Grief can make an ordinary room feel unfamiliar. The chair is still there. The cup is still in the cupboard. But the person who gave those things meaning is gone, and the question is no longer philosophical: What becomes of us after death?
Reading: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 143, on the distinction between the physical body and the enduring human spirit.
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