Nature

The Divine Springtime is come.

Bestir thyself and magnify before the entire creation the name of God and celebrate His praise, in such wise that all created things may be regenerated and made new.

This is the Day whereon the unseen world crieth out "Great is thy blessedness O earth, for thou hast been made the foot-stool of thy God.

Baha'u'llah

Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away, for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon

Blessed is the spot, and the house and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified.

Bahai Prayer

    I wandered lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils:
    Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
    Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
    I wandered lonely as a cloud

William Wordsworth

    Fair daffodils, we weep to see
    You haste away so soon;
    As yet the early rising sun
    Has not attained his noon.
    Stay stay,
    Until the hasting day
    Has run.

Robert Herrick

When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as we went along there were more and yet more and at last under the boughs of the trees, we saw that there was a long belt of them along the shore, about the breadth of a county turnpike road. I never saw daffodils so beautiful. They grew among the mossy stones about them. Some rested their heads upon these stones as a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake.

Dorothy Wordsworth

    Slowly, silently, now the moon,
    Walks the night in her silver shoon.

Walter de la Mare

    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
    Its loveliness increases; it will never
    Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
    A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
    Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing.

John Keats

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you.

Corinthians 3

    O Son of Man
    The temple of being is my throne;
    Cleanse it of all things, that I may be
    established and there I may abide.

Baha'u'llah

Every man of discernment, while walking upon the earth, feeleth indeed abashed inasmuch as he is fully aware that the thing which is the source of his prosperity, his wealth, his might, his exaltation, his advancement and power as ordained by God, is the very earth which is trodden beneath the feet of all men.

    The whole universe reflecteth His glory.
    This is what is meant by divine unity.

Baha'u'llah

He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul

Psalm 23

Neath the shade of Thy protecting wings let me nestle and cast upon me the glance of Thine all protecting eye.

Abdu'l-Baha

Nature is painting for us day after day pictures of infinite beauty

John Ruskin

    The wonders of His bounty can never cease, and the stream of
    His merciful grace can never be arrested.

Baha'u'llah

    The sound of the wind in the trees speaks to me as an inner voice.
    The breath of life fills me.

Juliet

I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consider the flowers of a garden: though differing in kind, colour, form and shape, yet inasmuch as they are refreshed by the waters of one spring, revived by the breath of one wind, invigorated by the rays of one sun, this diversity increaseth their charm and addeth unto their beauty.

Abdu'l-Baha

There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only sovereign agent.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each sees in the other the Beauty of God reflected in the soul, and finding this point of similarity, they are attracted to one another in love. This love will make all men the waves of one sea, this love will make them all the stars of one heaven and the fruits of one tree.

Abdu'l-Baha

And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh in all.

Corinthians 12

    Breathing in, I calm my body
    Breathing out I smile.
    Dwelling in the present moment.
    I know this is the only moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The beauty of the deer with that long lingering look, the mew of the buzzard, the hum of the bee and the turquoise dart of the dragonfly, fill my soul with the perfection of our creation and the wonder of being alive.

Juliet

God is speaking through his creation.

In the wildlife garden of Glastonbury Abbey

If it be Thy pleasure make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me into conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.

Baha'u'llah

    To bear fruit,
    the branch must stay united with the vine.

John 15.4

Every created thing in the whole universe is but a door leading into His Knowledge, a sign of His sovereignty, a revelation of His names, a symbol of His majesty, a token of His power, a means of admittance into His straight path.

Baha'u'llah

    Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small
    It takes time - we haven't time – and to see takes time,
    like to have a friend takes time. If you take a flower in
    your hand and really look at it it's your world, for the moment.

Georgia O' Keefe

The portals of Thy grace have throughout eternity been open, and the means of access unto Thy presence made...