Putnam, CT, USA
“…to protect the bearer of this blessed Tablet, and whoso reciteth it, and whoso cometh upon it, and whoso passeth around the house wherein it is.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, the Long Healing Prayer
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
“O MY SERVANT! Abandon not for that which perisheth an everlasting dominion, and cast not away celestial sovereignty for a worldly desire. This is the river of everlasting life that hath flowed from the wellspring of the pen of the merciful; well is it with them that drink!”
-Baha’u’llah, Hidden Words
Truro, Australia
“LAUDED and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath been clothed with majesty, with authority and power, and will continue unto everlasting to be arrayed with honor, with strength and glory. … Every man of insight hath confessed his powerlessness to scale the heights of Thy knowledge, and every man of learning hath acknowledged his failure to fathom the nature of Thine Essence.”
-Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh
The Grand Tetons, WY, USA
“Show us the right way; that is, honour us with the love of Thine Essence, that we may be freed from occupation with ourselves and aught else save Thee, and may become wholly Thine; that we may know only Thee, and see only Thee, and think of none save Thee.”
-The Seven Valleys
Naperville, IL, USA
My daughter’s school on a snowy day.
“AS to thy question regarding the education of children: it behooveth thee to nurture them at the breast of the love of God, and urge them onward to the things of the spirit, that they may turn their faces unto God; that their ways may conform to the rules of good conduct and their character be second to none; that they make their own all the graces and praiseworthy qualities of humankind; acquire a sound knowledge of the various branches of learning, so that from the very beginning of life they may become spiritual beings, dwellers in the Kingdom, enamored of the sweet breaths of holiness, and may receive an education religious, spiritual, and of the Heavenly Realm. Verily will I call upon God to grant them a happy outcome in this.“
–Abdu’l‑Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
Jourama Falls, Queensland, Australia
“Thou art God’s shadow on earth. Strive, therefore, to act in such a manner as befitteth so eminent, so august a station.”
-Baha’u’llah, Gleanings