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Hand on heart: Are you a seeker? 2/17/2008 8:21:37 AM
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Good morning everybody and Welcome!
Today I have chosen to give some prayers that you can use, that you may find strength in your search for the truth which is with God only,and Who reveals more and more of the truth all through history's classes.
I'd also like to tell you that I am here in this forum not to persuade you about this Cause of Bahaullah ,while informing you about it, but rather to, as best as I can, remove misunderstandings,and preconceived ideas about it and about other religions too. Therefore I can only wish you, with all my heart and my longing, a fruitful pursuit and search in your quest for truth.
I know no better support for this enquiry than direct supplication to the Source of Truth, God. Information and knowledge is needed in all things, but the illumination of the heart through prayer makes you understand this knowledge and blind imitation is avoided.
If I seem to have been impatient on our way through all these pages, I must apologize. My greatest difficulty in life is my impatience. Since I am an artist, it supports me in making my art, but otherwise..it can be an obstacle. So forgive me if I have seemed impatient?
(You can print the prayers for your own use).
"Praise be to Thee, O my God! I am one of Thy servants, who hath believed on Thee and on Thy signs.
Thou seest how I have set myself towards the door of Thy mercy, and turned my face in the direction of Thy loving-kindness.
I beseech Thee, by Thy most excellent titles and Thy most exalted attributes, to open to my face the portals of Thy bestowals.
Aid me, then, to do that which is good, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and attributes!
I am poor, O my Lord, and Thou art the Rich. I have set myself towards Thee and detached myself from all but Thee. Deprive me not, I implore Thee, of the breezes of Thy tender mercy, and withold not from me what Thou didst ordain for the chosen among Thy servants.
Remove the veils from mine eyes, O my Lord, that I may recognize what Thou hast desired for Thy creatures, and discover, in all the
manifestations of Thy handiwork, the revelations of Thine almighty power. Enrapture my soul, O my Lord, with Thy most mighty signs, and draw me out of the depths of my corrupt and evil desires. Write down, then, for me the good of this world and of the world to come. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there but Thee, the All-Glorious, Whose help is sought by all men.
I yield Thee thanks, O my Lord, that Thou hast wakened me out of my sleep, and stirred me up, and created in me the desire to perceive what most of Thy servants have failed to apprehend. Make me able, therefore, O my Lord, to behold, for love of Thee and for the sake of Thy pleasure, whatsoever Thou hast desired.
Thou art He to the power of Whose might and sovereignty all things testify.There is none other God but Thee,
the Almighty, the Beneficent.
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I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy land. Earth can never cloud its splendour, nor water quench its flame. All the peoples of the world are powerless to resist its force. Great is the blessedness of him that hath drawn nigh unto it
and heard its roaring.
Some, O my God, Thou didst, through Thy strengthening grace, enable to approach it, while others Thou didst keep back by reason of what their hands have wrought in Thy days.
Whoso hath hasted towards it and attained unto it hath, in his eagerness to gaze on Thy beauty, yielded his life in Thy path, and ascended unto Thee, wholly detached from aught else except Thyself.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by this Fire
which blazeth and rageth in the world of creation, to tear asunder the veils that have hindered me from appearing before the throne of Thy majesty, and from standing at the door of Thy gate. Do Thou ordain for me, O my Lord, every good thing Thou didst send down in Thy Book, and suffer me not to be far removed from the shelter of Thy mercy.
Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Most Generous.
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Glorified be Thou, O my God!
I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto me Him1) Who is the Day-Spring of Thy mercy, and the Dawning-Place of Thy grace, and the Repository of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which the faces of them that are nigh unto Thee have turned white, and the hearts of such as are devoted to Thee have winged their flight towards Thee, to grant that I may, at all times and under all conditions, lay hold on Thy cord, and be rid of all attachment to any one except Thee, and may keep mine eyes directed towards the horizon of Thy Revelation, and may carry out what Thou hast prescribed unto me in Thy Tablets.
Attire, O my Lord, both my inner and outer being with the raiment of Thy favours and Thy loving-kindness. Keep me safe, then, from whatsoever may be abhorrent unto Thee, and graciously assist me and my kindred to obey Thee, and to shun whatsoever may stir up any evil or corrupt desire within me.
Thou, truly, art the Lord of all mankind, and the Possessor of this world and of the next. No God is there save Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
1)Bahaullah, the Glory of God
The Bahais mostly use the revealed prayers, which are numerous really, not our own words, because we regard the words of Bahaullah to be much more potent.They, we think, cover every circumstance or occasion and every issue.
Wishing you all the best
Bye
for
now
Laila
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