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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

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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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Burn Follow Hands Home Myself
All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
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Darkness Heart 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
If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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Experience True Yourself
Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Heart Human Yourself
Stand firm in that which you are.
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Firm Stand Yourself
The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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Creation Existence Fall Fruit
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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Distance Myself Smile Water
Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Friendship God Listening Myself
It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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Help One Liner Quest Spirit
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
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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Confusion Factor Holy Home Laughter Walk Water Yourself
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.
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Guest Intense Search Slave Willing
I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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Bad Finding Myself Person Search Worst
A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
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Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man
The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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Infinite Love Play Sound

Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

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