Chapter 1

Preamble 1: O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and... 2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice;... 3: O SON OF MAN! Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient... 4: O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore,... 5: O SON OF BEING! Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me... 6: O SON OF BEING! Thy Paradise is My love; thy heavenly home, reunion... 7: O SON OF MAN! If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if... 8: O SON OF SPIRIT! There is no peace for thee save by renouncing... 9: O SON OF BEING! My love is My stronghold; he that entereth therein... 10: O SON OF UTTERANCE! Thou art My stronghold; enter therein that... 11: O SON OF BEING! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee.... 12: O SON OF BEING! With the hands of power I made thee and with... 13: O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself... 14: O SON OF MAN! Thou art My dominion and My dominion perisheth... 15: O SON OF UTTERANCE! Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all save... 16: O SON OF LIGHT! Forget all save Me and commune with My spirit.... 17: O SON OF MAN! Be thou content with Me and seek no other... 18: O SON OF SPIRIT! Ask not of Me that which We desire not for thee,... 19: O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! I have breathed within thee a breath of My own... 20: O SON OF SPIRIT! My claim on thee is great, it cannot be forgotten.... 21: O SON OF MAN! Upon the tree of effulgent glory I have hung for... 22: O SON OF SPIRIT! Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased... 23: O SON OF THE SUPREME! To the eternal I call thee, yet thou dost seek that... 24: O SON OF MAN! Transgress not thy limits, nor claim that which... 25: O SON OF SPIRIT! Vaunt not thyself over the poor, for I lead him on... 26: O SON OF BEING! How couldst thou forget thine own faults and... 27: O SON OF MAN! Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art... 28: O SON OF SPIRIT! Know thou of a truth: He that biddeth men be just... 29: O SON OF BEING! Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst... 30: O SON OF MAN! Deny not My servant should he ask anything from... 31: O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art... 32: O SON OF THE SUPREME! I have made death a messenger of joy to thee.... 33: O SON OF SPIRIT! With the joyful tidings of light I hail thee: rejoice!... 34: O SON OF SPIRIT! The spirit of holiness beareth unto thee the joyful... 35: O SON OF MAN! Sorrow not save that thou art far from Us. Rejoice... 36: O SON OF MAN! Rejoice in the gladness of thine heart, that thou... 37: O SON OF MAN! Divest not thyself of My beauteous robe, and forfeit... 38: O SON OF BEING! Walk in My statutes for love of Me and deny thyself... 39: O SON OF MAN! Neglect not My commandments if thou lovest My... 40: O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of... 41: O SON OF MAN! Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee the... 42: O SON OF MAN! Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously... 43: O SON OF BEING! Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My... 44: O SON OF THE THRONE! Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith.... 45: O SON OF BEING! Seek a martyr's death in My path, content with... 46: O SON OF MAN! Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy... 47: O SON OF MAN! By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood... 48: O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love... 49: O SON OF MAN! The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as... 50: O SON OF MAN! If adversity befall thee not in My path, how... 51: O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is... 52: O SON OF MAN! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and... 53: O SON OF BEING! If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in... 54: O SON OF BEING! If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable... 55: O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We... 56: O SON OF MAN! Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom... 57: O SON OF MAN! Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven... 58: O SON OF MAN! The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of... 59: O SON OF BEING! Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent.... 60: O SON OF MAN! Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise above... 61: O SON OF MAN! Ascend unto My heaven, that thou mayest obtain... 62: O SON OF MAN! Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou... 63: O SON OF MAN! The light hath shone on thee from the horizon of... 64: O SON OF MAN! My eternity is My creation, I have created it for... 65: O SON OF MAN! My majesty is My gift to thee, and My grandeur... 66: O CHILDREN OF THE DIVINE AND INVISIBLE ESSENCE!... 67: O SON OF BEAUTY! By My spirit and by My favor! By My mercy and... 68: O CHILDREN OF MEN! Know ye not why We created you all from the... 69: O YE SONS OF SPIRIT! Ye are My treasury, for in you I have treasured the... 70: O SON OF HIM THAT STOOD BY HIS OWN ENTITY IN THE KINGDOM OF HIS SELF!... 71: O SON OF MAN! Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the...