Drawing near to God

Verily He is nearer to thee than thou art to thyself, and He will aid thee in all circumstances if thou standest firm in the Cause through the power of God, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Powerful.

It is evident that the divine nearness is an unlimited nearness, be it in this world or the next one. This is a nearness which is sanctified from the comprehension of the minds. The more a man seeketh light from the Sun of Truth, the nearer he will draw. For instance, a clear body is near unto the sun, and a black stone is far from the sun. This nearness dependeth upon clearness, purity and perfection and that remoteness is due to density, dullness (or obscurity) and imperfection.

Love of God, Knowledge of God is the greatest, the only real happiness, because it is Nearness to God. This is the Kingdom of God. To love God is to know Him. To know Him is to enter His Kingdom and be near Him.

You are near to God, and day by day you will progress by the knowledge of God toward spiritual joy.

Both were pure goodness, desiring to render service to the human world and attain such bounty that their benevolent endeavors might cause them to draw near to Your threshold and achieve eternal bounty.

Man must ever be thinking of drawing nearer to God.

Strive that you may be drawn nearer unto God.

This is the means of drawing nigh unto the Court of Grandeur, this is the most great means, and this is the greatest intermediary.

What profiteth you is to draw nigh unto this Beauty Who in these days was wronged among the oppressors.

Thus it is that those who are nearest at this feast are given a fuller cup of tribulation. This is why He says: "Do ye think that ye shall enter Paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of that which came to those who passed away before you? Affliction and trials befell them."

If thou attainest intimacy with God, thou wilt pass beyond the transient kingdom and find thy dwelling in the realm of rest, and thou wilt see sorrow no more and count not grief.

In every moment, taste the holy water of nearness from the fingers of divine companionship, then turn away from every prideful oppressor.

He is the Point of nearness and remoteness -- His remoteness is His nearness and His nearness His remoteness, for the Essence of Eternity is sanctified above this, and the Manifestation of Ancient Days is holy beyond such mention. He hath placed the sign of His truth in every form, bringing forth within it infinite effulgences, and through that effulgence He hath manifested Himself to all creation. Whoever hath adopted the character of the spiritual ones and the exalted ones, that sign of effulgence hath appeared in them, and they have witnessed in their hearts the mystery that "He is closer to you than your life-vein." Whoever hath turned away from that sign of truth hath entered into remoteness and veiling.

When ye desire to approach the shore of the Most Great Ocean, turn ye unto Him with a countenance illumined by the light of the Throne.

I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art exalted above all, to withhold them not from the shore of Thy nearness, nor to keep them back from the Kawthar of life that floweth from the Pen of Thy name, the Most Merciful.

Then ordain for them from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will draw them nigh unto Thee in every world of Thy worlds.

I beg of God that thou mayest always enjoy spiritual nearness and ever be rejoiced.

Draw nigh unto God and be not of those who have denied God, the Mighty, the Beloved.

O my daughter, live the life of a Baha'i and you will always have to be occupied with great thoughts; all that which is trivial, half-hearted, will have no more hold over you, your soul will feel more and more liberated and released from the fetters of the narrow, trivial, mean and empty, you will grow eagle's wings for the highest flights of thought; Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee!