Communication!

The Baha'i Fast (March 2-20)  "Thou hast endowed every hour of these days with a special virtue, inscrutable to all except Thee, Whose knowledge embraceth all created things."  ~Bahá'u'lláh

These are from the wonderful book, "Baha'i Marriage and Family Life - Selections from the Writings of the Baha'i Faith"

B. Communication (102-115) - 9 quotes here:

"Consort with all men, O people of Bahá, in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship."

102. "If ye be aware of a certain truth, if ye possess a jewel, of which others are deprived, share it with them in a language of utmost kindliness and goodwill. If it be accepted, if it fulfill its purpose, your object is attained. If anyone should refuse it, leave him unto himself, and beseech God to guide him. Beware lest ye deal unkindly with him. A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding.

(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 15)

103. "The Great Being saith: The heaven of divine wisdom is illumined with the two luminaries of consultation and compassion. Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the bestower of understanding."

(Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 168)

104. "... Say: No man can attain his true station except through his justice. NO power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation.

(Bahá'u'lláh: Consultation: A Compilation, p. 3, from a previously untranslated Tablet)

(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 176)

105. "Consultation bestoweth greater awareness and transmuteth conjecture into certitude. It is a shining light which, in a dark world, leadeth the way and guideth. For everything there is and will continue to be a station of perfection and maturity. The maturity of the gift of understanding is made manifest through consultation."

(Bahá'u'lláh: 

From a Tablet- translated from the Persian) (Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, p. 93)

106. "In all things it is necessary to consult. This matter should be forcibly stressed by thee, so that consultation may be observed by all. The intent of what hath been revealed from the Pen of the Most High is that consultation may be fully carried out among the friends, inasmuch as it is and will always be a cause of awareness and of awakening and a source of good and well-being."

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian)

(Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, p. 93)

107. "...trust in God and be unmoved by either the praise or the false accusations declared by people towards thee, depend entirely on God and exert thyself to serve His holy vineyard."

(Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v1, p. 158)

108. "Settle all things, both great and small, by consultation. Without prior consultation, take no important step in your own personal affairs. Concern yourselves with one another. Help along one another's projects and plans. Grieve over one another. Let none in the whole country go in need. Befriend one another until ye become as a single body, one and all ..."

(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 178)

109. "The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God, attraction to His Divine Fragrances, humility and lowliness amongst His loved ones, patience and long-suffering in difficulties and servitude to His exalted Threshold. Should they be graciously aided to acquire these attributes, victory from the unseen Kingdom of Baha shall be vouchsafed to them."

(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 87)

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