The Worlds of God - U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee
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Therefore we say that man is a reality which stands between light and darkness. From this standpoint... his nature is threefold: animal, human and divine. The animal nature is darkness; the heavenly, is light in light." (Pup 461) (50:3)

"It is the soul... that directs a man's faculties, that governs his humanity" or human nature. (Pt 86) (50:4)

"Speaking of the "decomposition of... (the) body... how can any one imagine that man's consciousness and personality will be maintained, when the very instrument necessary to their existence and function will have completely disintegrated?" is asked. Answer is that "if the instrument is abandoned, the possessor of the instrument continues to act." (Bwf 120; Bwf 327) (50:5)

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