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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
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Benares
Kabir Sahib
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Fishes
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Counseling
Thirsty
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Though One Brahman is the Cause of the Many. ... Behold but One in all things it is the second that leads you astray.
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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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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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The apple blossom exists to create fruit when that comes, the petal falls.
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If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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Wherever you are is the entry point.
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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won't greet twice.
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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.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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