The world beyond is different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother.
Bahá’u’lláh
The World Beyond
Topic: Life Beyond Death & the Spirit World
“The world beyond is different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother. When the soul attains the Presence of God, it will assume the form that best befits its immortality and is worthy of its celestial habitation.”
Bahá’u’lláh (“Glory of God”; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí, was the founder of the Bahá’í Faith.
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, pp. 234, 260 [Gleanings from the writings of Baha'u'llah 81].
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Gleanings from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh 81
The world beyond, writes Bahá’u’lláh, “is as different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother.” Just as the womb provides the environment for a person’s initial physical development, the phenomenal world is the arena within which we develop the spiritual characteristics and capacities that we need for our onward journey. Both here and in the next life, we advance with the assistance of God’s bounty and grace. Also important to the progress of our souls in the next world are the good deeds carried out in our names here on earth, and the sincere prayers of our families and friends.
Seen in this light, death is not to be feared. Bahá’u’lláh refers to it as a “messenger of joy.” He states: “Thou art My dominion and My dominion perisheth not; wherefore fearest thou thy perishing? Thou art My light and My light shall never be extinguished; why dost thou dread extinction? Thou art My glory and My glory fadeth not; thou art My robe and My robe shall never be outworn.”
–Bahai.org, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, LXXXI and Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 32 and no. 14.