9333. Why Have You Lost Your Inner Joy?

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O truth-seeker,

Why have you lost your inner joy?

You have lost your inner joy

Because you did not value it.

You mistakenly cherished the idea

That you could have inner joy for the asking.

Therefore, you began

Secretly drinking pleasure-soup

With your body, vital and mind.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 94, Agni Press, 1983
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