Dark Thoughts
He urges you to persevere and add up your accomplishments, rather than to dwell on the dark side of things. Everyone's life has both a dark and bright side. He urges you to persevere and add up your accomplishments, rather than to dwell on the dark side of things. Everyone's life has both a dark and bright side. The Master said: turn your back to the darkness and your face to Me.
- Shoghi Effendi, The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá’í Community, p. 457
He urges you to put these dark thoughts from your mind, and remember that God, the Creator of all men, can beat to see them suffer so, it is not for us to question His wisdom. He can compensate the innocent, in His own way, for the afflictions they bear.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 237
Quote of the Day
Jamal 4 Asma 183 B.E.
The drama is of the utmost importance." said ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. "It has been a great educational power in the past; it will be so again. He described how as a young boy he witnessed the Mystery Play of 'Ali's Betrayal and Passion, and how it affected him so deeply that he wept and could not sleep for many nights.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 93