Kabir

A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.

The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that_x000D_ comes, the petal falls.

The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.

Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There's an ocean inside you, and when you're ready you'll drink.

Wherever you are is the entry point.

When the Guest is being searched for,_x000D_ it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work._x000D_ Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.

It is time to put up a love-swing!_x000D_ Tie the body and then tie the mind so that they _x000D_ swing between the arms of the Secret One you love,_x000D_ Bring the water that falls from the clouds to your eyes,_x000D_ and cover yourself inside entirely with the shadow of night._x000D_ Bring your face up close to his ear,_x000D_ and then talk only about what you want deeply to happen.

Sing such a song with all of your heart that you'll never have to sing again.

There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it! A moon and a sun._x000D_ A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can't hear it!

There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory can’t say a word. I know, I have been crying out to them. The Sacred Books of the East are nothing but words. I looked through their covers one day sideways. What Kabir talks of is only what he has lived through. If you have not lived through something, it is not true.

As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his,_x000D_ all of his works are zero._x000D_ When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead,_x000D_ then the work of the Teacher is over.

Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me, you will see me instantly - you will find me in the tiniest house of time. Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.

I don't think there is such a thing as _x000D_ an intelligent mega-rich _x000D_ person. _x000D_ _x000D_ For who with a fine mind can look _x000D_ out upon this world and _x000D_ hoard _x000D_ _x000D_ what can nourish _x000D_ a thousand _x000D_ souls.

Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.

Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.

Though One Brahman is the Cause of the Many. ... Behold but One in all things it is the second that leads you astray.

Music without words means_x000D_ leaving behind the mind._x000D_ And leaving behind the mind_x000D_ is meditation._x000D_ Meditation returns you_x000D_ to the source._x000D_ And the source of all is sound.

Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.

But if a mirror ever makes _x000D_ you sad_x000D_ you should know_x000D_ that it does _x000D_ not know_x000D_ you.

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