“1: O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR!...”


O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR! The first call of
the Beloved is this: O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the
rose-garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon of love! Seek thou
no shelter except in the Sheba of the well-beloved, and O immortal
phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness. Therein is thy
habitation, if on the wings of thy soul thou soarest to the realm of the
infinite and seekest to attain thy goal.



“2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The bird seeketh its nest; the nightingale the...”


O SON OF SPIRIT! The bird seeketh its nest; the nightingale the charm of
the rose; whilst those birds, the hearts of men, content with transient
dust, have strayed far from their eternal nest, and with eyes turned
towards the slough of heedlessness are bereft of the glory of the divine
presence. Alas! How strange and pitiful; for a mere cupful, they have
turned away from the billowing seas of the Most High, and remained far
from the most effulgent horizon.



“3: O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the...”