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328 GAUREE, 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 All-pervading 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.