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"Prayer and supplication are two wings whereby man soars toward the heavenly mansion of the True One... One must live in a perennial attitude of prayer. When man is spiritually free, his mind becomes the altar and his heart the sanctuary of prayer." (SofW Vol 9 p113) (105:2) "Intone, O My servant, the verses of God that have been received by thee, as intoned by them who have drawn nigh unto Him, that the sweetness of thy melody may kindle thine own soul, and attract the hearts of all men. Whoso reciteth... the verses revealed by God,... though he may, at first, remain unaware of its effect, yet the virtue of the grace vouchsafed unto him must needs sooner or later exercise its influence upon his soul." (Bwf 123) (105:3) "The Word of God hath set the heart of the world afire; how regrettable if ye fail to be enkindled with its flame." (Bwf 118) (105:4) "O My servants! Could ye apprehend with what wonders of My munificence and bounty I have willed to entrust to your souls, ye would... rid yourselves of attachment to all created things... Suffer not your idle fancies, your evil passions, your insincerity and blindness of heart to dim the luster, or stain the sanctity, of so lofty a station." (Bwf 67) (105:5) "Leave Thy servants not to themselves, O my Lord! Draw them through the influence of Thine utterances unto the Dawning- Place of Thine inspiration, and to the Fountain of Thy Revelation, and to the Treasury of Thy wisdom." (pam 118- 9) (105:6) "Armed with the power of Thy love, the hatred which moveth them that are against Thee can never alarm me; and with Thy praise on my lips, the rulings of Thy decree can in no wise fill me with sorrow. Fortify, therefore, Thy love within my breast, and suffer me to face the assaults which all the peoples of the earth may launch against me." (pam 214) (105:7) "Grant, I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Everlasting King and the Sovereign Protector of all men, that I may be enabled to manifest that which shall cause the hearts and souls of men to soar in the limitless immensity of Thy love, and to commune with Thy Spirit. Strengthen me through the power of Thy sovereignty, that I may turn all created things towards the Day Spring of Thy Manifestation and the Source of Thy Revelation. Aid me, O my Lord, to surrender myself wholly to Thy Will, and to arise and serve Thee." (Gl 311)
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