To his honor Mr. Remey
Upon him be Baha’u’l-Abha!
O thou who art rejoiced by the Divine Glad tidings!
Verily I have received thy last letter, and thanked God that than didst
reach Paris protected and guarded by Him. Thank thou God that He assisted thee
to behold the brilliant faces of the believers of God, and favored thee to meet
them in American countries; for verily, beholding those shining countenances is
a divine gift. By it, the hearts are dilated, the souls are rejoiced, and the
spirits are attracted toward the Supreme Concourse.
Do not lament over the departure of my dearly beloved Breakwell. For
verily, he has ascended to the luminous Rose-Garden in the Abha Kingdom, near
the mercy of his Lord, the Almighty, and is crying out with the loudest voice:
"0 that my people knew how my Lord hath forgiven me, and made me one of
those who have attained to the meeting of God!"
O my dearly beloved! O Breakwell! Thou hast been a divine bird, and forsaking
thy earthly nest, thou hast soared toward the Holy Rose-gardens of the Divine
kingdom and obtained a Luminous Station, there!
O my dearly beloved! O Breakwell! Verily thou art like unto the birds
chanting the verses of thy Lord, the Forgiving, for thou wert a thankful
servant; therefore thou hast entered (in the Realm Beyond) with joy and
happiness!
O my beloved O Breakwell! Verily thy Lord has chosen thee for His Love, guided
thee to the Court of His Holiness; caused thee to enter into the Ridvan of His
Association, and granted thee to behold His Beauty!
O my beloved! O Breakwell! Verily thou hast attained to the Eternal Life,
never ending bounty, beatific bliss and immeasurable Providence!
O my beloved! O Breakwell! Thou hast become a star in the Most Exalted
Horizon, a lamp among the angels of heaven, a living spirit in the Supreme
World, and art established upon the throne of immortality!
O my adored one! O my Breakwell! I supplicate God to increase thy
nearness and communication, to make thee enjoy thy prosperity and union (with
Him), to add to thy light and beauty and to bestow upon thee Glory and Majesty.
O my adored one! O my Breakwell! I mention thy name continually, I never
forget thee, I pray for thee day and night, and I see thee clearly and
manifestly - O my adored one! O
Breakwell!
Convey my greeting to the attracted maidservant of God, Mrs. Jackson and
announce to her the bounty of God and tell her: "Do not haste, neither be
thou restless. Soon, verily, all the problems shall be solved (Literally: every
knot shall be untied), and God shall unfold a spacious door, and the purpose
shall be attained."
Concerning thy question whether all the souls enjoy Eternal Life: Know
thou, those souls partake of the Eternal Life in whom the Spirit of Life is
breathed from the Presence of God; and all beside them are dead, without life
as Christ has explained (this matter) in the texts of the Gospel. Any person whose
insight is opened by God, sees the souls in their stations after the
disintegration of the bodies. Verily, they are living and are subsisting before
their Lord and see also the dead souls submerged in the gulfs of mortality.
Then know thou, verily, all the souls are created according to the nature
of God, and all are in the state of (unconscious) purity at the time of their
birth. But afterward they differ from one another in so far as they acquire
excellencies or defects. Nevertheless, the creatures have different degrees in
existence in so far as the creation goes; for capacities are many, but all of
them are good and pure (in their essence) then afterward they are polluted and
defiled.
Although there are different states of creation, yet all of them are
beneficial. Glance thou over the temple of man, its members and its parts:
Among them is the eye, the ear, smelling and taste, hands and fingers. Notwithstanding
the differences between these organs, all of them are useful in their proper
sphere. But if one of them is out of order, there is need of a remedy, and if
the medicine does not heal, then the amputation of that member becomes
necessary.
Verily, I beseech Cod to make thee confirmed under all circumstances, Do
not become despondent, neither be thou sad. Ere long, thy Lord shall make thee
a sign of guidance among mankind.
Upon thee be greeting and praise!
(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas
(Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 19, March 2, 1915)
