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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?

Kabir

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

Friendship God Listening Myself
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.
KABIR

Distance End God Mindset Silence Stay Talk
Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
KABIR

Holy Shoulder Yourself
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.
KABIR

Arrogant Beloved Hide Love Power Realize Tree Yourself
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.
KABIR

Body Name People Soul Start Water
Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
KABIR

Friendship Listening Love Understand
I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.
KABIR

Body Dance Element Joy Play Religion Sorrow Spirit
My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
KABIR

Flash Lightening Myself Oneself Sky
God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
KABIR

Enough Family God Guest Hungry Myself Provide
When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
KABIR

God Myself Search See Willing
The world will die, but I shall not die.If God dies, then I will die;If he does not die, then why should I die?
KABIR

Death God Himself Myself World
Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.
KABIR

Drink Ocean Run Water Yourself
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.
KABIR

Body Creation Illusion Instrument Listening Music Play
Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
KABIR

Crown Flower Head Heart Reach Root Yourself
Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
KABIR

Forgiveness Game Play Saint
A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
KABIR

Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man

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