So many bodies, so many opinions! But my Beloved, though invisible, is in all these bodies.
There is no life at all without the Beloved;
the Self lives as each and every one.
What, then, 0 friend, are you searching for like a fool?
The object of your quest is within you,
as the oil is in the sesame seed.
As the pupil is in the eye, so is the Lord in the body;
The deluded do not know Him, and search for Him without.
The lock of error shuts the gate; open it with the key of Love.
By opening the door, you shall wake the Beloved.
Kabir says: 0 brother, do not pass by such good fortune as this!

-- Kabir
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The Lord is in me, and the Lord is in you,
As life is hidden in every seed.
So rubble your pride, my friend,
And look for Him within you.

When I sit in the heart of His world
A million suns blaze with light,
A burning blue sea spreads across the sky,
Life's turmoil falls quiet,
All the stains of suffering wash away.

Listen to the unstruck bells and drums!
Love is here; plunge into its rapture!
Rains pour down without water;
Rivers are streams of light.

How could I ever express
How blessed I feel
To revel in such vast ecstasy
In my own body?

This is the music
Of soul and soul meeting.
Of the forgetting of all grief.
This is the music
That transcends all coming and going.
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Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing:
all earth creatures, even the supernovas, sway between these two trees,
and it never winds down.

Angels, animals, humans, insects by the million, also the wheeling sun and moon;
ages go by, and it goes on.

Everything is swinging: heaven, earth, water, fire,
and the secret one slowly growing a body.
Kabir saw that for fifteen seconds, and it made him a servant for life.

A Brief Biography
Introduction

Kabir showed his mystical inclinations from an early age. Being poor and of a low-caste, he did not have the scope of being educated. The muslim texts written in Arabic and Persian were beyond comprehension and the Hindu scriptures were out of boundaries for an out caste like him. Without education and inspite of being an outcaste, Kabir had a keen intellect and a capacity for understanding and analysis far beyond the ordinary.

Kabir assisted his parents from an early age and became an adept weaver. At the same time his hunger for spiritual knowledge kept him so preoccupied that he would keep away for long periods of time much to the disdain of his parents. Yet, by and large he was much loved for he was a kind, soft spoken and well mannered. Without hesitation he would give away anything to the needy, bearing the scoldings and ire of his parents.

Intiation
It is not known who initiated him to the path of Shabbd. Mahavatar Babaji initiated him into Yoga. How could a outcaste learn such high spiritual ways? What did Kabir have that devout Hindus did not have? Kabir was later resented by all for preaching what he had learnt. Sneered and jeered at, he realized that living in Benares, with its strong ideas on idol worship and caste distinctions he would not be allowed peace.

He was seeking a teacher, or Guru, whose disciple people would not dare to sneer at. He found Ramanand. To get him to accept would not be easy as Kabir was a lowly of caste. Kabir came out with a ploy, knowing Ramanand went to the Ganges for a bath everyday, Kabir lay on the steps to the Ghats, and awaited the master.When he did come, his foot touched Kabir’s head by mistake and the master exclaimed ‘Ram, Ram’.

Kabir got up and went away quietly. He then announced that he was Ramanand’s disciple. When Ramanad pulled him up for this, Kabir said, “Sir, I was intiated by you on the steps of the ghat. You touched my forehead with your foot and gave me the mantra ‘Ram,Ram’. Ramanand, a truthful soul could not deny this and accepted Kabir as his disciple.