Grandeur (Azamat) 2014

Sydney, Australia

Though the path might be lost, the journey is not.
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Tuscany, Italy

“In thy soul of love build thou a fire
And burn all thoughts and words entire.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys
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GrootBerg, Namibia

“At many a dawn have I turned from the realms of the Placeless unto thine abode, and found thee on the bed of ease busied with others than Myself. Thereupon, even as the flash of the spirit, I returned to the realms of celestial glory, and breathed it not in My retreats above unto the hosts of holiness.”
-Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
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Saint Peter, USA

How can the creature who is as nothing comprehend Him Who is the Ancient of Days, or succeed in describing the full measure of His sovereignty, His glory, and His grandeur?
-Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations
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London, UK

“O friends! Be not careless of the virtues with which ye have been endowed, neither be neglectful of your high destiny…. Ye are the stars of the heaven of understanding, the breeze that stirreth at the break of day, the soft-flowing waters upon which must depend the very life of all men…”
-Baha’u’llah, Gleanings From the Writings of Baha’u’llah
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Sydney, Australia

“The Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the All-Praised!” -Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah
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Wilmette, USA

“Life is a constant struggle, not only against forces around us, but above all against our own ego. We can never afford to rest on our own oars, for if we do, we soon see ourselves carried down stream again. Many of those who drift away from the Cause do so for the reason that they had ceased to go on developing. They became complacent or indifferent, and consequently ceased to draw the spiritual strength and vitality from the Cause which they should have. Sometimes, of course, people fail because of a test they just do not meet, and often our severest tests come from each other. Certainly the believer should try to avert such things, and if they happen, remedy them through love. Generally speaking nine-tenths of the friends’ troubles are because they don’t do the Bahá’í thing, in relation to each other, to the administrative bodies or in their personal lives.”
-Shoghi Effendi, Unfolding Destiny

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Murray, Australia

“By Thy glory, O my God! Though I recognize and firmly believe that no description which any except Thyself can give of Thee can beseem Thy grandeur, and that no glory ascribed to Thee by any save Thyself can ever ascend into the atmosphere of Thy presence, yet were I to hold my peace, and cease to glorify Thee and to recount Thy wondrous glory, my heart would be consumed, and my soul would melt away.”
-Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah