..a humble attempt to highlight some of the spiritual gems contained in prayers revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

January 7, 2012

I need God’s assistance to orient and strive towards the following areas of spiritual growth and transformation

Insights from this prayer by 'Abdu'l-Baha
  • to “sever myself from all else but” God;
  • to “lay hold of the hem” of God’s “garment of grandeur”;
  • to “consign to oblivion all that is not” God;
  • to “be companioned by the sweet breathings that waft during these .. days” of God;
  • to “attain unto faithfulness” at God’s “Threshold of Holiness”;
  • to “arise to serve” God’s “Cause”;
  • to “be humble before” God’s “loved ones”;
  • to “be nothingness itself” “in the presence” of God’s “favoured ones”.