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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.

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The world will die, but I shall not die.If God dies, then I will die;If he does not die, then why should I die?
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Death God Himself Myself World
The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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Existence Eyes Faith Force Heart Meaning
One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!
KABIR

Away Blind Light Love Reason World
The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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Creation Existence Fall Fruit
A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
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Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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Cover Diamond Fools Known
My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
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Flash Lightening Myself Oneself Sky
What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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Aware Oneself Person Suffering
Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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Caste Myself
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
Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
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Himself Listening Reality Secret Sound
Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Imagination Stand Throw Yourself
Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.
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Evidence Faith Heart Miracle Promise Wait
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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Myself Sick Tree Wander
I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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Blind City Mirrors Myself
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.
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Death Remain Wisdom World

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.

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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.

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