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| ABU3231 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 | 40 | All these things - the fish, the honeycomb etc, are symbols and were meant to be understood spiritually, just as the Resurrection itself was a spiritual resurrection. | SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; literal interpretation; outward and inward meanings; resurrection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2772 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken on 1909-01-09 | 70 | We know that the body or form has nothing to do with spirit or spiritual conditions. When the spirit is disconnected with or leaves the body, that is no reason for thinking it can be reabsorbed or joined with the whole of spirit | SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022 | relationship of the soul to the body; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3218 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 | 40 | the one essential, the only thing to do was that the members of the little groups should love each other very much and be devoted friends. The more they loved each other, the more the meetings would attract and draw others, and the more they loved, the more their influence would be felt. | SW_v07#11 p.107, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104 | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; growth of the Cause; importance of community building; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2377 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 | 100 | We hear the murmur of the sea always continuing. It never ceases. Were it to cease, the world would be dead, stagnant, lifeless. But the waves of the mind of man are far greater than those of the sea | SW_v07#11 p.107-108, SW_v08#02 p.024, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; mind as intermediary between soul and body; power of imagination; thought; right intention; power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3380 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-07-18 | 30 | I wish you to teach constantly. Therein lies your happiness, and My happiness... I wish you to be detached from the entire world of existence, to turn to the Kingdom of Abha with a pure heart | SW_v07#10 p.097x, DJT.350, BLO_PN#027 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3638 | Words to Juliet Thompson | 10 | The daughters of the Kingdom should not have a desire. | SW_v07#10 p.097 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2702 | Words to Ali-Kuli Khan in 'Akka prior to 1902 | 80 | A wise man when looking at an egg, sees in it the whole form of a bird; he sees the beak | SW_v07#01 p.004 | development of capacity and readiness; evolution; human evolution; law of cause and effect; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2684 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 80 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | To have it (the Mashrak-el-Azkar) built is most important. Some material things have spiritual effect | SW_v06#07 p.053, SW_v06#17 p.134, SW_v07#07 p.058+060, BW_v01p060-061, DLA.014, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026 | connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; importance of community building | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2681 | Words to Azizollah Bahadur spoken around April 1915 | 80 | On your return, write to the beloved friends everywhere and give them my heartiest love. Tell them that my health | SW_v06#06 p.046 | consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1041 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 300 | Some of the souls are not aware of the importance of the Mashrak-el-Azkar. They think and say: The other nations | SW_v06#17 p.136x, AHF.023-024 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2273 | Words spoken at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-01 | 110 | I desire to go to the Orient... Know this for a certainty that today, the penetrative power in the arteries of the world of humanity, is the power of the Covenant. | SW_v06#14 p.111x, SW_v11#08 p.121x, PN_1912 p025, BSTW#052s | firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1229 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-09 | 260 | This is a meeting, the members of which are strung together like pearls, and all the pearls are brilliant, for all are Bahá'ís. | SW_v05#06 p.090, MAB.064-065 | call to action; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1581 | Words spoken in 1912 | 200 | The Mashrak-el-Azkar will be like a beautiful bouquet. The central lofty edifice will have nine sides | SW_v05#05 p.067 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3425 | 30 | I have trained Zeenat Khanum, and having confidence in her, therefore, I sent her to America | SW_v05#04 p.058 | exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2682 | 80 | In this age, Baha'o'llah has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world. Consequently every weak soul | SW_v05#04 p.054, SW_v06#15 p.120, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v08#01 p.001, SW_v08#12 p.146, SW_v13#01 p.007, BSTW#324 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3583 | Words spoken on 1905-03-26 | 10 | Today, the most important affair is firmness in the Covenant | SW_v05#15 p.227, SW_v04#14 p.237 | role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3237 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken in Oct. 1914 | 40 | You must be very moderate. Consider the taste of the public. This is the best policy. Moderation, moderation. | SW_v05#14 p.216, VLAB.099 | courtesy; culture [adab]; Moses; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3348 | 30 | In the world of existence there is no power as efficacious and as penetrative as the power of love. | SW_v05#10 p.154 | love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; power of love; war and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3162 | Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart | 40 | This is the best thing; we will arrive in Stuttgart.... How attracted and enkindled are the German Bahais! | SW_v04#09 p.162 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0212 | Public address given on 1913-04-06 | 890 | Many meetings are organized and established in all parts of the world; societies and organizations for the extension of general intercourse | SW_v04#09 p.156-157 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; equality of men and women; fanaticism and hatred; martyrs and martyrdom; teachings as spirit of the age; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2865 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 60 | The real materialist is the animal. Compared to the animal, man is but a tyro and novice in materialism | SW_v04#06 p.105.3, SW_v25#11 p.239 | limits of the intellect; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2804 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 70 | Material scientists endeavor to show the evolution of the species man from the monkey | SW_v04#06 p.105.2 | evolution; human evolution; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2282 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 110 | The heart of man is a garden. The real garden is in order, well planted, watered and cultivated | SW_v04#06 p.105.1, SW_v15#06 p.157.2 | education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1956 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 150 | If a child is left to its own natural proclivities, without education, it will embody all human defects | SW_v04#06 p.105-106, SW_v15#10 p.289.1, SW_v09#07 p.086 | education of children; moral education; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; perfection; imperfection of nature; religion as reality; definitions of religion; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1058 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 300 | I wish to train you until you have no other thought, no other motive, no other wish than service | SW_v04#06 p.104, STAB#107 | power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1059 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 300 | You must become impervious to criticism, unconscious of attack and abuse, nay, rather welcoming persecution | SW_v04#06 p.104-105, STAB#105 | loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1152 | Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart | 280 | Praise be to God! that I have come to Stuttgart, that I could meet with you. Praise be to God! | SW_v04#04 p.067 | being a source of light; guidance; praise and encouragement; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0436 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-11 | 590 | The essence of the intention is that I wish you to pray for me and I will pray for you. | SW_v04#02 p.040-041 | apostles; early disciples of Christ; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0655 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris , 1913-01-30 | 450 | One of the ladies present has asked me to speak on the subject of soul, mind and spirit. | SW_v04#02 p.037-038, BSTW#092 | mind as intermediary between soul and body; spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; The Holy Spirit; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0354 | Talk given at Hotel Moderne, Paris, on 1913-02-12 | 670 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در عالم انسانی دو قضیه است عمومی و خصوصی هر امری عمومی فوائدش بی نهایت است و | In the material world of existence, human undertakings are divided into two kinds--universal and specific. | AMK.276-279, AVK3.209.19x, KHF.241, KHTB3.093, NJB_v12#06 p.128, BDA2.133x | SW_v04#02 p.036-037, SW_v17#07 p.216, SW_v11#17 p.287+290-291, MHMD2.167x, ADP.141-146 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of governments; political unity; universal language; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU2944 | Words to a group of Americans spoken in 1913 | 60 | I have planted the Seeds in America. You must nurture them and care for them. | SW_v04#15 p.256, BSTW#324 | call to action; confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; growth of the Cause; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2872 | Words to Albert Windust, Ramleh, 1913-10-23 | 60 | ...That which is the most important of all the affairs in this day is to teach the Cause of God! | SW_v04#15 p.251 | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2341 | Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles | 100 | I came from San Francisco to see you and to visit Mr. Chase's grave. | SW_v04#13 p.225, PN_1912 p016 | eulogies; reminiscences; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1693 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20 | 590 | Praise be to God! That this city is progressive; that it is adorned with the existence of the believers... The deceased, his honor Mr. Chase, was a blessed soul; he was a holy reality. | SW_v04#13 p.225-226x, BSTW#155e, ECN.145+182 | eulogies; reminiscences; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0721 | Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1912-04-15 | 410 | Miscellaneous historical and doctrinal topics | A great steamship has been lost at sea. Today newspaper accounts of the Titanic | SW_v04#12 p.210 | materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1014 | Words spoken on 1912-10-22 in San Francisco | 310 | God will assist you. One of the great prophets of the Orient, one of the worthies of the East.... When man dedicates his life to a cause he must dedicate himself entirely | SW_v04#12 p.205, SW_v08#06 p.064-065x | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; independent investigation of truth; reality; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; symbolism; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0228 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 860 | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله در خانهٴ مسس گودال و مسس کوپر در نهایت محبت مجتمعیم هر مائده ئی موجود و مهیا قلوب در نهایت مودت و صفا | Praise be to God! You are the guests of Mrs. Goodall. With the utmost love has she prepared this feast, and every kind of food is before you. The effulgence of the mercy of Baha’u’llah is resplendent. | BDA1.315.15x | SW_v04#12 p.203-204+209, MHMD1.333x, MAB.054-057x, ECN.150+582+991 | prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; suffering and imprisonment; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0105 | Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-03 | 1200 | I am going to say "welcome," to you, instead of your welcoming me. I am most happy to be here with you. | SW_v04#11 p.190-191+194, MAB.038-039, ECN.081+929 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2281 | Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913 | 110 | According to the record of three Gospels, His Holiness Jesus Christ went into the Temple | SW_v04#01 p.018 | praise of Western values; culture; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2289 | Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913 | 110 | In my talks with the reverend doctors of religion and men of the peace societies | SW_v04#01 p.018 | differences in human capacity; love and unity; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0125 | Interview with Hudson Maxim, New York, 1912-04-15 | 1100 | Welcome! Welcome! Very welcome! [Hudson Maxim.] "I am glad to hear you speak English." | SW_v03#07 p.005+010-011 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; universal language; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0363 | Interview with W. H. Short at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15 | 660 | Mahmúd's Diary | You are very welcome; am most happy to greet you. I have looked forward with much pleasure to this meeting | BDA1.035n | SW_v03#07 p.004-005 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; war and peace | - | - | MHMD1.044 | |||||
| ABU0089 | Interview with a prominent Rabbi, New York, ca. Apr. 1912 | 1300 | Interview Between a Prominent Rabbi and 'Abdu'l-Bahá | You are most welcome Rabbi. [Rabbi:] "I have long desired to meet you." | SW_v03#06 p.006-008 | Christ; Christianity; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; human reality created in the image of God; idolatry; literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; proofs of the Manifestations of God; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; unity in diversity | - | - | Interview with a prominent rabbi. Trans: SW_v03#06 p.006-008. | ||||||
| ABU2793 | Words to the friends, spoken around 1912-05-03 | 70 | Some of you have observed that I have not called attention to any of your individual shortcomings.... I want you to be organized like a flock of the doves of Heaven, whose attitude and conduct toward each other | SW_v03#04 p.029, VLAB.077x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3165 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11 | 40 | There are good and bad newspapers. Those which strive to speak only that which is truth, which hold the mirror up to the truth, are like the sun | SW_v03#03 p.003 | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as sun; newspapers and the media; publications; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3040 | Words spoken at Cedar Club in London, 1913-01-02 | 50 | I am very glad to be among you, who are blessed in God's name with children. | SW_v03#18 p.009-010 | education of children; moral education; spiritual transformation; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0656 | Words spoken at Salvation Army Shelter in London, 1912-12-25 | 450 | I feel tonight great joy and happiness to be in this place, because my meetings and callings | SW_v03#18 p.008-009 | consolation and comfort; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; suffering and imprisonment; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0036 | Words spoken at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, 1912-12-20 | 1800 | Scientists tell us that the world of matter is made up of constellation of molecules which hold it in its various forms; each molecule consists | SW_v03#17 p.006-009, SW_v08#10 p.121-122, SW_v12#06 p.122-123 | education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness; unity of religion; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment; supreme tribunal; universal education; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0607 | Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool | 470 | Tonight I am exceedingly happy to find myself in an assembly, the members of which are a recognized factor in philanthropy | SW_v03#17 p.004-005 | martyrs and martyrdom; oneness; unity of religion; prayer for peace and unity; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2525 | Words spoken in 1912 | 90 | The sword has been working over six thousand years and has become dull. We must look about us for another sword | SW_v03#16 p.009 | love of God; material and spiritual existence; two books; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; war and peace | - | - |
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