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Alexander's Wall
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From a Persian mystic poem and quoted by His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh in The Valley of Love section of The Seven Valleys:
A lover is he who is chill in hell fire;
A knower is he who is dry in the sea.
From a poem by 14thC Persian poet Ḥáfiẓ and quoted in The Valley of Unity section of The Seven Valleys by Bahá’u’lláh:
How shall a curtain part the lover and loved one?
Not Alexander's wall can seperate them!
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Beautiful Moon
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From The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh, Persian, no.23:
O DWELLERS IN THE CITY OF LOVE!
Mortal blasts have beset the everlasting candle, and the beauty of the celestial Youth is veiled in the darkness of dust. The chief of the monarchs of love is wronged by the people of tyranny and the dove of holiness lies prisoned in the talons of owls. The dwellers in the pavilion of glory and the celestial concourse bewail and lament, while ye repose in the realm of negligence, and esteem yourselves as of the true friends. How vain are your imaginings!
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The Dust Of Time
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The World Beyond
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From Gleanings From The Writings Of Bahá’u’lláh, LXXXI: And now concerning thy question regarding the soul of man and its survival after death...
The world beyond is as different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother. When the soul attaineth the Presence of God, it will assume the form that best befitteth its immortality and is worthy of its celestial habitation. Such an existence is a contingent and not an absolute existence, inasmuch as the former is preceded by a cause, whilst the latter is independent thereof. Absolute existence is strictly confined to God, exalted be His glory.
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The Crimson Sea
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From The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh, Persian:
25. O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL!
Ye are like clear but bitter water, which to outward seeming is crystal pure but of which, when tested by the divine Assayer, not a drop is accepted. Yea, the sun beam falls alike upon the dust and the mirror, yet differ they in reflection even as doth the star from the earth: nay, immeasurable is the difference!
26. O MY FRIEND IN WORD!
Ponder awhile. Hast thou ever heard that friend and foe should abide in one heart? Cast out then the stranger, that the Friend may enter His home.
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World Called Paradise
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Peter Curtis Mateer Australia
World citizen, singer, songwriter, guitar player, member of the Baha'i Faith, husband, father...Anything else?
Peter Curtis Mateer recommends:
Attract the Hearts (BAHA'I,BAHAI MUSIC)
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The last song is beautiful and true. Check it out first.
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