3241. A noisy and hollow boast

```

My outer life is a noisy

And hollow boast.

My inner life is a vain

And intoxicated boast.

My Lord, do give me the capacity

To cease altogether my boasting-life. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 33, Agni Press, 1982
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