The Gate of the Heart Vignettes from the Life of Abdu’l-Baha The Hidden WordsPilgrim farewell:
The day after, one final visit:
Sixth day:
Seventh day:
Eighth day:
Ninth day:
Finally, a picture of food! Here, is a picture of a holy avocado:
In response to the question, “can one overdose on the Sacred”, my current guess is no. I’m thinking it is like Vitamin C, which I’ve heard if you have too much of, the extra just washes out of your system. Let’s hope so.
Fourth day of pilgrimage – dawn prayers:
Fifth day of pilgrimage – Akká, of which it is written:
I bring you tidings of a city betwixt two mountains in Syria, in the middle of a meadow, which is called Akka. Verily, he that entereth therein, longing for it and eager to visit it, God will forgive his sins, both of the past and of the future.
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There are kings and princes in Paradise. The poor of Akka are the kings of Paradise and the princes thereof. A month in Akka is better than a thousand years elsewhere.
Land entrance:
Mosque:
Cat in Akka:
Three in one. That’s the third day of pilgrimage.
And I’m sure there’s an intended order here; first, off to visit the most holy spot on earth, the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in BahjÃ, the Holy of Holies, where lies interred, in the words of the Guardian, ‘the holiest dust the earth ever received into its bosom.’
Immediately afterwards, back to Haifa for a special reception by the head of our faith, the Universal House of Justice, that unique institution unparalleled in human history. Humanity has evolved such that, for the first time, it is mature enough to be able to handle a link to the spiritual realm without the aid of a prophet or messenger. The Age of Prophecy is gone, the time of the Kingdom of God on earth is here.
Well, not quite. One last link remains, the Hand of the Cause of God, Dr. Varqa. And yep, third on our list for the third day of pilgrimage.
Photos – one of the pivots of the pilgrim experience, sitting in a bus at the PRC:
