Apostle+of+Baha'u'llah

[from a [|Chinvat] email titled] Apostles of Baha'u'llah
//“**Any soul** from among the believers of Baha’u’llah who attains to this station will become known as **the Apostle of Baha’u’llah**...// //“To attain to this supreme station is, however, dependent on the realization of certain conditions: The first condition is Firmness in the Covenant of God... The second condition is Living the Life... The third condition is Teaching the Faith...”// //(‘Abdu’l-Baha, Tablet to the Apostles of Baha’u’llah)//

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ABDUL-BAHA**The Commands of Our Blessed MASTER, ABDUL-BAHA,** **as revealed in Tablets and Instructions through the beloved in America .**

I. To live the life.

To be no cause of grief to any one.

To love each other very much.

To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit.

Should opposition or injury happen to us, we must bear it and be as kind as ever we can be, and through all, we must love the people. Should calamity exist in the greatest degree, we must rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for these things are the Gifts and Favors of GOD.

To be silent concerning the faults of others, to pray for them, and help them–through kindness–to correct their faults.

To look always at the good and not at the bad. If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, we must look at the ten and forget the one. And if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, we must look at the one and forget the ten.

To never allow ourselves to speak one unkind word about another, even though that other be our enemy.

To rebuke those who speak to us of the faults of others.

All of our deeds must be done in kindness. II.

To be occupied in spreading the Teachings, for only through obedience to this Command, our Master has said, will we receive the power and confirmation of the Spirit; and that whosoever is granted this power and confirmation of the Spirit, is under the Favor of GOD, but, otherwise, he is as a lamp without light. The Master also said that: “Every seed cast in this great and magnificent century (i.e., period) will be cultivated by GOD, and produce plants, through the abundance of the clouds of His Mercy.

To cut our hearts from ourselves and from the world.

To be humble.

To be servants of each other and to know that we are less than any one else. III. To be firm in the Covenant.

To be as one soul in many bodies; for the more we love each other, the nearer we will be to GOD; but that our love, our unity, our obedience, must not be by confession but of reality.

To act with cautiousness and wisdom.

To be truthful.

To be hospitable.

To be reverent.

To be a cause of healing for every sick one; a comforter for every sorrowful one; a pleasant water for every thirsty one; a Heavenly Table for every hungry one; a guide for every seeker; rain for cultivation; a star to every horizon; a light for every lamp; a herald to every yearning one for the Kingdom of GOD.

Our Blessed Master said: “By these things you know the faithful servant of GOD.”