate soulfully
    Is something else.
If I fail to get up early
    In the morning,
    How can I meditate?
Again, if I get up
    And do not meditate well,
    I just torture my poor body.
O my body,
    From now on I shall use you
    Only for God’s sake.
O my soul,
    From now on I shall use you
    Only for God’s sake.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 5, Agni Press, 1974