Thou hast described thyself as a student in the school of
spiritual progress. Fortunate art thou! If these schools of progress lead to
the university of heaven, then branches of knowledge will be developed whereby
humanity will look upon the tablet of existence as a scroll endlessly
unfolding; and all created things will be seen upon that scroll as letters and
words. Then will the different planes of meaning be learned, and then within
every atom of the universe will be witnessed the signs of the oneness of God.
Then will man hear the cry of the Lord of the Kingdom, and behold the
confirmations of the Holy Spirit coming to succour him. Then will he feel such
bliss, such ecstasy, that the wide world with its vastness will no longer
contain him, and he will set out for the Kingdom of God, and hurry along to the
realm of the spirit. For once a bird hath grown its wings, it remaineth on the
ground no more, but soareth upward into high heaven—except for those birds that
are tied by the leg, or those whose wings are broken, or mired down.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha,
‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
