9261. My Life Has No Joy

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My Lord Supreme,

My life has no joy

Because I am listening

To my earth-bound mind

And not to my Heaven-free heart.

“My child,

Since your heart is so pure

And your mind is so impure,

Why do you care for your mind

More than you care for your heart?”

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 93, Agni Press, 1983
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