To appreciate the true meaning of detachment, let us examine the nature of a human being, we note that the animal nature in man makes him selfish. The instinct of survival drives him to find food, clothing and shelter for himself. He pursues comfort, wealth and well being, and has an insatiable appetite for collecting any beautiful and pleasurable object that comes his way. All these, as well as his emotional, spiritual and intellectual pursuits are aimed at benefiting his own self. He is the master of his own life, a pivot around which circle all his material possessions as well as his intellectual pursuits. One day he finds the Cause of God, recognizes its truth, falls in love with it, then he adds it, like his other possessions, to his collection. He remains the master figure in the centre and all his possessions, including the Faith, revolve around him and serve his interests. Such a person is attached to the things of this world. For he allows his own interests to take precedence over the interests of the Cause, and his own ego rule over his spiritual side. He puts his religion on a par with his other possessions and selfishly expects to benefit from it just as he benefits from all his other possessions.
-Adib Taherzadeh
Worship thy Lord, until certitude comes to thee [Qur'an]
Whoever strays from this straight path can hope to manifest nothing but impotence and ignorance.
-Mirzá Abdu'l-Fadl
Today the confirmations of the Kingdom of Abha are with those who renounce themselves, forget their own opinions, cast aside personalities and are thinking of the welfare of others. Whosoever has lost himself, has found the universe and the inhabitants thereof! Whosoever is occupied with himself is wandering in the desert of heedlessness and regret! The master-key of self-mastery is self-forgetfulness. The road to the palace of life is through the path of renunciation.
-Abdu'l-Bahá
-Abdu'l-Bahá
Leave all thought of self, and strive only to be obedient and submissive to the Will of God. In this way only shall we become citizens of the Kingdom of God, and attain unto life everlasting
-Abdu'l-Baha
Let us not keep on forever with our fancies and illusions, with our analysing and interpreting and circulating of complex dubieties. Let us put aside all thoughts of self; let us close our eyes to all on earth, let us neither make known our sufferings nor complain of our wrongs. Rather let us become oblivious of our own selves, and drinking down the wine of heavenly grace, let us cry out our joy, and lose ourselves in the beauty of the All-Glorious.
-Abdu'l-Baha
All calamities and afflictions have been created for man so that he may spurn this mortal world – a world to which he is much attached. When he experienceth severe trials and hardships, then his nature will recoil and he will desire the eternal realm – a realm which is sanctified from all afflictions and calamities.
-Abdu'l-Bahá
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