The Dark Night of the Soul: A Way Out of Spiritual Winter
“I could relate to this scholar’s astute comments when he said that mystics throughout history have suffered from the “deadening harshness of the spiritual winter.”
Most might define this as a season when our souls feel frozen and stuck. Can you relate? I sure can.
…The Baha’i teachings tell us, though, that all religions tend to go through phases of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Baha’i writings suggest that we are on the verge of another spiritual springtime with the coming of a new divine revelation, but, perhaps, we are also at the darkness before the dawn.”
“But again the cycle begins and a new springtime appears. In it the former springtime has returned; the world is resuscitated, illumined and attains spirituality; religion is renewed and reorganized, hearts are turned to God, the summons of God is heard, and life is again bestowed upon man.” —Abdu’l-Baha