Collection # 2

• "Assemblies and not individuals constitute the bedrock on which the Administration is built"
• ‘Abdu’l-Baha is the exemplar of the spirit of the Prophet
• “mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service” are strong in women
• “The Báb wrote a letter containing three hundred and sixty derivatives of the root Baha” – Baha’u’llah’s name
• 1965: First Conference of the Hands of the Cause for Africa, Board Members and two African NSA's (photo)
• A lesson on the seeing of a halo about the Master
• Advice from ‘Abdu’l-Baha to keep in mind when one feels he/she is “in the right in a case in dispute, and his minority prevents him from establishing this rightful matter”
• Advise from ‘Abdu’l-Baha how a Baha’i should view other Baha’is
• An ingenious calligraphic representation of certain Holy Words by Mishkin Qalam -- a very famous Baha’i artist and an Apostle of Baha’u’llah (photo)
• Baha’i Administrative Order is unique in religious history
• Baha’u’llah “chose for one of His names the title of The Poor One”
• Baha’u’llah’s Seals
• Compiling about 12000 prophecies and traditions pertaining to the advent of the long awaited Promised One
• Consultation is no easy skill to learn
• Creatures on other planets
• Divine versus Satanic attributes
• Essential Requisites for Spiritual Growth
• Examples of changes in social laws associated with various past religions
• Facsimile of Ruhiyyih Khanum's Persian handwriting (photo)
• First Baha’i to live in Vancouver, Canada
• Getting a glimpse of the “incomparable greatness of the Baha’i Revelation” –- through a Zoroastrian Prophecy
• God’s “most beauteous names,” and “most noble and sublime attributes” – as Revealed to humanity through His Manifestations
• How humanity benefits from the Manifestations of God …
• How one should view world’s religious leaders and divines
• How should a Baha’i weigh his/her desire to participate in various humanitarian relief works
• How to be a friend to many people
• Imagine we had the inestimable privilege to be in the presence of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and ask the following question:
• Jan. 1960: Horace Holley Left U.S. for Holy Land after Thirty-Six Years Service on U.S. National Spiritual Assembly
• Material vs. Divine Civilizations -- from an interview between ‘Abdu’l-Baha and a San Francisco news reporter in 1912
• Mystery of Sacrifice
• One’s spiritual progress implies subordinating ego to the enlightened soul
• Percentage of Women on NSA's by Continent -- as of 1993 (photo)
• Persecution in the West
• Physical powers and intellectual attainments are not sufficient for the advancement of the world of humanity – we also need assistance from the divine Father
• Prayer for Employment?
• Present Bahá'í Spiritual Assemblies are the same Houses of Justice referred to by Bahá'u'lláh
• Purpose of Bahá'í Administration
• Quddus’s incredible station and examples of his humility towards the Bab
• Question: What is the significance of the word "He is God" which appears as the heading of every tablet and letter [of ‘Abdu’l-Baha]?
• Shoghi Effendi was more akin physically to his great-grandfather, Bahá'u'lláh
• Significance of the Remains and Relics of the Manifestations of God
• Socrates, Hippocrates and other Greek philosophers visited Palestine and acquired wisdom from the Jewish prophets
• Some religious references to the city of 'Akka
• Stamp with a Picture of Baha'i Temple in Western Samoa (photo)
• Supplications may be addressed to ‘Abdu’l-Baha
• Tests are means of ripening one’s spirit
• The “best teacher” & an “exemplary believer”
• The “Kitáb-i-Aqdas is the Charter of the future world civilization that Bahá'u'lláh has come to raise up ..”
• The “oneness of humanity is the primary foundation of” the virtues of the human world
• The Bab Revealed Nine Commentaries on the Whole of the Qur’an While Incarcerated in Mah-Ku for Nine Months
• The Baha’i Faith -- We are “too close to so colossal a Revelation”
• The Guardian loved Africa
• The Hidden Words have no sequence
• The impact of the Advent of the Bab on many European writers in late 19th century
• The Incomparable Figure of Baha’u’llah
• The Master Defines Attributes of the Sincere and the Truthful
• The Station of Mother, Sister and Brother of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
• The Unique and Outstanding Shoghi Effendi
• We need to show “real love and tolerance towards the ideas and customs of the people” and through “wise conduct and loving-kindness” remove “obstacles between them and the Truth”
• We should close our eyes to “the deficiencies of other souls”
• We should turn our back to darkness and our face to ‘Abdu’l-Baha
• What is a soul?
• What is the conclusive evidence of the divine origin of known Messengers of God?
• Who is a “true Baha’i”?
• Work is worship “provided that it is conducted on the basis of utmost honesty and faithfulness”