"Why is it that the animals heal themselves, but man in
sickness remains puzzled or helpless?"
For a moment the doctors looked at each other inquiringly,
but not one opened his lips. Finally, after consultation, perhaps, they said,
"We would rather hear the answer from the lips of His Holiness
'Abdu'l-Baha." This was His answer: "Because man's thoughts are not limited to one
direction; therefore, he is more heedless. On the other hand, however, through
concentration and deep thinking, his knowledge is more than all other
creatures."
(Notes of ‘Abdu’l-Baha's comments, May 7, 1912, Pittsburgh, PA, recorded
by Dr. Zia Baghdadi; Star of the West [The Baha’i Magazine], vol. 19, no. 5,
August 1928)
