February, 2008
Happy Ayyam-i-Ha!
My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named the Ayyam-i-Ha (the Days of Ha, Intercalary days) in Thy Book have begun, O Thou Who art the King of names, and the fast which Thy most exalted Pen hath enjoined unto all who are in the kingdom of Thy creation to [...]
Divine Tapestry
I’ve been listening to a beautiful song called “Divine Tapestry” from the first album, “Open The Gate”, by the extremely talented Canadian band “Smith and Dragoman“. This morning somebody posted on the Baha’i Communities website a video of this song from the recently released Smith and Dragoman DVD: Find more videos like this on Baha’i [...]
The purpose of the Bab’s Covenant
The whole purpose of the Dispensation of the Bab was to prepare the whole world (“TABLET TO THE FIRST LETTER OF THE LIVING This is that which We have revealed for the First Believer in Him Whom God shall make manifest, that it may serve as an admonition from Our presence unto all mankind. – [...]
Becoming a “Heavenly Soul”
I recently joined a marvelous online course at the Wilmette Institute, on “The Three Covenants of the Bab, Baha’u’llah, and Abdu’l-Baha”. As part of the course, we have assignments and I will share some of my thoughts based on them. The first one is: How can I become one of those “heavenly souls” who “tender [...]
Three remarkable quotes
From Tablets of Baha’u’llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, pp. 138-139: O ye beloved of the Lord! Commit not that which defileth the limpid stream of love or destroyeth the sweet fragrance of friendship. By the righteousness of the Lord! Ye were created to show love one to another and not perversity and rancour. Take pride [...]
