This fifth session of the True Self Series introduces the second of four practical steps towards achieving personal spiritual transformation.

A select transcript extracted from this audio session is as follows:

“… So now that we have a working understanding of what Baha’u’llah teaches about self we can proceed to explore what He means by “mastery of self” and how one attains unto this high ideal.

In His writings Baha’u’llah admonishes us (the humanity) to release ourselves from the bondage of self and not allow the affairs of the world to hold us down from our true destiny, which is none other than growing and maturing spiritually…

So, by disempowering our ego from its selfish and self-centered inclination we can begin to work towards refining our character and acquiring the divine virtues that God has willed for us to possess in order to attain to our True Spiritual Self…

Once we have recognized what we need to do to bring our ego under control and keep it in check we need to focus on how to improve or refine our character qualities. To achieve this end we must strive to acquire and develop divine virtues.

But what are divine virtues and how do we acquire them?

In its simplest form a divine virtue is an act or behavior that embodies high moral standard as expected by our Creator. Such virtues have been repeatedly promoted, referred to and emphasized in all the sacred scriptures of great world religions...”