…the day of the appearance
of the Holy Manifestations is the spiritual springtime; it is the divine
splendor; it is the heavenly bounty, the breeze of life, the rising of the Sun
of Reality. Spirits are quickened; hearts are refreshed and invigorated; souls
become good; existence is set in motion; human realities are gladdened, and
grow and develop in good qualities and perfections. General progress is
achieved and revival takes place, for it is the day of resurrection, the time
of excitement and ferment, and the season of bliss, of joy and of intense
rapture.
Afterward the life-giving
spring ends in fruitful summer. The word of God is exalted, the Law of God is
promulgated; all things reach perfection.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha,
table talks in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha; ‘Some Answered Questions’)
