8. Stay with the present

```

Stay with the past.

You will receive

Thunder-kicks from death.

Stay with the future.

You will see

The destruction-frown

Of measureless temptation.

Stay with the present.

You will eat

The Reality-fruit

Of Divinity-dawn. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 16, Agni Press, 1974
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