This work of calligraphy is titled "The Celestial Rooster." It was made by Mishkin Qalam, a disciple and contemporary of Baha'u'llah. We do not know a word of the beautiful lettering on the picture, but have been told that the image represents Baha'u'llah shouting out His Message to the world like a rooster crowing to announce the dawn. Like icons in a church, Qalam's calligraphic masterpieces both taught and united the believers.The original is about as tall as your grandmother.
Image scanned by Duane Troxel, thanks!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
BAHA'U'LLAH: THE CELESTIAL ROOSTER
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What do you think they would do with Mishkin Qalam today? He had no university credentials. He was Jewish. He did what he did better than anyone of his time. He loved Baha'u'llah. What do you think?
Doozie, you are engendering a global shift of cogitations to the ecliptic halftime innerspace continuous. Don't. You might get hurt, like a Baha'i.
I think I remember something, a throughline in all the Baha'i Writings, that we should not shrink from suffering; suffering is the only way we grow, and we should ask God for more of it. I can't understand why the Baha'is are such whiners. Suffering is basic to their religion. "You hurt me!" That is something two-year-olds say. And usually the one who says it is not the victim but the agressor. "You helped me grow! Thanks!" When do you hear that anymore?
I heard it just last night, on a "Kung Fu" rerun. Grasshopper had just been kicked by a horse for trying to mount on the wrong side.
That happened to me once. I forgot to thank the horse. Maybe that's why today, every horse I see, I think: You hurt me.
MrDonut, you must learn to forgive.
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