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.
KABIRWhen 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.
More Kabir Quotes
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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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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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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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Stand firm in that which you are.
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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.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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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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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my 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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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
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