Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 15

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One petal of a rose withers,

And the entire beauty of the rose

Is lost.

Even so, if one seeker does not offer

His aspiration-heart and dedication-life,

All his fellow travellers

Feel excruciating pangs.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 15, Agni Press, 1983
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