Know, O thou possessors of insight, that true spirituality
is like unto a lake of clear water which reflects the divine. Of such was the
spirituality of Jesus Christ. There is another kind which is like a mirage,
seeming to be spiritual when it is not. That which is truly spiritual must
light the path to God, and must result in deeds. We cannot believe the call to
be spiritual when there is no result. Spirit is reality, and when the spirit in
each of us seeks to join itself with the Great Reality, it must in turn give
life. The Jews in the time of Christ were dead, having no real life, and Jesus
actually wafted a new breath into their bodies. Behold what has been
accomplished since! - ‘Abdu’l-Baha ('Notes of conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in
London’)
