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

 

57 jazz musicians, Photo by Art Kane, harlem 1958

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, #82 Persian)
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"Let it now be seen what your endeavors in the path of detachment will reveal."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

The mystic and wondrous Bride, hidden ere this beneath the veiling of utterance, hath now, by the grace of God and His divine favor, been made manifest even as the resplendent light shed by the beauty of the Beloved. I bear witness, O friends! that the favor is complete, the argument fulfilled, the proof manifest and the evidence established. Let it now be seen what your endeavors in the path of detachment will reveal. In this wise hath the divine favor been fully vouchsafed unto you and unto them that are in heaven and on earth. All praise to God, the Lord of all Worlds.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words)

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" ...that they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust ..."

He Is the Glory of Glories

THIS is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. We have taken the inner essence thereof and clothed it in the garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto the righteous, that they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in the realm of spirit obtain the gem of divine virtue.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words)
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"Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart"

 

Degas

O SON OF SPIRIT!

My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #1 Arabic)
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"I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee"

 

O SON OF MAN! 

Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #3 Arabic)
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"Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

O SON OF MAN!

I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #4 Arabic)
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"Love Me, that I may love thee."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

O SON OF BEING!

Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in no wise reach thee. Know this, O servant.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #5 Arabic)
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