Backward and doomed
Mind, my mind,Don't doubt!
Backward to your long-forgotten impurity...
Doomed your life-success
Shall be.
Vital, my vital,
Don't strangle!
Backward to the beast...
Doomed your life-progress
Shall be.
Body, my body,
Don't sleep!
Backward to the stone-life...
Doomed your life-dreams
Shall be.
Sri Chinmoy, Problems! Problems! Are they really problems? part 2, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, New York, 1974