9859. My Mind Derives Satisfaction

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My unlit mind derives satisfaction

From ingratitude-thorns.

My illumined mind derives satisfaction

From a gratitude-flower.

I become ingratitude-thorns

When I want to defeat the world.

I become a gratitude-flower

When I walk with the world

And for the world

In my Lord Supreme. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 99, Agni Press, 1983
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