Thanks be to God, this is a good meeting. It is very enlightened; it is spiritual; it is heavenly. As has been said by a Persian poet, the celestial globe is in such a form that the under part is, as it were, a reflection of the upper part. That is to say, whatever exists in heaven is reflected in this world. Now, praise be to God that this meeting of ours is a reflection from the Heavenly Concourse. It is as though we had taken a mirror and gazed into it. This reflection from the Heavenly Concourse is love. As harmony and love exists in the Supreme Concourse, so it is reflected here. In the Supreme Concourse the desire for God exists and thank God it is here also. Therefore, if we say that this meeting is heavenly, it is true. Because we have no other desire except for that which comes from God. We have no other object save the mentioning of God. '
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha at Lady Blomfield's drawing room, 12 September 1911; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 12, 16 October, 1911)