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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.

Kabir

The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being; the true God is ever with him.
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God Himself Immortal Kind Man Passive Practice Right
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.
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Body Name People Soul Start Water
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.
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Body Dance Element Joy Play Religion Sorrow Spirit
Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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Crown Flower Head Heart Reach Root Yourself
If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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Alive Break Ghost Willing
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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Burn Follow Hands Home Myself
All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
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Darkness Heart Myself
Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
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Death Remain Wisdom World
Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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Friendship Listening Love Understand
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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Arrogant Beloved Hide Love Power Realize Tree Yourself
When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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God Myself Search See Willing
The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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Counseling Need Professional Serious Thirsty Water
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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Beautiful Flower Friendship Garden Infinite
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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Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man
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 Death End Finding Simplicity
Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
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Finding Listening Truth Yourself

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