As a concluding activity for Book 2, we made sculptures of some of the metaphors in the Book 2 quotations. We made a white silk path that the participants walked on to observe the scuptures and read the quotations. Quiet music played in the background while each person was invited to enter the room and walk the path of service...it was a walking meditation/devotional. Training held in Stavanger, Norway 2003, Sven-Erik Ellund was the facilitator. Close-up photos of each of the sculptures along with the some of the selected Quotations are shown below.

O My servants! The one true God is My witness! This most great, this fathomless and surging Ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you. Behold it is closer to you than your life-vein! Swift as the twinkling of an eye ye can, if ye but wish it, reach and partake of this imperishable favor, this God-given grace, this incorruptible gift, this most potent and unspeakably glorious bounty. (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 326) [Photo of sculpture below]

Until a being setteth his foot in the plane of sacrifice, he is bereft of every favour and grace; and this plane of sacrifice is the realm of dying to the self, that the radiance of the living God may then shine forth. (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 76) [Photo of sculpture below]

Norsk Translation of above: For et menneske setter sin fot på offerets plan, er han berøvet enhver gunstbevisning og nåde;; og dette offerets plan er det Rike der man dør til selvet, slik at utstrålingen fra den levende Gud kan skinne frem. (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 76)

…rest ye not, seek ye no composure, attach not yourselves to the luxuries of this ephemeral world, free yourselves from every attachment, and strive with heart and soul to become fully established in the Kingdom of God. Gain ye the heavenly treasures. Day by day become ye more illumined. Draw ye nearer and nearer unto the threshold of oneness. (Compilations, Baha'i Scriptures, p. 526) [Photo of sculpture below]

My name is Abdul-Baha, my identity is Abdul-Baha, my qualification is Abdul-Baha, my reality is Abdul-Baha, my praise is Abdul-Baha, Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious refulgent diadem; and servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion… No name, no title, no mention, no commendation hath I nor will ever have except Abdul-Baha. [Photo of sculpture below]