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"The outer expression used for the Kingdom is heaven; but this is a comparison and similitude, not a reality or fact, for the Kingdom is not a material place, it is sanctified from time and place. It is a spiritual world, a divine world, and the center of the Sovereignty of God; it is freed from the body and that which is corporeal, and it is purified and sanctified from the imaginations of the human world." (Saq 280) (83:1)

As "love has no place, but is connected with the heart; so the Kingdom has no place, but is connected with man. Entrance into the Kingdom is... through detachment, through holiness and chastity, through truthfulness, purity, steadfastness, faithfulness, and the sacrifice of life." Since these are the attributes of the Kingdom, he who possesses them "belongs" to this Kingdom. (Saq 282) (83:2)

"When they (people) are delivered through the light of faith from the darkness of... vices, and become illuminated with the radiance of the Sun of Reality... they esteem this the greatest reward, and they know it to be the true paradise." (Bwf 324) (83:3)

"O Son of Spirit! With joyful tidings of light I hail thee: rejoice! To the court of holiness I summon thee; abide therein that thou mayest live in peace for evermore." (Hwa 11) (83:4)

Although "we are imprisoned in the material world, our spirit can soar into the Heavens and we shall be free indeed!" (Pt 111) (83:5)

"The spiritual world... is the Kingdom of complete attraction and affinity. It is the Kingdom of the one divine spirit, the Kingdom of God. Therefore the affinity and love manifest." (Pup 2) (83:6)

"In the spiritual world, the divine bestowals are infinite, for in that realm there is neither separation nor disintegration which characterize the world of material existence. Spiritual existence is absolute immortality, completeness and unchangeable being." (Pup 87) (83:7)

"In the world of spirit there is no retrogression." (Pt 90) (83:8)

"Spiritual blessings are... endless: spirit, consciousness, thought, memory, perception, ideation and other endowments. By these He (God) has guided us and we enter His Kingdom. He has opened the doors of all good before our faces... He has summoned us to the Kingdom of heaven. He has enriched us by the bestowals of God." (Pup 232) (83:9)

"If sorrow and adversity visit us, let us turn our faces to the Kingdom, and heavenly consolation will be outpoured." (Pt 111) (83:10)

"If we are born from the matrix of this physical and phenomenal environment into the freedom and loftiness and vision spiritual, we shall consider this mortal existence and its blessings as worthless by comparison." (Pup 87) (83:11)

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