I felt as if he were like a great powerful locomotive,
pulling behind him a long, long string of cars, laden - not with dead-weight
exactly - but sometimes pretty dead! This weight is the believers who have to
be pushed, or pulled, or cajoled, or praised at every moment to get them into
action. The beloved Guardian sees far in advance the needs, the lack of time,
the obstacles and problems. He is actually hauling us all along behind his
guiding and powerful light. Like a locomotive too - he can go straight ahead,
fast or slow down, but he CANNOT deviate his course, he MUST follow the track
which is his divine Guidance.
(Recorded by a pilgrim in 1956; quoted by
Ruhiyyih Khanum in ‘The Priceless Pearl’)
