We are, in essence, spiritual beings. Our souls depend on spiritual nourishment as much as our bodies on physical. Whether it is the cell or the soul, starvation eventually leads to death. Spirituality is the salt of the soul; without it, the soul spoils. It must be sprinkled on everyone, every day. A 5-year-old boy was watching his mother change the baby. When she overlooked sprinkling the tot's backside with talcum powder, the 5-year-old reminded her, 'Hey, Mom, you forgot to salt him!' (2:10)

From the very beginning, the children must receive divine education and must continually be reminded to remember their God. Let the love of God pervade their inmost being, commingled with their mother's milk.15 'Abdu'l-Baha (2:11)

References:
1. sdc 109.
2. Compilation of Compilations, vol. 2, p. 379.
3. bne 147.
4,5. hwd (Persian), no. 54, 49.
6. pt 153.
7,14. tbh 26, 127.
8,9,15. swa 247, 291, 127.
10,11,12. gwb 7, 313, 313.
13. wob 203. (2:12)

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