Paris Talks by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Edition 1, (September 2006) BAHA’I TERMS OF USE You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). CONTENTS Baha’i Terms of Use PART I THE DUTY OF KINDNESS AND SYMPATHY TOWARDS STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS THE POWER AND VALUE OF TRUE THOUGHT DEPEND UPON ITS MANIFESTATION IN ACTION GOD IS THE GREAT COMPASSIONATE PHYSICIAN WHO ALONE GIVES TRUE HEALING THE NEED FOR UNION BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST AND WEST GOD COMPREHENDS ALL: HE CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED THE PITIFUL CAUSES OF WAR, AND THE DUTY OF EVERYONE TO STRIVE FOR PEACE THE SUN OF TRUTH THE LIGHT OF TRUTH IS NOW SHINING UPON THE EAST AND WEST THE UNIVERSAL LOVE THE IMPRISONMENT OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ GOD’S GREATEST GIFT TO MAN THE CLOUDS THAT OBSCURE THE SUN OF TRUTH RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES THE BENEFITS OF GOD TO MAN BEAUTY AND HARMONY IN DIVERSITY THE TRUE MEANING OF THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE COMING OF CHRIST THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE INTERMEDIARY POWER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN THE TWO NATURES IN MAN MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUL THE SPIRITUAL MEETINGS IN PARIS THE TWO KINDS OF LIGHT SPIRITUAL ASPIRATION IN THE WEST LECTURE GIVEN AT A STUDIO IN PARIS BAHÁ’U’LLÁH GOOD IDEAS MUST BE CARRIED INTO ACTION THE TRUE MEANING OF BAPTISM BY WATER AND FIRE DISCOURSE AT ‘L’ALLIANCE SPIRITUALISTE’ THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPIRIT THE DESIRES AND PRAYERS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ CONCERNING BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT THE BAHÁ’ÍS MUST WORK WITH HEART AND SOUL TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER CONDITION IN THE WORLD ON CALUMNY THERE CAN BE NO TRUE HAPPINESS AND PROGRESS WITHOUT SPIRITUALITY PAIN AND SORROW THE PERFECT HUMAN SENTIMENTS AND VIRTUES THE CRUEL INDIFFERENCE OF PEOPLE TOWARDS THE SUFFERING OF FOREIGN RACES WE MUST NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY THE SMALLNESS OF OUR NUMBERS WORDS SPOKEN BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ IN PASTOR WAGNER’S CHURCH (FOYER DE L’AME)