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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.

Kabir

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
I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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Laughter Thirsty Water
I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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Myself Quote Scripture See Simplicity
Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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Breathe God Himself Myself Student
The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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Creation Existence Fall Fruit
My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
KABIR

Heart Love Myself Talk
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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Himself Listening Reality Secret Sound
Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don’t go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Body Firm Imagination Place Solid Stand Strong Yourself
There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
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Body Hands Moon Myself Sun
The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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Moon Myself Sun
The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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Counseling Need Professional Serious Thirsty Water
It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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Help One Liner Quest Spirit
The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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Existence Eyes Faith Force Heart Meaning
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 Myself Smile Water
Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.
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Body Finding Illusion Music Play
The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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Labor Learning Over Purpose

The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.

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