Our heart connection to the eternal spiritual creator

 Bahá'u'lláh will write:  

"29. O SON OF BOUNTY!

Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom in existence and the essence of all created things..."

"Thy heart is my home...."  "Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting."

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Arabic Hidden Words)

It has been said:  "Dost thou reckon thyself a puny form when within thee the universe is folded?"

We each carry a vast array of complex insights and understandings that are in energetic motion.  How can we increase this knowledge and capacity?

"At the dawn of every day he should commune with God, and with all his soul persevere in the quest of his Beloved."

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 193)

(Also see the "Personal Spirituality" Section Below.)

 Bahá'u'lláh states:   "We are with you at all times, and shall strengthen you through the power of truth."

      (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 32)

"The Great Being saith: Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 259)

We possess tremendous powers of discovery, of artistry, of creativity, of encouraging and uplifting others?

"Third, that religion is in harmony with science. The fundamental principles of the Prophets are scientific, but the forms and imitations which have appeared are opposed to science. If religion does not agree with science, it is superstition and ignorance; for God has endowed man with reason in order that he may perceive reality. The foundations of religion are reasonable. God has created us with intelligence to perceive them. If they are opposed to science and reason, how could they be believed and followed?"

('Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 128)

Let us put this greatest of all questions to scientific investigation and testing.

"Behold, how immeasurably exalted is the Lord your God above all created things! Witness the majesty of His sovereignty, His ascendancy, and supreme power. If the things which have been created by  Him -- magnified be His glory -- and ordained to be the manifestations of His names and attributes, stand, by virtue of the grace with which they have been endowed, exalted beyond all proximity and remoteness, how much loftier must be that Divine Essence that hath called them into being?...

"Meditate on what the poet hath written: 'Wonder not, if my Best-Beloved be closer to me than mine own self; wonder at this, that I, despite such nearness, should still be so far from Him.'... Considering what God hath revealed, that 'We are closer to man than his life-vein,' the poet hath, in allusion to this verse, stated that, though the revelation of my Best-Beloved hath so permeated my being that He is closer to me than my life-vein, yet, notwithstanding my certitude of its reality and my recognition of my station, I am still so far removed from Him. By this he meaneth that his heart, which is the seat of the All-Merciful and the throne wherein abideth the splendor of His revelation, is forgetful of its Creator, hath strayed from His path, hath shut out itself from His glory, and is stained with the defilement of earthly desires.

"It should be remembered in this connection that the one true God is in Himself exalted beyond and above proximity and remoteness. His reality transcendeth such limitations. His relationship to His creatures knoweth no degrees. That some are near and  others are far is to be ascribed to the manifestations themselves.

"That the heart is the throne, in which the Revelation of God the All-Merciful is centered, is attested by the holy utterances which We have formerly revealed.

"Among them is this saying:  'Earth and heaven cannot contain Me; what can alone contain Me is the heart of him that believeth in Me, and is faithful to My Cause.' How often hath the human heart, which is the recipient of the light of God and the seat of the revelation of the All-Merciful, erred from Him Who is the Source of that light and the Well Spring of that revelation. It is the waywardness of the heart that removeth it far from God, and condemneth it to remoteness from Him. Those hearts, however, that are aware of His Presence, are close to Him, and are to be regarded as having drawn nigh unto His throne.

"Consider, moreover, how frequently doth man become forgetful of his own self, whilst God remaineth, through His all-encompassing knowledge, aware of His creature, and continueth to shed upon him the manifest radiance of His glory. It is evident, therefore, that, in such circumstances, He is closer to him than his own self. He will, indeed, so remain for ever, for, whereas the one true God knoweth all things, perceiveth all things, and comprehendeth all things, mortal man is prone to err, and is ignorant of the mysteries that lie enfolded within him..." 

(Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of  Bahá'u'lláh, p. 186)"

"How all-encompassing are the wonders of His boundless grace! Behold how they have pervaded the whole of creation. Such is their virtue that not a single atom in the entire universe can be found which doth not declare the evidences of His might, which doth not glorify His holy Name, or is not expressive of the effulgent light of His unity. So perfect and comprehensive is His creation that no mind nor heart, however keen or pure, can ever grasp the nature of the most insignificant of His creatures; much less fathom the mystery of Him Who is the Day Star of Truth, Who is the invisible and unknowable Essence."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 62)"

"All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. The Almighty beareth Me witness: To act like the beasts of the field is unworthy of man. Those virtues that befit his dignity are forbearance, mercy, compassion and loving-kindness towards all the peoples and kindreds of the earth. Say: O friends! Drink your fill from this crystal stream that floweth through the heavenly grace of Him Who is the Lord of Names."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 215)

Who could have imagined ~40 years after Christ was crucified Jerusalem would be conquered by Rome and destroyed, yet the ideas of a then seemingly insignificant crucified Carpenter could rise up through the destruction of that civilization, reach to Syria, Greece and Rome, and ~242 years later (312 A.D.) win over the hearts and minds of the Roman leaders, begin to transform the largest empire in the world and go on inspiring people all over the yet to be fully discovered planet for the next 2,000+ years.

"The Great Being saith: O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men. Suffer it not to become a source of dissension and discord, of hate and enmity. This is the straight Path, the fixed and immovable foundation. Whatsoever is raised on this foundation, the changes and chances of the world can never impair its strength, nor will the revolution of countless centuries undermine its structure. Our hope is that the world's religious leaders and the rulers thereof will unitedly arise for the reformation of this age and the rehabilitation of its fortunes. Let them, after meditating on its needs, take counsel together and, through anxious and full deliberation, administer to a diseased and sorely-afflicted world the remedy it requireth..."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 215)

What is the reality of what we call "Feelings"?    

Are feelings just within ourselves or are we interacting with a greater spiritual ocean we are immersed in?