The sun
shines upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures. The Sun of
Truth also shines, giving light and warmth to the souls of men. All existing
creatures need the sun to shine upon them and develop them that they may
grow. The souls of men also need the Sun
of Truth to shine upon them, to educate and encourage them. Circumstances that
benefit the body do not benefit the soul, and the soul of man is his reality,
not his body, i.e., there are some men who are perfected in material things and
very backward in the spiritual. Likewise many, who are at the bottom of the
social and material ladder, are very much advanced spiritually.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, October 20, 1911, Paris, France; ‘Star of the West Vol. 2, no. 16,
December 31, 1911)
