Faith
 Added to reason opens new vista
 Can shatter vain imaginings
 Enables us to see Kingdom revealed
 Is emanated from Divine Bestower
 Is love from man to God
 Is spirit of immortal soul
 Axis round which eternal life spins
 Eye of can see future
 First sign of; is love
 Fruits of; are good actions
 Light of; comes from Sun of Reality
 Ocean of; believers drink from
 Certitude comes from partaking of
 Path is open only to selfless soul
Fruit (symbol of)
 Must be brought forth in souls
 Must be forthcoming; value of tree
 Must be yielded by tree and man
 Of human existence is recognition of God
 Of human tree is love of God
 Of human world is spiritual attributes
 Produced through sacrifice of seed
 Ripened by sun as soul by Manifestation
 Appearance shows maturity of tree
 Best from plant most pruned
 Choice; seekers are like
 None from imagining
 Without it; tree should be cut down
God's-Eye View
 True seeker can attain
 View urged
Happiness
 Abiding joy; Bahaullah made possible
 Divine joyousness is needed
 Is easy for an animal
 Eternal; to gain one must suffer
 Everlasting joy promised obedient
 Exhilaration from inner perception
 Found in Kingdom; ideal relationship
 Via spiritual qualities, acceptance
 Of joyful service; believers filled with
 Greatest bliss in helping others
 Holy ecstacy if accept Revelation
 Human; will soon vanish
 Impossible for complaining person
 Insured by love in this world/the next
 Is in the fragrance of the love of God
 Joy for all who turn to Light
 Joy in many worlds; promised
 Indescribable for believers in the next life
 Joyful tidings; Bahaullah brings
 Life enjoyed by believing and serving
 Perpetual in the Kingdom revealed
 Promised if you learn to love
 Real in self respect to noble purposes
 Serenity; reward of spirituality
 Spiritual enjoyment is intended
 Spiritual joy; eternal in Kingdom
 Success from working for the Cause
 Should twinkle in the heart
 Sweetest thing is prayer & obedience
 Depends on spiritual good/receptivity
 Unending; religion opens door to
Heart
 Sanctuary of prayer if spiritualy free
 Blindness of; warning about
 Each spoken to; only soul can answer
 Needs attachment to the eternal
 Hard of heart; why is man so?
 Is deprived by 'natural' emotions
 Like earth; but with great potentiality
 Lift hearts above; look with faith
 Longing hearts to be cleansed
 Pure heart; a mirror to be cleansed
 Pure heart; one cut away from self
 Pure hearts have everlasting bounty
 Purified from 'nature' by spirit
 Veils from heart ruled by passion
 Need loving heart to enter Kingdom
 Wash from; earthly defilements
 Wellspring of treasures; cleanse
Idealism
 Is a result of mankind's education
 Alone doesn't make soul loving
 Religion instills ideals
Idols
 Of fancy must be shattered
 Of imitation; scatter them
Inspiration
 Divine; moves Manifestations
 Knowledge; divine; comes from
 Potency of; is the Holy Spirit
Light
 Cast by God into heart; knowledge is
 Century of light
 Divine; absent in human world
 Existence of is proved by darkness
 Love is breath of H.S. vivifying soul
 Of intellect vs divine light; vision
 Of piety; Bahaullah asks soul to be
 From sun is as mentality from the soul
 Spiritual virtues are to man
 Splendor of; is in hearts
Love
 From man to God is faith
 Of fellow youth; how youth to win
 Of God is fruit of human tree
 Of self makes human feelings
 Of self; till find something greater
 Of sense is animal condition
 Of worldly things; cleanse heart of
 Real; is between God/servants
 Selfless; by knowledge of God
 Selfless; makes spiritual feelings
 True; no discern regarding beloved
Mysteries
 Seen in light of Sun of Reality
 Latent in universe revealed by love
 Of kingdom; power of Cause a mystery
 Seen through eye of God
 Unravelled by Manifestation
 Unravelled by Manifestation
 Connection between body & soul is one
 Dawning stars of; we are asked to be
 Manifestation is aware of
 Pearls of; hid in Bahaullahs words
 Source of; is Manifestation
Objective
 Disclosed is all that is in hearts
 End; same as beginning with God
 Kingdom is a world that all may attain
 Not seen with limited human vision
 Of life; we have new light on
 Reformation; all are subject to
 Results depend upon means
Prayer
 Conversation with God/sweetest thing
 For departed admonished
 For each other is admonished
 For God's help night and day
 Is wing for soaring
 Precious; verses revealed; effect of
 Presence of God; Promised; Explained
 Punishment if Fail at Appointed Hour
Rebirth
 Caused by 'living waters'
 Caused by Revelation
 From nature into Kingdom revealed
 Is awakening to knowledge of God
 Is through science of love of God
 Need spirituality to understand Kingdom
 Resurrection Caused by Word of God
Sacrifice
 All things for union with Beloved
 Characterizes greatest men in world
 Of self; love friend better than
 Saint; Divine nature dominates human
 Salvation from Animalism; Revelation
Servitude
 Condition of; creation is in
 Defined; a substance of divinity
 Is man's destiny and eternal glory
 Is tie between God and man; a favor
 Joyous; God fills souls with gladness
 To God; I pray to arise in
 To God; greatness determined by
 To idle fancies; free self from
 To mankind; with love for unity with God
 To mankind; we should give
Spirit; Action, Attr in Rltn to
 Appearance of; in physical form
 Christs mention of explained
 Magnetized by elements of body
 Stirred by breeze of holiness
Spirit; Action of
 Acts with or without instruments
 Causes understanding; not learning
 Emanates from God; explanation
 Manifests in different degrees
 Shows as love at all levels
Spirit; Attributes of
 Energy & bounty; all things manifest
 Positive energy is love
Spirit; Degrees of
 Man; lives less than Holy Spirit
 Different degrees equal different worlds
 Divine and satanic; in man
 Divine spirit dwells in souls
 Divine spirit may manifest in man
 Five categories of
 Grades and stations mentioned
 Greatest power of in Manifestation
 High degree for complex situations
 Highest degree (the 4th) is the Holy Spirit
 In animals shows as noted
 Merciful; certain souls become
 Of each kingdom; named
 Of man; described; glorified
 Of nature shown in acts & attributes
Spirit; Reality of
 Breath of life; made man a soul
 Divine breath animates all things
 Life energy at different levels
 Animates all; in degrees, kingdoms
 Origin and purpose is yours
 Motive power of body
 Power greater without body
 Primal essence with different names
Spirituality; Action, Effects of
 Causes reversal of feelings
 From human life as fruit from tree
 Gives man real joy; supreme honor
 Results from mankinds education
 Shines like star;like fruit of tree
Spirituality; Act, Attr in Rltn to
 Achieved through suffering
 Created by prayer
 Entrance to kingdom is through
 Has been overcome by materialists
 Heart must have; its fruits
 How attained
 Infused into hearts by Revelation
 Man should obtain spiritual life
 Mankind is moving toward
 Mankind to enter; in this cycle
 Must develop along with material
 Possessed by pure hearted only
 Soul progresses toward
 Urged if detached from world
Spirituality; Attributes of
 Angelic side may rule animal side
 Blessings listed
 Divine unity & understanding; goal
 Nobility belongs to divine nature
 Immortality; spiritual existence
 Imperfections reach perfection
 Qualities result from divine knowledge
 Re-formation is from new growth
 Receptivity described
 Serene; spiritual man always is
 Spiritual discoveries via imagining
 Spiritual qualities; animals lack
 Susceptibility & effect of religious law
Spirituality; Realiy Described
 No happiness without
 Compared to mortal existence
 Described; immortality & completeness
 Description of; for Bahai youth
 Divine nature of man; spirituality
 Is from God; true greatness of man
 Can't destroy the fruit of human life
 Is like light within glass
 Is requisite to enter Kingdom
 Conduct of Supreme Concourse urged
 Not same as goodness; benevolence
 One of two ways of life since Adam
Spirituality; Specific Kinds
 Beginning of; man is at
 Christs triumphed with disciples
 Complete; introduced by Jesus
 Things of spirit; we must crave
 Suffering required; eternal happiness
Tree (symbol of); Action; in Rltn to
 Manifests seed as seed sacrificed
 Pruning; produces better fruit
 Renewal of fruit; vital for tree growth
 Withers in time; as do religions
Tree (symbol of); Attributes; Growth
 Vegetable perfections needed too
 Fruit more important than size
 Fruit of God as soul's spirituality
 Human fruit is to love; recognize God
 Fruitless; should die; be cut down
 Fruits result from showers
 Fruits ripened by sun
 Growth like soul; seed like human
 Fruitful; as Kingdom with seekers
 Of faithfulness; Moses said men eat
 Roots like life in material world
 Two levels of life; like man's
Tree (symbol of Reality)
 As human life; from it comes fruit
 Is symbol of soul's life here
Understanding
 Divine; highest goal in creation
 Enable one to see with eyes of soul
 Essence of is submission to God's will
 Is measured by religion and science
 Power differs in different kingdoms
 Purpose of
 Should show in our speaking
 Spiritual; between souls
 Through intellect; but is limited
Veils
 Blind vision; rewards; when removed
 Blind vision; tear them asunder
 If idle fancies; free yourself from
 Of idle imaginings should be rent
 Of limitations in viewing time
 Of mental and moral vision discussed
 Of prejudice and superstition rent
 Superstitions are; to heart
 Wrap eyes when one pursues passion
Vision; Action or Attributes of
 Imperfect causes wrong actions
 Limitations veil origins & objectives
 Divinity vs natural evils; choose
 Understanding functions through
 Be world-embracing vs self-centered
Vision; Kinds of
 Choice of eyes in reacting; we have
 Human sees how things affect himself
 Human; is egocentric; limited
 Imperfect eye
 Levels of; named
 Manifestation's is super-human
 Of body; mind and soul; named
 Outer; is hindrance to inner
 Soul perception described
 Soul's; depends on lifting veils
 Soul's; means rending mental veils
 Two kinds of seeing or knowing
Vision; Specific Objectives of
 Of celestial perfection; should be
 Of divinity; reaching is life of soul
Volition
 The power of choice
 Causes potentialities to 'manifest'
 Characterizes man
 Reason it was not denied man
 1 of 3 requisites for world peace
 Some things subject to free will
 Use; makes up mind; brings divinity