Selected Mystical Works of Lord Bahá’u’lláh (vegetarian) – Reunion with God, Part 2 of 2

“Our aim is that thou should urge all the believers to show forth kindness and mercy and to overlook certain shortcomings among them, that differences may be dispelled; true harmony be established; and the censure and reproach, the hatred and dissension, seen among the peoples of former times may not arise anew. Perchance they may be educated and, in the latter Resurrection, inflict not upon that cherished Spirit and Essence of existence, that exalted and subtle Reality, the least of that which the Point of the Bayán was made to suffer. […]

I swear by God! Whoever fails to obey the commandments of God can in no wise be numbered among His loved ones, for among the conditions of His love is to follow His commandments and observe His prohibitions. But since these are the days of concealment, and the Sun of eternity remains hidden beneath the horizon of being, one must gather together everyone with love and protect them. The time for the completion of the commandments and the perfection of deeds will assuredly come.”

Three Other Tablets

“IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD, THE MOST EXALTED, THE MOST HIGH! […]

We have heard that sorrows have compassed thee round in these days. Thy sorrow has grieved Us, and that which has befallen thee has touched Us with bitter pain and anguish. But at this moment, O friend, the Herald of eternity announces unto thee, by the robe of faithfulness, His joyful tidings and bestows upon thee this emerald-green Tablet. Set out, then, from thine abode, take thou seven steps upon the Earth, and with each step complete a stage of the journey.

With the first, enter the ocean of search and seek God, thy Lord, with thine inmost heart and soul.

With the second, enter the ocean of love and make mention of God, thy Lord, in the transports of thy longing and the ecstasies of thy rapture.

With the third, tread the paths of detachment; that is, sever thyself from thine idle fancies and walk in the ways of thy Lord.

With the fourth, enter the fathomless depths of oneness and the billowing seas of eternity. Cover thy face in the dust before the Lord of Lords, and sanctify thy self and thy spirit from all departure and return, that thine inmost heart may be freed from all things in the kingdoms of creation.

With the fifth, ascend unto the Heaven of wonderment, that thou may taste the goodly fruits of this blessed realm, lose thyself in bewilderment before the power of thy Beloved and the dominion of thy Creator, and proclaim that which the King of existence and the Goal of all desire has proclaimed: ‘Increase my wonder and amazement at Thee, O God!’ […]”