The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys

Posted on 01 November 2018 by Bahá'u'lláh

A mystical account of the odyssey of the human soul. Free Download [ The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys ] author [ Bahá'u'lláh ] – kino-fada.fr I need to read it over and over again.I am reading, and have read this book over and over and over, and constantly find new ways of understanding life It is definitely my favorite book It is about the seven stages the soul must traverse to reach perfection ...The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleysby Bah u ll h, Marzieh Gail Translator , Ali Kuli Khan Translator Seven Valleys happened to be on my bookshelf as I passed by and since it was a thin little volume, I thought I d finally read it I have had several brushes with Bahai ism I had just read about Bahaiism in my senior world religions course A month later, in my training to go to Iran I had to learn Farsi, or Persian My Persian teacher was from a prominent Bahai family We became good The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleysby Bah u ll h, Marzieh Gail Translator , Ali Kuli Khan Translator Seven Valleys happened to be on my bookshelf as I passed by and since it was a thin little volume, I thought I d finally read it I have had several brushes with Bahai ism I had just read about Bahaiism in my senior world religions course A month later, in my training to go to Iran I had to learn Farsi, or Persian My Persian teacher was from a prominent Bahai family We became good friends, even though she was married, and we kept in touch for a long while When I served in Iran in the Peace Corps, I was assigned to remote Salmas, Western Azerbaijan, on the border of Turkey and Iranian Kurdestan I was on a mission with the Agricultural Bank manager to distribute Royal funds to Kurdish village leaders high in the Zagros Mountain...This is my favorite of all of Baha u llah s writings I ve worn out several copies and given away severalFinally gotten smart and have a hardbound copy for devotions and a paperback that goes everywhere with me Every time I read...One must judge of search by the standard of the Majnun of Love It is related that one day they came upon Majnun sifting the dust, and his tears flowing down They said, What doest thou He said, I seek for Layli They cried, Alas for thee Layli is of pure spirit, and thou seekest her in the dust He said, I seek her everywhere haply somewhere I shall find her Yea, although to the wise it be shameful to seek the Lord of Lords in the dust, yet this betokeneth intense ardor in One must judge of search by the standard of the Majnun of Love It is related that one day they came upon Majnun sifting the dust, and his tears flowing down They said, What doest thou He said, I seek for Layli They cried, Alas for thee Layli is of pure spirit, and thou seekest her in the dust He said, I seek her everywhere haply somewhere I shall find her Yea, although to the wise it be shameful to seek the Lord of Lords in the dust, yet this betokeneth intense ardor in searching Whoso seeketh out a thing with zeal shall find it The true seeker hunteth naught but the object of his quest, and the lover hath no desire save union with his beloved Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things That is, whatever he hath seen, and heard, and understood, all must he set at naught, that he may enter the realm of the spirit, which is the City of God Labor is needed, if we are to seek Him ardor is needed, if we are to drink of the honey...Whoso seeketh out a thing with zeal shall find it.One of the greatest and most wonderful books I ve ever read, so much of wisdom, many meanings and layers here I definitely will reread it again and again I still remember the first day I began to read this book, my perturbe...A fantastic look into the 7 different levels of spiritual development Search, Love, Knowledge, Unity, Contentment, Wonderment, True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness A fantastic read Interesting to find out just what valley I was in, and how far i have to go to get t...This is an excellent book, although I assume most people would declare it strange When our planet is cruising on its orbit in space, and the sun is on the other side of our planet, I try to read one chapter of this book at that time I believe it serves its purpose.Written by Bah u ll h during his two year stay in the mountains of Kurdistan During that time, he was in contact with the Naqshbandi and other Sufi orders Rumi, the greatest Sufi poet, is quoted profusely.

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01 November 2018

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