Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 1

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Who asks you to remain

Buried beneath the soil

Of self-indulgence?

Tell me, who?

Nobody!

I am ready to guide you

Along the age-old path

Of self-discipline —

But are you ready?

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 1, Agni Press, 1983
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