"To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death."

 

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O SON OF JUSTICE!

Whither can a lover go but to the land of his beloved? and what seeker findeth rest away from his heart’s desire? To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death. His breast is void of patience and his heart hath no peace. A myriad lives he would forsake to hasten to the abode of his beloved.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #4 Persian)
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"Say: O brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning."

 

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O SON OF DUST!

Verily I say unto thee: Of all men the most negligent is he that disputeth idly and seeketh to advance himself over his brother. Say: O brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #5 Persian)
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"O SON OF EARTH!"

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O Son OF EARTH! 

Know, verily, the heart wherein the least remnant of envy yet lingereth, shall never attain My everlasting dominion, nor inhale the sweet savors of holiness breathing from My kingdom of sanctity.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #6 Persian)
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"Take thou one pace and with the next advance into the immortal realm and enter the pavilion of eternity."

 

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O SON OF LOVE!

Thou art but one step away from the glorious heights above and from the celestial tree of love. Take thou one pace and with the next advance into the immortal realm and enter the pavilion of eternity. Give ear then to that which hath been revealed by the Pen of Glory.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #7 Persian)
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"Cleanse thy heart with the burnish of the spirit ..."

 

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O SON OF GLORY!

Be swift in the path of holiness, and enter the heaven of communion with Me. Cleanse thy heart with the burnish of the spirit, and hasten to the court of the Most High.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #8 Persian)
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"Hallowed be the Lord, the most excellent of all creators!"

 

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O FLEETING SHADOW!

Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise to the exalted heights of certainty. Open the eye of truth, that thou mayest behold the veilless Beauty and exclaim: Hallowed be the Lord, the most excellent of all creators!

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #9 Persian)
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"Never shall mortal eye recognize the everlasting Beauty, nor the lifeless heart delight in aught but in the withered bloom."

 

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O SON OF DESIRE!

Give ear unto this: Never shall mortal eye recognize the everlasting Beauty, nor the lifeless heart delight in aught but in the withered bloom. For like seeketh like, and taketh pleasure in the company of its kind.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #10 Persian)
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