(This is the speech of Abdu’l-Bahá on o6 July 1912, Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York) In the world of existence man has traversed successive degrees until he has attained the human kingdom. In each degree of his progression he has developed capacity for advancement to the next […]
As to the planes of the soul, its conditions and degrees; the cause of its abasement and exaltation and its origin, know thou: spirit hath illimitable stations and innumerable conditions or degrees. But in the world of existence they are generally limited and enumerated as: 1) the cohesive mineral, 2) […]
One day I listened a talk online and I heard: “A leader can act as warrior and as a healer. As a warrior, the leader acts with power and decision. That is the Yang, or masculine aspect of leadership. But most of time the leader acts as a healer, in […]
A lot of times I hear people ask what is the difference between mind and heart. How do we know if we use our mind or our heart? I have been wondering the same question for a long time. When my mind thinks about something, reasons about something or imagines […]
Know that the reality of the Divinity and the nature of the divine Essence is ineffable sanctity and absolute holiness; that is, it is exalted above and sanctified beyond every praise. All the attributes ascribed to the highest degrees of existence are, with regard to this station, mere imagination. The […]
THOU hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel. It is the first among […]
Where did our life start? “The soul of man comes into being at conception.” ——Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 536. “The spirit of man has a beginning, but it has no end; it continues eternally.” —— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 151. “The whole physical creation is perishable. These […]
Our family studied the junior youth book Power of the Holy Spirit on last Sunday. At the very beginning of our study we talked about body and soul. In the beginning of the session I saw our two kids stare at each other. It looked like they had some sort […]
If we wish to ask God for wisdom, the first thing we should ask ourselves is how can we tell if we have wisdom? The Scriptures provide the criteria to see true wisdom. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be […]
The relationship between us and God is just like the relationship between us and our child（or between us and our parents). If we have a relationship problem with our child, it also reflects that we have a relationship problem with our Heavenly father. If we have relationship problems with our […]
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