"Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of the heart, and water them with the waters of certitude ..."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

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, #79 Persian)
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"The comb, too, have I given thee that thou mayest dress My raven locks, and not lacerate My throat."

 

O SON OF DESIRE! 

How long wilt thou soar in the realms of desire? Wings have I bestowed upon thee, that thou mayest fly to the realms of mystic holiness and not the regions of satanic fancy. The comb, too, have I given thee that thou mayest dress My raven locks, and not lacerate My throat.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words #79 Persian)
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" ... ye must give forth goodly and wondrous fruits, that ye yourselves and others may profit therefrom."

 

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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 lieth 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, #80 Persian)
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"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, #81 Persian)
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"The best of men are they that earn a livelihood by their calling ..."

 

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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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