"This is the river of everlasting life that hath flowed from the wellspring of the pen of the merciful; well is it with them that drink!"

 

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O MY SERVANT!

Abandon not for that which perisheth an everlasting dominion, and cast not away celestial sovereignty for a worldly desire. This is the river of everlasting life that hath flowed from the wellspring of the pen of the merciful; well is it with them that drink!

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #37 Persian)
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"Burst thy cage asunder, and even as the phoenix of love soar into the firmament of holiness."

 

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O SON OF SPIRIT!

Burst thy cage asunder, and even as the phoenix of love soar into the firmament of holiness. Renounce thyself and, filled with the spirit of mercy, abide in the realm of celestial sanctity.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #38 Persian)
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"Barter not the garden of eternal delight for the dust-heap of a mortal world."

 

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O OFFSPRING OF DUST!

Be not content with the ease of a passing day, and deprive not thyself of everlasting rest. Barter not the garden of eternal delight for the dust-heap of a mortal world. Up from thy prison ascend unto the glorious meads above, and from thy mortal cage wing thy flight unto the paradise of the Placeless.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #39 Persian)
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"... loose thy soul from the prison of self."

 

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O MY SERVANT!

Free thyself from the fetters of this world, and loose thy soul from the prison of self. Seize thy chance, for it will come to thee no more.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #40 Persian)
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"Didst thou behold immortal sovereignty, thou wouldst strive to pass from this fleeting world."

 

O SON OF MY HANDMAID!

Didst thou behold immortal sovereignty, thou wouldst strive to pass from this fleeting world. But to conceal the one from thee and to reveal the other is a mystery which none but the pure in heart can comprehend.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #41 Persian)
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"Purge thy heart from malice ..."

 

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O MY SERVANT!

Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #42 Persian)
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"Walk ye in the ways of the good pleasure of the Friend, and know that His pleasure is in the pleasure of His creatures."

 

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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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