“The stages that mark the wayfarer's journey from the abode of dust to the heavenly homeland are said to be seven. Some have called these Seven Valleys, and others, Seven Cities…The first is
THE VALLEY OF SEARCH. The steed of this Valley is patience; without patience the wayfarer on this journey will reach nowhere and attain no goal. Nor should he ever be downhearted; if he strive for a hundred thousand years and yet fail to behold the beauty of the Friend, he should not falter.”
(Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys, p. 3)
One must be careful when contemplating the following questions; (1) What is a personal journey? (2) Are we searching for something when on a journey? (3) Is the search our journey? (4) Or is the journey our search?
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