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“O thou who art rejoiced at the explanation of the maid-servant…” |
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Thank thou God that He hath sent forth unto thee
such a spiritual and loving sister, who is preserved from
egotism and desires and is rejoiced at the glad-tidings
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of God. Can there be imagined any greater mercy
than this? No! by the One who hath created the
heaven and earth! Blessed thou art, for thou hast inhaled
the fragrances of life from the garden of the
Kingdom of El-Baha before thine ears had heard the
call!
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As to ….….. whom thou hast mentioned, it
behooveth him to seek only the divine bounties and
subjects which lead to the real knowledge of the invisible
(world of God), through the mediation of the
Holy spirit. Then he will perceive the reality of the
triune powers in man, through his innate perception.
For, verily, the sign of these triune powers which exist
in mankind are spirit, mind and soul. The spirit is the
power of life, the mind is the power which apprehendeth
the reality of things, and the soul is an intermediary
between the Supreme Concourse (or Spiritual World)
and the lower concourse (or material world). It, i.e.,
the soul, hath two phases: The higher aspireth to the
Kingdom of El-Baha, and the lights of the mind shine
forth from that horizon (or kingdom) unto its higher
sphere; the other phase inclineth to the lower concourse
of the material world and its lowest sphere is enveloped
in the darkness of ignorance. But when light is poured
upon this phase, and if this phase of the soul is capable
of receiving it, then “truth hath come and falsehood
vanisheth, for falsehood is of short duration”—otherwise, darkness will surround it from all directions
and it will be deprived of association with the Supreme
Concourse and will remain in the lowest depths.
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As to the “voice:“ There are two kinds of voices.
One is the physical voice and it is expressed by atmospheric
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vibrations which affect the nerves of the ear;
the other is the breath of the Merciful, and this is a
call which is continually heard from the Supreme Concourse
and cheereth the pure and holy souls. May it
be beneficial to those who have heard the Call!
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Know thou that the Ancient Light and the Manifest
Beauty (God) hath sown seeds in the soil of existence
and hath irrigated it through His spiritual bounties.
This soil will surely bring forth good plants of divine
gifts; the leaves of this growth are love and union, its
stem is the teachings of the True One and His supreme
laws, and the grain pods are the heavenly blessings
which giveth life to the souls. Depend thou on these!
Depend thou on these! Depend thou on this, and abandon
every imagination and be attracted to the light of
reality and discover both the divine truths and physical
truths!
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Also, know thou that the greatest spiritual and divine
“chaplet” is the Word of God and the Sun of Truth
which penetrateth the reality of the created things and
attracteth the entire soul of man in the world of existence
and shineth forth unto all horizons (or regions).
Hast thou ever perceived a greater “chaplet” than this?
No! by the Splendor of Baha’!
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