Regarding the statement in The Hidden Words, that man must
renounce his own self, the meaning is that he must renounce his inordinate
desires, his selfish purposes and the promptings of his human self, and seek
out the holy breathings of the spirit, and follow the yearnings of his higher
self, and immerse himself in the sea of sacrifice, with his heart fixed upon
the beauty of the All-Glorious.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
