Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Search for Truth: To 'Abdu'l-Baha

Search for Truth:
To 'Abdu'l-Baha

"Search for truth. Seek the realities in all religions. Put aside all superstitions. Many of us do not realize the Reality of all Religions."

'Abdi'-Baha1

Search for truth,
the first teaching of Baha'u'llah,
guides seekers on their spiritual quest.

Search for truth!
Don't depend on someone else's
knowledge or opinion,
and put behind you
the dogma of intolerance:
Make up your own mind
about both religions
and science.

Search for truth!
Place your trust in God,
pray for protection,
and examine all information
you encounter
"with a searching eye."23

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem #9 of the 100 I'm writing for the Centenary Commemoration of the Ascension of 'Abu'l-Baha.

Footnotes
1  'Abdu'l-Baha in London, pages 61-62.
2  Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, 10. Aṣl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr1 (Words of Wisdom)
3  https://www.bahai.org/r/061871273