The sun is within me and so is the moon.
KABIR
KABIR
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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KabirKabir 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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KabirKabir As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
KabirKabir 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.
KabirKabir 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!
KabirKabir A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
KabirKabir 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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