The Best of Meetings Is the Spiritual Meeting
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas, (1909) · Read original
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O ye two dear maid-servants of God!
Your longing to visit the Sacred Soil is expressed and evident and your presence will be a source of pleasure to me.
But the best of meetings is the spiritual meeting; for in these days visits to these regions are accomplished with difficulty.
I ask God that the spiritual meeting become realized so that the illumined bounty may prevail, the inner susceptibilities may be awakened and the eternal meeting in the Kingdom of God may be attained.
Source: 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas (1909). Public domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19312.
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