cheers,
Pey

cheers,
Pey

As a travel teacher, all I can do is to confirm that someone is a Baha’i. It doesn’t matter whether they can quote pages of writings at me, or speak a single word.

Once, when I was travelling by train through Russia, I decided to put up a picture I had of the Baha’i ringstone up on the wall in the cabin I was in.

Soon enough, an old lady and her grandson boarded the train, and entered my cabin.

We greeted each other, and the grandson started translating loads of questions from his grandmother (my Russian was pretty basic then).

She then looked up, pointed at the picture and asked, “What is that? Bring it down, and let me have a look at it.”

So I gave it to her. She cradled the symbol and stroked it tenderly. She kept on asking more questions, and I answered them as best I could.

Before she got off, she kissed the picture and gave it back. She also gave me a peck on the cheek!

One man who is very dear to me, couldn’t accept a single one of Baha’u'llah’s teachings, and I was beginning to despair. As he was from China, he kept on insisting that it was all very well, but, “we could never practise this where I come from.”

In desperation, I cracked open the Hidden Words, and just handed him whatever was written there.

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O SON OF MAN!

Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the ink of light upon the tablet of thy spirit. Should this not be in thy power, then make thine ink of the essence of thy heart. If this thou canst not do, then write with that crimson ink that hath been shed in My path. Sweeter indeed is this to Me than all else, that its light may endure for ever.

He read it through, (in Chinese) and said, “I agree”.

I can’t explain the feeling coursing through me, it was as if the entire creation had just accepted Baha’u'llah through this man’s lips.

Such was the intensity of this feeling, I couldn’t contain my emotion, and I burst into tears.

Of course, he is a Baha’i. I only pray that he will never have to live up to the quotation!

To me, such is the power within a single word uttered by Baha’u'llah, that if you were able to hold to that word, then you would be counted among those who follow him.

Hah, if you can hold on to more than one word, then you are a force to be reckoned with!

(I don’t usually ramble on this long, so if you want to delete this I really don’t mind!)

As a travel teacher, all I can do is to confirm that someone is a Baha’i. It doesn’t matter whether they can quote pages of writings at me, or speak a single word.

Once, when I was travelling by train through Russia, I decided to put up a picture I had of the Baha’i ringstone up on the wall in the cabin I was in.

Soon enough, an old lady and her grandson boarded the train, and entered my cabin.

We greeted each other, and the grandson started translating loads of questions from his grandmother (my Russian was pretty basic then).

She then looked up, pointed at the picture and asked, “What is that? Bring it down, and let me have a look at it.”

So I gave it to her. She cradled the symbol and stroked it tenderly. She kept on asking more questions, and I answered them as best I could.

Before she got off, she kissed the picture and gave it back. She also gave me a peck on the cheek!

One man who is very dear to me, couldn’t accept a single one of Baha’u'llah’s teachings, and I was beginning to despair. As he was from China, he kept on insisting that it was all very well, but, “we could never practise this where I come from.”

In desperation, I cracked open the Hidden Words, and just handed him whatever was written there.

71

O SON OF MAN!

Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the ink of light upon the tablet of thy spirit. Should this not be in thy power, then make thine ink of the essence of thy heart. If this thou canst not do, then write with that crimson ink that hath been shed in My path. Sweeter indeed is this to Me than all else, that its light may endure for ever.

He read it through, (in Chinese) and said, “I agree”.

I can’t explain the feeling coursing through me, it was as if the entire creation had just accepted Baha’u'llah through this man’s lips.

Such was the intensity of this feeling, I couldn’t contain my emotion, and I burst into tears.

Of course, he is a Baha’i. I only pray that he will never have to live up to the quotation!

To me, such is the power within a single word uttered by Baha’u'llah, that if you were able to hold to that word, then you would be counted among those who follow him.

Hah, if you can hold on to more than one word, then you are a force to be reckoned with!

(I don’t usually ramble on this long, so if you want to delete this I really don’t mind!)

Congratulations on your years of happy teaching: I suppose something like that is reward in itself! And thank you for telling me that I am a Baha’i. With so many people saying I’m not and never was, your vote is encouraging. Good luck spreading the Word!

Brendan