…the manifestation of the Holy Spirit: Whensoever it
appears, it invests the world of humanity with a new life and endows human
realities with a new spirit. It clothes all existence with a glorious attire,
disperses the darkness of ignorance, and causes the light of human perfections
to shine resplendent. It is with such a power that Christ renewed this
cycle—whereupon the divine springtide pitched its tent, with utmost vitality
and grace, in the realm of humanity and perfumed the senses of the enlightened
souls with its life-giving breezes.
In the same way, the manifestation of Bahá’u’lláh was a new
springtide which appeared with the sweet savours of holiness, with the hosts of
everlasting life, and with a power born of the celestial kingdom. He
established the throne of God’s sovereignty in the midmost heart of the world
and, through the power of the Holy Spirit, revived the souls and ushered in a
new cycle.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Table talks in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha;
‘Some Answered Questions’ – 2014 revised translation by the Baha’i World
Centre)
