Animalism
By devotion to the carnal, mortal world human susceptibilities sink to the level of animalism.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 184
It behooves him to be the cause of human welfare, but inasmuch as he glories in the savagery of animalism, it is an evidence that divine civilization has not been established in human society.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 103
Just as man has been physically born into this world, he may be reborn from the realm and matrix of nature, for the realm of nature is a condition of animalism, darkness and defect.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 332
There is no lower degree nor greater debasement for man than this natural condition of animalism.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 353
Quote of the Day
Idal 13 Mulk 182 B.E.
The Research Department has not been able to locate any Bahá’í texts which relate to whether or not a believer is relieved of the duty of reciting the Greatest Name or of reading the Writings in the morning and evening on account of ill health. In the absence of such guidance, Mr. ___ is free to make his own decisions in these matters.
Universal House of Justice – at http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/oblig.html