"I am so close, I may look distant."
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"Every need brings what's needed. Pain bears its cure like a child. Having nothing produces provisions. Ask a difficult question, And the marvelous answer appears."
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"Love is the soul's light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being."
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"That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful."
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"I want to be where your bare foot walks, because maybe before you step, you'll look at the ground. I want that blessing"
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"Stop, open up, surrender the beloved blind silence. Stay there until you see you're looking at the light with infinite eyes."
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"This is a gathering of Lovers. In this gathering there is no high, no low, no smart, no ignorant, no special assembly, no grand discourse, no proper schooling required. There is no master, no disciple. This gathering is more like a drunken party, full of tricksters, fools, mad men and mad women. This is a gathering of Lovers."
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"Know that the mirror of the heart is boundless. . . Here, opinions become silent, otherwise they will lead you into errors. . . for the heart is sacred - even more the heart is sacredness itself."
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"We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it."
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"When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music."
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"The agony of lovers burns with the fire of passion. Lovers leave traces of where they've been. The wailing of broken hearts is the doorway to God."
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"Come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me"
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"There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come forth. When the brain and the belly burn from fasting, every moment a new song rises out of the fire. The mists clear, and a new vitality makes you spring up the steps before you . . ."
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"There is a basket of fresh bread on your head, yet you go door to door asking for crusts."
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"You are a lover of your own experience ... not of me ... you turn to me to feel ur own emotion"
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"The heart is cooking a pot of food for you. Be patient until it is cooked"
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"Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea."
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"Even though you're not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord."
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"There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again."
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"When the ocean surges, don't let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!"
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