object:04.40 - To the Heights-XL
book class:Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol 02
author class:Nolini Kanta Gupta
subject class:Integral Yoga
class:chapter
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Waves come from the immemorial past, they sweep into the unending future;
They who stand on the plains shall lose their foothold and be carried away.
Rise to the dry land of serene heights and let the flood pass by underneath.
There is no other way but to take wings and soar aloft-
Never be tempted to wait and brave the onset of centuries,
The most skilful swimmer is sure to come to grief:
None can stop or retard the inexorable wheel of Time, none who is within it;
Only if you leap up and go beyond can you find the secret that controls it.
This human frame is a thousand-mouthed sponge,
You cannot leave it on the flood-level and hope to find it free from slime and water;
Hold it up, as high as the farthest and bluest skies,
Let it drink in and be satiate with the golden light of the sun.
October 3, 1936
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To the Heights-XXXIX To the Heights-XLI
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