nly will subdue the human, and that
through divine education the masses of mankind generally will take great
steps forward in all degrees of life--except for those who are blind and
deaf and mute and dead. How can such as they understand the light? Though
the sun's rays illumine every darkest corner of the globe, still the blind
can have no share in the glory, and though the rain of heavenly mercy come
down in torrents over all the earth, no shrub or flower will bloom from a
barren land.

161: O THOU WHO SEEKEST THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN! ...

O thou who seekest the Kingdom of heaven! This world is even as the body
of man, and the Kingdom of God is as the spirit of life. See how dark and
narrow is the physical world of man's body, and what a prey it is to
diseases and ills. On the other hand, how fresh and bright is the realm of
the human spirit. Judge thou from this metaphor how the world of the
Kingdom hath shone down, and how its laws have been made to work in this
nether realm. Although the spirit is hidden from view, still its
commandments shine out like rays of light upon the world of the human
body. In the same way, although the Kingdom of heaven is hidden from the
sight of this unwitting people, still, to him who seeth with the inner
eye, it is plain as day.

Wherefore dwell thou ever in the Kingdom, and be thou oblivious of this
world below. Be thou so wholly absorbed in the emanations of the spirit
that nothing in the world of man will distract thee.

162: O YE DEAR FRIENDS OF 'ABDU'L-BAHA! AT ALL TIMES ...

O ye dear friends of 'Abdu'l-Baha! At all times do I await your good news,
longing as I do to hear that ye are making progress from day to day, and
are becoming ever more illumined by the light of guidance.

The blessings of Baha'u'llah are a shoreless sea, and even life
everlasting is only a dewdrop therefrom. The waves of that sea are
continually lapping against the hearts of the friends, and from those
waves there come intimations of the spirit and ardent pulsings of the
soul, until the heart giveth way, and willing or not, turneth humbly in
prayer unto the Kingdom of the Lord. Wherefore do all ye can to disengage
your inner selves, that ye may at every moment reflect new splendours from
the Sun of Truth.

Ye live, all of you, within the heart of 'Abdu'l-Baha, and with every
breath do I turn my face toward the Threshold of Oneness and call down
blessings upon you, each and all.