Contentment

Month, Day: 183 Glory, Glory (Independence)

Theme for the day. 

The Seven Valleys: From sorrow he turneth to bliss, and from grief to joy, and from anguish and dejection to delight and rapture.

Although, to outward seeming, the wayfarers in this valley may dwell upon the dust, yet inwardly they are throned in the heights of mystic meaning; they partake of the eternal bounties of heaven and drink of the delicate wines of the spirit.

Remarks: 04/10/2026

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Sun cycles

Month, Day: 182, Loftiness, Light (Independence)

There are many motivations for our thinking of the Attributes that roll through our lives every day of the month and the month of the year. Over the years since 2009, we have had many variants and permutations on the theme.

This is a major one. 

Aqdas #142: Verily, He revealed certain laws so that, in this Dispensation, the Pen of the Most High might have no need to move in aught but the glorification of His own transcendent Station and His most effulgent Beauty.

Today, we want to switch from the 5 groups of 4 to one of 4 groups of 5. That would allow a map to the seasons. 

• Spring (Mar) -- Splendour, Glory, Beauty, Grandeur, Light   -- Transcendent
• Summer (Jun) -- Mercy, Words, Perfection, Names, Might  -- Teleological
• Fall (Sep) -- Will, Knowledge, Power, Speech, Questions -- Operational/Motivational 
• Winter (Dec) -- Honour, Sovereignty, Dominion, ..., Loftiness --  Ascendant

Several things come to mind, Light (Teleological) lines up with Might (Operational) as both representing power and energy. Questions (Motivational) is stressed; one might say, as opposed to Answers. Loftiness (Ascendant to Transcendent) ends and starts the Baha'i year.

These four are the months in which the Group changes occur. 

Finally, with respect to the Months of the Year, the "..." represents the Intercalary Days that are between the months of Dominion and Loftiness. 

Remarks: 03/06/2026

03/06/2026 -- 

Popular posts

Month, Day: 182, Intercalary I (Justice)

This blog:

Tracking relative reads (All time and month). 

 

Remarks: 02/25/2026

02/25/2026 -- 

Stages of development

Month, Day: 182, Sovereignty, Perfection (Beauty) 

Gleanings 82,3:

Much hath been written in the books of old concerning the various stages in the development of the soul, such as concupiscence, irascibility, inspiration, benevolence, contentment, Divine good-pleasure, and the like; the Pen of the Most High, however, is disinclined to dwell upon them. Every soul that walketh humbly with its God, in this Day, and cleaveth unto Him, shall find itself invested with the honor and glory of all goodly names and stations.    

 Seven Valleys and Four Valleys, category. 

Remarks: 01/25/2026

01/25/2026 -- 

Words - Maqsud

Month, Day: 182, Questions, Honour (Independence) 

Tablet of Maqṣúd:

 No man of wisdom can demonstrate his knowledge save by means of words. This showeth the significance of the Word as is affirmed in all the Scriptures, whether of former times or more recently. For it is through its potency and animating spirit that the people of the world have attained so eminent a position. Moreover words and utterances should be both impressive and penetrating. However, no word will be infused with these two qualities unless it be uttered wholly for the sake of God and with due regard unto the exigencies of the occasion and the people.

Remarks: 12/26/2025

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