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Kabîr says: "Listen to me, friend: He understands who loves. If you feel not love's longing for your Beloved One, it is vain to adorn your body, vain to put unguent on your eyelids."
Source Kabir, Songs XI · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Kabir, the mystic poet of India, it is love that truly brings understanding: without the ardent longing to love the Beloved, that is, God, all outward adornment remains vain. Today, as you get ready in the morning or take care of your appearance, take a moment to turn your heart toward what you love most deeply.
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