Heights of Righteousness, Depths of
Devotion and The Most Great Balance

Being a cosmopolitan or a citizen of the world and then working on
the grassroots presents some difficulties at times. John Taylor a Baha'i
Blogger from Canada at badiblog.blogspot.com has addressed this issue in one of his more current posts. The Fast will be over tomorrow at sunset when Baha 1,166 B.E. will herald Naw Ruz.
Last night I was reading the Kitab-I-Iqan. I was fascinated with the section where Baha'u'llah speaks of the Heights of Righteousness. A
Few years ago Bett Midler sang a song titled: From A Distance,during
the Gulf War with Iraq. As Mr Balluzzi said in his book titled: Baha'u'llah ,the Manifestation of God ia an Archetype. I was in the
Heights of Righteousness last night Ala 18,165 B.E. because Ala is the
month of Loftiness.
Baha'u'llah has also spoken of the "Depths Of Ignorance and the
Depths of Devotion. This idea reminds me of the writings of Paul
Tillich where Mr. Tillich speaks about going below the depths of the
Satanic to find the Divine. He calls this depth the Depth of the Ultimate
Depth of Saving Grace or the "Unconditioned Inexhaustible Ground of
Being in Depth Christendom. The Depth of Devotion in the Baha'i Sense
would mean Obedience to the Laws of Baha'u'llah
Baha'u'llah also speaks of the "Most Great Balance". We must turn
to Him to obtain the "Divine Wisdom" enshrined within" Baha'u'llah
instructs us in the Kitab'I'Aqdas:
"Lament not in your hours of trial ,neither rejoice
therein. Seek your rembrance of me in your afflictions
and reflection over what may befall you in future
Thus He is Omnipotent He is aware.
There are a number of Baha'i Prayers where Baha'u'llah Manifests
the " Most Great Balance" There must be a Balance between exaltation
and piety. It is not spiritually healthy to go too far in either direction
without balancing our souls with Baha'u'llah's Super Soul.
The conclusion I have today Ala 18,165 B.E. in the year of Ahad and
tomorrow at sunset it will be Baha 1,166 B.E. in the Vahhab is this: "In
the Heights of Righteousness we can say anything less than world
unity is doomed to failure and in the Depths of Devotion we must:
"Think Globally but act locally" "The Earth is but One Country and
Mankind is its Citizens" Is easily understood where the "Three Unities"
are in "Clear Focus". On the Grassroots "The Depths of our Devotion"
is surely tested as we try to take our neighbors from the "Depths of
Ignorance to the Depths of Devotion" We need the "Unerring Balance"
in our day to day struggles.