admin @ June 21, 2008 # One Comment
“O concourse of divines! Fling away idle fancies and imaginings, and turn, then, towards the Horizon of Certitude. I swear by God! All that ye possess will profit you not, neither all the treasures of the earth, nor the leadership ye have usurped. Fear God, and be not of the lost ones.”
Baha’u’llah, The Proclamation of […]
admin @ February 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In the Baha’i Writings, the world is compared to a tree, and the fruits of the tree are the divine worlds. The fruit is also compared to a state of being:
“This is the fruit of the tree of creation - to be freed from the darkness of the planet in order to enter the […]
admin @ January 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Physical health is considered a greatest gift of God:
“Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts.”
(Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 151)
The body is a carrier of the personality and spirit, and a […]
admin @ December 22, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Excerpts of an interview with a Baha’i discussing the path to certitude in belief in Baha’u’llah is copied below. The video supports the assurance from Baha’u’llah that “no man that seeketh Us will We ever disappoint, neither shall he that hath set his face towards Us be denied access unto Our court….” [1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUv7DgUOCks
“Thou disappointest no […]
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‘Abdu’l-Baha writes that the world is in need of expertise:
“The world of mankind is in need of expert gardeners who may convert these forests into delectable rose gardens, may substitute for these barren trees ones that yield fruit, and may replace these useless weeds with roses and fragrant herbs. Thus active souls and vigilant people […]
admin @ November 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Gaining wisdom from the Teachings of Baha’u’llah is compared to searching in the depths of the ocean and discovering pearls:
“This is the Voice of God, if ye do but hearken. This is the Day Spring of the Revelation of God, did ye but know it…. This is the manifest and hidden Secret; would that ye […]