How do I know?⁸

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How do I know

That I shall have a better opportunity tomorrow

To pray to God and to meditate on God?

How do I know

That I shall have the same opportunity tomorrow

To pray to God and to meditate on God?

How do I know

That I shall have any opportunity tomorrow

To pray to God and meditate on God?

How do I know

That God will stay with me tomorrow

In spite of my lengthening lethargy?

How do I know

That God will stay with me tomorrow

In spite of my increasing insecurity?

How do I know

That God will stay with me tomorrow

In spite of my staggering impurity?

Such being the case,

I shall have to depend only on today.

Even today is too much.

Stark temptation and wild frustration

May kill me if I wait for God-realisation

Until the end of the day.

To be sure, there is no tomorrow, not even a today.

All I have is now.

All I can ever have is now.

With now, my preparation begins.

In now, my realisation dawns.

For now, my perfection glows.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,United Nations Meditation-Flowers and To-morrow's Noon, Agni Press, 1978
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