Cafeteria Complex; & Baha'i Laws; a Talk by Judge James F. Nelson
Channel: Keyvan Geula
Date: 2021-05-20

With his deep appreciation for the Baha'i Laws, his delightful sense of humor, his lifelong commitment to serve humanity, his profound spiritual insight, and keen wisdom of how to deliver, Honorable Judge James F. Nelson, the Chair of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of United States, at the time, captures the full attention of his audience at this large Baha'i conference in 1980’s in Los Angeles. 
He explains that America was formed in disobedience to laws we did not like; the laws under which we were forced to live. He explains how Baha'u'llah teaches that:  "True liberty consisteth in man’s submission unto My commandments, little as ye know it. Were men to observe that which We have sent down unto them from the Heaven of Revelation, they would, of a certainty, attain unto perfect liberty. Happy is the man that hath apprehended the Purpose of God in whatever He hath revealed from the Heaven of His Will, that pervadeth all created things. Say: The liberty that profiteth you is to be found nowhere except in complete servitude unto God, the Eternal Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness will refuse to barter it for all the dominion of earth and heaven." Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah