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Larry,
It looks like this quote was misattribution. I found a .pdf file
that attributes it to (Rosemary Sala, The Bahá'í World, Volume 7,
"Marriage in the Bahá'í Faith", p. 763):
http://bahaimarriage.net/DevotionalGathering-Marriage(General).pdf
Searching to find Volume 7 of the Baha'i World (I don't have a
copy) I was surprised to see that the text is on the WWW at:
http://www.archive.org/stream/bahaiworldvolvii029810mbp/bahaiworldvolvii029810mbp_djvu.txt
It appears that it actually was Rosemary Sala who wrote that
paragraph. On page 763, a small part of the text reads:
Abdu'l-Baha in writing to a Baha'i stated
that everyone had an affinity, but that af-
finities did not always meet in this world,
and if they did, they might not be happy
together, as this was not a place for perfect
happiness. He added that there was no
power that could keep them apart and that
in one of the worlds of God they would
recognize their oneness, and go through eter-
nity inseparable. He refers further to this:
"The souls who sacrifice self, become de-
tached from the imperfections of the realm
of man and free from the bondage of this
ephemeral world, assuredly the splendors of
the rays of Divine Union shall shine in their
hearts, and they shall find ideal relationship
and happiness in the Eternal Paradise."
Out of the fusion of two souls a third
subtle entity is born. Though invisible and
intangible on earth it is the composite soul
of true lovers. The progress of one mys-
teriously influences the other, they become
the tutors of each other's soul. Distance or
death, being physical forces, cannot cause its
disintegration. To a Baha'i whose husband
had died, the Master wrote:
"Be confirmed with such deeds as to be-
come the cause of his joy and happiness in
the other world."
When marriage has such permanent value,
we can understand the importance of the
preliminary steps which lead up to it.
John B.
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At 03:00 PM 8/21/2010, you wrote:
>The Baha'i Studies Listserv
>In Stanwood Cobb's book 'Life with Nayan' page 61 (Avalon Press,
>1969), he attributes the following quote to 'Abdu'l-Baha:
>
>"Out of the fusion of two souls a third subtle entity is born;
>though invisible and intangible on earth it is the composite soul of
>two lovers. The progress of one mysteriously influences the other.
>They become the tutors of each other's souls. Distance or death,
>mere physical forces, can not cause its disintegration."
>
>I cannot find a source for this quote in Ocean or Google.
>Does anyone know where this was sourced?
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