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Choosing a guide

By lessan | Published: October 31, 2006

The Lord of the world saith: O servants! Forsake your own desires and seek that which I have desired for you. Walk ye not without one to guide you on the way, and accept ye not the words of every guide. How numerous the guides who have gone astray and failed to discover the straight […]

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Pity the deprived

By lessan | Published: October 31, 2006

O servants of God! Deprived souls are heedless of this triumphant Day, and chilled hearts have no share of the heat of this blazing Fire. (Bahá’u’lláh, The Tabernacle of Unity, p.74)

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How to treat a brother

By lessan | Published: October 31, 2006

The children of men are all brothers, and the prerequisites of brotherhood are manifold. Among them is that one should wish for one’s brother that which one wisheth for oneself. Therefore, it behoveth him who is the recipient of an inward or outward gift or who partaketh of the bread of heaven to inform and […]

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What’s in store

By lessan | Published: October 31, 2006

Words as mild as milk? … an enlightened man of wisdom should primarily speak with words as mild as milk, that the children of men may be nurtured and edified thereby and may attain the ultimate goal of human existence which is the station of true understanding and nobility. (Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 172) […]

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Why are you reading this?

By lessan | Published: October 31, 2006

Think about the title – why are you reading this blog post? 1. I have nothing better to do If you really have spare time and reading blogs helps you pass it, then welcome. If you look at the posts on this site till now, they have mostly been pictures of food, other pictures, and […]

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