Monday, July 28, 2014

"Set not your affections on mortal sovereignty and rejoice not therein."



"O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal sovereignty and rejoice not therein. Ye are even as the unwary bird that with full confidence warbleth upon the bough; till of a sudden the fowler Death throws it upon the dust, and the melody, the form and the color are gone, leaving not a trace. Wherefore take heed, O bondslaves of desire!"

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh,  No. 75 Persian, p.48







Leonardo DaVinci

Sunday, July 27, 2014

"Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of the heart ..."






"O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Quaff from the tongue of the merciful the stream of divine mystery, and behold from the dayspring of divine utterance the unveiled splendor of the daystar of wisdom. Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of the heart, and water them with the waters of certitude, that the hyacinths of knowledge and wisdom may spring up fresh and green from the holy city of the heart."


-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, No. 78 Persian, p. 50








Leonardo DaVinci

Saturday, July 26, 2014

" ...Thus it is incumbent on every one to engage in crafts and professions, for therein lies the secret of wealth, O men of understanding!"




"O MY SERVANTS! Ye are the trees of My garden; ye must give forth goodly and wondrous fruits, that ye yourselves and others may profit therefrom. Thus it is incumbent on every one to engage in crafts and professions, for therein lies the secret of wealth, O men of understanding! For results depend upon means, and the grace of God shall be all-sufficient unto you. Trees that yield no fruit have been and will ever be for the fire."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, No. 80 Persian, pp. 50-51





Robert Hayden

Friday, July 25, 2014

"The basest of men are they that yield no fruit on earth."




"O MY SERVANT! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit on earth. Such men are verily counted as among the dead, nay better are the dead in the sight of God than those idle and worthless souls"

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, No. 81 Persian, p. 51

Thursday, July 24, 2014

"The best of men are they that earn a livelihood by their calling ..."



"O MY SERVANT! The best of men are they that earn a livelihood by their calling and spend upon themselves and upon their kindred for the love of God, the Lord of all worlds."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, No. 82 Persian. p. 151

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

"I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might ..."




"I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, pp. 100-101
Short Obligatory Prayer

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

..."I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and that Thou art God, and that there is none other God beside Thee."...



"Let him, then, be seated and say: I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and that Thou art God, and that there is none other God beside Thee. Thou hast, verily, revealed Thy Cause, fulfilled Thy Covenant, and opened wide the door of Thy grace to all that dwell in heaven and on earth. Blessing and peace, salutation and glory, rest upon Thy loved ones, whom the changes and chances of the world have not deterred from turning unto Thee, and who have given their all, in the hope of obtaining that which is with Thee. Thou art, in truth, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 100

Excerpt from Medium Obligatory Prayer