Try your utmost...

LordOfGoblins · 07-15-2012, 10:53 PM

Wherefore, O ye friends of God, redouble your efforts, strain every nerve, till ye triumph in your servitude to the Ancient Beauty, the Manifest Light, and become the cause of spreading far and wide the rays of the Day-Star of Truth. Breathe ye into the world's worn and wasted body the fresh breath of life, and in the furrows of every region sow ye holy seed. Rise up to champion this Cause; open your lips and teach. In the meeting place of life be ye a guiding candle; in the skies of this world be dazzling stars; in the gardens of unity be birds of the spirit, singing of inner truths and mysteries.

Expend your every breath of life in this great Cause and dedicate all your days to the service of Baha, so that in the end, safe from loss and deprivation, ye will inherit the heaped-up treasures of the realms above. For the days of a man are full of peril and he cannot rely on so much as a moment more of life; and still the people, who are even as a wavering mirage of illusions, tell themselves that in the end they shall reach the heights. Alas for them! The men of bygone times hugged these same fancies to their breasts, until a wave flicked over them and they returned to dust, and they found themselves excluded and bereft -- all save those souls who had freed themselves from self and had flung away their lives in the pathway of God. Their bright star shone out in the skies of ancient glory, and the handed-down memories of all the ages are the proof of what I say.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 270)

LordOfGoblins · 07-15-2012, 10:56 PM

In the meeting place of life be ye a guiding candle; in the skies of this world be dazzling stars; in the gardens of unity be birds of the spirit, singing of inner truths and mysteries.

This CAN NEVER BE SO LONG AS THE BAHAIS ARE CONTENT WITH MEDIOCRITY..

arthra · 07-16-2012, 04:51 AM

I like this one too:

Expend your every breath of life in this great Cause and dedicate all your days to the service of Baha, so that in the end, safe from loss and deprivation, ye will inherit the heaped-up treasures of the realms above.

cire perdue · 07-19-2012, 03:40 PM

If we are not changed by the Word of God then our words will not affect others. It is very hard in the Western world where we are bombarded by unhealthy messages so frequently to counteract these ideas and be more spiritual. Sex and money are the answers for the West. It has spread.

The Writings say few will enter the Crimson Ark. I have weighed myself and believe I would not be one of those entering It. It is so easy to believe we are making enough effort, though we really are not. We must be changed by the Divine Elixir.

07-15-2012, 10:53 PM	#1
LordOfGoblins Senior Member Joined: Dec 2010 From: Australia Posts: 2,056	Try your utmost... Wherefore, O ye friends of God, redouble your efforts, strain every nerve, till ye triumph in your servitude to the Ancient Beauty, the Manifest Light, and become the cause of spreading far and wide the rays of the Day-Star of Truth. Breathe ye into the world's worn and wasted body the fresh breath of life, and in the furrows of every region sow ye holy seed. Rise up to champion this Cause; open your lips and teach. In the meeting place of life be ye a guiding candle; in the skies of this world be dazzling stars; in the gardens of unity be birds of the spirit, singing of inner truths and mysteries. Expend your every breath of life in this great Cause and dedicate all your days to the service of Baha, so that in the end, safe from loss and deprivation, ye will inherit the heaped-up treasures of the realms above. For the days of a man are full of peril and he cannot rely on so much as a moment more of life; and still the people, who are even as a wavering mirage of illusions, tell themselves that in the end they shall reach the heights. Alas for them! The men of bygone times hugged these same fancies to their breasts, until a wave flicked over them and they returned to dust, and they found themselves excluded and bereft -- all save those souls who had freed themselves from self and had flung away their lives in the pathway of God. Their bright star shone out in the skies of ancient glory, and the handed-down memories of all the ages are the proof of what I say. (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 270)

07-15-2012, 10:56 PM	#2
LordOfGoblins Senior Member Joined: Dec 2010 From: Australia Posts: 2,056	In the meeting place of life be ye a guiding candle; in the skies of this world be dazzling stars; in the gardens of unity be birds of the spirit, singing of inner truths and mysteries. This CAN NEVER BE SO LONG AS THE BAHAIS ARE CONTENT WITH MEDIOCRITY.. Last edited by LordOfGoblins; 07-15-2012 at 11:04 PM.

07-19-2012, 03:40 PM	#4
cire perdue Senior Member Joined: Sep 2010 From: Louisiana Posts: 1,715	change ourselves If we are not changed by the Word of God then our words will not affect others. It is very hard in the Western world where we are bombarded by unhealthy messages so frequently to counteract these ideas and be more spiritual. Sex and money are the answers for the West. It has spread. The Writings say few will enter the Crimson Ark. I have weighed myself and believe I would not be one of those entering It. It is so easy to believe we are making enough effort, though we really are not. We must be changed by the Divine Elixir.

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07-16-2012, 04:51 AM	#3
arthra Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: California Posts: 3,964	I like this one too: Expend your every breath of life in this great Cause and dedicate all your days to the service of Baha, so that in the end, safe from loss and deprivation, ye will inherit the heaped-up treasures of the realms above.