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Prayers & Poems

God! God! God!

Paramhansa Yogananda

by Paramhansa Yogananda, Whispers From Eternity, 1929

Paramhansa Yogananda said that this beautiful poem was given to him by St. Francis of Assisi in a vision.
From the depths of slumber,
As I ascend the spiral stairways of wakefulness,
I will whisper:
God! God! God!
Thou art the food, and when I break my fast
Of nightly separation from Thee,
I will taste Thee, and mentally say,
God! God! God!
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Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, unity;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is sadness, joy;
Where there is darkness, light.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
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