A Heavenly Vista

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32: "So while the Rays of the Sun of Truth are still shining, and “the Center of the Covenant of God” is Manifest, let us go forth to work, for after awhile the night will come and the way to the Vineyard will not then be so easy to find."

The "Veils" are Very Thin at the Time of the Manifestation

"As to the words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá about the 'vineyard will not then be so easy to find', etc. This supports many such remarks: He explained often that at the time of the Manifestation the veils are very thin, so to speak. Many souls accepted seemingly spontaneously, on the basis of a dream, or just hearing the Cause existed! But later, this first phase passes, and the people require more arguments and proof, acceptance comes less as a flash of spiritual insight and more as an intellectual process. This is quite different from the future glory of the Cause and the divine origin of its institutions, graphically outlined by Him. When the Master says the Local and National Assemblies are the 'Voice of truth', He means here that they must be obeyed, not that they are infallible."

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, November 25, 1947, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1587)