I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
KABIRWithin 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.
More Kabir Quotes
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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 to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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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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Be 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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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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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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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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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
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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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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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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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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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Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?
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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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