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“O ye dwellers of the Kingdom!…” |
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O ye
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dwellers of the Kingdom!
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Thank ye God that ye have turned your faces toward
the Kingdom of Abha, and are yearning for the
outpouring of the Exalted Realm. Ye are accepted in
the Threshold of the True One and are chosen by the
Most Great Guidance!
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Briefly it is as follows: The moth is a sacrifice to
the candle. The spring is a sacrifice to the thirsty one.
The sincere lover is a sacrifice to the loved one and the
longing one is a sacrifice to the beloved. The point
lies in this: He must wholly forget himself, become a
wanderer (in the Abode of the Beloved) enamoured
with His Tresses. He must consign to oblivion the
body and soul, the life, comfort and existence. He
must seek the good pleasure of the True One; desire
the Face of the True One; and walk in the Path of the
True One. He must become intoxicated with His Cup,
resigned in His Hand and close the eyes to life and living,
in order that he may shine like unto the Light of
Truth from the Horizon of Eternity. This is the first
station of sacrifice.
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The second station of sacrifice is as follows: Man
must become severed from the human world, be delivered
from the contingent gloominess, the illumination
of mercifulness must shine and radiate in him, the nether
world become as non-existent and the Kingdom become
manifest. He must become like unto the iron thrown
within the furnace of fire. The qualities of iron, such
as blackness, coldness and solidity which belong to the
earth disappear and vanish while the characteristics of
fire, such as redness, glowing and heat, which belong to
the Kingdom become apparent and visible. Therefore,
iron hath sacrificed its qualities and grades to the fire,
acquiring the virtues of that element.
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Likewise, when the souls are released from the fetters
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of the world, the imperfections of mankind and that
animalistic darkness, and have stepped into the Realm
of Abstraction, have partaken a share from the outpouring
of the Placeless and have acquired lordly perfections,
they are the “ransomed ones” (or the martyrs)
of the Sun of Truth, who are hastening to the
altar of heart and soul.
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To fifteen members of the Chicago assembly.
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