[one of the venerable teachers of the East]
Upon him be Baha’u’l-Abha!
He is God!
O thou spiritual Amin!
In all the world of creation all the existent beings are in
the utmost connection. Through this connection, mutual helpfulness and
cooperation is realized. This mutual helpfulness and cooperation is the origin
of the conservation of the forces of life. If for one instant this mutual
helpfulness and cooperation were cut off from the sources and realities of
things, all the existent beings and things would be thrown into confusion and
chaos, and be reduced to nothingness and annihilation.
For instance: From the breath of the animals a watery
element, called hydrogen and carbon is exhaled, and this is the life principle
of the vegetable kingdom. From the vegetable kingdom and the trees, a fiery
element, called oxygen, is emitted and this becomes the cause of the
maintenance of the life of the animal kingdom. In such a manner, mutual
helpfulness and cooperation is realized continually between all the existent
beings.
Likewise, the greatest inter-relation and communication
exists between the sons of men, without which peace, life and existence is
entirely impossible. For a soul independent of all the other souls and without
receiving assistance from other sources cannot live for the twinkling of an
eye; nay, rather, he will become non- existent and reduced to nothingness;
especially among the believers of God between whom material and spiritual
communication is developed up to the highest point of perfection.
