"In the ocean he findeth a drop, in a drop he beholdeth the secrets of the sea."
"Split the atom’s heart, and lo! Within it thou wilt find a sun."
From the Wikipedia entry on
Seven Valleys – Haft-Vádí (1860)
the path of the soul on a spiritual journey passing
through different stages, from this world to other realms which are
closer to God, as first described by the 12th Century Sufi poet Attar
in his Conference of the Birds. Bahá’u'lláh in the work
explains the meanings and the significance of the seven stages.
In the
introduction, Bahá’u'lláh says “Some have called these Seven Valleys,
and others, Seven Cities.”
The stages are accomplished in order, and the
goal of the journey is to follow “the Right Path”, “abandon the drop of
life and come to the sea of the Life-Bestower”, and “gaze on the
Beloved”.
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