In His Words of Wisdom Baha'u'llah admonishes us not to imitate others:
The essence of all that We have revealed for thee is Justice, is for man to
free himself from idle fancy and imitation... (Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 156)
Yet in another place, He urges us to follow the learned who possess
O people of God! Righteous men of learning who dedicate themselves to the
guidance of others and are freed and well guarded from the promptings of a base
and covetous nature are, in the sight of Him Who is the Desire of the world,
stars of the heaven of true knowledge. It is essential to treat
Brent,
I know that you are familiar with the quote in which the Guardian likens the
Word to a sphere, which has points that are poles apart, but which are
connected by the thoughts and doctrines that are between them.
In the Gems of Divine Mystery, He alludes to the contingent world of