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A collection of notes taken by Baha’is who were in the presence of Baha'u'llah, or ‘Abdu’l-Baha or Shoghi Effendi

November 11, 2014

How to become free from material attachments

Question: How must we cut our hearts from the World?

‘Abdu’l-Baha said:

“The hearts that are directed towards God, the love that burns in them, that love will separate them from all other things; that love will be the wall that will come between them and every other desire”

“The nearer to God the farther from the world; the nearer to the fire, the farther from the cold; the nearer to life, the farther from death. This is the balance, this is the balance!”
(Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, recorded by Anne Apperson Flint, February 1899, Akka)