From: Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
October 19th, 1911, Paris
All true healing comes from God! There are two causes for sickness, one is
material, the other spiritual. If the sickness is of the body, a material
remedy is needed, if of the soul, a spiritual remedy.
If the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed then only can
we be made whole, for medicine is but the outward and visible means through
which we obtain the heavenly healing. Unless the spirit be healed, the cure of
the body is worth nothing. All is in the hands of God, and without Him there
can be no health in us!
There have been many men who have died at last of the very disease of which
they have made a special study. Aristotle, for instance, who made a special
study of the digestion, died of a gastronomic malady. Aviseu was a specialist
of the heart, but he died of heart disease. God is the great compassionate
Physician who alone has the power to give true healing.
All creatures are dependent upon God, however great may seem their knowledge,
power and independence.
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