"Nature is God’s Will and is its expression in and through the contingent world. "

Butterfly in Dawn's Garden © 2017 Chuck Egerton

"Say: Nature in its essence is the embodiment of My Name, the Maker, the Creator. Its manifestations are diversified by varying causes, and in this diversity there are signs for men of discernment. Nature is God’s Will and is its expression in and through the contingent world. It is a dispensation of Providence ordained by the Ordainer, the All-Wise. Were anyone to affirm that it is the Will of God as manifested in the world of being, no one should question this assertion. It is endowed with a power whose reality men of learning fail to grasp. Indeed a man of insight can perceive naught therein save the effulgent splendor of Our Name, the Creator. Say: This is an existence which knoweth no decay, and Nature itself is lost in bewilderment before its revelations, its compelling evidences and its effulgent glory which have encompassed the universe."
Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh After the Kitab-i-Aqdas

"Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning ..."

O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds."

Bahá'u'lláh, Hidden Words, Arabic No. 31

O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION!

© 2016 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! 

I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me?"

Bahá'u'lláh, Hidden Words No. 13 ArabicI have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me?1

"In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love ..."

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, 
and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. 
Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly.

—	Bahá'u'lláh, The Persian Hidden Words , No. 3

"... His eyes turned not aside, nor did it wander, For he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord."

© 2016 Chuck Egerton, St. Vital Park, Winnipeg, MB

"Then came he (Gabriel) nearer and approached,
And was at the distance of two bows, or even closer,
And he revealed to his servant what he revealed.
His heart falsified not what he saw.
What will ye then dispute with him as to what he saw?
He had seen also another time,
Near the Sidra-tree, which marks the boundary.
Near which is the garden of repose.
When the Sidra-tree was covered with what covered it,
His eyes turned not aside, nor did it wander,
For he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord."
    (Quran, Surah 53: 14)

"In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the Tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits; and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the Tree were for the healing of the nations".
      (Bible, Revelation 22:2)

"The mirror of His knowledge reflecteth, with complete distinctness, precision and fidelity, the doings of all men."

West Hawk Lake, Manitoba - © 2015 Chuck Egerton

"Say: Observe equity in your judgment, ye men of understanding heart! He that is unjust in his judgment is destitute of the characteristics that distinguish man’s station. He Who is the Eternal Truth knoweth well what the breasts of men conceal. His long forbearance hath emboldened His creatures, for not until the appointed time is come will He rend any veil asunder. His surpassing mercy hath restrained the fury of His wrath, and caused most people to imagine that the one true God is unaware of the things they have privily committed. By Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! The mirror of His knowledge reflecteth, with complete distinctness, precision and fidelity, the doings of all men. Say: Praise be to Thee, O Concealer of the sins of the weak and helpless! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou that forgivest the heedless ones that trespass against Thee!"

-Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 204

" ... Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor."

"I HAVE wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense. Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor."

-Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, CLVIII