Scattering Angels

Today I read a passage titled These Perspicuous Verses by Baha’u’llah. These verses can be found in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf pages 131-134 and also in the Ishraqat pages 117-119. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 22nd Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers of Ecstasy on pages 52-53.

We are back in business after a long break. Hopefully all of our technical difficulties are behind us. Today I read a short passage from the Kitab-I-Iqan by Baha’u’llah, pages 90-92, the 21st Hidden Word from the Persian from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah, and a prayer from Prayers of Ecstacy (Kalimat Press) by Abdu’l-Baha, pages 73-74.

Today, on the eve of the 9th Day of Ridvan, I read from the Kitab-I-Iqan, pages 33-43. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 21st Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer by the Bab from the Baha’i Prayer Book on page 128-129.

Today I read from Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, XIV, pages 27-35. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 20th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, II, pages 4-5.

Today I read a passage by Bahá’u’lláh from Baha’i World Faith pages 129-133. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 19th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer for unity by Abdu-l-Baha on page 234 of the Baha’i Prayer Book.

Today I finish reading the Tablet to Dr August Forel from the original Persian text first published Cairo 1922. This translation taken from The Baha’i World Volume XV pages 37-43. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 18th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer for teaching by Bahá’u’lláh from the Baha’i Prayer Book pages 194-195.

Today I delve into the first half of a Tablet to Dr August Forel written by Abdul-Baha. The original Persian text was first published in Cairo in 1922. This translation was taken from The Baha’i World, Volume XV pages 37-43. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 16th and 17th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations from Baha’u’llah on pages 232-233 numbered CXLIV.

Today I read a Letter to Martha Root signed by Abdu’llah and translated by Dr Ali Kuli Kahn, August 1935 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Wilmette. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 15th and 16th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh on pages 118-119 numbered LXXII.

Today I read a passage you Bahá’u’lláh from Baha’i World Faith, pages 64-68. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 11th, 12th, and 13th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer by Bahá’u’lláh for the Fast from the Baha’i Prayer Book page 280.

Today I read a letter from the Universal House of Justice dated March 1, 2017 to the Bahá’ís of the world, a passage by Shoghi Effendi from Baha’i News, no. 13, dated September 1926, a passage from Vignettes from Abdu’l-Baha by Annamarie Honnold page 69, and a passage from Abdu’l-Baha in Their Midst by Earl Redman, page 164. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 9th and 10th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with the prayer for the Intercalary Days by Baha’u’llah.

Today’s reading is from a long list of sources beginning with The Kitab-I-Aqdad by Baha’u’llah, pp 73, Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha, chapter 77, Guidance on Self-Defence by the Universal House of Justice written to the National Spiritual Assambly of the Bahá’ís of Canada dated 5-26-1969, a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice fo an individual believer on 1-24-1993, Unfolding Destiny by Shoghi Effendi, page 427, Baha’u’llah and the New Era by J.E. Esslemont, pages 169-171. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 7th and 8th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer by Baha’u’llah from the Baha’i Prayer Book, page 236-237.

Today’s readings are from Paris Talks by Abdu’l-Baha pages 173-176 from an Address by Abdu’l-Baha at the Friends’ Meeting House, St Martin’s Lane, London, from Baha’i World Faith page 368 titled Prayer is Indispensable, and from The Kitabi-I-Aqdas by Baha’u’llah paragraph 149. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 5th and 6th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah page 222-223 CXXXV.

Today I read from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha, chapters 8 and 9. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 3rd and 4th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah on page 156-157, XCIII.

Today I continue reading from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha chapters 6 and 7. We continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 1st and 2nd Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer for healing by Baha’u’llah on pages 94-95 of the Bahá’í Prayer Book.

Today’s reading is from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha, Chapters 3, 4, and 5. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 71st Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha from the Bahá’í Prayer Book, pages 131-132.

Today I read the letter from the Universal House of Justice dated 18 January 2019. I continue our reading of the Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 69th and 70th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha from the Baha’i Prayer Book on pages 112-113.

Today I read the chapter titled Habit from Prescription for Living by Ruhiyyih Khanum found on pages 119-125. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 67th and 68th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by The Bab from the Baha’i Prayer Book pages 128-129.

Today’s reading is from The Promise of World Peace written by the Universal House of Justice in October 1985, pages 3-6. Also a short passage by Tahirih as quoted by Abdu’l-Baha in Star of the West, Volume 10, page 233. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 65th and 66th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer for detachment by Abdu’l-Baha from the Bahá’í Prayer Book on pages 56-57

Today I read several passages beginning with the 12th Glad Tidings from Tablets of Baha’u’llah Revealed After the Kitabi-I-Aqdas page 26, Bahá’í World Faith from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, page 195, a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada dated March 22 1937, from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer on June 30 1936, Bahá’í World Faith from the writings of Abdu’l-Baha page 375. We continue reading from The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 63rd and 64th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha from the Bahá’í Prayer Book on page 22-23.

Today’s reading is from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha chapter 14. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 61st and 62nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with Visitation Prayer for Abdu’l-Baha in pages 327-329 of the Baha’i Prayer Book.

Today I read from Baha’i World Faith, Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, pages 424-426. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 59th and 60th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Bahá’u’lláh from the Baha’i Prayer Book pages 46-47.

Today I read a passage from Baha'i Library Online titled "Abdu'l-Baha on Christ and Christianity: An interview with Pasteur Monnier on the relationship between the Baha'i Faith and Christianity" in Paris on February 17, 1917. I also read from the Bible, King James Version, John 13:34-35. I continue our trek through The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 57th and 58th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Baha'u'llah for unity from BahaiPrayers.org. To all of my Christian friends, I wish you a peace-filled Christmas...

Today I read a passage from Some Answered Questions by Abdu'l-Baha, Chapter 30 titled Adam and Eve. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 55th and 56th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah pages 240-242.

Today I read four passages. The first passage is from Baha'u'llah and the New Era by J.E. Esslemont pages 85-86. The second passage is from Baha'i Administration by Shoghi Effendi page 10. The third passage is from Advent of Divine Justice by Shoghi Effendi, pocket sized edition pages 23-26, and I want to clarify that the Beloved Guardian was quoting Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha throughout this passage. The fourth passage is from Baha'u'llah by the Baha'i International Committee on page 8. Again this passage also contains quotes by Baha'u'llah. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 53rd and 54th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by The Bab from the Baha'i Prayer Book on pages 170-171. 

Today I continue reading from the Kitab-I-Iqan by Baha'u'llah pages 15-22. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 51st and 52nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with two prayers by Abdu'l-Baha for children from the Baha'i Prayer Book page 33 and page 31-32. 

Today I read a passage from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi dated June 9, 1932 to an individual believer. Then I begin reading the first half of a long passage from the Kitab-I-Iqan by Baha'u'llah pages 3-15. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 49th and 50th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha on pages 212-213. 

Today I read some passages on Baha'i marriage beginning with The Marriage Tablet which is not scripture as it is unauthenticated. It was taken from a talk ascribed to the Master circa December 1918 and written down by Ahmad Sohrab. I also read some short passages from Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha page 117 and 118, Lights of Guidance by Abdu'l-Baha page 226, and a passage from Prescription for Living by Ruhiyyih Khanum pages 87-88. I continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 47th and 48th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha in the Baha'i Prayer Book on pages 23-24.

Today I read three passages from Baha'i World Faith, pages 66-67 and page 175 from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, and page 366 from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha. I also read a passage from Star of the West Volume VII page 171 titled "Hast thou Love?" from the diary of Mirza Ahmad Sokrab, June 9, 1914. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 45th and 46th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah pages 56-57.

Today's reading is from The Promise of World Peace by The Universal House of Justice pages 10-13. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 43rd and 44th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah page 121-122, LXXIV. 

Today I read a passage from The Promulgation of Universal Peace by Abdu'l-Baha from a talk at the Church of the Ascension in New York on 2 June 1912, pages 163-166. I continue our trek through The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 41st and 42nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a teaching prayer by Abdu'l-Baha which was revealed to the Baha'i's of the United States and Canada from The Baha'i Prayer Book on pages 206-208.

Today I read The Valley of Search from The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys by Baha'u'llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries by Baha'u'llah, paragraphs 36 and 37, and Baha'i World Faith, Writings of Baha'u'llah, page 107. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 39th and 40th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Baha'u'llah from the Baha'i Prayer Book, pages 166-168.

With today's passages, I seek to honour the Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha by reading from Vignettes from the Life of Abdu'l-Baha, pages 95, 96, 102, and 163, and Ruhi Book 4. I also read a passage from Baha'i World Faith, Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, pages 365-366. We continue to read The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, the 37th and 38th Hidden Word from the Arabic. And we close with a prayer for Humanity by Abdu'l-Baha from the Baha'i Prayer Book 112-113.

Today's passage is from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah pages 329-332. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 35th and 36th Hidden Word from the Arabic. And we close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah pages 258-259.

Today's passages are from Directives from the Guardian by Shoghi Effendi. I selected a number of short passages from this book on a variety of subjects as follows: GenerosityCatastrophe (The Apcalyptic Upheaval)CriticismHeroism is NeededLove (Turn to Baha'i Brothers and Sisters)Love, Custodians of (World Exeedingly Dark)Prejudices (Racial)Teaching (Love for Baha'u'llah)Followed by a passage by Shoghi Effendi that I found on Bahai.Org which did not cite a source but was titled "A Life of Generous Giving." We continued our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 33rd and 34th Hidden Word from the Arabic. Today we close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah on page 13.

Today's readings are from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah pages 14-17. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 31st and 32nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close with a prayer on thanksgiving in Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah pages 329-332. 

Today we read a passage from Baha'i World Faith from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha on pages 220-224. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 29th and 30th Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close with a prayer by Baha'u'llah from the Baha'i Prayer Book on page 136.

Today's passage is from Prescription for Living by Ruhiyyih Khanum, pages 253-257. We continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 27th and 28th Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close with an evening prayer by Baha'u'llah from the Baha'i Prayer Book on page 59.

Today's readings are from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah pages 144-148, and The Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II by Baha'u'llah, originally revealed as "Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-I-A'zam". We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 25th and 26th Hidden Word from the Arabic. We conclude today's episode with a prayer by Baha'u'llah from The Baha'i Prayer Book page 20. 

Today's readings are from The Kitab-I-Aqdas by Baha'u'llah, Notes verse 52, The Promulgation of Universal Peace by Abdu'l-Baha, pages 72-73, and The Prosperity of Humankind by the Baha'i International Community, pages 7-8. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 23rd and 24th Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close this episode with a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha for Gatherings from the Baha'i Prayer Book pages 85-86.

Today's passages are from The Kitab-I-Aqdas by Baha'u'llah, verses 122-125, and Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah pages 336-337. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 21st and 22nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close with a prayer for Firmness in the Covenant by Abdu'l-Baha on pages 68-69 of the Baha'i Prayer Book.

Todays selections all come from Baha'i World Faith, pages 371-372, 374-375, and 395-396, all from Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, and page 11 from the Writings of Baha'u'llah. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the nineteenth and twentieth Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close with a prayer for Test and Difficulties by Baha'u'llah from the Baha'i Prayer Book page 216.

Today I read passages with the theme of Healing. The first is from Baha'i World Faith from the writings of Abdu'l-Baha on pages 375-376 titled Two Methods of Healing. Next we continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the seventeenth and eighteenth Hidden Word from the Arabic. The next passage is from Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha pages 161-162. Lastly, I read the Long Healing Prayer by Baha'u'llah which is on pages 100-108 of the Baha'i Prayer Book.

Today's passage is from Baha'i World Faith pages 263-267 by Abdu'l-Baha. We continue our reading from The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah from the Arabic with the sixteenth Hidden Word. We close with a prayer for healing by Abdu'l-Baha from the Baha'i Prayer Book pages 93-94.

Today’s passage is from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, pages 263-269, followed by The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, the fifteenth Hidden Word from the Arabic. We close with a prayer for teaching by Abdu’l-Baha from the Baha’i Prayer Book on page 198.

Today’s reading is from Baha’i World Faith pages 224-228 written by Abdu’l-Baha. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the Fourteenth Hidden Word and we close with a prayer for protection by Abdu’l-Baha.

Today's passages are from Some Answered Questions by Abdu'l-Baha, pages 78-80, titled True Wealth, and Prescription for Living by Ruhiyyih Khanum, pages 62-63. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the thirteenth Hidden Word from the Arabic: O Son of Spirit! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I moulded thee, how doest thou busy thyself with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting.

Today's passage is from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah pages 293-296. We continue with our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the Twelvth Hidden Word: O Son of Being! With the hands of power I made thee and with the fingers of strength I created thee; and within thee have I placed the essence of My light. Be thou content with it and seek naught else, for My work is perfect and My command is binding. Question it not, nor have a doubt therof. I close with a prayer by The Bab from the Baha'i Prayer Book, page 55.  

Today I read from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, pages 64-68. We continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, with the Eleventh Hidden Word from the arabic: O Son of Being! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee. Get thou  from it thy radiance and seek none other than Me. For I have created thee rich and have bountifully shed My favour upon thee. We close with a prayer for Steadfastness by Abdu'l-Baha from the Baha'i Prayer Book, page 188.

Today's reading is from Selections From the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, pages 1-3. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the Tenth Hidden Word: O Son of Utterance! Thou art My stronghold; enter therein that thou mayest abide in safety. My love is in thee, know it, that thou mayest find Me near unto thee. We close with a teaching prayer from the Baha'i Prayer Book by Abdu'l-Baha which was revealed to the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, pages 205-208.

Today's passage is from Baha'i World Faith by Abdu'l-Baha, titled Industrial Justice, pages 280-284. We continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the Ninth Hidden Word:  O Son of Being! My love is My stronghold; he that entereth therein is safe and secure, and he that turneth away shall surely stray and perish. I close with a prayer from the Baha'i Prayer Book written by The Bab on page 223.

Today's passages are from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah pages 249-252, and the Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, from the Persian, the 54th Hidden Word: O Ye Rich Ones on Earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My  trust, and be not intent only on your own ease. We close with a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha for Spiritual Growth on page 173 of the Baha'i Prayer Book.