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 Abdul-Bahá’; Compilation ‘Hidden Words: References of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
and Shoghi Effendi’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House
of Justice)
