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O SON OF SPIRIT!

My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

-Baha'i Faith

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O SON OF MAN!

Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.

-Baha'i Faith

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O SON OF MAN!

I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.

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In that cry, are all the cries of the universe sounded, and the chord of the divine reality struck.

The Hidden Words

Submitted by bw@admin on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 20:37

The Hidden Words

by Baha'u'llah

The Hidden Words were mostly revealed in 1858 shortly after Baha'u'llah's return from His retirement in the mountains of Kurdistan. Additional verses were later revealed and added to the work we have today. In the words of Adib Taherzadeh, in his book, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah:

"The chief aim of Baha'u'llah in The Hidden Words is to detach man from this mortal world and to protect his soul from its greatest enemy, himself. The Hidden Words provides a means by which, in the terms of the above analogy, the bird of the human heart can cleanse its wings from the defilement of this world and resume its flight into the realms of God.

Attachment to this world can be described as anything which prevents the soul from drawing nearer to God. Baha'u'llah has taught that this world and all that is therein is created for the benefit of man. He is entitled to possess all the good things he can earn, and enjoy all the legitimate pleasures that life bestows upon him. But at no time must he become attached to them. Baha'u'llah further teaches that man must take a great interest in this life, work for the betterment of the world and assist in the building of a new world order for mankind. Read more...

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