nava August 6th, 2008
I have breathed within thee a breath of My own spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me? - Baha’u'llah
He was, He is, He’ll always be.
I am, we are, eternally.
By breath and love,
He’s bound to me,
And I to him,
So happily.
In breath and love—
He is, I am,
We’ll always be.
In the firmament of pre-existence
There was Him and there was love
In love was truth and in truth was He
And He, in love, breathed life in me.
In me is life, the life which He,
Spurred on by love, gave unto me.
A breath He breathed, spoke “it shall be”
And so it was, as now you see..
Tags: love
Baha'i Perspectives August 3rd, 2008
Worship thou God in such wise that if thy worship lead thee to the fire, no alteration in thine adoration would be produced, and so likewise if thy recompense should be paradise. Thus and thus alone should be the worship which befitteth the one True God. Shouldst thou worship Him because of fear, this would be unseemly in the sanctified Court of His presence, and could not be regarded as an act by thee dedicated to the Oneness of His Being. Or if thy gaze should be on paradise, and thou shouldst worship Him while cherishing such a hope, thou wouldst make God’s creation a partner with Him, notwithstanding the fact that paradise is desired by men.
Fire and paradise both bow down and prostrate themselves before God. That which is worthy of His Essence is to worship Him for His sake, without fear of fire, or hope of paradise…
(Selections from the Writings of the Bab)
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