July 1985
I have to take seven steps in order to become a perfect instrument of my Beloved Supreme:1. Love
2. Devotion
3. Surrender
4. Gratitude
5. Obedience
6. I belong to my Beloved Supreme.
7. Him to manifest in His own Way I came into this world.
If I take all these seven steps cheerfully, willingly and unconditionally, then my Beloved Supreme, without fail, will consider me a supremely chosen instrument, an absolutely perfect instrument of His.
Sri Chinmoy, Gratitude-Flower-Hearts, Agni Press, 1993