“Leave thyself behind, and then approach Me.”

"If the loving seekers wish to live within the precincts of the Attracting One (Majdhúb), 1 no soul may dwell on this Kingly Throne save the beauty of love. This realm is not to be pictured in words.

Love shunneth this world and that world too,
In him are lunacies seventy-and-two.
The minstrel of love harpeth this lay:
Servitude enslaveth, kingship doth betray. 2

This plane requireth pure affection and the bright stream of fellowship. In telling of these companions of the Cave He saith: “They speak not till He hath spoken; and they do His bidding.” 3

On this plane, neither the reign of reason is sufficient nor the authority of self. Hence, one of the Prophets of God hath asked: “O my Lord, how shall we reach unto Thee?” And the answer came,
“Leave thyself behind, and then approach Me.”"

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Seven Valleys And the Four Valleys, pp. 54-55


 1. That attribute of God which draws all creatures to Him. 
 2. The Mathnaví. 
 3. Qur’án 21:27