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Blessed is the spot, and the house,
and the place, and the city, and the heart,
and the mountain, and the refuge,
and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea,
and the island, and the meadow
where mention of
GOD
hath been made,
and His praise glorified!
FROM PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS OF BAHAI FAITH
BAHAULLAH was founder of
BAHAI FAITH.
It expresses oneness of
GOD.
Oneness of religion and oneness of humanity. His religion
"Proclaims the necessity and inevitability
of the unification of mankind."
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE
[BENGAL]
Pseudo Name:
BHANUSHINGHO
"Sun Lion"
[1861-1941]
POET, PAINTER
Philosopher, Musician, Writer
Novelist, Composer, Playwright
Educator, A Patriot, Social Reformer
A Great Humanitarian
A NOBEL LAUREATE WINNER
1913
"Man'is abiding happiness
is not in getting anything but in giving himself
up to what is greater than himself,
to ideas which are larger than his individual life,
the idea of his country,
of humanity, of
GOD."
"I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy."
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VOLTAIRE
[1694-1778]
Francoise Marie Arouet
A French philosopher of
The Middle Ages
" It is to him who understands
the universe,
not to those who disfigure it,
that we owe our reverence."
"Morality is everywhere the same
for all men, therefore it comes from GOD;
sects differ, therefore they are
the works of man."
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TERTULLIAN
Quintus Septimus Florens Tertullianus
An ancient philosopher, Roman theologian, historian
He was born from pagan parents,
became Christian, sometime in
A.D. 197
He lived and was born in
CARTHAGE
[TUNISIA]
" Man is one name
belonging to every nation upon
earth.
In them is
one soul
through many tongues.
Every country
has its own language
yet the subject of which
the untutored soul
speaks
are the same everywhere."
" He who lives
only to benefit himself
confers to the world
a benefit
when he dies."
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KAHLIL GIBRAN
[1883 - 1931]
Poet, Painter, Artist, Philosopher
LEBANON
"A man can be free without being great
but no man can be great without being free."
"No human relation gives one possession in another.
Every two souls are absolutely different.
In friendship or in love,
the two side by side raise hands together
to find what one cannot reach alone."
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WILLIAM BLAKE
[1757 - 1827]
18th century poet, philosopher
One of the greatest artist that Great Britain
has ever produced.
"Yet, we are a fallen people, not from
GOD
but ourselves."
" Remember
that
when you leave this earth,
you take with you nothing
that you have received-
only what you had given:
a full heart enriched by
honest service,
love, sacrifice and
courage."
Saint Francis of Assissi
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*MORTALS MANSION*
MORTALS MANSION
Descended-standing, encased in my mansion walls
The day, I, Soul's great fall-Stranger I've become
Not being able to travel to and from
Niether the inner nor outer universe
That's the day, I, soul-chained to become mortal man
Nothing seems to be the same of former time
When I knew no bounds or ends
Omnipresence, Omniscience and omnipotence - my will
Gone were the Is'ness days
Truth and Love to give were my forte
Now, I move about encased in human shell
With five senses to co-ordinate
I learn to manipulate this course matter world
Having so much to do in time-
Gaining earthly knowledge and wealth
A wonderer I've become these days
Tainted with five passion seeds
Of: vanity, anger, lust, attachment and greed
Trying to regain blessings in isolation
Drink in loneliness, joy through human understanding.
This tainted role, I began to play:
Manipulating, hoarding
My fellow beings, creatures, minerals and plant life too!
Ranting, raving and causing destruction
Creating - deceptive delusion in my path
At the closing end of days - when all works are done
Old and feeble I've become
Gazing through the windows of my mansion walls,
At my exploitation stacks - of all earthly hoarded wealth
The five passions have helped me gain.
I realized, I can't exchange them then - neither
for Truth nor Love
Not one earthly thing have I, to show Off the kindness I've done
Wretched man that I've become - having to do it all over again,
I'd thirst this time for Love.
copyright@Sir W. Henry Eccleston
JAMAICA/ : USA
WWW.IARTIGALLERY.COM
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THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
ROMANS 6:23
For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
JOHN 14:6-7
Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh to the father, but by me.
If ye had known me, ye should have known my father also:
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
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