16. I ascend and descend

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With my aspiration-light

I ascend from darkness-cave.

Therefore

God loves me openly.

With my Realisation-might

I descend from Illumination-palace.

Therefore

God embraces me proudly. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Goal is Won, Sri Chinmoy Centre, New York, 1974
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