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The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.

Abdu'l-Baha

Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of God are impossible for a soul.
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God Humanity Impossible Man Soul Truthfulness World
To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
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Attain Happiness Joy Sacrifice Self State Temporal True Vanish
Or to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you – and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God.
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Guilty Heavier Innocent Rest Sacrifice Suffer Talent Time
Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers, new moralities, new capacities.
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Degree Emerged Former Humanity Imbued Men Perfection Power Virtue
Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.
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Affair Important Mass Ordinary People Problem Uninformed
Just as he prepared himself in the world of the matrix by acquiring forces necessary in this sphere of existence, so, likewise, the indispensable forces of the divine existence must be potentially attained in this world.
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Existence Force Himself Indispensable Matrix Prepared
This is because the spirit has no place; it is placeless; and for the spirit the earth and the heaven are as one since it makes discoveries in both
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Discovery Earth Heaven Placeless Spirit
Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained here.
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Beyond Book Kingdom Must Obtained Need World
To find that Bahá’í young people, each and all, are known throughout the world for their intellectual attainmen
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Attainment Intellectual Known People Throughout World Young
But the balance is already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy.
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Alertness Balance Force Losing Mental Quality Service Shifting Spiritual
Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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Attainment Conductive God Human Knowledge Welfare
These he must attain in this world so that after his ascension from the earthly to the heavenly Kingdom he shall find all that is needful in that eternal life ready for him
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Ascension Attain Earthly Kingdom Needful World
Whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
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Despairing Materialism Progress Science Slough Wall Wing
What are the requirements? Love for mankind, sincerity toward all, reflecting the oneness of the world of humanity, philanthropy, becoming enkindled with the fire of the love of God
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Humanity Mankind Oneness Philanthropy Reflecting Requirement Sincerity
If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
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Baha Become Dislike Division Hatred Religion
Christ is ever in the world of existence. He has never disappeared out of it…. Rest assured that Christ is present. The Spiritual beauty we see around us today is from the breathings of Christ.
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Assured Beauty Breathing Christ Disappeared Existence Rest Spiritual World

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.

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The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.

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