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Knowledge is Necessary for Us to Rise

Jalal (Glory), 10 Ilm (Knowledge) 177 B.E. - Saturday, October 24, 2020

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Day 2901: Prompt: “There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics and fearmongers than those of us who are willing to fall because we have learned how to rise.” Brené Brown, Rising Strong What do you thing is Ms Brown right? How do you rise strong?

Knowledge is necessary
for us to rise
out of the abyss
of failure.

"The first Ṭaráz and the first effulgence which hath dawned from the horizon of the Mother Book is that man should know his own self and recognize that which leadeth unto loftiness or lowliness, glory or abasement, wealth or poverty. Having attained the stage of fulfillment and reached his maturity, man standeth in need of wealth, and such wealth as he acquireth through crafts or professions is commendable and praiseworthy in the estimation of men of wisdom, and especially in the eyes of servants who dedicate themselves to the education of the world and to the edification of its peoples. They are, in truth, cup-bearers of the life-giving water of knowledge and guides unto the ideal way. They direct the peoples of the world to the straight path and acquaint them with that which is conducive to human upliftment and exaltation. The straight path is the one which guideth man to the dayspring of perception and to the dawning-place of true understanding and leadeth him to that which will redound to glory, honor and greatness."

Bahá’u’lláh12

Knowledge of God,
and knowledge of self
guides us
through the valley of shadows,
along the path of wisdom,
and helps us rise
above the abyss of doubt.

Footnotes
1  Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh), 4. Ṭarázát (Ornaments)
2  https://www.bahai.org/r/420808045