Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
KABIRAs 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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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
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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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The Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
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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 brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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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!
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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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What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
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If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
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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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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
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