Only Thee. Only Thee.

We must be vigilant on this path.
As we work toward liberation the chains that have bound us,
The Chains we have buried deep within,
Will inevitably resurface.

And what we once thought we had conquered will show its ugly head
And we will be taken aback at our own disdainful actions

And we will sadly wonder how this could be.

We will see, "I am a wretch. I am a wretch.

"Only Thee, Only Thee, can take this from me."
And thus, the battle can be won, once and for all.

But if we have not prepared ourselves well enough,

If we cannot stand up again and fight,

The wretch lives, the wretch lives,

Alas, His Almighty grace cannot be granted.

"The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. " -Sri Sri Yukteswarji