The Fire of the Love of God

Ignite, then, O my God, within my breast the fire of Thy love, that its flame may burn up all else except my remembrance of Thee, that every trace of corrupt desire may be entirely mortified within me, and that naught may remain except the glorification of Thy transcendent and all-glorious Being. This is my highest aspiration, mine ardent desire, O Thou Who rulest all things, and in Whose hand is the kingdom of the entire creation. Thou, verily, doest what Thou choosest. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

    (Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 161)


Enciende entonces, oh mi Dios, dentro de mi pecho, el fuego de tu amor, para que su llama pueda consumir todo lo que no sea mi recuerdo de Ti, para que toda huella de deseo corrupto sea humillada dentro de mí y nada permanezca, salvo la glorificación de tu trascendente y todo Glorioso Ser. Ésta es mi más alta aspiración, mi ardiente deseo, oh Tú Quien riges todas las cosas, y en cuya mano está el reino de la creación entera. Tú, verdaderamente, haces lo que deseas. No hay Dios fuera de Ti, el Todopoderoso, el Todoglorioso, el Siempre Perdonador.

    (Baha'u'llah, Oraciones y Meditaciones)

Like a tree

Man must show forth fruits. A fruitless man, in the words of His Holiness the Spirit (i.e. Christ), is like a fruitless tree, and a fruitless tree is fit for fire.—BAHÁ’U’LLÁH, Words of Paradise

Man is like unto a tree. If he be adorned with fruit, he hath been and will ever be worthy of praise and commendation. Otherwise a fruitless tree is but fit for fire. The fruits of the human tree are exquisite, highly desired and dearly cherished. Among them are upright character, virtuous deeds and a goodly utterance. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

He is God, exalted be He, the Lord of majesty and power! The Prophets and Chosen Ones have all been commissioned by the One True God, magnified be His glory, to nurture the trees of human existence with the living waters of uprightness and understanding, that there may appear from them that which God hath deposited within their inmost selves. As may be readily observed, each tree yieldeth a certain fruit, and a barren tree is but fit for fire. The purpose of these Educators, in all they said and taught, was to preserve man’s exalted station. Well is it with him who in the Day of God hath laid fast hold upon His precepts and hath not deviated from His true and fundamental Law. The fruits that best befit the tree of human life are trustworthiness and godliness, truthfulness and sincerity; but greater than all, after recognition of the unity of God, praised and glorified be He, is regard for the rights that are due to one’s parents.
Bahá'u'lláh, The Most Holy Book