Therefore, since the reality or soul of man is a ray of
light emanating from the Sun of the Word of God, it is capable of manifesting
all the perfections of Being. It is then worthy to be the throne upon which may
be established the manifestation of the Names, the Qualities and the Attributes
of the Ancient Entity. Inasmuch as this entity is capable of expressing the
great virtues of Being, and is the greatest and purest of all existing beings
on earth, from its earliest rise in the human temple to its resurrection from
the grave of the body, it can be likened to a mirror which reveals the seen and
the unseen, which possesses the virtues of the world and of the Kingdom.
('Abdu'l-Baha, from a talk, quoted by Lua Getsinger in her talk in San Francisco on
December 17, 1911)(To see the transcript of the entire talk please visit Baha’i Talks,
Messages and Articles)
