Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Love is the Secret

Love is the Secret:
To The Blessed Beauty

"Know thou of a certainty at Love is the secret of God’s holy Dispensation, the manifestation of the All-Merciful, the fountain of spiritual outpourings. Love is heaven’s kindly light, the Holy Spirit’s eternal breath that vivifieth the human soul. Love is the cause of God’s revelation unto man, the vital bond inherent, in accordance with the divine creation, in the realities of things. Love is the one means that ensureth true felicity both in this world and the next. Love is the light that guideth in darkness, the living link that uniteth God with man, that assureth the progress of every illumined soul. Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world, the supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms. Love revealeth with unfailing and limitless power the mysteries latent in the universe. Love is the spirit of life unto the adorned body of mankind, the establisher of true civilization in this mortal world, and the shedder of impershable glory upon every high-aiming race and nation."

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, 12: “Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of…”

Love is the secret
of God's sacred dispensation,
it is the breath of the Holy Spirit
flowing across Earth.

Love is the fountain of life
that waters humanity's soul,
it is the originator of the Divine revelation,
and the light guiding the human race throug
the darkness of matter.

Love is the law
governing the present cycle
of humanity's spiritual evolution,
and the magnetic force driving
the movement of the spheres
in the heavenly realm.

Poet's Note: ▼

Poem 166 of 200 dedicated to The Blessed Beauty. I got this idea from a "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt Write a poem using these words: life, love and law. "Love is the Secret" .