Transcript of: Speaking at the Bahá’í World Congress in London
Ugo Giachery
1963
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Our chairman has left me speechless. Really. Beloved friends of the task which has been assigned to me. It's a very difficult one. I would like to take you by magic to the Holy Land. I wish I could do that. Those of you who were members off the convention for the election, Universal House of Justice, I must remember they told me to pose every now and then have a fresh ship in their heart and their memory. The beauty off our spiritual and administrative A world center over the fate. But to give you a better understanding all about our world center, I should take five minutes tell you that it was not an accident that Baha'i life should be exiled. So the holy Land it is a bat is a part over the pattern off a divine scheme. It is a loom off the golden trades which is from there from faraway Iran through Iraq, Turkey on the Holy Land, every spread all over the world. Briefly, I like to tell you that their beloved master called the Holy Land the nest of the profits. You know what? The next days, those who were conversant to be the Jewish and Christian teachings ever redial the New Testament. Well, remember all the many profits which brought to light to the world. You see, it's very strange that from the geographical and economical point of view, such a little country one of the poorest country in the near East, should be the seat of a god. Why, this is one of the mystery Palestine is between two countries in ancient time was between two great countries Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Egypt. On the other side, life it was very difficult for the early Palestinians. I'm speaking of 1000 years ago, the western winds which bring rain to the country, stop a little bit farther north of the border of about this turkey. Today the counter's very little rain. I mean, it was a very common occurrence in ancient Palestine on then discourages that you know, the locker, Stan field mice and so on and so on. These people grew rugged, but they had the run inside to turn towards God. They're really evolved with first, the most beautiful, the most complete according to the tile system off the warship Onda, A knowledge over the divinity. This is why dissecting is in the Holy Land. Now I'll go to our center, our distinguished and beloved chairman. I told us how Baha'i left to Gallipoli on the 20th of August 18 68 with this family and some of his followers, and he landed Akka. Three days later, Dare to start to the saga, there starts the romance. Let's call it off development off our spiritually and administrative world center of a defeat. You'll know all of you know very well the history of the fate. I'm not going to the tails, but there are certain points that type of call to your attention on April 20th I think. But for between April the 15 April 20th off 18 90 Bala received the visit of a very distinguish in Englishman, Professor from law to one of the university here in Cambridge. Professor Brown. You all know that, and in the same year about how loud visited Mount Carmel four times history that you can learn from God passes by and in. When there was visited, which he lasted nearly three months, you spend was planted on top of the man karma near the Carmelite monastery, which is called Stella marries this is a great importance because it was in that location that this has been said before in the previous days. It wasn't that occasion or that Baha'i revealed the tablet of the Cut Man, which is our Manya Carter. Let's call it their way of our world order. Although the establishment of universal house of injustice the famous art which you will sail which will bring the people of Baha'i Yeah, on the same occasion in one of those occasions, I should say. But how lot pointed toe Abdu'l-Baha the site where the earthly remains over the beloved Bob. She found a permanent rest. The body of the Baghdad arrived, I think, in the year 18 99 a few years before and few years after the passing of the ascension of a behold love. It was a long and dramatic a perilous voyage. IP from respond to my shop to Baghdad into Damascus. These points are very important to evaluate fully deeply. The spirituals value over these twin cities are so that their chairman mentioned in August Oh, in the early months, over 9 18 1901 Abdu'l-Baha was in custody. They get investigated again because he had started the construction over the shine over the bubble man Khanum Oh, you know he was accused of building a fortress was accused of making an ammunition of the poor and so on. So those incarcerated again and it was not possible to proceed with the World Cup of the construction over the shine for those of you who have a bean in Holy Land visited a mention of a Badji Ever seen some of the early photographs taken at that time? Whether it was a barren rocks, barren land and not a tree on a few stones have been brought into place for the construction of the shrine. There is the episode over the master having great difficulty for the purchase of the clocked over the land. And, uh, as a beloved, the gardener reveals the owner rate in the gut, passes by the master prayed all night. You say the prayer over the bar, but didn't say which one. The owner of the land did not want to send limited land that after the master prayed all night to the man came in the morning. Apologize. Biggest pardon and say please now by the land. Okay. It was only after the beloved master's freedom. You remember as a young child of the nine you went into exile took him 63 years to ever won. First in a bruise free and the world the Rules of the year 1909 by the time with the sign of being completed, the bottle baba being composed in the sarcophagus sustained by the friends from Burma and it was in shining the bosom muscle below the garden say they're off God's holy mountain on DDE. For the Friends of America, it is very important to the day because on that they had a gain of the golden treads, which are connecting the world center of the state to do the other parts of the world. In that particular day, to the first convention took place in Chicago off American behinds, and in that condition, it was decided to bring to build the domestic last card of America. Did you see the friends are the evolvement. However, this spiritually what we called Breeze Wind Power Force speaking over the construction another day shine over the barb the way it waas, consisting at the time of the six rooms, the master say the every stone, every stone of the building, every stone over the road leading to it. I have a bit infinite tears and tremendous cost. Raise it and place it in position. You must have read. It was moving words moving episode which is in the England passes by. They've been over the garden. Committing on this episode on the beloved The garden was present at the time defined this great happening that is the placing off The bob remains in the sarcophagus and in the shrine to find it at the return of a larger and, he say's under Western was the cave of the larger and and on the east, the heels of the Galilee, and it was phasing the white silver city or Akka. The below the garden say, is that this is the spot around which the concourse on I circle in adoration and then the dimensions. Some of the words are that Baha'i, face to the Orc, are male for the for the light of a divine countenance of a god as being lifted up on the rejoice for God, as in this day establishing upon the throne. You know, you cannot have a conception office. A list in a world without having a music, this might not be pertinent. You might think that it is. I thought it is pertinent. You know, some of the most beautiful instrumental which are still used today to make music were born in old Palestine off 1000 years ago. I told that beloved chairman here with a great musician. I said, I'm going to say something that you will like it. Andi, the the liar. Our visitor, the flute, the oboe, the trumpet, the famous a shofar over the Jews. And the symbols. They come from ancient Palestine. You can, in this world of the magic, Josie here, this instrument playing most beautiful tune to give you the atmosphere on which I'm presenting to you. These holy places and the saga all the building up these only places continues here. However, to make a parenthesis In 1921 R below the garden takes to the mother ship. A young man suddenly becomes the head over the most dynamic religious movement over the world in the history of mankind. And yes, when idea one great idea 100 essential figures over the fate 100 them Onda announced the prestige of the faith and so embark themselves in a war cover beautification Friends I cannot describe to you. The chairman told me I have a 15 to 20 minutes and I think I'm going over the time already. I cannot tell you I cannot describe to you. But what should you think? They accomplish it? Yeah. All the men could not have accomplished in centuries not want to. Essentially 345 centuries. I could not have accomplished it. One of our of our hands, Mr Collins Featherstone from Australia. He can witness to what I'm saying because I knew before he knew it with that The this is the beautiful condition in which had kept the whole Christian places is unbelievable. We know why. Because it is spiritual center is there where the life of Jesus have all these three years of a stewardship off. The profit isn't what you would call it. Andrzej. Administrative Center as military, another part of the world. And he's grown or many material ways about it as a shrunken in very many, many spiritual ways. And that is the reason why. But they believe the dragon has this vision to establish forever a place where the both of the administrative I'm both in the spiritual one will go hand in hand on it will be off Example tow the entire religious world. This is the Prentiss I made because there is another episode of importance India in 1939 After much, much difficulties, you could refer to the garden below the Guardians messages He was able in one place, which is part of it. He called it the monumental garden off a Mount Carmel. He was able to translate to transfer the remains over the purest branch over the mother over the master. No, Bob. Bow your Khanum. And they were the trusted A man caramel, which is the bill over the garden on that occasion pulled the spiritually you send it to the world a message which he called the spiritual potency with a consecrated spot. I'm not going to tell you that, because our next speaker is going to mention that to you. But the beloved, the guard in cold. On that occasion, the land they called the Vineyard disregard the vineyard over the Lord the most holy land, the center of the world. The kid Lee that is the point of adoration of all nation. The retreat of a larger Remember, he considered the return of the body of the return over the body over the Bab, as in the return of a larger the most holy court, the holy of the holies. Andi, Most greatest, all the pearl. All the great prize friends it to understand the interest over the world in our spiritual, an administrator world center of the fate on the sacred character of this place is one little detail will bring. Appointed. The Israeli government has assumed to them of the taxes. Why? Because they are truly holy places. Some time ago, again, the hand of the destiny, the pattern of the God is at work. Some time ago I found a A little this on the Old Testament, pointed directly to the holy mountain that is Mount Carmel. It is in eggs orders 15 a number 17 and they're just three lines and say, is that the mountain over their inheritance in the place or Lord which it I was made for need? Well, the Sanctuary or Lord, which of their hands have establish it? And what are the hands the hands of the master The hands of a sugar effendi have established the seat of the Lord to dwell in on Mount Carmel. And you know that is a I don't want to go into details to someone found this was Monza, Iran. But because of the cult of a Baha'i all at one time it was a man, caramel and his ex a reference to him. It is a definitely Mount Carmel friends of the It is impossible in the time I've left it to go any further, but we heard about between holy cities. Akka is where the great prisoners the house of a boot. But outside of Akka there are two buildings or the great importance. One is mass Ray and the other one is budgie. These are between buildings, but in nearby is the greatest said for center of that world, faith that is the the shine off Baha'i. I cannot describe to you personally my impression because they are a pilgrim's impression. But it is overpowering force that takes you when you are in your toe. That place Those of the friends were recent Iligan, witness to that it is a place has our chairman said, which is at the center of the spiritual center of the world now. Yes, we are a few 1000 few hundreds of 1000. I don't know how many we are, but in the future the entire world will be turning towards Akka to the towards that spot for solid support. Comfort for fate. We have a part of the spiritual center of fate. The garden's silver respond and for deuce, you remember both of the first time. Also to wear the hollow went to SUNY was able to live in the prison. We have a tween pilgrim houses one for the Eastern friends one for the Western friends, An iPhone. We ever the house over the master Whether the friends gathered for the election of a universal house of justice, we have an international kd IVs. It's a unique institution in the world. Friends, I have gone around the world in many places. I live in Roma where there isn't all the greatest collection of religious Christian history that you can imagine. But I've never seen anything so beautiful, so complete, so perfect as the international calves were all their relics, all the momentum, all the writings, everything which was connected with a herald over the founder with a example on We they beloved the garden, hurry, gather in the most beautiful and perfect environments. And then we have this great art, which it goes from the shine of the bub to the tomb over the greatest only leave This is the heart of the garden refers to when he say's that the great institutions over the fate that administrative institutions over the fate will be erected along with art. I weren't going to stop now to tell you that that's the highs. We have to have great pride. We must be humble in many thousands way. But we must be very proud because we have a tangible, spiritually and administrative the world center of fate, which is unequaled anywhere. No matter which faith you bring, we must warn, correct that they die. We must have this divisional fire fire distant vision over the great victory. The fatal is going to experience. That's the way I'm Bill over the garden walls. That's why you succeeded, because I think it is a vision of us and fixed in the fastest stars over the universe on dhe zero. Discouraging is lover permitted himto accomplish with the accomplished in easy 36 years with Stuart. And I'll finish with some words which I have taken from the don't breakers. I think you all know them. It is not an invitation to you toe be real martyrs giving your blood That is an invitation to you, Toby. Martyrs of severing the course. Who's all six meat? She'll find me. Who's so finding me shall be drawn to me Who's so drone now? To me shallowing me. Who's old loves me him Shall I also love He was beloved of me him Shall I slay? He was slain by me. I myself would be his ransom.
