By lessan | Published:
April 20, 2008
Justice is, in this day, bewailing its plight… O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have pledged Myself not to forgive any man’s injustice. This is My covenant which I have irrevocably decreed in the preserved tablet and sealed with My seal. O ye friends of God! Show ye an endeavor [...]
By lessan | Published:
February 26, 2008
One day in London the Master [`Abdu'l-Bahá] gave His listeners an unusual, imaginative, yet realistic dialogue between the Prophets and men: ‘Always, man has confronted the Prophets with this: “We were enjoying ourselves, and living according to our own opinions and desires. We ate; we slept; we sang; we danced. We had no fear of [...]
By lessan | Published:
December 14, 2007
O SON OF SPIRIT! The bird seeketh its nest; the nightingale the charm of the rose; whilst those birds, the hearts of men, content with transient dust, have strayed far from their eternal nest, and with eyes turned towards the slough of heedlessness are bereft of the glory of the divine presence. Alas! How strange [...]
By lessan | Published:
November 4, 2007
Salutation and praise, blessing and glory rest upon that primal branch of the Divine and Sacred Lote-Tree, grown out, blest, tender, verdant and flourishing from the Twin Holy Trees; the most wondrous, unique and priceless pearl that doth gleam from out the Twin Surging Seas. – Abdu’l-Baha March 3rd, 1896-November 4th, 1957 In a [...]
By lessan | Published:
September 24, 2007
I just got back a book which I had lent to a friend – I’ve really missed it. It’s The Conference of the Birds by Attar. At this stage I think it’s my all-time favorite book. I much prefer Attar to Rumi and the other poets I’ve read, probably because I understand what he’s saying [...]
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