Will: London, England
“Having created the world and all that liveth and moveth therein, He, through the direct operation of His unconstrained and sovereign Will, chose to confer upon man the unique distinction and capacity to know Him and to love Him—a capacity that must needs be regarded as the generating impulse and the primary purpose underlying the [...]
Will: Chicago, USA
“Indeed ye have been called into being through the power of the Point of the Bayán while the Point Himself is resigned to the Will of Him Whom God shall make manifest, is exalted through His transcendent sublimity, is sustained by the evidences of His might, is glorified by the majesty of His oneness, is [...]
Will: Hanoi, Vietnam
“O people of Baha! It is incumbent upon each one of you to engage in some occupation – such as a craft, a trade or the like. We have exalted your engagement is such work to the rank of worship of the one true God.” – Bahá’u’lláh
Will: Los Angeles, USA
Susan Gammage, a wonderful Baha’i lifecoach, writes on her website: “As long as we stay in the prison of self, God can’t reach us or help us out. We have to meet Him half way and turn to Him first.” “Release comes by making of the will a Door through which the confirmations of the [...]
Will: Acre, Israel
Complete submission to the will of God. “I have no will but Thy will, O my Lord, and cherish no desire except Thy desire. From my pen floweth only the summons which Thine own exalted pen hath voiced, and my tongue uttereth naught save what the Most Great Spirit hath itself proclaimed in the kingdom [...]
Will: Guam
We think that snails move slowly, but this one made it from the top of the chair to a rain puddle on the ground in no time. How much more quickly can we reach our goal if we are willing to try? “It behoveth thee to consecrate thyself to the Will of God. Whatsoever hath [...]
Will: Vancouver, Canada
“O Son Of Man! Neglect not My commandments if thou lovest My beauty, and forget not My counsels if thou wouldst attain My good pleasure”. -Baha’u’llah
Will: Yinchuan, China
“O friends! Prefer not your will to Mine, never desire that which I have not desired for you…The fears and agitation which the revelation of this law provokes in men’s hearts should indeed be likened to the cries of the suckling babe weaned from his mother’s milk, if ye be of them that perceive.”
Will: San Antonio, Texas
“This is but a leaf which the winds of the will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Praised, have stirred. Can it be still when the tempestuous winds are blowing? Nay, by Him Who is the Lord of all Names and Attributes! They move it as they list.” -Baha’u’llah
Will: Boston, USA
“Thou art He Who hath made my desire to be the same as Thy desire, and my will the same as Thy Will.” Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 151.
Will: Acre, Israel
It is only by the will of God that I am able to visit and pray at the Shrine of Baha’u’llah in Acre, Israel. The Shrine of Baha’u’llah, shown in the background, is the Qiblih (Point of Adoration) to which Baha’is around the world turn in prayer on a daily basis. “Make me ready, in all circumstances, O [...]
Will: Kazan, Russia
Children combining the Words Of Baha’u’llah with pictures. “earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens” Baha’u’llah
Will: Vancouver, Canada
“O SON OF SPIRIT! There is no peace for thee save by renouncing thyself and turning unto Me; for it behooveth thee to glory in My name, not in thine own; to put thy trust in Me and not in thyself, since I desire to be loved alone and above all that is.” ~ Baha’u’llah
Will: Chicago, USA
Deliberate action. I love how movement in water is so random, perfect, looping back on itself… “Consider the rational faculty with which God hath endowed the essence of man. Examine thine own self, and behold how thy motion and stillness, thy will and purpose, thy sight and hearing, thy sense of smell and power of [...]
Will: Hertfordshire, England
Tangled thorns, thistles, heather and flowers in St Paul’s Walden Bury. Unity in diversity. “The purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God’s holy Will is to establish unity and concord amongst the peoples of the world; make it not the cause of dissension and strife.” Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Will: Taipei City, Taiwan
On the trail up 七星山 (Seven Star Mountain) just outside of Taipei, a traveler sleeps. Was it his will or God’s that he should rest? “By self-surrender and perpetual union with God is meant that men should merge their will wholly in the Will of God, and regard their desires as utter nothingness beside His Purpose.” Gleanings [...]
Will: Guam
“O thou who hast surrendered thy will to God! By self-surrender and perpetual union with God is meant that men should merge their will wholly in the Will of God, and regard their desires as utter nothingness beside His Purpose. Whatsoever the Creator commandeth His creatures to observe, the same must they diligently, and with [...]
