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Part III: Sleep-world

His mistakes

He sleeps too much;
Therefore
He desires.

He thinks too much;
Therefore
He cries.

He fears;
Therefore
He fails so soon.

He doubts;
Therefore
He dies so soon.
Sri Chinmoy, The hunger of darkness and the feast of light, part 2, Agni Press, 1974
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