Bahá'í World Faith (`Abdu'l-Bahá's Section Only)
Pages 366-367
 

THE ENCOMPASSING SPIRIT
 
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Verily, I say unto thee that the gifts of thy Lord are encircling thee in a similar way as the spirit encircles the body at the beginning of the amalgamation of the elements and natures in the womb; the power of the spirit begins then to appear in the body gradually and successively according to the preparation and capacity to receive that everlasting abundance.