Sometimes the sun rises from the centre of the horizon, then
in summer it rises farther north, in winter farther south—but it is always the
self-same sun, however different are the points of its rising.
In like manner truth is one, although its manifestations may
be very different. Some men have eyes and see. These worship the sun, no matter
from which point on the horizon it may dawn; and when the sun has left the
winter sky to appear in the summer one, they know how to find it again. Others
there are who worship only the spot from which the sun arose, and when it
arises in its glory from another place they remain in contemplation before the
spot of its former rising. Alas! these men are deprived of the blessings of the
sun. Those who in truth adore the sun itself will recognize it from whatsoever
dawning-place it may appear, and will straightway turn their faces towards its
radiance.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk; ‘Paris Talks: Addresses given by
'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris in 1911-1912’)
