Stories about 'Abdu'l-Bahá

The connection of soul to the body

Mahmud's Diary
July 3, 1912
New York, NY

He was then asked about the connection between the soul and the body. He replied, ‘It has the same connection as the sun has with the mirror. Death consists of the severance of this connection.’
‘Some say that your prayers and promises for us have come true and are being completely fulfilled.’

I always pray with complete self-effacement and humbly implore confirmations from the Kingdom of Abha.’
‘Do you feel the excessive heat? Does it affect your health?’
‘I am so absorbed that I feel neither the heat nor the cold. It is all the same to me.’

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