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-328GAUREE, KABEER JEE: One who has the Lord as his Master, O Siblings of Destiny - countless liberations knock at his door. || 1 || If I say now that my trust is in You alone, Lord, then what obligation do I have to anyone else? || 1 || Pause || He bears the burden of the three worlds; why should He not cherish you also? || 2 || Says Kabeer, through contemplation, I have obtained this one understanding. If the mother poisons her own child, what can anyone do? || 3 || 22 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: Without Truth, how can the woman be a true satee a widow who burns herself on her husband's funeral pyre? O Pandit, O religious scholar, see this and contemplate it within your heart. || 1 || Without love, how can one's affection increase? As long as there is attachment to pleasure, there can be no spiritual love. || 1 || Pause || One who, in his own soul, believes the Queen Maya to be true, does not meet the Lord, even in dreams. || 2 || One who surrenders her body, mind, wealth, home and self-she is the true soul-bride, says Kabeer. || 3 || 23 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: The whole world is engrossed in corruption. This corruption has drowned entire families. || 1 || O man, why have you wrecked your boat and sunk it? You have broken with the Lord, and joined hands with corruption. || 1 || Pause || Angels and human beings alike are burning in the raging fire. The water is near at hand, but the beast does not drink it in. || 2 || By constant contemplation and awareness, the water is brought forth. That water is immaculate and pure, says Kabeer. || 3 || 24 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: That family, whose son has no spiritual wisdom or contemplation - why didn't his mother just become a widow? || 1 || That man who has not practiced devotional worship of the Lord why didn't such a sinful man die at birth? || 1 || Pause || So many pregnancies end in miscarriage - why was this one spared? He lives his life in this world like a deformed amputee. || 2 || Says Kabeer, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, beautiful and handsome people are just ugly hunch-backs. || 3 || 25 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: I am forever a sacrifice to those humble beings who take the Name of their Lord and Master. || 1 || Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Pure Lord are pure. They are my Siblings of Destiny, so dear to my heart. || 1 || Pause || I am the dust of the lotus feet of those whose hearts are filled with the Allpervading Lord. || 2 || I am a weaver by birth, and patient of mind. Slowly, steadily, Kabeer chants the Glories of God. || 3 || 26 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the nectar trickles down, distilled from my furnace. I have gathered in this most sublime essence, making my body into firewood. || 1 || He alone is called intoxicated with intuitive peace and poise, who drinks in the juice of the Lord's essence, contemplating spiritual wisdom. || 1 || Pause || Intuitive poise is the bar-maid who comes to serve it. I pass my nights and days in ecstasy. || 2 || Through conscious meditation, I linked my consciousness with the Immaculate Lord. Says Kabeer, then I obtained the Fearless Lord. || 3 || 27 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: The natural tendency of the mind is to chase the mind.
