La Realidad Humana - The Human Reality

Ésta (la realidad humana) es la misma realidad denominada de modo variable de acuerdo con las diferentes condiciones en que se manifiesta. Debido a su apego a la materia y al mundo fenoménico, cuando gobierna las funciones físicas del cuerpo se denomina alma humana. Cuando se manifiesta como pensadora y entendedora, se denomina mente. Cuando se eleva a la atmósfera de Dios y viaja al mundo espiritual, se designa espíritu.

It (the Human Reality) is the same reality which is given different names, according to the different conditions wherein it becomes manifest. Because of its attachment to matter and the phenomenal world, when it governs the physical functions of the body, it is called the human soul. When it manifests itself as the thinker, the comprehender, it is called the mind. And when it soars into the atmosphere of God, and travels in the spiritual world, it becomes designated as spirit.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, survival and Salvation, in the Star of the West, 7.19 (mar, 1917), page. 190.