The disciple chooses the manifold fruits of life and tastes them, and the Guru beholds him in joy.

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There is a strange tree, which stands without roots and bears fruits without blossoming; it has no branches and no leaves, it is lotus all over. Two birds sing there; one is the Guru, and the other the disciple: The disciple chooses the manifold fruits of life and tastes them, and the Guru beholds him in joy.

Source Kabir, Songs XLVII · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Kabir, a mystic poet of India, life is like a mysterious tree where two birds sing: the disciple, who tastes the thousand fruits of existence, and the Guru — the spiritual master — who watches him with joy. Today, fully savour something simple (a fruit, a meal, a conversation), imagining that kind and joyful gaze resting on you.

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