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I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

Kabir

Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don’t go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
KABIR

Body Firm Imagination Place Solid Stand Strong Yourself
The sun is within me and so is the moon.
KABIR

Moon Myself Sun
The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.
KABIR

Darkness Lamp Love Secret Soul Truth Universe
The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
KABIR

Creation Existence Fall Fruit
The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
KABIR

Infinite Love Play Sound
There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!
KABIR

Earth Illusion Oneself Reality River Time
The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
KABIR

Fools Instruction Waste White
Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.
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Drink Ocean Run Water Yourself
Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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Holy Shoulder Yourself
Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
KABIR

Death Remain Wisdom World
Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.
KABIR

Body Finding Illusion Music Play
The savor of wandering in the ocean of deathless life has rid me of all my asking: As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in this asking.
KABIR

Myself Sick Tree Wander
Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
KABIR

Body Creation Illusion Instrument Listening Music Play
The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being; the true God is ever with him.
KABIR

God Himself Immortal Kind Man Passive Practice Right
The Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
KABIR

Arrogant Beloved Hide Love Power Realize Tree Yourself
Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.
KABIR

Heart Singing Yourself

I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

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