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I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.

Abdu'l-Baha

In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition.Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality.
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Aspect Cleanliness Condition Holiness Human Purity Spirituality
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
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
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
If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task.hus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.
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Excel Fail Fault Formidable Incumbent Look People Standpoint Task
The faithful are ever sustained by the presence of the Supreme Concourse. In the Supreme Concourse are Jesus, and Moses, and Elijah, and Bahá’u’lláh, and other supreme Souls: there, also, are the martyrs.
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Concourse Faithful Jesus Presence Soul Supreme Sustained
Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
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Foundation Mankind Truthfulness Virtue
They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.
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Accept Acquiescence Life Man Radiant Woman
That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes..
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Attribute Book Divine Love Necessary Need World. Acquire
If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.
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Belief Contrary Found Imagination Opinion Religious Science Superstition
Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not.
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Caused Illness Impression Nervous Treatment
Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit
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Divine Judgement Man Measure Simply Spirit Standard
The forces and powers necessary for this world were bestowed upon him in that limited condition. In this world he needed eyes; he received them potentially in the other.
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Bestowed Condition Eyes Force Limited Necessary Needed Power World
When this holy attribute is established in man, all the divine qualities will also become realized.
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Attribute Established Holy Qualities Realized
…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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Cause Educational Human Knowledge Progress
The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust,
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Appearance Book Condition Divine Mean Perfection Traverse Wisdom

I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.

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