… the affinity and
love manifest in this meeting, the divine susceptibilities witnessed here are
not of this world but of the world of the Kingdom. When the souls become
separated and selfish, the divine bounties do not descend, and the lights of
the Supreme Concourse are no longer reflected even though the bodies meet
together. A mirror with its back turned to the sun has no power to reflect the
sun's effulgence.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From talk at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
MacNutt, 12 April, 1912, New York; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks
Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in
1912’)
