Spiritual communion one with the other, far from being impossible or unnatural, is constant and inevitable.

Those whose spiritual faculties are as yet undeveloped are unconscious of this vital connection, but as one's faculties develop, communications with those beyond the veil gradually become more conscious and definite.

To the Prophets and saints this spiritual communion is as familiar and real as are ordinary vision and conversation to the rest of mankind.
'Abdu'l-Baha says:-- The visions of the Prophets are not dreams; no, they are spiritual discoveries and have reality.

They say, for example: "I saw a person in a certain form, and I said such a thing, and he gave such an answer." This vision is in the world of wakefulness, and not in that of sleep.

Nay, it is a spiritual discovery....
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