The Soul

Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul.  Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel.  It is the first among all created things to declare the excellence of its Creator, the first to recognize His glory, to cleave to His truth, and to bow down in adoration before Him.  If it be faithful to God, it will reflect His light, and will, eventually, return unto Him.  If it fail, however, in its allegiance to its Creator, it will become a victim to self and passion, and will, in the end, sink in their depths.

(Baha'u'llah:  Gleanings, Pages: 158-159)

Verily I say, the human soul is, in its essence, one of the signs of God, a mystery among His mysteries. It is one of the mighty signs of the Almighty, the harbinger that proclaimeth the reality of all the worlds of God.  Within it lieth concealed that which the world is now utterly incapable of apprehending.

(Baha'u'llah:  Gleanings, Page: 160)

Verily I say, the human soul is exalted above all egress and regress.  It is still, and yet it soareth; it moveth, and yet it is still.  It is, in itself, a testimony that beareth witness to the existence of a world that is contingent, as well as to the reality of a world that hath neither beginning nor end.  Behold how the dream thou hast dreamed is, after the lapse of many years, re-enacted before thine eyes.   Consider how strange is the mystery of the world that appeareth to thee in thy dream.  Ponder in thine heart upon the unsearchable wisdom of God, and meditate on its manifold revelations....

(Baha'u'llah:  Gleanings, Pages: 161-162)