There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul than to be exposed to God’s Manifestation in His Day, to hear His verses and believe in them, to attain His presence, which is naught but the presence of God, to sail upon the sea of the heavenly kingdom of His good-pleasure, and to partake of the choice fruits of the paradise of His divine Oneness.

~ The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 77

Today is a Baha’i holiday commemorating the day in which the Báb was executed for his beliefs.  It always reminds me of one of his young followers, known as Anís, who threw himself at the feet of the Báb and begged to be killed alongside him the night before his execution.  Consequently, Anís was arrested, jailed and sent to the firing squad alongside the Báb.  This story always makes me wonder if I would have such faith.

On the Dawnbreaker Collective CD Arise, Tara Ellis sings a beautiful song about Anis.