16. Consciousness

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The human in us

Cries and climbs

And climbs and cries.

The divine in us

Smiles and descends

And descends and smiles.

Consciousness

Is the connecting link,

The golden thread that unites

Our heart's climbing cry

With

Heaven's descending smile. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Union and Oneness, Agni Press, 1976
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