Chapel Hill, USA
A child plays with a motion-sensing topographic sand map at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tonight, the Science Center premiered its new show, “Take Flight,” explaining the lofty concept of aerodynamics to young and old alike.
“We desire to mention him who hath set his face towards Us and to let him once again drink deep from the life-giving waters of Our gracious providence that he may be enabled to draw nigh unto My Horizon, be adorned with Mine attributes, soar in Mine atmosphere, be confirmed in that which will cause the sanctity of My Cause to be manifested amongst My people and to celebrate My praise in a manner that will cause every hesitating soul to hasten, every motionless creature to wing its flight, every mortal frame to be consumed, every chilled heart to be stirred with life and every dejected spirit to surge with delight.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas
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Akka, Israel
“¡Oh Hijo del Hombre!
Velado en mi ser inmemorial y en la antigua eternidad de Mi esencia, conocía mi amor por ti; por tanto te creé, grabé en ti mi imagen y te revelé mi belleza”
-Baha’u’llah, P.O. N3 Árabe
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Dassel, USA
“Lauded and glorified art Thou. Too exalted is Thy loftiness for the hands of such as are endued with understanding to reach unto Thee, and too profound is Thy fathomless depth for the rivers of men’s minds and perceptions to flow out therefrom.”
-The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
“Man should know his own self, and know those things that lead to loftiness or to baseness, to shame or to honor, to wealth or to poverty.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablet of Tarazát
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Burleigh Heads, Australia
This photograph depicts ‘A leaf of the most Exalted Paradise’
“The word of God which the Supreme Pen hath recorded on the fifth leaf of the Most Exalted Paradise is this: Above all else, the greatest gift and the most wondrous blessing hath ever been and will continue to be Wisdom.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah
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Massachusetts, USA
“Were it not for the cold, how would the heat of Thy words prevail, O Expounder of the worlds?”
—Baha’u’llah, Baha’i Prayers
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Victor Harbor, Australia
“The supreme cause for creating the world and all that is therein is for man to know God. In this Day whosoever is guided by the fragrance of the raiment of His mercy to gain admittance into the pristine Abode, which is the station of recognizing the Source of divine commandments and the Dayspring of His Revelation, hath everlastingly attained unto all good.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah
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Chicago, USA
“When the heart hath become clear and pure then the face will become illuminated, because the face is the mirror of the heart.”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas