…when any souls grow
to be true believers, they will attain a spiritual relationship with one
another, and show forth a tenderness which is not of this world. They will, all
of them, become elated from a draught of divine love, and that union of theirs,
that connection, will also abide forever. Souls, that is, who will consign
their own selves to oblivion, strip from themselves the defects of humankind,
and unchain themselves from human bondage, will beyond any doubt be illumined
with the heavenly splendours of oneness, and will all attain unto real union in
the world that dieth not.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
