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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.

Kabir

Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn’t give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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Body Name People Soul Start Water
When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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Flower Open Willing
If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
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Desire Divine Face Love Satisfaction
The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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Flow River Yourself
All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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Deep Known Ocean
If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
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Listening Reality Secret Truth Yourself
Stand firm in that which you are.
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Firm Stand Yourself
Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.
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Day Humble Praise Slander
Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Friendship God Listening Myself
When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
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Alive Feeling Guest Yourself
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 purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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Labor Learning Over Purpose
Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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Book Oneself Reading Wisdom
Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Heart Human Yourself
When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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Bride Care Lover Party
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!
KABIR

Confusion Factor Holy Home Laughter Walk Water Yourself

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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