457. REALITY IS NEAR, REALITY IS FAR

Reality is near,
Reality is far.
  When I say God and I
Need each other,
Reality is near
  And
I can touch it.
  When I say I only need God
Or God only needs me,
Then reality is not only far,
But also hopelessly invisible.
Sri Chinmoy, Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, New York, 1975