22.

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When I am without God, I cry.

I cry because there is no other way

To realise God than to cry

Silently and incessantly.

When I am with God, I shed tears.

I shed tears because there is no other way

To express my eternal gratitude to God

Than to shed tears soulfully and unreservedly. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Lord's Secrets revealed, Herder and Herder, 1971
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