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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!
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
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Kabir Sahib
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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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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.
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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart
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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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There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!
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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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If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
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Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
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Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
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I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!
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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Wherever you are is the entry point.
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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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