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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
Giving a fireside, devotional, or talk? Pick a theme, get a curated brief: relevant stories, key quotes, citations, and recommended sequencing.
Suggested sequencing: open with a powerful story, deepen with a reflective one, close with one of joyful resolution. Adjust to your audience.
Opening
The Bird with the Broken Wing: A Parable of TrustAmong the small images 'Abdu'l-Bahá used in conversation with the friends was the parable of a bird with a broken wing — a creature who, having tried every other refuge, at last laid itself in the hand of the One who had made it, and was healed.
Stories Told by 'Abdu'l-Bahá · Various Compilers
Middle
Looking for the Key: A Mulla Nasrudin Tale 'Abdu'l-Bahá Used'Abdu'l-Bahá would sometimes draw, in His talks with friends, on the great Persian-Turkish folk humour of Mulla Nasrudin — including the famous tale of a man searching for his key in the wrong place because the light there was better, and the searching lesson He drew from it.
Stories Told by 'Abdu'l-Bahá · Various Compilers
Closing
Through the Eye of the Needle: 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Rich ManAmong the Gospel images 'Abdu'l-Bahá would explain to inquirers was Christ's saying about the camel and the eye of the needle — the small *needle gate* in the wall of an ancient city, the kneeling of the camel, and what the image asks of the rich.
Stories Told by 'Abdu'l-Bahá · Various Compilers
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