In chapter 36 of Some Answered Questions, Abdu’l-Baha identifies the spirit of heaven as the light rays that emanate from the Sun of revelation (that is, the Manifestation of God). It is the bounty of God. If a person chooses to focus their attention up toward the Sun of revelation, the mirror of their soul…
Category: Baha’i Philosophy
Baha’i Philosophy gathers all pages and posts that relate to the general subject of philosophy, including all material on Alison’s ongoing study of Lepain’s work on Baha’u’llah’s metaphysics. It also includes a extensive list of links to articles by various authors available online, under the subjects: Shaykism, Alchemy, and General Philosophy.
Who does Baha’u’llah communicate with?
I’ve had a question in response to my blog post: God is not the essence of things. Someone asked, if God transcends all creation, then who does Baha’u’llah communicate with? That is a difficult question to answer, not least because it asks for information about something human beings will never be able to understand. However,…
God is not the essence of things
One hard and fast principle that Baha’u’llah emphasises repeatedly is that the essence of God is unknowable to all created things without exception. Even the prophets have no access to, or knowledge of, the essence of God. The reason for this is that God’s essence transcends all of creation. In other words, God’s essence should…