Created noble, to arise
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O Son of Spirit!
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
~ Bahá’u’lláh
“Noble have I created thee” does not mean some of us, or most of us.
Or everyone except me.
It means all of us.
“Pearls” by Lauren Chuslo-Shur.
The ways in which “honour and nobility” manifest themselves in us — each a unique creation of God — is a one-of-a-kind and wondrous journey.
Our human nature equips us for solving the challenges of the material world.
But that is where its powers, possibilities — and purpose — end.
It is our spiritual nature that enfolds the divine bestowals that bring forth the nobility and honour we’re created for.
What helps this nature become the decision-maker in our lives?
Are we ready, and willing, to embrace the truth that this inner reality is a presence and power in whose light all fear, and the trappings of mere survival, disappear like shadows?
Are we? 
Excerpted from:
With Thine Own Eyes: Why Imitate the Past When We Can Investigate Reality?, coming January 2014 from George Ronald Publisher:
http://grbooks.com/george-ronald-publisher-books/forthcoming/with-thine-own-eyes-1380638499
