We know that the body or form has nothing to do with spirit or spiritual conditions. When the spirit is disconnected from or leaves the body, that is no reason for thinking it can be re-absorbed or joined with the whole of spirit, as the drops of water are absorbed or lost in the sea. The earth is one unit, yet how many beings and separate parts it contains! The body of man is one unit, yet it has an infinite number of separate and individual parts that compose it—such as eyes, fingers, etc.; so, in like manner, spirit is one, but consisting of many differentiated parts.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha recorded by Ethel J. Rosenberg, during her pilgrimage in January 1909; Star of the West, vol. 7, no. 11, September 27, 1916)