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.
KABIRMusic without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
More Kabir Quotes
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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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 truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.
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Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
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If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.
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As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero. When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of the Teacher is over.
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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.
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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.
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Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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I don’t think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
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