Gilberto:
> >>Bahais, are typically going to be "attached" to Bahaullah.<<
Mark:
> There is a difference between being attached to Baha'u'llah,
> as the Soul Who incarnates the Will, Word, and Cause of God
> and being attached to the historical personality of Mirza
> Husayn Ali.Gilberto:
But then does each person have a distinct soul, or is the same soul
returning each time?
JS: In short, humans have distinct souls while Manifestations only have one soul. But it is a bit more complicated than this.Abdu'l-Baha describes that the human spirit is made of 4 different parts while the spirit of the Manifestation is composed of 5 different parts.
The HUMAN SPIRIT is composed of the following parts:
1. Vegetable Spirit - something like the spirit that animates living organisms when you combine the components of cells.
2. Animal Spirit - which includes things like the power of the senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, etc.
3. Human Spirit - which includes the mind, intellect, ability to know God, ability to know self (i.e. divine and satanic)
4. Heavenly Spirit of Faith, Bounty of God - This spirit is created by God in man. When the spirit of faith is created, man transforms from impure to pure, and allow man to escape the self.
The MANIFESTATION's SPIRIT.
The manifestation has all these spirits, plus one more. This last Spirit is one and the same, and in this respect, Buddha is Jesus is Muhammad is Baha'u'lah.
5. The Holy Spirit - "Every time it appears, the world is renewed, and a new cycle is founded. The body of the world of humanity puts on a new garment. It can be compared to the spring; whenever it comes, the world passes from one condition to another. Through the advent of the season of spring the black earth and the fields and wildernesses will become verdant and blooming, and all sorts of flowers and sweet-scented herbs will grow; the trees will have new life, and new fruits will appear, and a new cycle is founded." -Abdu'l-Baha
"In the same way, the appearance of Bahá'u'lláh was like a new springtime which appeared with holy breezes, with the hosts of everlasting life, and with heavenly power. It established the Throne of the Divine Kingdom in the center of the world and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, revived souls and established a new cycle. " -Abdu'l-Baha
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