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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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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
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
Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Heart Human Yourself
Though One Brahman is the Cause of the Many. Behold but One in all things it is the second that leads you astray.
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Direction Journey Leadership Reason
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
Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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Crown Flower Head Heart Reach Root Yourself
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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Cover Diamond Fools Known
Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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Beloved Heart Listening Myself Vision
Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don’t go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Body Firm Imagination Place Solid Stand Strong Yourself
If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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Experience True Yourself
Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
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Divine Experience Heart Presence Truth
Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Imagination Stand Throw Yourself
The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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Fools Instruction Waste White
If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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Alive Break Ghost Willing
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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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Friendship God Listening Myself

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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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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