Spiritual Indigestion
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When in Bahá'í history
'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
Early in 1909 Charles and Mariam Haney, the parents of Hand of the Cause of God Paul Haney, went to ‘Akká to see ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. In A Heavenly Feast they recorded some of the utterances they heard from the Master during those nine days. One day ‘Abdu’l-Bahá asked about the health of Mr Haney. He told the Master quite frankly, ‘My body is always well, but I am receiving so much Spiritual Food while here that I fear I shall have Spiritual indigestion.’ But his Host assured him: ‘No, you are going to digest it, for He who gives you the Spiritual Food is going to give you digestive power.’
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 143, drawing on Charles and Mariam Haney, A Heavenly Feast.
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