The Worlds of God - U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee
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"This is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future. Let him that seeketh, attain it; and as to him that hath refused to seek it-- verily, God is Self- Sufficient, above the need of His creatures." (Bwf 35) (15:4)

May the friends of God "be assisted to become servants of the heavenly Kingdom, captives in the service of the will of God. This captivity is freedom, this sacrifice is glorification, this labor is reward, this need bestowal. For service in live for mankind is unit with God. He who serves has already entered the Kingdom and is seated at the right hand of his Lord." (Pup 181) (15:5)

"And since there can be no tie of direct intercourse to bind the one true God with His creation, and no resemblance whatever can exist between the transient and the Eternal, the contingent and the Absolute, He hath ordained that in ever age and dispensation a pure and stainless Soul be made manifest in the Kingdoms of earth and heaven." (Bwf 103) (15:6)

"The Holy Manifestations of God are the centers of the light of Reality, of the source of Mysteries, and of the bounties of Love. They are resplendent in the worlds of hearts and thoughts, and shower eternal graces upon the world of spirits; they give spiritual life, and are shining with the light of realities and meanings. The enlightenment of the world of thought comes from these centers of light and sources of mysteries. Without the bounty of the splendor, and the instructions of these Holy Beings, the world of souls and thoughts would be opaque darkness. Without the irrefutable teachings of those Sources of mysteries, the human world would become the pasture of animal appetites and qualities, the existence of everything would be unreal, and there would be no true life." (Saq 185- 6) (15:7)

For "the world of creation is bound by natural law, finite and mortal... Man, then, is in extreme need of the only power by which he is able to receive help from the divine Reality, that power alone bringing him into contact with the source of all life." (Pt 57- 8) (15:8)

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