Perfection: London, England
Sunset on the River Thames, London “Material civilization is like unto the lamp, while spiritual civilization is the light in that lamp. If the material and spiritual civilization become united, then we will have the light and the lamp together, and the outcome will be perfect. For material civilization is like unto a beautiful body, [...]
Perfection: Meinong, Taiwan
Alisa Mappes © “In the state of maturity and perfection it appears in the utmost splendor and brilliance. In the same way the seed in the beginning becomes leaves and is the place where the vegetable spirit appears; in the condition of fruit it manifests the same spirit—that is to say, the power of growth appears [...]
Perfection: Namibia
“And further, those present should concern themselves with every means of training the girl children…in the stronghold of all perfections…and with the protection of a goodly character….” Abdu’l-Baha
Perfection: Jerusalem, Israel
Chad Mauger © A part of Anish Kapoor’s sculpture, “Turning the World Upside Down, Jerusalem”. “Souls are like unto mirrors, and the bounty of God is like unto the sun. When the mirrors pass beyond all coloring and attain purity and polish, and are confronted with the sun, they will reflect in full perfection its [...]
Perfection: Palau
Sarah Johnson © The sweet air that blew through our windows on the way to Ngardmau reminded me of summer nights in my childhood home. The friends who gathered in fellowship with selflessness-these were memories of perfection. And this spot was a labor of perfection for those who constructed it. “The only people who are [...]
Perfection: Canterbury, New Zealand
Golriz Lucina Gundry © “Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Perfection: Chicago, USA
My mother was pitting the sour cherries to prepare them for freezing and storage. They glowed in the warm summer sun, perfectly round. “No created thing shall ever attain its paradise unless it appeareth in its highest prescribed degree of perfection. For instance, this crystal representeth the paradise of the stone whereof its substance [...]
Perfection: Vancouver, Canada
“O MY FRIEND! Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My holiness, let not the defilement of the world eclipse thy splendor. Rend asunder the veil of heedlessness, that from behind the clouds thou mayest emerge resplendent and array all things with the apparel of life”. ~Baha’u’llah
Perfection: Palmero, Italy
Taken inside the church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Palermo, Sicily. “Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.” -Eugene Delacroix
Perfection: Dili, Timor Leste
Jarnah Montersino © “For they must live and act in accord with the divine advices and exhortations and show forth to each other the power of the perfection of love with infinite accord and unity, so that they may become the embodiment of one existence, the waves of ones sea…” Abdul-Baha
Perfection: San Antonio, Texas
Bahram Mark Sobhani © It is clearly evident that while man possesses powers in common with the animal, he is distinguished from the animal by intellectual attainment, spiritual perception, the acquisition of virtues, capacity to receive the bestowals of Divinity, lordly bounty and emanations of heavenly mercy. This is the adornment of man, his honor and [...]
Perfection: Eliot, Maine, USA
Entrance to the room which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá occupied at the Sarah Farmer Inn during His visited to Green Acre in 1912. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is regarded as the Center of Baha’u’llah’s Covenant and the perfect Exemplar of His teachings. ‘ “O Thou Who art the apple of Mine eye!” Bahá’u’lláh in His own handwriting thus addresses ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, “My glory, the ocean of My loving-kindness, the sun [...]
Perfection: Toronto, Canada
A collection of cameras, some mine, some not, at a friend’s house in Toronto. “One cannot obtain the full force of the sunlight when it is cast on a flat mirror, but once the sun shineth upon a concave mirror, or on a lens that is convex, all its heat will be concentrated on a [...]
Perfection: Akka, Israel
The stairs of the south wing of the House of Abdu’llah Pasha, Abdu’l-Baha’s home in Akka. “Upon Him that loving and unerring Father had chosen to confer the unique title of “Sirru’lláh” (the Mystery of God), a designation so appropriate to One Who, though essentially human and holding a station radically and fundamentally different from [...]
Perfection: Russia
It is a picture from the Horse race track. When I watch horse racing, i sometimes remember this quotation: “The Baha’i teacher must be all confidence. Therein lies his strength and the secret of his success. Though single-handed, and no matter how great the apathy of the people around you may be, you should have faith that [...]
Perfection: Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
“No created thing shall ever attain its paradise unless it appeareth in its highest prescribed degree of perfection.” -Selections From the Writings of the Báb, page 89.
Perfection: Los Angeles, USA
“In accordance with the Divine Teachings, the acquisition of sciences and the perfection of arts is considered as acts of worship. If a man engages with all his power in the acquisition of a science or in the perfection of an art, it is as if he has been worshipping God in the churches and [...]
Perfection: Vancouver, Canada
“…Make ye a mighty effort, and choose for yourselves a noble goal. Through the power of faith, obey ye the teachings of God, and let all your actions conform to His laws.” ‘Abdul-Baha
Perfection: Chicago, USA
I loved the way the security guard’s head was framed at the end of the tunnel of light. He was just waiting there, watching the endless stream of humanity passing through. There were so many different people, of every ethnicity, it was wonderful to see. “Praise be to God, today the splendour of the Word [...]
Perfection: Akko, Israel
“Perfection is attained by slow degrees, it requires the hand of time.” – Voltaire.
Perfection: Johannesburg, South Africa
“Man is in the highest degree of materiality, and at the beginning of spirituality—that is to say, he is the end of imperfection and the beginning of perfection. He is at the last degree of darkness, and at the beginning of light; that is why it has been said that the condition of man is [...]
Perfection: New York, USA
Dyptic#2 “Man is in the highest degree of materiality, and at the beginning of spirituality–that is to say, he is the end of imperfection and the beginning of perfection. He is at the last degree of darkness, and at the beginning of light; that is why it has been said that the condition of man [...]
Perfection: Yorkshire, England
A moon jelly fish gracefully swims along at the aquarium. God’s creation is perfect, wherever it may be found. “The animal is perfect when its body is healthy and its physical senses are whole. When it is characterized by the attributes of physical health, when its physical forces are in working order, when food and surrounding [...]
