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…
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‘He doeth whatsoever He willeth.’ Whoso tenaciously cleaveth unto this sublime word and drinketh deep from the living waters of utterance which are inherent therein, will be imbued with such a constancy that all the books of the world will be powerless to deter him… Bahá’u’lláh, TAJALLÍYÁT (Effulgences)
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This view spans the length of a particularly special piece of architecture: the sundial at Morehead Planetarium in NC. Polaris, the goal of the sundial’s gesture, twinkles out-of-focus in the background. The ‘North Star’, situated above Earth’s celestial pole, acts as a navigational guide, though it is 430 light years/ 2.8 billion km away! (Talk about the grandeur of space!) “For in this universe…
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