The Worlds of God - U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee
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"Societies... interested in commerce, science and politics... are for material service, their desire being for the progress and enlightenment of the world of matter. But rarely does a breath from the spirit world breathe upon them. They seem unconscious of the Divine Voice." (Pt 67) (66:4)

"Know verily that knowledge is of two kinds: Divine and Satanic. The one welleth out from the fountain of divine inspiration; the other is but a reflection of vain and obscure thoughts. The source of the former is God Himself; the motive force of the latter the whisperings of selfish desire... The former bringeth forth the fruit of patience, of longing desire, of true understanding, and love; whilst the latter can yield naught but arrogance, vainglory and conceit." (Iqan 69) (66:5)

"Wouldst thou that the mind should not entrap thee? Teach it the science of the love of God!" (7 Val 49) (66:6)

"A true seeker... must, before all else, cleanse his heart... from the obscuring dust of all acquired knowledge, and the allusions of the embodiments of satanic fancy." (Bwf 105) (66:7)

From the Oxford Dictionary, "rationalize, v. Explain, explain away." (66:8)

If "a man has a keen sense of taste and smell, a fine ear for music, and eye that delights in symmetry and colour;... it does not follow he is sunk in sensuality or a rank materialist... But the moment he becomes a gourmand, the moment he lives only for the joy of satisfying some or all of his senses, be they sexual, intellectual, or otherwise, he is abusing his gifts and hindering the unfoldment of his soul. Just as asceticism is unnatural and fundamentally false in principle, so license is equally false and even more injurious to human nature, for bad as abstinence may be, over- indulgence in anything is worse in its effects." (Pres for Liv 54) (66:9)

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