peoples of the earth in attaining unto His holy
Presence--the Presence of God Himself--how
they renounced the world and all that is therein,
and sacrificed freely and joyously their lives at the
feet of that Manifestation of the All-Glorious.
And now, observe the "return" of the self-same
determination, the self-same constancy and renunciation,
manifested by the companions of the Point
of the Bayan. (1) Thou hast witnessed how these companions
have, through the wonders of the grace of
the Lord of Lords, hoisted the standards of sublime
renunciation upon the inaccessible heights of
glory. These Lights have proceeded from but one
Source, and these fruits are the fruits of one Tree.
Thou canst discern neither difference nor distinction
among them. All this is by the grace of God!
On whom He will, He bestoweth His grace.
Please God, that we avoid the land of denial, and
advance into the ocean of acceptance, so that we
may perceive, with an eye purged from all conflicting
elements, the worlds of unity and diversity,
of variation and oneness, of limitation and detachment,
and wing our flight unto the highest and innermost
sanctuary of the inner meaning of the
Word of God.
1. The Báb.