‘Abdu’l-Bahá says dying is like a journey:
“How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey. In the next world, man will find himself freed from many of the disabilities under which he now suffers. Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours; their work, the work of the Kingdom, is ours; but it is sanctified from what we call ‘time and place.’ Time with us is measured by the sun. When there is no more sunrise, and no more sunset, that kind of time does not exist for man. Those who have ascended have different attributes from those who are still on earth, yet there is no real separation.” (‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, pp. 95-97)
I am struck by the fact that I will apparently not be receiving rest or repose. I will be working in the Abhá Kingdom, but with no time and place. The workday seems too long. After all, the job of humanity is endless:
“As the perfections of humanity are endless, man can also make progress in perfections after leaving this world.”
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