O thou seeker of the True One! If thou wishest the divine
knowledge and recognition, purify thy heart from all beside God, be wholly
attracted to the ideal, beloved One; search for and choose Him and apply
thyself to rational and authoritative arguments. For arguments are a guide to
the path and by this the heart will be turned unto the Sun of Truth. And when
the heart is turned unto the Sun, then the eye will be opened and will
recognize the Sun through the Sun itself. Then (man) will be in no need of
arguments (or proofs), for the Sun is altogether independent, and absolute
independence is in need of nothing, and proofs are one of the things (of which
absolute independence has no need). Be not like Thomas; be thou like Peter. I
hope you will be healed physically, mentally and spiritually.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
