Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
KABIRBe quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
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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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If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
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I’ve burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.Now I’ll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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Path presupposes distance; If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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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 Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don’t grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!
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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
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