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O ye sons and daughters
of the Kingdom! Thankful, the birds of the spirit seek only to fly in
the high heavens and to sing out their songs with wondrous art. But the
pitiable earthworms love only to tunnel into the ground, and what a mighty
struggle they make to get themselves down into its depths! Even so are
the sons of earth. Their highest aim is to augment their means of continuing
on, in this vanishing world, this death in life; and this despite the
fact that they are bound hand and foot by a thousand cares and sorrows,
and never safe from danger, not even for the twinkling of an eye; never
at any time secure, even from sudden death. Wherefore, after a brief span,
are they utterly effaced, and no sign remaineth to tell of them, and no
word of them is ever heard again.
The house of Mirza Abbas Nuri (also known as Mirza Buzurg), the father of Bahá'u'lláh, in Tehran, Iran.
Then let you engage
in the praise of Baháulláh, for it is through
His grace and succour that ye have become sons and daughters of the Kingdom;
it is thanks to Him that ye are now songsters in the meadows of truth,
and have soared upward to the heights of the glory that abideth forever.
Ye have found your place in the world that dieth not; the breaths of the
Holy Spirit have blown upon you; ye have taken on another life, ye have
gained access to the Threshold of God.
('Abdu'l-Bahá,
Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 175)
   
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An award-winning Bahá'í-inspired theater project began a new season of performances this week aimed at preventing violence and promoting social skills among school students.
Earlier, representatives of People's Theater outlined the program to the mayor of Offenbach, Gerhard Grandke, who has been a strong supporter of the project.
As well as being well known and appreciated in this city, People's Theater has won favor this year at the highest levels of the federal government.
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