The Baha'i Studies Listserv Thanks so much for this Larry, our community has been looking for the source of this quote since this Spring. I'm embarrassed to admit I do not know who Rosemary Sala is. Can someone please enlighten me. I assume this would be considered a 'pilgrim's note.' Jeanne
"...keenness of understanding is due to a keenness of vision." (Baha'u'llah) On 21-Aug-10, at 5:19 PM, John Bromberek wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > 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. > ----------------------- > > 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? > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
