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O, when will one arise and while listening to this song don the garment of sel essness and
hasten to the precinct of the friend!
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, No 31
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Protect us, bless us, support us, make us such that we shall love but Thy good pleasure, utter
only Thy praise, follow only the pathway of truth, that we may become rich enough to
dispense with all save Thee, and receive our gifts from the sea of Thy bene cence, that we may
ever strive to exalt Thy Cause and to spread Thy sweet savors far and wide, that we may become
oblivious of self and occupied only with Thee, and disown all else and be caught up in Thee.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, No. 193
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The mass of the people are occupied with self and worldly desire, are immersed in the ocean of
the nether world and are captives of the world of nature, save those souls who have been freed
from the chains and fetters of the material world and, like unto swift- ying birds, are soaring in
this unbounded realm. They are awake and vigilant, they shun the obscurity of the world of
nature, their highest wish centereth on the eradication from among men of the struggle for
existence, the shining forth of the spirituality and the love of the realm on high, the exercise of
utmost kindness among peoples, the realization of an intimate and close connection between
religions and the practice of the ideal of self-sacri ce.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, No. 223
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