Writing in Snow

Tuesday: July 25, 2017

Fiḍál (Grace), 14 Kalimát (Words) 174 Badi - Tuesday, July 25, 2017 CE

"This spirit is one of the divine bounties, a manifestation of the Sun of Truth; but if the human spirit receives the breath of the Holy Spirit, then it is a pure spirit. The breath of the Holy Spirit is the divine teaching; in it the spirit finds eternal life. It is the heavenly light and illumines the human world by the divine qualities. Hence we must endeavour to act according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh."

‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk at Alliance Spiritualiste of Paris, 9 November 1911; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 17, January 19, 1912)1

I attempt to read the sacred writings everyday because they allow me to receive the Holy Spirit. I can feel the Holy Spirit flowing through the Baha'i scriptures. I have found, the best way for this to happen is to say a prayer before reading the scriptures. Sometimes I say the Long Healing prayer, which was revealed by Baha'u'llah, or a prayer of protection revealed by The Bab.

Weather Report

Virga descends
shafts of sunlight penetrate
gray afternoon clouds

I created a new book today. The name is "Invalid Item"  and I'm going to list all my completed items in this book in alphabetical order. I don't know if it will help when it comes to rewriting the hard copies of the poems I'm finding as I go through, but it will help when it comes to finding poem's I've already rewritten and posted in my port.

Footnotes
1  Counsels and Explanations by 'Abdu'l-Baha -- Daily Readings for July 16, 2017