"Walk ye in the ways of the good pleasure of the Friend, and know that His pleasure is in the pleasure of His creatures."

 

© Chuck EGerton 2025

O MY FRIENDS!

Walk ye in the ways of the good pleasure of the Friend, and know that His pleasure is in the pleasure of His creatures. That is: no man should enter the house of his friend save at his friend’s pleasure, nor lay hands upon his treasures nor prefer his own will to his friend’s, and in no wise seek an advantage over him. Ponder this, ye that have insight!

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #43 Persian)
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"Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting moment, with thy mind stainless, thy heart unsullied, thy thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified ..."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

O COMPANION OF MY THRONE!

Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep. Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine own abasement be not exposed. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting moment, with thy mind stainless, thy heart unsullied, thy thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified, so that, free and content, thou mayest put away this mortal frame, and repair unto the mystic paradise and abide in the eternal kingdom forevermore.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #44 Persian)
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"Ye bow the knee before your vain imagining, and call it truth."

© Chuck Egerton 2025

 

ALAS! ALAS! O LOVERS OF WORLDLY DESIRE! 

Even as the swiftness of lightning ye have passed by the Beloved One, and have set your hearts on satanic fancies. Ye bow the knee before your vain imagining, and call it truth. Ye turn your eyes towards the thorn, and name it a flower. Not a pure breath have ye breathed, nor hath the breeze of detachment been wafted from the meadows of your hearts. Ye have cast to the winds the loving counsels of the Beloved and have effaced them utterly from the tablet of your hearts, and even as the beasts of the field, ye move and have your being within the pastures of desire and passion.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #45 Persian)
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"The essence of beauty is within the peerless pavilion, set upon the throne of glory, whilst ye busy yourselves with idle contentions."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

O BRETHREN IN THE PATH!

Wherefore have ye neglected the mention of the Loved One, and kept remote from His holy presence? The essence of beauty is within the peerless pavilion, set upon the throne of glory, whilst ye busy yourselves with idle contentions. The sweet savors of holiness are breathing and the breath of bounty is wafted, yet ye are all sorely afflicted and deprived thereof. Alas for you and for them that walk in your ways and follow in your footsteps!

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #46 Persian)
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" ... divest yourselves of the attire of haughtiness."

 

O CHILDREN OF DESIRE! 

Put away the garment of vainglory, and divest yourselves of the attire of haughtiness.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #47 Persian)
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"By My beauty! I have created all things from dust, and to dust will I return them again."

 

blood moon by Margarete P.

O BRETHREN!

Be forbearing one with another and set not your affections on things below. Pride not yourselves in your glory, and be not ashamed of abasement. By My beauty! I have created all things from dust, and to dust will I return them again.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #48 Persian)
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"To give and to be generous are attributes of Mine ..."

 

bloodmoon by Trina Ridvan

O CHILDREN OF DUST!

Tell the rich of the midnight sighing of the poor, lest heedlessness lead them into the path of destruction, and deprive them of the Tree of Wealth. To give and to be generous are attributes of Mine; well is it with him that adorneth himself with My virtues.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #49 Persian)
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