There is nothing but water in the holy pools.

I know, I have been swimming in them.

All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory, can’t say a word.

I know, I have been crying out to them.

The Sacred Books of the East are nothing but words.

I looked through their covers one day sideways.

What Kabir talks of is only what he has lived through.

If you have not lived through something, it is not true.

- Kabir ( translation by Robert Bly )