{"id":2074,"date":"2010-04-26T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T01:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2010-04-26T19:57:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T01:57:38","slug":"the-dawn-star-is-shining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/2074","title":{"rendered":"The dawn star is shining&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/4556030255\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3228\/4556030255_880b332a73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The winds of the true springtide are passing over you; adorn yourselves with blossoms like trees in the  scented garden.  Spring clouds are streaming; then turn  you fresh and verdant like the sweet eternal fields.  The  dawn star is shining, set your feet on the true path.  The  sea of might is swelling, hasten to the shores of high  resolve and fortune.  The pure water of life is welling  up, why wear away your days in a desert of thirst?  Aim  high, choose noble ends; how long this lethargy, how  long this negligence!  Despair, both here and hereafter,  is all you will gain from self-indulgence; abomination  and misery are all you will harvest from fanaticism,  from believing the foolish and the mindless.  The confirmations  of God are supporting you, the succor of  God is at hand:  why do you not cry out and exult with  all your heart, and strive with all your soul!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>-Abdu&#8217;l-Baha, <a href=\"http:\/\/reference.bahai.org\/en\/t\/ab\/SDC\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Secret of Divine Civilization<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/4556659226\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3522\/4556659226_aeffe38943.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The winds of the true springtide are passing over you; adorn yourselves with blossoms like trees in the scented garden. Spring clouds are streaming; then turn you fresh and verdant like the sweet eternal fields. The dawn star is shining,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahai","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}