On Remembering Abdu’l-Baha: Giving thanks

“Behold the candle, how it weeps it life away” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

Behold a candle
how it gives its light.
it weeps it’s life away
drop by drop to give it’s flame.

You must die to the world
and so be born again
and enter to the kingdom of heaven. 

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Thanksgiving is my favorite National Holiday, truly a spiritual day. We were traveling instead on Thanksgiving this year. Today is the day after, the 28th, still a spiritual day, when the Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha is commemorated, two days after the Day of the Covenant, November 26th. Here are two community blog mentions of these special days for Baha’is. -gw

Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá - A blog entry from the local communtity where I am now.

The Day of the Covenant - From the community blog where I live.

Some inspiring links for the Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha:

http://info.bahai.org/abdulbaha-center-of-covenant.html and http://info.bahai.org/article-1-3-4-4.html