Know thou, moreover, that in this most
hallowed and resplendent city [City of Divine Unity] thou shalt find the
wayfarer to be lowly before all men and humble before all things. For naught
doth he behold save that he perceiveth God therein. He beholdeth the effulgent
glories of God in the lights of His Revelation that have encompassed the Sinai of
creation. In this station the wayfarer must not claim the seat of honour in any
gathering or walk before others in the desire to vaunt and exalt himself.
Rather must he regard himself as standing at all times in the presence of his
Lord. He must not wish for anyone that which he doth not wish for himself, nor
speak that which he would not bear to hear spoken by another, nor yet desire
for any soul that which he would not have desired for himself. It befitteth
him, rather, to walk upon the earth with undeviating steps in the kingdom of
His new creation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’)
