O world-ignorance,
AlthoughYou have shackled my feet,
I am free.Although
You have chained my hands,I am free.
AlthoughYou have enslaved my body,
I am free.I am free because I am not the body.
I am free because I am the soul-birdThat flies in Infinity-Sky,
Because I am the soul-child that dreamsOn the Lap of the immortal King Supreme.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974, Agni Press, 1975
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