756. Three times

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Three times

I looked for a hiding place.

Alas, each time

I failed.

First time

I looked for a hiding place in God.

God did not allow me

To hide inside Him.

He said

I am too restless,

I would not stay inside Him

For good.

He said to me

That I have to

Hide inside Him either

Forever or never.

He knew that I would not

Be able to stay inside Him forever.

Therefore, He did not care

To fulfil my prayer.

Second time

I looked for a hiding place in man.

Alas, it all ended in vain.

Man said to me,

“I shall allow you to hide inside me

On one condition.

You have to offer me daily

A sea of gratitude

And

A sea of plenitude.”

I immediately told man

That his demands were extravagant,

Impossible and unthinkable.

I left man with my transcendental disgust.

Third and last time

I looked for a hiding place

Inside Ignorance-sea.

Lo, I have done it.

And nothing need I

Offer my Ignorance-sea in return.

Here I shall hide,

I shall eternally hide. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Dance of Life, part 16, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
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