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KEY TREASURE HUNT AND ACTIVITY
Print 14 of the clip art keys below-2 sets of 7, preferably 2 colors for easy identification of the group. On one side, paste treasure hunt instructions 1-7 (only the number 7 on the 7th key). On the other side paste the Selections from the Writings, matching 1-7. Keys must be numbered 1-7 in two sets for two treasure hunt groups. After the keys are found, the missing Words must be discovered in the selections from the Writings, and they are plugged into the puzzle by number to find the hidden phrase.
First read the following Selection to the whole group:
The heart is like a box, and language is the key. Only by using the key can we open the box and observe the gems it contains. Therefore, the question of an auxiliary international tongue has the utmost importance. Through this means international education and training become possible; the evidence and history of the past can be acquired. The spread of the known facts of the human world depends upon language. The explanation of divine teachings can only be through this medium. As long as diversity of tongues and lack of comprehension of other languages continue, these glorious aims cannot be realized. Therefore, the very first service to the world of man is to establish this auxiliary international means of communication. It will become the cause of the tranquillity of the human commonwealth. Through it sciences and arts will be spread among the nations, and it will prove to be the means of the progress and development of all races.
-Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace
The number one keys are put in a box. The box is opened and one key each is given to each group of treasure hunters. Now they are on their own. They must figure the clues and find their total of 7 keys. If the children are too small to read an adult can help them think about the clue, but must not give the answer. After they find their keys, they turn them over to find the missing Word. All can now help and it becomes interactive in 2 groups of kids and adults. When a word is found, it is written in the proper box (see below for puzzle to be filled out) according to the number of the key.
At the end, they should both have the sentence:
The Word is the Master Key for the whole world.
Print these instructions, cut and paste on numbered keys:
For your next key..... Go to a place cold and clean,
Where inside you’ll find meats very lean
Climb to the top and you will find
A key that will really blow your mind!
1. For your next key..... Think, where does the head of household sleep?
There you’ll find your key to keep!
2. For your next key..... Flickering flames are safe inside
But here you’ll find your key will hide!
2. For your next key..... Friends when they come to your home to visit
Here their coats will they deposit!
3. For your next key..... When hot food you want fast
Pop inside here and warm with a blast!
3. For your next key..... When in the mood for a delicious cake
Go to where this treat you’ll bake!
4. For your next key..... Where in the house can you surf?
No water here upon this turf!
4. For your next key..... When family and friends break bread together
This piece of furniture around they gather!
5. For your next key..... Music is the food for the soul
To find your next key, make music your goal!
5. For your next key..... There is a vessel, when you want a drink,
That holds the liquid, then goes in the sink!
6. For your next key..... When you want to display precious things
Protect them so they’ll be free from dings!
6. For your next key..... If you are a guest and want to be clean,
Make sure you pull the curtain or you’ll be seen!
7. (Has no directions to find the next key as it is the last, but there is a selection from the Writings on the 7th key with a missing word.
_____________________________________cut here________________________________________________
Fill in the blanks below according to key number to get the finished Hidden Treasure:
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
1 3 7 1 2 4 6 1 5
_____________________________________cut here________________________________________________
Fill in the blanks below according to key number to get the finished Hidden Treasure:
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
1 3 7 1 2 4 6 1 5
_____________________________________cut here________________________________________________
Print selections and cut and paste on back of keys with matching numbers:
1. HE IS ____ GLORY OF GLORIES
This is that which hath descended from ___ realm of glory, uttered by ___ tongue of power and might, and revealed unto ___ Prophets of old. We have taken ___ inner essence thereof and clothed it in ___ garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto ___ righteous, that they may stand faithful unto ___ Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in ___ realm of spirit obtain ___ gem of Divine virtue.
(Baha'u'llah: Arabic Hidden Words, Page: 1)
1. HE IS ____ GLORY OF GLORIES
This is that which hath descended from ___ realm of glory, uttered by ___ tongue of power and might, and revealed unto ___ Prophets of old. We have taken ___ inner essence thereof and clothed it in ___ garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto ___ righteous, that they may stand faithful unto ___ Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in ___ realm of spirit obtain ___ gem of Divine virtue.
(Baha'u'llah: Arabic Hidden Words, Page: 1)
2. Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! Through the spirit of power confirm Thou me in Thy Cause, O my Best-Beloved, and by the light of Thy glory reveal unto me Thy path, O Thou the Goal of my desire! Through the power of Thy transcendent might lift me up unto the heaven of Thy holiness, O Source of my being, and by the breezes of Thine eternity gladden me, O Thou Who art my God! Let Thine everlasting melodies breathe tranquillity on me, O my Companion, and let the riches of Thine ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my _________, and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence bring me joy, O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden!
(Baha'u'llah: Prayers and Meditations, Page: 248)
2. Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! Through the spirit of power confirm Thou me in Thy Cause, O my Best-Beloved, and by the light of Thy glory reveal unto me Thy path, O Thou the Goal of my desire! Through the power of Thy transcendent might lift me up unto the heaven of Thy holiness, O Source of my being, and by the breezes of Thine eternity gladden me, O Thou Who art my God! Let Thine everlasting melodies breathe tranquillity on me, O my Companion, and let the riches of Thine ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my _________, and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence bring me joy, O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden!
(Baha'u'llah: Prayers and Meditations, Page: 248)
3. By Thy Glory! O Beloved of all hearts, Thou that alone canst still the pangs of yearning for Thee! Though all the dwellers of heaven and earth unite to glorify the least of Thy signs, wherein and whereby Thou hast revealed Thyself, yet would they fail, how much more to praise Thy holy _______, the creator of all Thy tokens.
(Baha'u'llah: Baha'i Prayers (US), Page: 123)
3. Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! And then gave utterance to one mystic_______, whispered privily by her honeyed tongue,
Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!
(Baha'u'llah: Baha'i Prayers (US), Page: 228)
4. Say: This is the Day when every ear must needs be attentive to His voice. Hearken ye to the Call of this wronged One, and magnify ye the name of the one true God, and adorn yourselves with the ornament of His remembrance, and illumine your hearts with the light of His love. This is the ______ that unlocketh the hearts of men, the burnish that shall cleanse the souls of all beings. He that is careless of what hath poured out from the finger of the Will of God liveth in manifest error. Amity and rectitude of conduct, rather than dissension and mischief, are the marks of true faith.
(Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, Page: 205)
4. Say: God hath made My hidden love the _____ to the Treasure; would that ye might perceive it! But for the _____, the Treasure would to all eternity have remained concealed; would that ye might believe it! Say: This is the Source of Revelation, the Dawning-place of Splendour, Whose brightness hath illumined the horizons of the world. Would that ye might understand! This is, verily, that fixed Decree through which every irrevocable decree hath been established.
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Aqdas, Page: 24)
5. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. In another passage He hath proclaimed: It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the________________. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens. (2 word phrase)
(Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, Page: 250)
5. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. In another passage He hath proclaimed: It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the________________. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens. (2 word phrase)
(Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, Page: 250)
6. O SON OF MAN! Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love ____thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.
(Baha'u'llah: Arabic Hidden Words, Page: 3)
6. O SON OF MAN! Be thou content with Me and seek no other helper. ______none but Me can ever suffice thee.
(Baha'u'llah: Arabic Hidden Words, Page: 17)
7. In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great.
Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where ____ the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?
(Baha'u'llah: Baha'i Prayers (US), Page: 215)
7. In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great.
Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where ____ the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?
(Baha'u'llah: Baha'i Prayers (US), Page: 215)
Answers:
The Word is the Master Key for the whole world
1 3 7 1 2 4 6 1 5
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