" ...My will and the will of another than Me, even as fire and water, cannot dwell together in one heart."

 

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O SON OF EARTH!

Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than Me; and wouldst thou gaze upon My beauty, close thine eyes to the world and all that is therein; for My will and the will of another than Me, even as fire and water, cannot dwell together in one heart.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #31 Persian)
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"The healer of all thine ills is remembrance of Me, forget it not."

 

O BEFRIENDED STRANGER!

The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds of self and passion. The healer of all thine ills is remembrance of Me, forget it not. Make My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #32 Persian)
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"Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of thy heart, and water them with the water of certitude ..."

 

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O MY BROTHER!

Hearken to the delightsome words of My honeyed tongue, and quaff the stream of mystic holiness from My sugar-shedding lips. Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of thy heart, and water them with the water of certitude, that the hyacinths of My knowledge and wisdom may spring up fresh and green in the sacred city of thy heart.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #33 Persian)
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"With the hands of loving-kindness I have planted in the holy garden of paradise the young tree of your love and friendship ..."

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O DWELLERS OF MY PARADISE!

With the hands of loving-kindness I have planted in the holy garden of paradise the young tree of your love and friendship, and have watered it with the goodly showers of My tender grace; now that the hour of its fruiting is come, strive that it may be protected, and be not consumed with the flame of desire and passion.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #34 Persian)
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" ... kindle within your hearts the everlasting torch of divine guidance ..."

 

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O MY FRIENDS! 

Quench ye the lamp of error, and kindle within your hearts the everlasting torch of divine guidance. For ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored, accept naught but purest virtue and deeds of stainless holiness.

(Bahá'u'lláh,The Hidden Words #35 Persian)
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"The wise are they that speak not unless they obtain a hearing ..."

 

© chuck egerton 2025

O SON OF DUST!

The wise are they that speak not unless they obtain a hearing, even as the cup-bearer, who proffereth not his cup till he findeth a seeker, and the lover who crieth not out from the depths of his heart until he gazeth upon the beauty of his beloved. Wherefore sow the seeds of wisdom and knowledge in the pure soil of the heart, and keep them hidden, till the hyacinths of divine wisdom spring from the heart and not from mire and clay.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #36 Persian)

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"This is the river of everlasting life that hath flowed from the wellspring of the pen of the merciful; well is it with them that drink!"

 

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O MY SERVANT!

Abandon not for that which perisheth an everlasting dominion, and cast not away celestial sovereignty for a worldly desire. This is the river of everlasting life that hath flowed from the wellspring of the pen of the merciful; well is it with them that drink!

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #37 Persian)
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