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.
KABIRWhen you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
More Kabir Quotes
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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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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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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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 essence of life is in remembering God.
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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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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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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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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
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As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero. When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of the Teacher is over.
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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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