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Seeking God: "I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.

 

[talwan]

The Future of Religions: No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth will be the test of merit.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

109. குரு தேவை.
குரு கட்டாயமாகத் தேவை.
புத்தியாலும், பொறி புலன்களாலும்,
ஆன கட்டிலிருந்து ஒரு மனிதனை விடுவிக்க
குருவால் மட்டுமே முடியும் என்று
உபநிடதங்கள் உரைக்கின்றன.
குரு ஆத்மா சாக்ஷாத்காரத்தைக்
கொண்டு வருவதில்லை.
மாறாக அதற்கான தடைகளை அகற்றுகின்றார்.

 

[talwan]

From Delight we came into existence.
In Delight we grow.
At the end of our journey’s close,
Into Delight we retire.

 

[talwan]

Whatever takes form is false.
Only the formless endures.

When you understand
The truth of this teaching,
You will not be born again.

 

[talwan]

For God is infinite,
Within the body and without,
Like a mirror,
And the image in a mirror.

 

[talwan]

As the air is everywhere,
Flowing around a pot
And filling it,
So God is everywhere,
Filling all things
And flowing through them forever.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

110. அருளை நாடு.
சத்குருவின் அருளால் மனதைச் சும்மா இருக்கச் செய்தால் ஒழிய எல்லோரும் விரும்பும் அமைதி எவ்வழியிலும், எவராலும், எவ்வேளையிலும், எவ்விடத்திலும் அடைய முடியாது. எனவே ஒருமுகப்பட்ட மனத்துடன் அருளை நாடுக.

 

[talwan]

Baha'u'llah Baha'i Faith 1844 A.D. Holy Scripture includes writings of The Bab (the forerunner), Baha'u'llah (the prophet founder), and 'Abdu'l-Baha (the son of Baha'u'llah)
Know, thou, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel. It is the first among all created things to declare the excellence of its Creator, the first to recognize His glory, to cleave to His truth, and bow down in adoration before Him. ... Verily I say, the human soul is exalted above all egress and regress. It is still, and yet it soareth; it moveth, and yet it is still. It is, in itself, a testimony that beareth witness to the existence of a world that is contingent, as well as to the reality of a world that hath neither beginning nor end.

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God, in a state and condition which neither the revolution of ages and centuries, nor the changes or chances of this world, can alter. It will endure as long as the Kingdom of God, His sovereignty, His dominion and power will endure. It will manifest the signs of God and His attributes, and will reveal His loving kindness and bounty. When the human soul soareth out of this transient heap of dust and riseth into the world of God, then veils will fall away, and verities will come to light, and all things unknown before will be made clear, and hidden truths be understood. [/FONT]

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The nature of the soul after death can never be described, nor is it meet and permissible to reveal its whole character to the eyes of men. The Prophets and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of guiding mankind to the straight Path of Truth. The purpose underlying Their revelation hath been to educate all men, that they may, at the hour of death, ascend, in the utmost purity and sanctity and with absolute detachment, ... The light which these souls radiate is responsible for the progress of the world and the advancement of its peoples ... and constitute the animating force through which the arts and wonders of the world are made manifest.[/FONT]

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.[/FONT]

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The one is irrevocable, the other is, as termed by men, impending. To the former all must unreservedly submit, inasmuch as it is fixed and settled. God however, is able to alter or repeal it. As the harm that must result from such a change will be greater than if the decree had remained unaltered, all, therefore, should willingly acquiesce in what God hath willed and confidently abide by the same.
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[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Unto each one hath been prescribed a preordained measure, as decreed in God's mighty and guarded Tablets. All that which ye potentially possess can, however, be manifested only as a result of your own volition. [/FONT]

 

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Thank you for inspiring me today. That was simply divine! Best wishes to you and yours.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

dear madam,
(whom I thought to be a Sir! )
Hope you got advised regarding the fast approaching wedding of your son with a Tamil Brahmin girl.
Good luck to you, to your son and the would-be-daughter-in-law!
with best wishes and regards,
Mrs. V. R.

Thank you for inspiring me today. That was simply divine! Best wishes to you and yours.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

111. உரிய நேரம்.

குரு முதலில் நம் வழியிலேயே சென்று, பின் படிப் படியாக நம்மை உரிய நேரத்தில் உயர்ந்த பாதையில் திருப்புவார். ஒரு கார் மிகவும் வேகமாகச் செல்லுகிறது என்று வைத்துக் கொள்ளுவோம். அதனை உடனே நிறுத்துவதோ அல்லது திருப்புவதோ பயங்கரமான விளைவுகளை ஏற்படுத்தும்.

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

Contentment is the highest gain one fetches
Good company is the highest forward movement in time
Enquiry is the highest wisdom one gets and
Peace is the highest enjoyment one relishes in life.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[talwan]

Abdu'l-Baha
The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust, and it must traverse all conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit. [/FONT]

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the sun continues; and if the mirror is destroyed or ceases to exist, no harm will happen to the bounty of the sun, which is everlasting. This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things ... [/FONT]

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality of human existence. 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. He needed ears; he obtained them there in readiness and preparation for his new existence. The powers requisite in this world were conferred upon him in the world of the matrix.[/FONT]

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]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. 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. [/FONT]

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes. In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God. 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. [/FONT]

 

[talwan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]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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