Category: Religious Messages

“Then a priestess said, ‘Speak to us of Prayer.’ And he answered, saying: ‘You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether?  And if it is for your comfort to pour your darkness into space, it is also for your delight to pour forth the dawning of your heart.

And if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing.  Therefore, let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstasy and sweet communion.

For if you should enter the temple for no other purpose than asking, you shall not receive:  And if you should enter into it to humble yourself you shall not be lifted:  Or even if you should enter into it to beg for the good of others you shall not be heard.

We cannot ask Our God for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us:  Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all. ‘ ”

The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, published in 1923, p. 74-76.

“As long as you are taking thought for tomorrow, you have not reached the level of consciousness which wills only that My will be done.  Concern for tomorrow, in any form, betrays the fact that you are still involved with the purposes of the human self.  Concern for tomorrow also means that you do not trust me, you are still looking at the seeming powers of the sub-creation and trying to worship duality.

Keep your eye single to my glory with all the faith that you can muster.  How can I trust you to be my Grand Cosmic Being if you will not trust me to be your helpful heavenly Father?

This relinquishing of your surface self may take a lot of effort.  It may be enough to keep you occupied for quite some time if you are a victim of deep-seated habits are most of my earth children. But you will be richly rewarded if you can cast away old patterns of thought, and old habits of doubt, and keep the image of yourself as the Living Christ in your mind’s eye so strongly your focus never wanders and your subconscious feelings never falter in reacting in accordance with this truth.

Just remember that all things are possible to one who loves God, and soon, as you try again, the former manner of thinking will have passed away, the Christ nature will be seeping through into your surface mind, and you will be quite naturally merging into the high ideal which has been implanted by My Word.”

The Door Of Everything, Ruby Nelson, p. 31 – 32.

“In thousands upon thousands of locations around the world, the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith inspire individuals and communities as they work to improve their own lives and contribute to the advancement of civilization.

Bahá’í beliefs address such essential themes as the oneness of God and religion, the oneness of humanity and freedom from prejudice, the inherent nobility of the human being, the progressive revelation of religious truth, the development of spiritual qualities,

the integration of worship and service, the fundamental equality of the sexes, the harmony between religion and science, the centrality of justice to all human endeavors, the importance of education, and the dynamics of the relationships that are to bind together individuals, communities, and institutions as humanity advances towards its collective maturity.

‘The Great Peace towards which people of goodwill throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision, and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise, is now at long last within the reach of the nations.’  The Bahá’í House Of Justice, October 1985 – To the Peoples of the World

The preservation and beautification of the Shrines of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, along with other sites associated with the Faith’s history, has continued in the Holy Land. Nineteen beautiful garden terraces cascading above and below the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, stretching from the bottom of the mountain to its summit were also completed in 2001, enhancing the site’s beauty and demonstrating the Bahá’í vision of harmony and transformation.

To gain a fuller appreciation of Bahá’í beliefs you may wish to visit the Bahá’í Reference Library where you can read the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as well as volumes written by Shoghi Effendi and a selection of statements and communications of the Universal House of Justice.”

https://www.bahai.org/beliefs

“The care of God for the birds of the air, the great abundance manifest in nature and in the ‘lilies of the field’ shows the supreme value that God places upon each of his children.  Let us look to Him, then, to teach us how to meet the needs of our brethren here below.

Anxiety stems from a lack of faith in the ultimate purposes of life.  The hard experiences that have come to many in childhood and in later years, creating stresses and strains and producing the fruit of bitterness, have prevented their development of that refined spirit which would enable them to shed their anxieties.

In reality, the lessons Jesus taught on the Father’s watchful care for man and nature should give all the understanding that will heal their insecurity, their anxiety, and their personal pain involving the mind and self.  This healing is brought about through the overpowering radiance of God’s loving concern for every man.

Anxiety must go.  It must be replaced by faith and solemn confidence in the outworking of the Divine Plan.  But in order for this to take place, you must make the conscious determination that it shall be done.  And if you do, I promise you that your experiments will not only be purer and more successful, but also that they will produce happiness and the fruits thereof for yourself and the whole human race.”

St. Germain On Alchemy – Formulas For Self-Transformation, Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, p. 217 – 220.