Man; Actions of
 Acting like beasts unworthy of man
 Brutal if he rejects the Holy Spirit
 Following lusts is error
 Without spiritual education; is a brute
 Makes nature his servant
 Doesn't create religion
 Pursuing passion blinds inner sight
 Stopping ears to truth causes evil
 Wrong use of qualities is evil
Man; Attributes of
 Affected by power of Bahá'í Cause
 Animal side; man has, needs education
 Capable of extremes in virtues & vices
 Capability to know and love God
 Divine and human nature compete
 Energies are latent in man
 Faculties are directed by soul
 Filled with Holy Spirit; makes power
 Gifts of; compared
 Inspired by Holy Spirit if teach
 Mysteries of Divine Spirit in man
 No freedom from passion without Holy Spirit
 Peace upon man in path of the Cause
 Station of; great if firm in the Cause
 Subject to power of the lusts
 Superiority is in being a soul
 Turned always towards the heights
 Two natures; material and spiritual
 Two powers; material and spiritual
 Two sides; animal and angelic
 Understanding; the first gift of God
 Wings given for specific purpose
Man; Purpose of
 To carry forward civilization
 To enjoy divine and material pleasures
 To illumine the world
 To know and love God
 To know and love God
 To radiate light to the world
Man; Reality of
 At end of darkness & the start of light
 Believers are like college students
 Man is book of certitude
 Collective center; spiritual forces
 Compared to animal
 Contains lower world; superior to it
 Contrasted with nature
 High degree of materiality; low in spirit
 Highest species; virtues of all classes
 In God's image
 Most noble of created beings
 Nearest creature to God's nature
 Only place perfections of the spirit shown
 Part animal; but thought can lift him
 Part of nature; but above it
 Perfect mirror of the Sun of Truth
 His reality is not his body
 His reality is not his body
 Is shown proper behavior to check impulses
 Is a sign of both worlds
 Is a sign of both worlds
 Is sum of creation; Manifestation
 Is sum of perfections; perfect
 Be ye trustees of God
Rational Man; Action of
 Action of; helps soul grow etc
 Action of; is often unproductive
 Discovers the realities of things
 Sees action patterns in time
 Serves, at times, only material life
 Used wrongly; a worst misuse
Rational Man; Attributes of
 Appetites of; not to be over-indulged
 Clouded by changes in dispensations
 His outer consciousness called 'mind'
 His freedom and mastery over nature
 His mortal vision; like a veil
 Satan is Lower Nature of man
Satanic
 Knowledge versus divine knowledge
 Fancies; setting ones heart on is bad
 Fancy; regions of; not to be sought
 Fancy; regions of; not to be sought
 Fancy; one's heart must be cleansed of
 Power; let it be overcome
 Self; must be burned in fire of love
 Strength changed to heavenly power
 Bondage to; deliver selves from
 Captive to self and desire; nations are
 Captive to; people are held
 Conquer; prayer asking to
 Contemplation of; should end
 Full of; can't hold water of life
 Leave servants to self; may God not
 Prison of self
 Renounce; to enter kingdom revealed
 Renouncing; only way to peace
 Sacrifice; in love for others
 Sacrificing; required
 Something greater; not self-love
 Surrender; most exalted station
 Victim of; soul becomes as described
 Victory over; gain it
 Vision confined to; is bad