Faith:-
  • added to reason opens new vista
  • can shatter vain imaginings
  • enables us to see Kingdom revealed
  • is emanated from Divine Bestower
  • is love from man to God
  • is spirit of immortal soul
  • axis round which eternal life spins
  • eye of can see future
  • first sign of; is love
  • fruits of; are good actions
  • light of; comes from Sun of Reality
  • ocean of; believers drink from
  • certitude comes from partaking of
  • path is open only to selfless soul
    God's-Eye View:-
  • true seeker can attain
  • view urged
    Happiness:-
  • abiding joy; Bahá'u'lláh made possible
  • divine joyousness is needed
  • is easy for an animal
  • eternal; to gain one must suffer
  • everlasting joy promised obedient
  • exhilaration from inner perception
  • found in Kingdom; ideal relationship
  • via spiritual qualities, acceptance
  • of joyful service; believers filled with
  • greatest bliss in helping others
  • holy ecstasy if accept Revelation
  • human; will soon vanish
  • impossible for complaining person
  • insured by love in this world/the next
  • is in the fragrance of the love of God
  • joy for all who turn to Light
  • joy in many worlds; promised
  • indescribable for believers/next life
  • joyful tidings; Bahá'u'lláh brings
  • life enjoyed by believing and serving
  • perpetual in the Kingdom revealed
  • promised if you learn to love
  • real in self respect/noble purposes
  • serenity; reward of spirituality
  • spiritual enjoyment is intended
  • spiritual joy; eternal in Kingdom
  • success from working for the Cause
  • should twinkle in the heart
  • sweetest thing is prayer/obedience
  • depends on spiritual good/receptivity
  • unending; religion opens door to
    Heart:-
  • sanctuary of prayer if spiritually free
  • blindness of; warning about
  • each spoken to; only soul can answer
  • needs attachment to the eternal
  • hard of heart; why is man so?
  • is deprived by 'natural' emotions
  • like earth; but with great potentiality
  • lift hearts above; look with faith
  • longing hearts to be cleansed
  • pure heart; a mirror to be cleansed
  • pure heart; one cut away from self
  • pure hearts have everlasting bounty
  • purified from 'nature' by spirit
  • veils from heart ruled by passion
  • need loving heart to enter Kingdom
  • wash from; earthly defilements
  • wellspring of treasures; cleanse
    Idealism:-
  • is a result of mankind's education
  • alone doesn't make soul loving
  • religion instills ideals
    Idols:-
  • of fancy must be shattered
  • of imitation; scatter them
    Inspiration:-
  • divine; moves Manifestations
  • knowledge; divine; comes from
  • potency of; is the Holy Spirit
    Light:-
  • cast by God into heart; knowledge is
  • century of light
  • divine; absent in human world
  • existence of is proved by darkness
  • love is breath of H.S. vivifying soul
  • of intellect vs divine light; vision
  • of piety; Bahá'u'lláh asks soul to be
  • from sun is as mentality from the soul
  • spiritual virtues are to man
  • splendor of; is in hearts
    Love:-
  • from God to man is faith
  • of fellow youth; how youth to win
  • of God is fruit of human tree
  • of self makes human feelings
  • of self; till find something greater
  • of sense is animal condition
  • of worldly things; cleanse heart of
  • real; is between God/servants
  • selfless; by knowledge of God
  • selfless; makes spiritual feelings
  • true; no discern regarding beloved
    Mysteries:-
  • seen in light of Sun of Reality
  • latent in universe revealed by love
  • of kingdom; power of Cause a mystery
  • seen through eye of God
  • unraveled by Manifestation
  • unraveled by Manifestation
  • connection between body/soul is one
  • dawning stars of; we are asked to be
  • Manifestation is aware of
  • pearls of; hid in Bahá'u'lláh's words
  • source of; is Manifestation
    Objective:-
  • disclosed is all that is in hearts
  • end; same as beginning with God
  • Kingdom is a world that all may attain
  • not seen with limited human vision
  • of life; we have new light on
  • reformation; all are subject to
  • results depend upon means
    Prayer:-
  • conversation with God/sweetest thing
  • for departed admonished
  • for each other is admonished
  • for God's help night and day
  • is wing for soaring
  • precious; verses revealed; effect of
    Presence of God; Promised; Explained

    Punishment if Fail at Appointed Hour

    Rebirth:-
  • caused by 'living waters'
  • caused by Revelation
  • from nature into Kingdom revealed
  • is awakening to knowledge of God
  • is through science of love of God
  • need spirituality/understand Kingdom
    Resurrection Caused by Word of God

    Sacrifice:-
  • all things for union with Beloved
  • characterizes greatest men in world
  • of self; love friend better than
    Saint; Divine nature dominates human

    Salvation from Animalism; Revelation

    Servitude:-
  • condition of; creation is in
  • defined; a substance of divinity
  • is man's destiny and eternal glory
  • is tie between God and man; a favor
  • joyous; God fills souls w/gladness
  • 'to God; I pray to arise in'
  • to God; greatness determined by
  • to idle fancies; free self from
  • to mankind; w/love=unity with God
  • to mankind; we should give
    Spirit; Action, Attr in Rltn to:-
  • appearance of; in physical form
  • Christ's mention of explained
  • magnetized by elements of body
  • stirred by breeze of holiness
    Spirit; Action of:-
  • acts with or without instruments
  • causes understanding; not learning
  • emanates from God; explanation
  • manifests in different degrees
  • shows as love at all levels
    Spirit; Attributes of:-
  • energy/bounty; all things manifest
  • positive energy is love
    Spirit; Degrees of:-
  • man; lives less than Holy Spirit
  • different degrees=different worlds
  • divine and satanic; in man
  • divine spirit dwells in souls
  • divine spirit may manifest in man
  • five categories of
  • grades and stations mentioned
  • greatest power of in Manifestation
  • high degree for complex situations
  • highest degree (4th)is Holy Spirit
  • in animals shows as noted
  • merciful; certain souls become
  • of each kingdom; named
  • of man; described; glorified
  • of nature shown in acts/attributes
    Spirit; Reality of:-
  • breath of life; made man a soul
  • divine breath animates all things
  • life energy at different levels
  • animates all; in degrees, kingdoms
  • origin and purpose is yours
  • motive power of body
  • power greater without body
  • primal essence with different names
    Spirituality; Action, Effects of:-
  • causes reversal of feelings
  • from human life as fruit from tree
  • gives man real joy; supreme honor
  • results from mankind's education
  • shines like star;like fruit of tree
    Spirituality; Act, Attr in Rltn to:-
  • achieved through suffering
  • created by prayer
  • entrance to kingdom is through
  • has been overcome by materialists
  • heart must have; its fruits
  • how attained
  • infused into hearts by Revelation
  • man should obtain spiritual life
  • mankind is moving toward
  • mankind to enter; in this cycle
  • must develop along with material
  • possessed by pure hearted only
  • soul progresses toward
  • urged if detached from world
    Spirituality; Attributes of:-
  • angelic side may rule animal side
  • blessings listed
  • divine unity & understanding; goal
  • nobility belongs to divine nature
  • immortality; spiritual existence
  • imperfections reach perfection
  • qualities result from divine knowledge
  • re-formation is from new growth
  • receptivity described
  • serene; spiritual man always is
  • spiritual discoveries via imagining
  • spiritual qualities; animals lack
  • susceptibility/effect/religious law
    Spirituality; Reality Described:-
  • no happiness without
  • compared to mortal existence
  • described/immortality/completeness
  • description of; for Bahá'í youth
  • divine nature of man; spirituality
  • is from God; true greatness of man
  • can't destroy/fruit of human life
  • is like light within glass
  • is requisite to enter Kingdom
  • conduct of Supreme Concourse urged
  • not same as goodness; benevolence
  • one of two ways of life since Adam
    Spirituality; Specific Kinds:-
  • beginning of; man is at
  • Christ's triumphed with disciples
  • complete; introduced by Jesus
  • things of spirit; we must crave
    suffering required; eternal happiness

    Understanding:-
  • divine; highest goal in creation
  • enable one to see with eyes of soul
  • essence of/submission to God's will
  • is measured by religion and science
  • power differs in different kingdoms
  • purpose of
  • should show in our speaking
  • spiritual; between souls
  • through intellect; but is limited
    Veils:-
  • blind vision; rewards; when removed
  • blind vision; tear them asunder
  • if idle fancies; free yourself from
  • of idle imaginings should be rent
  • of limitations in viewing time
  • of mental and moral vision discussed
  • of prejudice and superstition rent
  • superstitions are; to heart
  • wrap eyes when one pursues passion
    Vision; Action or Attributes of:-
  • imperfect causes wrong actions
  • limitations veil origins & objectives
  • divinity vs natural evils; choose
  • understanding functions through
  • be world-embracing vs self-centered
    Vision; Kinds of:-
  • choice of eyes in reacting; we have
  • human sees how things affect himself
  • human; is egocentric; limited
  • imperfect eye
  • levels of; named
  • Manifestation's is super-human
  • of body; mind and soul; named
  • outer; is hindrance to inner
  • soul perception described
  • soul's; depends on lifting veils
  • soul's; means rending mental veils
  • two kinds of seeing or knowing
    Vision; Specific Objectives of:-
  • of celestial perfection; should be
  • of divinity; reaching is life of soul
    Volition:-
  • the power of choice
  • causes potentialities to 'manifest'
  • characterizes man
  • reason it was not denied man
  • 1 of 3 requisites for world peace
  • some things subject to free will
  • use; makes up mind; brings divinity
    Fruit (symbol of):-
  • must be brought forth in souls
  • must be forthcoming; value of tree
  • must be yielded by tree and man
  • of human existence is recognition of God
  • of human tree is love of God
  • of human world is spiritual attributes
  • produced through sacrifice of seed
  • ripened by sun as soul by Manifestation
  • appearance shows maturity of tree
  • best from plant most pruned
  • choice; seekers are like
  • none from imagining
  • without it; tree should be cut down
    Tree (symbol of); Action; in Rltn to:-
  • manifests seed as seed sacrificed
  • pruning; produces better fruit
  • renewal of fruit; vital for tree growth
  • withers in time; as do religions
    Tree (symbol of); Attributes; Growth:-
  • vegetable perfections needed too
  • fruit more important than size
  • fruit of God as soul's spirituality
  • human fruit is to love; recognize God
  • fruitless; should die; be cut down
  • fruits result from showers
  • fruits ripened by sun
  • growth like soul/seed like human
  • fruitful; as Kingdom with seekers
  • of faithfulness; Moses said men eat
  • roots like life in material world
  • two levels of life; like man's
    Tree (symbol of); Reality of:-
  • as human life; from it comes fruit
  • is symbol of soul's life here