And it is not merely your material home that I am to honor and respect, nor is it just your worldly treasures and wealth; it is your rights, your human nobility and value, your every deserving and legitimate possession, privacy and comfort, your dignity and well-being that are mine to regard and respect, in words and through sentimental gestures, and in practice honoring and protecting—trustfully keeping my hands off them, vigilantly aloof and freely upright keeping my eyes and thoughts away and above coveting desires and what is not mine, cherishing sincere joy in wishing well and the best for you! In the haven of ‘oneness’ that is established under the pavilion of the Truth, you are ‘the trust’ in the hand of mankind, and so is each and every member of the human family, wherever they may be residing and whichever side of the world they be coming from, and me too—each are ‘the one’, ‘the trust’, born with innate nobility, each potentially being commissioned and blessed to grow and shine as an ‘image of God’.
“O My friends! Walk ye in the ways of the good pleasure of the Friend, and know that His pleasure is in the pleasure of His creatures. That is: no man should enter the house of his friend save at his friend's pleasure, nor lay hands upon his treasures nor prefer his own will to his friend's, and in no wise seek an advantage over him. Ponder this, ye that have insight!” (Revealed by Baha’u’llah, “The Hidden Words”)
"My home is the home of peace. My home is the home of joy and delight. My home is the home of laughter and exultation. Whosoever enters through the portals of this home, must go out with gladsome heart. This is the home of light; whosoever enters here must become illumined..."
(`Abdu’l-Baha, “Compilation of Compilations”, V.1, p. 397)
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