As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
KABIRAs long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
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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.
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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
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Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
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Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
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There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
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When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.
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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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