Nature in its essence is the embodiment of
My Name, the Maker, the Creator.
Its manifestations are diversified by varying causes,
and in this diversity there are signs for men of discernment.
- Baha'u'llah -
Its manifestations are diversified by varying causes,
and in this diversity there are signs for men of discernment.
- Baha'u'llah -
Dear Angels,
With the aid of the Baha'i scriptures, as usual, let us establish at the outset this important fact in our investigation, of the influence of fate in our spiritual journey, namely, that each soul has an equal opportunity to ascend to the highest heaven despite its innate differences, but within a time frame determined both by its efforts and by the lot assigned to it.
Nothing has been created without a special destiny, for every creature has an innate station of attainment...
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As for what is meant by the equality of souls in the all-highest realm, it is this: the souls of the believers, at the time when they first become manifest in the world of the body, are equal, and each is sanctified and pure. In this world, however, they will begin to differ one from another, some achieving the highest station, some a middle one, others remaining at the lowest stage of being. Their equal status is at the beginning of their existence; the differentiation followeth their passing away.
Yes, because if all the perfections of the soul are accessible to all, yet they are accessible according to a certain degree and a pattern traced not only by free will, but by fate.
Indeed, just as we are born in different places and influenced by different environments, so are we endowed by nature with personal traits and characteristics, a temperament and a potential determined in part by our physiology, in part by the environment, as the following statements suggest:
Indeed, just as we are born in different places and influenced by different environments, so are we endowed by nature with personal traits and characteristics, a temperament and a potential determined in part by our physiology, in part by the environment, as the following statements suggest:
...the perfection of man is entirely due to the composition of the atoms of the elements, to their measure, to the method of their combination, and to the mutual influence and action of the different beings...
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Unto each one hath been prescribed a preordained measure, as decreed in God’s mighty and guarded Tablets. All that which ye potentially possess can, however, be manifested only as a result of your own volition. Your own acts testify to this truth.
The soul of man being "exalted above" and being "independent of all infirmities of body and mind," our innate virtues and potential must be fully developed, given the circumstances of our lives, but they are even susceptible to great expansion under the following conditions:
The power of God can entirely transmute our characters and make of us beings entirely unlike our previous selves. Through prayer and supplication, obedience to the divine laws Bahá’u’lláh has revealed, and ever-increasing service to his faith, we can change ourselves.
Prayer. Obedience. Service.
Be wonderfully blessed !
Loesha
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