ched by the strong attachment of the friends to
one who, besides being the beloved daughter of Baha'u'llah, exemplified
perhaps more than anyone the true spirit that animates His teachings. His
sincere hope is that your love for our departed Greatest Holy Leaf will
attain such depth and intensity as to enable you to follow on her
footsteps and to carry out with increasing devotion and vigour all that
she cherished so much during the entire course of her earthly life. The
memory of her saintly life will undoubtedly sustain and feed your energies
and will provide you with that spiritual potency of which we are all in
such a great need.

33: The steps of her holy resting-place represent ...

(107) The steps of her holy resting-place represent Local Spiritual
Assemblies, not individual believers. The columns, that is the pillars,
are like the National Spiritual Assemblies, while the dome, which is
raised following the placing of the columns, symbolizes the Universal
House of Justice which, in accordance with the Master's Will and Testament
must be elected by the secondary Houses of Justice, that is, the National
Spiritual Assemblies of East and West.

V: LETTERS OF THE GREATEST HOLY LEAF

1: O Leaf of Paradise! ...

(108) O Leaf of Paradise!

Loose your tongue at all times in gratitude for the blessings of the
Beloved of the Worlds, for you are always mentioned in His Glorious and
Sanctified Presence, and you are ever in the hearts of His maidservants.
The pen is unable to describe the depths of our longing, nor can the
tongue recount the love concealed within our hearts. Should you look into
the mirror of your own heart, which is free from the defilements of this
world of dust, you would clearly see the truth of what has been set forth.

From the time of your departure no day passes without mention being made
of your name. Please God you may in your days and nights hold fast to the
sure handle of detachment, and be occupied in the remembrance of God, the
Wondrous, the All-Glorious.

There is no blessing greater than attainment unto His Holy Presence. Thank
God you attained this bounty.

May the spiritually-minded son, Mirza Badi'u'llah, God willing, be always
safe in the stronghold of God's care and protection.

2: I feel prompted to offer my sincere best ...

(109) I feel prompted to offer my sincere best wishes to you and to
express the agony of separation that has deeply affec