O thou who hast drawn nigh unto the spirit of Christ in the
Kingdom of God! Verily the body is composed of physical elements, and every
composite must needs be decomposed. The spirit, however, is a single essence,
fine and delicate, incorporeal, everlasting, and of God. For this reason whoso
looketh for Christ in His physical body hath looked in vain, and will be shut
away from Him as by a veil. But whoso yearneth to find Him in the spirit will
grow from day to day in joy and desire and burning love, in closeness to Him,
and in beholding Him clear and plain. In this new and wondrous day, it behoveth
thee to seek after the spirit of Christ.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
