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Kabir Helminski

his portrait is written, not drawn

His portrait is his record: no image survives, and none is needed.

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From His Tongueمِنْ كَلَامِهِ

What is most characteristically human is not guaranteed to us by our species or by our culture but given only in potential. A spiritual master once expressed it in this way: A person must work to become human.