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On September
30th, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá met the Theosophical society at their new Headquarters
at the express request of their president Mrs. Annie Besant. After
a general history of the movement and sympathetic words of welcome
by Mr. A. P. Sinnett, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá rose and delivered to the crowded
assembly an address upon the distinctive notes of the Bahá’í teaching,
warmly commending the eagerness of the Society in its search for Truth.
O RESPECTED Assembly! O friends of Truth! The inherent nature of fire
is to burn, the inherent nature of electricity is to give light, the
inherent nature of the sun is to shine, and the inherent nature of the
organic earth is the power of growth.
The International Teaching Center.
There is no separation between a thing and its inherent qualities.
It is the inherent nature of things on this earth to change, thus we see
around us the change of the seasons. Every spring is followed by
a summer and every autumn brings a winter—every day a
night and every evening a morning. There is a sequence in all things.
Thus when hatred and animosity, fighting, slaughtering, and great coldness of heart
were governing this world, and darkness had overcome the nations,
Bahá’u’lláh, like a bright star, rose from the horizon
of Persia and shone with the great Light of Guidance, giving heavenly radiance and
establishing the new Teaching.
He declared the most human virtues; He manifested the
Spiritual powers, and put them into practice in the
world around Him.
Firstly: He lays stress
on the search for Truth. This is most important, because the people
are too easily led by tradition. It is because of this that they are often antagonistic to each
other, and dispute with one another.
But the manifesting of Truth discovers the darkness and becomes the cause of Oneness
of faith and belief: because Truth cannot be two! That is not possible.
('Abdu'l-Bahá in
London,
Pages: 27 - 30)
   
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More than 2,000 Baha'is in the Northeast United States gathered in Stamford, Connecticut. The conference was in response to a call from the Universal House of Justice to gather together to celebrate the feats already achieved during the current Five Year Plan and to deliberate on its current needs.
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