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Alas,

My heart-temple is always empty

Of worshippers.

My body, vital and mind

Are always absent.

Now I have decided

To have a new temple,

My soul-temple,

And I shall urge my heart

To come and worship there.

I am sure my heart

Will always abide

By my soulful request.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 5, Agni Press, 1983
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