New Posts For Thread: Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-BahaIn order to find truth we must give up our prejudices, our own small trivial notions; an open receptive mind is essential. If our chalice is full of self, there is no room in it for the water of life. The fact that we imagine ourselves to be rightOne amongst His Teachings is this, that love and good faith must so dominate the human heart that men will regard the stranger as a familiar friend, the malefactor as one of their own, the alien even as a loved one, the enemy as a companion dear andhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532423229#532423229One amongst His Teachings is this, that love and good faith must so dominate the human heart that men will regard the stranger as a familiar friend, the malefactor as one of their own, the alien even as a loved one, the enemy as a companion dear andMon, 20 May 2013 10:02:27 -0500Observe how rarely human souls sacrifice their pleasure or comfort for others; how improbable that a man would offer his eye or suffer himself to be dismembered for the benefit of another. Yet all the divine Manifestations suffered, offered their lihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532371791#532371791Observe how rarely human souls sacrifice their pleasure or comfort for others; how improbable that a man would offer his eye or suffer himself to be dismembered for the benefit of another. Yet all the divine Manifestations suffered, offered their liSat, 18 May 2013 09:14:40 -0500If thou art seeking after spiritual tranquility, turn thy face at all times toward the Kingdom of Abha. If thou art desiring divine joy, free thyself from the bands of attachment. If thou art wishing for the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, becomehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532312543#532312543If thou art seeking after spiritual tranquility, turn thy face at all times toward the Kingdom of Abha. If thou art desiring divine joy, free thyself from the bands of attachment. If thou art wishing for the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, becomeThu, 16 May 2013 08:38:31 -0500All the prophets are united in their message, and unshaken. They are like the sun; in different seasons they ascend from different rising points on the horizon. Therefore every ancient prophet gave the glad tidings of the future, and every future hashttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532254247#532254247All the prophets are united in their message, and unshaken. They are like the sun; in different seasons they ascend from different rising points on the horizon. Therefore every ancient prophet gave the glad tidings of the future, and every future hasTue, 14 May 2013 09:05:00 -0500Comfort thy mother and endeavor to do what is conducive to the happiness of her heart.Compilation: "Baha'i World Faith," p.361http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532203147#532203147Comfort thy mother and endeavor to do what is conducive to the happiness of her heart.Compilation: "Baha'i World Faith," p.361Sun, 12 May 2013 09:07:57 -0500No deed of man is greater before God than helping the poor. Spiritual conditions are not dependent upon the possession of worldly treasures or the absence of them. When physically destitute, spiritual thoughts are more likely. Poverty is stimulushttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532146479#532146479No deed of man is greater before God than helping the poor. Spiritual conditions are not dependent upon the possession of worldly treasures or the absence of them. When physically destitute, spiritual thoughts are more likely. Poverty is stimulusFri, 10 May 2013 08:58:28 -0500From the continual imitation of ancient and worn-out ways, the world had grown dark as darksome night. The fundamentals of the divine Teachings had passed from memory; their pith and heart had been totally forgotten, and the people were holding on thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532089473#532089473From the continual imitation of ancient and worn-out ways, the world had grown dark as darksome night. The fundamentals of the divine Teachings had passed from memory; their pith and heart had been totally forgotten, and the people were holding on tWed, 08 May 2013 08:09:19 -0500The whole world must be looked upon as one single country, all the nations as one nation, all men as belonging to one race. Religions, races, and nations are all divisions of man's making only, and are necessary only in his thought; before God therehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=532035337#532035337The whole world must be looked upon as one single country, all the nations as one nation, all men as belonging to one race. Religions, races, and nations are all divisions of man's making only, and are necessary only in his thought; before God thereMon, 06 May 2013 09:46:48 -0500A new religious principle is that prejudice and fanaticism -- whether sectarian, denominational, patriotic or political -- are destructive to the foundation of human solidarity; therefore, man should release himself from such bonds in order that thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=531987385#531987385A new religious principle is that prejudice and fanaticism -- whether sectarian, denominational, patriotic or political -- are destructive to the foundation of human solidarity; therefore, man should release himself from such bonds in order that theSat, 04 May 2013 10:39:00 -0500Man is endowed with powers to investigate reality, and the reality is that humanity is one in kind and equal in the creative plan. Therefore false distinctions of race and nativity which are factors and causes of warfare must be abandoned."Foundationhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44041/20019533/Writings_of_Abdul-Baha?post_id=531931635#531931635Man is endowed with powers to investigate reality, and the reality is that humanity is one in kind and equal in the creative plan. Therefore false distinctions of race and nativity which are factors and causes of warfare must be abandoned."FoundationThu, 02 May 2013 08:42:05 -0500