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Welcome to the Hamilton Community page for Daily Inspiration during the cycle.
Here you will find stories, prayers, quotes, links and other information to bring inspiration to us all.

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Dear Friends,
If you are contributing to the site. Please include your name at the bottom of the text. You can put your first name and last name initial if you wish. For example:
Posted by John A.

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1st-14th February
Monday -Friday: 7:30-8am
Saturday,Sunday: 8-8:30am

Meeting ID: 873 0829 1921
Passcode: devotions

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Zoom link for End of Expansion Phase reflection Sunday 14th February 1-2:30pm

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Zoom link for End of Expansion Phase reflection Sunday 14th February 1-2:30pm

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Meeting ID: 833 3266 9595
Passcode: reflection
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83332669595?pwd=RWJvUWQxanY0enlDaEh4ZFA3eXppQT09

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Link to the Hamilton Baha'i Community Message Board

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Link to the Hamilton Baha'i Community Message Board

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"O y lovers of God! The world is even as a human being who is diseased and impotent, whose eyes can see no longer, whos ears have gone deaf, all of whose powers are corroded and used up. Whereofre must the

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“It behoveth the people of Bahá to render the Lord victorious through the power of their utterance and to admonish the people by their goodly deeds and character, inasmuch as deeds exert greater influence than words.”

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh

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"Say:  No man can attain his true station except through his justice.  No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation." Baha'u'llah Compilations of Compilations vol 1 #167

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“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”
― Rumi

Who or what will you be today? What will you offer to your friend, neighbourhood.

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"Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone,  let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path"
'Abdu'l-Baha - Paris Talks

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.......Out of the clay of love l molded thee......that thou Mayest find me standing within thee........

I am a child of God
His presence is within me
And when I look inside myself
I find him standing there
He is with me, always He’s with me
To take my hand and lead me
When I turn to Him in prayer
He is my God, I am His child
A child of God.

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"That soul which hath itself not come alive, Can it then hope another to revive?"
"Abdu'l-Baha Selection of Writings from 'Abdu'l-Baha page 278

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O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.
Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah from Arabic .

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Vie ye with each other in the service of God and of His Cause. This is indeed what profiteth you in this world, and in that which is to come... (Quoted in The Advent of Divine Justice (Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1984), p 83)

Vie can mean to contend, battle BUT also can mean to compete eagerly.

As we have been asked to vie, are you ready to compete eagerly?

Have a great VIE day!

I hope to be busy vie-ing.

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“From amongst all mankind hath He chosen you………To thank Him for this, make ye a mighty effort, and choose for yourselves a noble goal. Through the power of faith, obey ye the teachings of God, and let all your actions conform to His laws. Read ye The Hidden Words, ponder the inner meanings thereof, act in accord therewith. Read, with close attention, the Tablets of Tarazat (Ornaments), Kalimat (Words of Paradise), Tajalliyyat (Effulgences), Ishraqat (Splendours), and Bisharat (Glad Tidings), and rise up as ye are bidden in the heavenly teachings. Thus may each one of you be even as a candle casting its light, the centre of attraction wherever people come together; and from you, as from a bed of flowers, may sweet scents be shed.”

	(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 35)

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Teaching is the source of Divine Confirmation. It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the best methods of action and then action itself. Even if the action should not immediately produce results, or perhaps not be entirely correct, that does not make so much difference, because prayers can only be answered through action and if someone’s action is wrong, God can use that method of showing the pathway which is right. Therefore you and the other members of the ... Assembly must arise and diligently teach the Cause. You will find that you will be guided and confirmed in this work.

(From a letter dated 22 August 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)

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Wherefore, look not on the degree of your capacity, ask not if you are worthy of the task: rest ye your hopes on the help and loving-kindness, the favours and bestowals of Bahá'u'lláh -- may my soul be offered up for His friends! Urge on the steed of high endeavour over the field of sacrifice, and carry away from this wide arena the prize of divine grace.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 23)

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Quote

Baha’u’llah states that we are “to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action”.

So.......

What are you doing? Are you wondering what to do?

Below please find multiple answers. You may choose one or more.

1. Pray

2. Meditate

3. Reread the latest Universal House ofJustice letter.

4. Turn to the Writings

5. Call a friend

6. Choose a snack

7. Look in the fridge

PLEASE NOTE! Absolutely NOT admissible!

1. Nothing!

2. Mope....

3. Negative attitude

4. Etc!

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Inspirational quote of the day Monday 1st February

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Inspirational quote of the day Monday 1st February

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How pressing and sacred the responsibility that now weighs upon those who are already acquainted with these teachings! How glorious the task of those who are called upon to vindicate their truth, and demonstrate their practicability to an unbelieving world! .............nothing short of an unwavering purpose to execute and apply them to the administrative machinery of the Cause, can be sufficient to establish their reality, and insure their success........  This generation stands too close to so colossal a Revelation to appreciate, in their full measure, the infinite possibilities of His Faith, the unprecedented character of His Cause, and the mysterious dispensations of His Providence.
World Order of Baha'u'llah. Shoghi Effendi,  Haifa, Palestine, March 21, 1930

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The meditative faculty is akin to the mirror; if you put it before earthly objects it will reflect them. Therefore if the spirit of man is contemplating earthly subjects he will be informed of these.

But if you turn the mirror of your spirits heavenwards, the heavenly constellations and the rays of the Sun of Reality will be reflected in your hearts, and the virtues of the Kingdom will be obtained....

May we indeed become mirrors reflecting the heavenly realities, and may we become so pure as to reflect the stars of heaven.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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What did you see when you looked in the mirror today?

Did you need to give yourself a lecture, or encouragement, or.....
Perhaps you gave yourself a smile, and planned to pass it along today? But, you may not actually see anyone, then put a smile in your voice and phone a friend......

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Working with others for the betterment of your neighbourhood, town, city, province, country or world contributes to well-being and happiness.

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Working with others for the betterment of your neighbourhood, town, city, province, country or world contributes to well-being and happiness.

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There is an effect on people around the world as well as those who are around you in your family and neighbourhood.

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"Thus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where thy fail."   'Abdu'l Baha Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha p 169