16. God-realisation demands

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Austere concentration is not needed

To realise God.

Extensive meditation is not needed

To realise God.

God-realisation demands

Conscious surrender

Of the puny “I”

And expansion-perfection

Of the earthbound life.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 5, Agni Press, 1974
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