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I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.

Kabir

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Thirsty

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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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
The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.

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The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.
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Lamp
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.

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Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
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Affair Order
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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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
The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

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The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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Meaning
Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!

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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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The essence of life is in remembering God.

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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.

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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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Move
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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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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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.

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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.

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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 Slander
But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.

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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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Sadness
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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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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Apartment End
Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.

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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Listening
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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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 Willing
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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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

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