O Son of Man!
“My eternity is My creation, I have created it for thee. Make it the garment of thy temple. My unity is My handiwork; I have wrought it for thee; clothe thyself therewith, that thou mayest be to all eternity the revelation of My everlasting being.”
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Bahá’u’lláh
The Hidden Words  ·  Arabic, No. 64

Section I · The Eternal Nature of God

Clothe Thyself in Eternity

Setting the Stage

Bahá’u’lláh uses the language of clothing — of garments — repeatedly in the Hidden Words. This is not decoration. In the sacred literature of many traditions, to be clothed in something is to be transformed by it, to take it on as one’s very identity. Here we are not merely invited to believe in eternity, or to hope for it. We are invited to wear it — so completely that we become its revelation.

A Note on Our Journey Together
Meditations on Eternity draws from eight of the world’s great spiritual traditions. The writings of Bahá’u’lláh, which anchor this opening section, are one of eight voices you will encounter throughout the year — each one a different window into the same eternal light.

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Entering the Stillness

Read the passage again and pause at the phrase: “that thou mayest be to all eternity the revelation of My everlasting being.” Sit with the weight of that purpose for a moment. Not as a burden — as a gift. You were not created to merely pass through the world. You were created to reveal something eternal within it.

Questions for Meditation

✦ What does it mean to you that eternity was created for you — that it is a gift, not merely a fact of existence?
✦ To “make it the garment of thy temple” — your body, your life — what would change in your daily existence if you truly wore eternity as a garment?
✦ The passage ends with a breathtaking purpose: that you become “the revelation of My everlasting being.” How do you respond to being given such a purpose?

A Practice for the Week

Once each day, before an ordinary activity — a meal, a conversation, a walk — pause and say inwardly: “I am clothed in eternity.” Notice whether this changes how you enter that moment.

We will meet again in seven days. May this week be a gentle and luminous one.

With warmth,
The Meditations on Eternity Team