I said to the wanting-creature inside me

I said to the wanting-creature inside me:
What is this river you want to cross?
There are no travelers on the river-road, and no road.
Do you see anyone moving about on that bank, or nesting?

There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman.
There is no tow rope either, and no one to pull it.
There is no ground, no sky, no time, no bank, no ford!

And there is no body, and no mind!
Do you believe there is some place that will make the
soul less thirsty?
In that great absence you will find nothing.

Be strong then, and enter into your own body;
there you have a solid place for your feet.
Think about it carefully!
Don't go off somewhere else!

Kabir says this: just throw away all thoughts of
imaginary things,
and stand firm in that which you are.

~ Kabir (said by Annamalai Swami to be, without a doubt, a jnani)

the fragrance of "I am He"

Swan, tell me your old story.

What country have you come from, swan, what shores are you
flying to?

Where do you rest at night, and what are you looking for?

It’s dawn, swan, wake up, soar into the air, follow me!

There is a land not governed by sadness and doubt, where the
Fear of death is unknown.

Spring forests bloom there and the wind is sweet with the flower
He-is-Myself.

The bee of the heart dives into it and wants no other joy.

~ Kabir, translated by Czeslaw Milosz and Robert Hass