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There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!

Kabir

If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
KABIR

Experience True Yourself
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.
KABIR

Forest Laughter Thirsty Water Yourself
When the flower opens, the bees will come.
KABIR

Flower Open Willing
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.
KABIR

Distance End God Mindset Silence Stay Talk
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.
KABIR

Burn Follow Hands Home Myself
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.
KABIR

Himself Listening Reality Secret Sound
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?
KABIR

Death God Himself Myself World
Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.
KABIR

Evidence Faith Heart Miracle Promise Wait
A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
KABIR

Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man
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!
KABIR

Body Hands Moon Myself Sun
If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
KABIR

Listening Reality Secret Truth Yourself
For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
KABIR

Morning Sleep Time Yourself
If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
KABIR

Desire Divine Face Love Satisfaction
The essence of life is in remembering God.
KABIR

Essence God Life Remember
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
KABIR

Day Feeling God Greatness Myself Pilgrimage
The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
KABIR

Existence Eyes Faith Force Heart Meaning

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