# Compilation of Compilations: Volume 2

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> Living the Life
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> Living the Life
> Compilation of Compilations
> Vol. II, pp. 1-28
> Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice
> Revised July 1990
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> CONTENTS
> I. Extracts From the Writings of the Guardian
> II. Extracts from Letters Written on behalf of the Guardian
> 
> I.
> Extracts From the Writings of the Guardian
> 1. How often the beloved Master was heard to say: Should each one of the friends take upon himself
> to carry out, in all its integrity and implications, only one of the teachings of the Faith, with
> devotion, detachment, constancy and perseverance and exemplify it in all his deeds and pursuits
> of life, the world would become another world and the face of the earth would mirror forth the
> splendours of the Abha Paradise. Consider what marvellous changes would be effected if the
> beloved of the Merciful conducted themselves, both in their individual and collective capacities,
> in accordance with the counsels and exhortations which have streamed from the Pen of Glory.
> (From a letter dated 12 January 1923 written by Shoghi Effendi to the Baha'is of Persia - translated from the Persian)
> 
> 2. The wish of 'Abdu'l-Baha, that which attracts His good pleasure and, indeed, His binding
> command, is that Baha'is, in all matters, even in small daily transactions and dealings with others,
> should act in accordance with the divine Teaching1s. He has commanded us not to be content
> with lowliness, humility and meekness, but rather to become manifestations of selflessness and
> utter nothingness. Of old, all have been exhorted to loyalty and fidelity, compassion and love; in
> this supreme Dispensation, the people of Baha are called upon to sacrifice their very lives. Notice
> the extent to which the friends have been required in the Sacred Epistles and Tablets, as well as in
> our Beloved's Testament, to be righteous, well-wishing, forbearing, sanctified, pure, detached
> from all else save God, severed from the trappings of this world and adorned with the mantle of a
> goodly character and godly attributes.
> First and foremost, one should use every possible means to purge one's heart and motives,
> otherwise, engaging in any form of enterprise would be futile. It is also essential to abstain from
> hypocrisy and blind imitation, inasmuch as their foul odour is soon detected by every man of
> understanding and wisdom. Moreover, the friends must observe the specific times for the
> remembrance of God, meditation, devotion and prayer, as it is highly unlikely, nay impossible,
> for any enterprise to prosper and develop when deprived of divine bestowals and confirmation.
> One can hardly imagine what a great influence genuine love, truthfulness and purity of motives
> exert on the souls of men. But these traits cannot be acquired by any believer unless he makes a
> daily effort to gain them... It is primarily through the potency of noble deeds and character, rather
> than by the power of exposition and proofs, that the friends of God should demonstrate to the
> world that what has been promised by God is bound to happen, that it is already taking place and
> that the divine glad-tidings are clear, evident and complete. For unless some illustrious souls step
> forth into the arena of service and shine out resplendent in the assemblage of men, the task of
> vindicating the truth of this Cause before the eyes of enlightened people would be formidable
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> indeed. However, if the friends become embodiments of virtue and good character, words and
> arguments will be superfluous. Their very deeds will well serve as eloquent testimony, and their
> noble conduct will ensure the preservation, integrity and glory of the Cause of God.
> (From a letter dated 19 December 1923 written by Shoghi Effendi to the Baha'is of the East - translated from the Persian)
> 
> 3. The chosen ones of God . . . should not look at the depraved condition of the society in which
> they live, nor at the evidences of moral degradation and frivolous conduct which the people
> around them display. They should not content themselves merely with relative distinction and
> excellence. Rather they should fix their gaze upon nobler heights by setting the counsels and
> exhortations of the Pen of Glory as their supreme goal. Then it will be readily realized how
> numerous are the stages that still remain to be traversed and how far off the desired goal lies—a
> goal which is none other than exemplifying heavenly morals and virtues.
> (From a letter dated 30 October 1924 written by Shoghi Effendi to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Teheran)
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> II.
> Extracts from Letters Written on behalf of the Guardian
> 4. It is our duty and privilege to translate the love and devotion we have for our beloved Cause into
> deeds and actions that will be conducive to the highest good of mankind.
> (From a letter dated 20 November 1924 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 5. If you read the utterances of Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha with selflessness and care and
> concentrate upon them, you will discover truths unknown to you before and will obtain an insight
> into the problems that have baffled the great thinkers of the world.
> (From a letter dated 30 January 1925 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 6. The great thing is to “live the life”—to have our lives so saturated with the Divine teachings and
> the Baha'i Spirit that people cannot fail to see a joy, a power, a love, a purity, a radiance, an
> efficiency in our character and work that will distinguish us from worldly-minded people and
> make people wonder what is the secret of this new life in us. We must become entirely selfless
> and devoted to God so that every day and every moment we seek to do only what God would
> have us do and in the way He would have us do it. If we do this sincerely then we shall have
> perfect unity and harmony with each other. Where there is want of harmony, there is lack of the
> true Baha'i Spirit. Unless we can show this transformation in our lives, this new power, this
> mutual love and harmony, then the Baha'i teachings are but a name to us.
> (From a letter dated 14 February 1925 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 7. If we Baha'is cannot attain to cordial unity among ourselves, then we fail to realize the main
> purpose for which the Bab, Baha'u'llah and the Beloved Master lived and suffered. In order to
> achieve this cordial unity one of the first essentials insisted on by Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha is
> that we resist the natural tendency to let our attention dwell on the faults and failings of others
> rather than on our own. Each of us is responsible for one life only, and that is our own. Each of us
> is immeasurably far from being “perfect as our heavenly father is perfect” and the task of
> perfecting our own life and character is one that requires all our attention, our will-power and
> energy. If we allow our attention and energy to be taken up in efforts to keep others right and
> remedy their faults, we are wasting precious time. We are like ploughmen each of whom has his
> team to manage and his plough to direct, and in order to keep his furrow straight he must keep his
> eye on his goal and concentrate on his own task. If he looks to this side and that to see how Tom
> and Harry are getting on and to criticize their ploughing, then his own furrow will assuredly
> become crooked. On no subject are the Baha'i teachings more emphatic than on the necessity to
> abstain from faultfinding and backbiting while being ever eager to discover and root out our own
> faults and overcome our own failings. If we profess loyalty to Baha'u'llah, to our Beloved Master
> and our dear Guardian, then we must show our love by obedience to these explicit teachings.
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> Deeds not words are what they demand, and no amount of fervour in the use of expressions of
> loyalty and adulation will compensate for failure to live in the spirit of the teachings.
> (From a letter dated 12 May 1925 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 8. As to the question whether it is right to tell an untruth in order to save another, he feels that under
> no condition should we tell an untruth but at the same time try and help the person in a more
> legitimate manner. Of course it is not necessary to be too outspoken until the question is directly
> put to us.
> (From a letter dated 21 December 1927 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 9. We should not, however, forget that an essential characteristic of this world is hardship and
> tribulation and that it is by overcoming them that we achieve our moral and spiritual
> development. As the Master says, sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful
> are the fruits we obtain.
> (From a letter dated 5 November 1931 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 10. In the “Bayan” the Bab says that every religion of the past was fit to become universal. The only
> reason why they failed to attain that mark was the incompetence of their followers. He then
> proceeds to give a definite promise that this would not be the fate of the revelation of “Him
> Whom God would make manifest”, that it will become universal and include all the people of the
> world. This shows that we will ultimately succeed. But could we not, through our shortcomings,
> failures to sacrifice and reluctance to concentrate our efforts in spreading the Cause, retard the
> realization of that ideal? And what would that mean? It shall mean that we will be held
> responsible before God, that the race will remain longer in its state of waywardness, that wars
> would not be so soon averted, that human suffering will last longer.
> (From a letter dated 20 February 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 11. Every day has certain needs. In those early days the Cause needed Martyrs, and people who
> would stand all sorts of torture and persecution in expressing their faith and spreading the
> message sent by God. Those days are, however, gone. The Cause at present does not need martyrs
> who would die for the faith, but servants who desire to teach and establish the Cause throughout
> the world. To live to teach in the present day is like being martyred in those early days. It is the
> spirit that moves us that counts, not the act through which that spirit expresses itself; and that
> spirit is to serve the Cause of God with our heart and soul.
> (From a letter dated 3 August 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, quoted in "Baha'i News",
> 68, (Nov 1932), p. 3)
> 
> 12. He sincerely hopes that, through these sacrifices, that edifice will be completed and become a
> focal centre for the spirit and teachings of the Cause in that land; that from it the light of guidance
> will spread and bring joy and hope to the heart of this depressed humanity.
> If you study the history of Nabil you will see how the Faith has been fed by the constant
> sacrifices of the friends. Under hardships, persecutions and constant worries has the Message of
> Baha'u'llah been established throughout the world.
> (From a letter dated 30 November 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 13. The advice that Shoghi Effendi gave you regarding the division of your time between serving the
> Cause and attending to your other duties was also given to many other friends both by Baha'u'llah
> and the Master. It is a compromise between the two verses of the “Aqdas”, one making it
> incumbent upon every Baha'i to serve the promotion of the Faith and the other that every soul
> should be occupied in some form of occupation that will benefit society. In one of His Tablets
> Baha'u'llah says that the highest form of detachment in this day is to be occupied with some
> profession and be self-supporting. A good Baha'i, therefore, is the one who so arranges his life as
> to devote time both to his material needs and also to the service of the Cause.
> (From a letter dated 26 February 1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 14. I need not tell you how grievously he deplores the fact that there are so many negative forces
> prevailing in Baha'i gatherings and particularly in such an important meeting as the Convention.
> The oft-repeated words of the Master concerning unity and harmonious co-operation among the
> friends should be carefully and thoughtfully remembered now more than ever. Nothing is more
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> contrary to the spirit of the Cause than discord and strife, which are the inevitable outcome of
> selfishness and greed. Pure detachment and selfless service, these should be the sole motives of
> every true believer. And unless each and every one of the friends succeeds in translating such
> qualities into living action, no hope of further progress can be entertained. It is now that unity of
> thought and action is most needed. It is now, when the Cause is entering a new phase of
> development, when its Administration is being gradually consolidated amid the welter and chaos
> of a tottering civilization, that the friends should present a united front to those forces of internal
> dissension, which, if not completely wiped out, will bring our work to inevitable destruction.
> (From a letter dated 24 September 1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 15. He, indeed, highly deplores the fact that the representatives of the highest administrative
> institution in your country have permitted such differences and misunderstandings to assume such
> a proportion, especially when the principles and laws of the Administration have been each and
> all clearly and emphatically stated by him in so many communications and ever since the passing
> of the Master. Such difficulties, if not checked immediately and vigorously, can do incalculable
> harm to the body of the Cause, and may retard not only the flow but also the effectiveness of its
> spirit in the world. If deeply and dispassionately examined the source of all these troubles and
> disputes is to be found invariably in feelings of egotism and selfishness.
> And unless these poisonous feelings are fully overcome there can be no hope for the effective
> working and progress of the administrative machinery of the Cause.
> (From a letter dated 9 May 1934 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 16. While he would urge you to courageously meet and overcome the many obstacles that stand in
> your way, he would at the same time advise you that in case of failure and no matter what befalls
> you, you should remain radiantly content at, and entirely submissive to, the Divine will. Our
> afflictions, tests and trials are sometimes blessings in disguise, as they teach us to have more faith
> and confidence in God, and bring us nearer to Him.
> (From a letter dated 28 April 1936 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 17. Has not Baha'u'llah assured us that sufferings and privations are blessings in disguise, that
> through them our inner spiritual forces become stimulated, purified and ennobled? Remain,
> therefore, confident that your material hardships will, far from hindering your activities for the
> Cause, impart to your heart a powerful impetus to better serve and promote its interests.
> (From a letter dated 22 November 1936 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 18. Personal effort is indeed a vital prerequisite to the recognition and acceptance of the Cause of
> God. No matter how strong the measure of Divine grace, unless supplemented by personal,
> sustained and intelligent effort it cannot become fully effective and be of any real and abiding
> advantage.
> (From a letter dated 27 February 1938 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 19. Such hindrances, no matter how severe and insuperable they may at first seem, can and should be
> effectively overcome through the combined and sustained power of prayer and of determined and
> continued effort. For have not Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha both repeatedly assured us that the
> Divine and unseen hosts of victory will ever reinforce and strengthen those who valiantly and
> confidently labour in their name? This assurance should indeed enable you to overcome any
> feeling of unworthiness, of incapacity to serve, and any inner or outer limitation which threatens
> to handicap your labours for the Cause. You should therefore arise, and with a heart filled with
> joy and confidence endeavour to contribute any share that is in your power toward the wider
> diffusion and greater consolidation of our beloved Faith.
> Whatever the particular field of service you may choose, whether teaching or administrative, the
> essential is for you to persevere, and not to allow any consciousness of your limitations to
> dampen your zeal, much less to deter you from serving joyously and actively.
> (From a letter dated 6 February 1939 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 20. The greater your trials and sufferings, the stronger should wax your attachment and devotion to
> the Cause. For only through repeated tribulations and trials does God test His servants, and these
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> they should therefore view as blessings in disguise, and as opportunities whereby they can
> acquire a fuller consciousness of the Divine Will and Purpose.
> (From a letter dated 23 February 1939 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to two believers)
> 
> 21. The course on character building to be given by Miss Flora Hottes, the Guardian feels, is
> particularly important and should be given due emphasis and studied carefully and thoroughly,
> especially by the young believers in attendance at the school. These standards of Baha'i conduct,
> which he himself has set forth in his last general epistle, “The Advent of Divine Justice”, and
> which it should be the paramount duty of every loyal and conscientious believer to endeavour to
> uphold and promote, deserve serious study and meditation, and should constitute the main central
> theme of this year's programme at all the three Baha'i Summer Schools in the States.
> (From a letter dated 20 May 1939 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 22. Regarding ...'s appeal: the Guardian feels the best course of action in this matter is to ask both of
> the believers concerned to forgive and forget the entire matter. He does not want the friends to
> form the habit of taking up a kind of Baha'i litigation against each other. Their duties to humanity
> are too sacred and urgent in these days, when the Cause is struggling to spread and assert its
> independence, for them to spend their precious time, and his precious time, in this way. Ask them,
> therefore, to unite, forget the past, and serve as never before.
> (From a letter dated 22 July 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and
> New Zealand)
> 
> 23. Indeed the believers have not yet fully learned to draw on each other's love for strength and
> consolation in time of need. The Cause of God is endowed with tremendous powers, and the
> reason the believers do not gain more from it is because they have not learned to fully draw on
> these mighty forces of love and strength and harmony generated by the Faith. He would advise
> you to leave your friend ... to herself for the time being, and pray for her. As she does not at the
> moment wish your help you can only help her inwardly.
> You have rendered the Cause many valuable services, and are still doing so, and this should be
> your greatest consolation...
> (From a letter dated 8 May 1942 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 24. The friends must be patient with each other and must realize that the Cause is still in its infancy
> and its institutions are not yet functioning perfectly. The greater the patience, the loving
> understanding and the forbearance the believers show towards each other and their shortcomings,
> the greater will be the progress of the whole Baha'i community at large.
> (From a letter dated 27 February 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 25. We must realize our imperfection and not permit ourselves to get too upset over the unfortunate
> things which occur, sometimes in Conventions, sometimes in Assemblies or on Committees, etc.
> Such things are essentially superficial and in time will be outgrown.
> (From a letter dated 17 March 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 26. Not all of us are capable of serving in the same way, but the one way every Baha'i can spread the
> Faith is by example. This moves the hearts of people far more deeply than words ever can.
> The love we show others, the hospitality and understanding, the willingness to help them, these
> are the very best advertisements of the Faith. They will want to hear about it whenthey see these
> things in our lives.
> (From a letter dated 14 October 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 27. You have complained of the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in the ... Baha'i Community; the
> Guardian is well aware of the situation of the Cause there, but is confident that whatever the
> nature of the obstacles that confront the Faith they will be eventually overcome. You should,
> under no circumstances, feel discouraged, and allow such difficulties, even though they may have
> resulted from the misconduct, or the lack of capacity and vision of certain members of the
> Community, to make you waver in your faith and basic loyalty to the Cause. Surely, the believers,
> no matter how qualified they may be, whether as teachers or administrators, and however high
> their intellectual and spiritual merits, should never be looked upon as a standard whereby to
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> evaluate and measure the divine authority and mission of the Faith. It is to the Teachings
> themselves, and to the lives of the Founders of the Cause that the believers should look for their
> guidance and inspiration, and only by keeping strictly to such [a] true attitude can they hope to
> establish their loyalty to Baha'u'llah upon an enduring and unassailable basis. You should take
> heart, therefore, and with unrelaxing vigilance and unremitting effort endeavour to play your full
> share in the gradual unfoldment of this Divine World Order.
> (From a letter dated 23 August 1939 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 28. These, indeed, are the days when heroism is needed on the part of the believers. Self-sacrifice,
> courage, indomitable hope and confidence are the characteristics they should show forth, because
> these very attributes cannot but fix the attention of the public and lead them to enquire what, in a
> world so hopelessly chaotic and bewildered, leads these people to be so assured, so confident, so
> full of devotion? Increasingly, as time goes by, the characteristics of the Baha'is will be that
> which captures the attention of their fellow-citizens. They must show their aloofness from the
> hatreds and recriminations which are tearing at the heart of humanity, and demonstrate by deed
> and word their profound belief in the future peaceful unification of the entire human race.
> (From a letter dated 26 October 1941 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 29. We must always look ahead and seek to accomplish in the future what we may have failed to do
> in the past. Failures, tests, and trials, if we use them correctly, can become the means of purifying
> our spirits, strengthening our characters, and enable us to rise to greater heights of service.
> (From a letter dated 14 December 1941 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 30. Regarding the points you refer to in your letter: the complete and entire elimination of the ego
> would imply perfection—which man can never completely attain—but the ego can and should be
> ever-increasingly subordinated to the enlightened soul of man. This is what spiritual progress
> implies.
> (From a letter dated 14 December 1941 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 31. He was very pleased to hear that the Convention was so well attended, and the believers
> enthusiastic and united. One of the most paramount needs of the Cause in ... is that the friends
> should unite, should become really keenly conscious of the fact that they are one spiritual family,
> held together by bonds more sacred and eternal than those physical ties which make people of the
> same family. If the friends will forget all personal differences and open their hearts to a great love
> for each other for the sake of Baha'u'llah, they will find that their powers are vastly increased;
> they will attract the heart of the public, and will witness a rapid growth of the Holy Faith in... The
> National Spiritual Assembly should do all in its power to foster unity among the believers, and to
> educate them in the Administration as this is the channel through which their community life
> must flow, and which, when properly understood and practised, will enable the work of the Cause
> to go ahead by leaps and bounds.
> (From a letter dated 26 October 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of India and
> Burma)
> 
> 32. Ultimately all the battle of life is within the individual. No amount of organization can solve the
> inner problems or produce or prevent, as the case may be, victory or failure at a crucial moment.
> In such times as these particularly, individuals are torn by great forces at large in the world, and
> we see some weak ones suddenly become miraculously strong, and strong ones fail—we can only
> try, through loving advice, as your Committee has done, to bring about the act on the part of the
> believer which will be for the highest good of the Cause. Because obviously something bad for
> the Cause cannot be the highest good of the individual Baha'i.
> (From a letter dated 17 December 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 33. The thing the world needs today is the Baha'i spirit. People are craving for love, for a high
> standard to look up to, as well as for solutions to their many grave problems. The Baha'is should
> shower on those whom they meet the warm and living spirit of the Cause, and this, combined
> with teaching, cannot but attract the sincere truth-seekers to the Faith.
> (From a letter dated 18 December 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 34. Regarding your question about the need for greater unity among the friends, there is no doubt that
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> this is so, and the Guardian feels that one of the chief instruments for promoting it is to teach the
> Baha'is themselves, in classes and through precepts, that love of God, and consequently of men,
> is the essential foundation of every religion, our own included. A greater degree of love will
> produce a greater unity, because it enables people to bear with each other, to be patient and
> forgiving.
> (From a letter dated 7 July 1944 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, quoted in "Baha'i News",
> 173, (Feb 1945), p. 3)
> 
> 35. He hopes that you will develop into Baha'is in character as well as in belief. The whole purpose
> of Baha'u'llah is that we should become a new kind of people, people who are upright, kind,
> intelligent, truthful, and honest and who live according to His great laws laid down for this new
> epoch in man's development. To call ourselves Baha'is is not enough, our inmost being must
> become ennobled and enlightened through living a Baha'i life.
> (From a letter dated 25 August 1944 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Louhelen School Youth Session)
> 
> 36. So many misunderstandings arise from the passionate attachment of the friends to the Faith and
> also their immaturity. We must therefore be very patient and loving with each other and try to
> establish unity in the Baha'i family. The differences ... which you describe in your letter he feels
> are caused by the above and not by enmity to the Faith or insincerity.
> (From a letter dated 17 October 1944 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 37. He was very happy to hear from you, and to learn that Green Acre this year was pervaded with a
> love and harmony that was instrumental in confirming many new souls in the Faith. This love
> amongst the believers is the magnet which will, above all else,attract the hearts and bring new
> souls into the Cause. Because obviously the teachings - however wonderful - cannot change the
> world unless the Spirit of Baha'u'llah's love is mirrored in the Baha'i Communities.
> (From a letter dated 27 October 1944 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 38. Indeed if the friends could seek, and exert themselves, to become 100 per cent Baha'is they would
> see how greatly their influence over others would be increased, and how rapidly the Cause would
> spread. The world is seeking not a compromise but the embodiment of a high and shining ideal.
> The more the friends live up to our teachings in every aspect of their lives, in their homes, in
> business, in their social relationships, the greater will be the attraction they exercise over the
> hearts of others.
> He is pleased to see you have naturally, with conviction and good will towards all, been mingling
> with and teaching the coloured people. When the Baha'is live up to their teachings as they should,
> although it may arouse the opposition of some it will arouse still more the admiration of fair-
> minded people.
> (From a letter dated 23 January 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 39. Indeed when we see the increasing darkness in the world today we can fully realize that unless
> the Message of Baha'u'llah reaches into the hearts of men and transforms them, there can be no
> peace and no spiritual progress in the future.
> His constant hope is that the believers will conduct themselves, individually and in their Baha'i
> Community life, in such a manner as to attract the attention of others to the Cause. The world is
> not only starving for lofty principles and ideals, it is, above all, starving for a shining example
> which the Baha'is can and must provide.
> (From a letter dated 22 February 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 40. The need is very great, everywhere in the world, in and outside the Faith, for a true spiritual
> awareness to pervade and motivate people's lives. No amount of administrative procedure or
> adherence to rules can take the place of this soul-characteristic, this spirituality which is the
> essence of Man. He is very glad to see you are stressing this and aiding the friends to realize its
> supreme importance.
> (From a letter dated 25 April 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 41. Regarding the matter of ... and the inharmony that seems to exist among certain of the friends ...
> when Baha'is permit the dark forces of the world to enter into their own relationships within the
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> Faith they gravely jeopardize its progress; it is the paramount duty of the believers, the Local
> Assemblies, and particularly the National Spiritual Assembly to foster harmony, understanding
> and love amongst the friends. All should be ready and willing to set aside every personal sense of
> grievance—justified or unjustified—for the good of the Cause, because the people will never
> embrace it until they see in its community life mirrored what is so conspicuously lacking in the
> world: love and unity.
> (From a letter dated 13 May 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and
> New Zealand)
> 
> 42. Most important of all is that love and unity should prevail in the Baha'i Community, as this is
> what people are most longing for in the present dark state of the world. Words without the living
> example will never be sufficient to breathe hope into the hearts of a disillusioned and often
> cynical generation.
> (From a letter dated 20 October 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 43. Since you have turned to him for guidance, he will very frankly give you his opinion. He feels
> that the present inharmony prevailing amongst you... is very detrimental to the advancement of
> the Cause, and can only lead to disruption and the chilling of the interest of new believers. You ...
> should forget about your personal grievances, and unite for the protection of the Faith which he
> well knows you are all loyally devoted to and ready to sacrifice for.
> Perhaps the greatest test Baha'is are ever subjected to is from each other; but for the sake of the
> Master they should be ever ready to overlook each other's mistakes, apologize for harsh words
> they have uttered, forgive and forget. He strongly recommends to you this course of action. Also
> he feels that you and ... should not remain away from the meetings and Feasts in ...; you have
> now got an enthusiastic group of young Baha'is in ..., and you should show them a strong
> example of Baha'i discipline and the unity which can and must prevail amongst the Community
> of the Most Great Name.
> (From a letter dated 18 December 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 44. You ask about “spiritual indigestion”: Baha'is should seek to be many-sided, normal and well
> balanced, mentally and spiritually. We must not give the impression of being fanatics, but at the
> same time we must live up to our principles.
> (From a letter dated 12 March 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 45. You may be sure he will pray for the unity of the ... believers, as this is of paramount importance,
> and upon it depends the development of the Cause there, and the success of every teaching effort.
> The thing the friends need—everywhere—is a greater love for each other, and this can be
> acquired by greater love for Baha'u'llah; for if we love Him deeply enough, we will never allow
> personal feelings and opinions to hold His Cause back; we will be willing to sacrifice ourselves to
> each other for the sake of the Faith, and be, as the Master said, one soul in many bodies.
> (From a letter dated 5 September 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 46. He heartily agrees with you that unless we practise the Teachings we cannot possibly expect the
> Faith to grow, because the fundamental purpose of all religions—including our own—is to bring
> man nearer to God, and to change his character, which is of the utmost importance. Too much
> emphasis is often laid on the social and economic aspects of the Teachings; but the moral aspect
> cannot be over-emphasized.
> (From a letter dated 6 September 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 47. The fact that you had a course on 'Baha'i character' pleased him very much, as he considers one of
> the greatest obligations of your generation of believers is to live a Baha'i life; you must
> demonstrate, by your high moral standards, your courtesy, your integrity and nobility, that our
> Faith, is not one of words but truly changes the heart and conduct of its adherents.
> (From a letter dated 19 September 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Louhelen School Junior Youth Session,
> U.S.A.)
> 
> 48. He feels that the youth, in particular, must constantly and determinedly strive to exemplify a
> Baha'i life. In the world around us we see moral decay, promiscuity, indecency, vulgarity, bad
> manners—the Baha'i young people must be the opposite of these things, and, by their chastity,
> Living the Life
> 
> their uprightness, their decency, their consideration and good manners, attract others, old and
> young, to the Faith. The world is tired of words; it wants example, and it is up to the Baha'i youth
> to furnish it.
> (From a letter dated 19 September 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to Green Acre Summer School
> 
> 49. The friends must, at all times, bear in mind that they are, in a way, like soldiers under attack. The
> world is at present in an exceedingly dark condition spiritually; hatred and prejudice, of every
> sort, are literally tearing it to pieces. We, on the other hand, are the custodians of the opposite
> forces, the forces of love, of unity, of peace and integration, and we must constantly be on our
> guard, whether as individuals or as an Assembly or Community, lest through us these destructive,
> negative forces enter into our midst. In other words we must beware lest the darkness of society
> become reflected in our acts and attitudes, perhaps all unconsciously. Love for each other, the
> deep sense that we are a new organism, the dawn-breakers of a New World Order, must
> constantly animate our Baha'i lives, and we must pray to be protected from the contamination of
> society which is so diseased with prejudice.
> (From a letter dated 5 February 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Atlanta,
> Georgia)
> 
> 50. The Cause in ... is growing very rapidly, and the more it spreads the more the attention of the
> public will be fixed upon it. This imposes a heavy responsibility on the believers, as they must
> show forth such a spirit of love and unity among themselves as will attract the hearts of others
> and encourage them to enter the Faith in large numbers. We must always remember that the
> Teachings are perfect, and that the only reason more of our fellow men have not as yet embraced
> them is because we Baha'is, the world over, are ourselves not yet as selfless and radiant mirrors of
> Baha'u'llah's Truth as we should and could be! We must constantly strive to better exemplify His
> Teachings.
> (From a letter dated 18 February 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 51. We must concentrate on perfecting our characters as individual Baha'is, and on maturing our still
> embryonic, and as yet improperly understood, World Order; on spreading the Message, according
> to the provisions of the Divine Plan; and on building a tightly knit world-wide Baha'i Community.
> We are relatively few in numbers, and have such a precious, unique and responsible task to carry
> out. We must concentrate our full forces upon it.
> (From a letter dated 9 May 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United
> States and Canada)
> 
> 52. It is upon the individual believer, constituting the fundamental unit in the structure of the home
> front, that the revitalization, the expansion, and the enrichment of the home front must ultimately
> depend. The more strenuous the effort exerted, daily and methodically, by the individual
> labouring on the home front to rise to loftier heights of consecration, and of self-abnegation, to
> contribute, through pioneering at home, to the multiplication of Baha'i isolated centres, groups
> and Assemblies, and to raise, through diligent, painstaking and continual endeavour to convert
> receptive souls to the Faith he has espoused, the number of its active and whole-hearted
> supporters; the sooner will the vast and multiple enterprises, launched beyond the confines of the
> homeland, now so desperately calling for a greater supply of men and means, be provided with
> the necessary support that will ensure their uninterrupted development and hasten their ultimate
> fruition ...
> (From a letter dated 21 September 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the
> United States)
> 
> 53. Regarding the questions you asked: self has really two meanings, or is used in two senses, in the
> Baha'i writings; one is self, the identity of the individual created by God. This is the self
> mentioned in such passages as “he hath known God who hath known himself”, etc. The other self
> is the ego, the dark, animalistic heritage each one of us has, the lower nature that can develop into
> a monster of selfishness, brutality, lust and so on. It is this self we must struggle against, or this
> side of our natures, in order to strengthen and free the spirit within us and help it to attain
> perfection.
> Self-sacrifice means to subordinate this lower nature and its desires to the more godly and noble
> Living the Life
> 
> side of our selves. Ultimately, in its highest sense, self-sacrifice means to give our will and our all
> to God to do with as He pleases. Then He purifies and glorifies our true self until it becomes a
> shining and wonderful reality.
> (From a letter dated 10 December 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 54. It is the quality of devotion and self-sacrifice that brings rewards in the service of this Faith rather
> than means, ability or financial backing.
> (From a letter dated 11 May 1948 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and
> New Zealand)
> 
> 55. We must never dwell too much on the attitudes and feelings of our fellow-believers towards us.
> What is most important is to foster love and harmony and ignore any rebuffs we may receive; in
> this way the weaknesses of human nature and the peculiarity or attitude of any particular person
> is not magnified, but pales into insignificance in comparison with our joint service to the Faith we
> all love.
> (From a letter dated 19 September 1948 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 56. It is often difficult for us to do things because they are so very different from what we are used to,
> not because the thing itself is particularly difficult. With you, and indeed most Baha'is, who are
> now, as adults, accepting this glorious Faith, no doubt some of the ordinances, like fasting and
> daily prayer, are hard to understand and obey at first. But we must always think that these things
> are given to all men for a thousand years to come. For Baha'i children who see these things
> practised in the home, they will be as natural and necessary a thing as going to church on Sunday
> was to the more pious generation of Christians. Baha'u'llah would not have given us these things
> if they would not greatly benefit us, and, like children who are sensible enough to realize their
> father is wise and does what is good for them, we must accept to obey these ordinances even
> though at first we may not see any need for them. As we obey them we will gradually come to see
> in ourselves the benefits they confer.
> (From a letter dated 16 March 1949 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 57. ...as we suffer these misfortunes we must remember that the Prophets of God Themselves were
> not immune from these things which men suffer. They knew sorrow, illness and pain too. They
> rose above these things through Their spirits, and that is what we must try and do too, when
> afflicted. The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our
> souls; so it is to this we must look—to becoming more spiritual, drawing nearer to God, no matter
> what our human minds and bodies go through.
> (From a letter dated 5 August 1949 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 58. He was grieved to hear of some of the things you describe. It shows great spiritual immaturity on
> the part of some of the Baha'is and an astonishing lack of understanding and study of the
> teachings. To live up to our Faith's moral teachings is a task far harder than to live up to those
> noble principles the Moral Re-Armament inculcates, fine and encompassing as they are! Every
> other word of Baha'u'llah's and 'Abdu'l-Baha's writings is a preachment on moral and ethical
> conduct; all else is the form, the chalice, into which the pure spirit must be poured; without the
> spirit and the action which must demonstrate it, it is a lifeless form.
> He judges, from what you say, that the friends have not or at least many of them have not, been
> properly taught in the beginning. There is certainly no objection to stressing the “four standards”
> of the Moral Re-Armament—though any teaching of our precious Faith would go much more
> deeply into these subjects and add more to them. When we realize that Baha'u'llah says adultery
> retards the progress of the soul in the afterlife—so grievous is it—and that drinking destroys the
> mind, and not to so much as approach it, we see how clear are our teachings on these subjects.
> You must not make the great mistake of judging our Faith by one community which obviously
> needs to study and obey the Baha'i teachings.
> Human frailties and peculiarities can be a great test. But the only way, or perhaps I should say the
> first and best way, to remedy such situations, is to oneself do what is right. One soul can be the
> cause of the spiritual illumination of a continent. Now that you have seen, and remedied, a great
> fault in your own life, now that you see more clearly what is lacking in your own community,
> Living the Life
> 
> there is nothing to prevent you from arising and showing such an example, such a love and spirit
> of service, as to enkindle the earts of your fellow Baha'is.
> He urges you to study deeply the teachings, teach others, study with those Baha'is who are
> anxious to do so, the deeper teachings of our Faith, and through example, effort and prayer, bring
> about a change.
> (From a letter dated 30 September 1949 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 59. Without the spirit of real love for Baha'u'llah, for His Faith and its Institutions, and the believers
> for each other, the Cause can never really bring in large numbers of people. For it is not preaching
> and rules the world wants, but love and action.
> (From a letter dated 25 October 1949 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 60. However, he feels very strongly that if ... is in the state your letter would seem to indicate it is
> certainly conducting its affairs in the wrong way. This does not mean the Assembly, it means
> everyone. For where is Baha'i love? Where is putting unity and harmony first? Where is the
> willingness to sacrifice one's personal feelings and opinions to achieve love and harmony? What
> makes the Baha'is think that when they sacrifice the spiritual laws the administrative laws are
> going to work?
> ...
> He urges you to exert your utmost to get the ... Baha'is to put aside such obnoxious terms as
> “radical”, “conservative”, “progressive”, “enemies of the Cause”, “squelching the teachings”, etc.
> If they paused for one moment to think for what purpose the Bab and the Martyrs gave their lives,
> and Baha'u'llah and the Master accepted so much suffering, they would never let such definitions
> and accusations cross their lips when speaking of each other. As long as the friends quarrel
> amongst themselves their efforts will not be blessed for they are disobeying God.
> (From a letter dated 24 February 1950 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 61. There are two kinds of Baha'is, one might say: those whose religion is Baha'i and those who live
> for the Faith. Needless to say, if one can belong to the latter category, if one can be in the
> vanguard of heroes, martyrs and saints, it is more praiseworthy in the sight of God....
> (From a letter dated 16 April 1950 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 62. ...We must reach a spiritual plane where God comes first and great human passions are unable to
> turn us away from Him. All the time we see people who either through the force of hate or the
> passionate attachment they have to another person, sacrifice principle or bar themselves from the
> Path of God.
> We must love God, and in this state, a general love for all men becomes possible. We cannot love
> each human being for himself, but our feeling towards humanity should be motivated by our love
> for the Father Who created all men.
> (From a letter dated 4 October 1950 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 63. He urges you to do all you can to promote unity and love amongst the members of the
> Community there, as this seems to be their greatest need. So often young communities, in their
> desire to administer the Cause, lose sight of the fact that these spiritual relationships are far more
> important and fundamental than the rules and regulations which must govern the conduct of
> community affairs.
> (From a letter dated 4 October 1950 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 64. The greatest need it seems everywhere inside the Cause is to impress upon the friends the need
> for love among them. There is a tendency to mix up the functions of the Administration and try to
> apply it in individual relationships, which is abortive, because the Assembly is a nascent House of
> Justice and is supposed to administer, according to the Teachings, the affairs of the community.
> But individuals toward each other are governed by love, unity, forgiveness and a sin-covering
> eye. Once the friends grasp this they will get along much better, but they keep playing Spiritual
> Assembly to each other and expect the Assembly to behave like an individual.. .
> (From a letter dated 5 October 1950 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, quoted in "Baha'i
> News" 241 (March 1951), p. 2)
> Living the Life
> 
> 65. When criticism and harsh words arise within a Baha'i community, there is no remedy except to
> put the past behind one, and persuade all concerned to turn over a new leaf, and for the sake of
> God and His Faith refrain from mentioning the subjects which have led to misunderstanding and
> inharmony. The more the friends argue back and forth and maintain, each side, that their point of
> view is the right one, the worse the whole situation becomes.
> When we see the condition the world is in today, we must surely forget these utterly insignificant
> internal disturbances, and rush, unitedly, to the rescue of humanity. You should urge your fellow-
> Baha'is to take this point of view, and to support you in a strong effort to suppress every critical
> thought and every harsh word, in order to let the spirit of Baha'u'llah flow into the entire
> community, and unite it in His love and in His service.
> (From a letter dated 16 February 1951 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 66. The Guardian feels sure that the contribution which has been made by your friend who has not
> been active in the Cause for a short time will be the means of stimulating her to renewed service.
> There is nothing that brings success in the Faith like service. Service is the magnet which draws
> the divine confirmations. Thus, when a person is active, they are blessed by the Holy Spirit.
> When they are inactive, the Holy Spirit cannot find a repository in their being, and thus they are
> deprived of its healing and quickening rays.
> (From a letter dated 12 July 1952 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 67. The Guardian feels that your attitude towards the corrupt practice of accepting commissions from
> fellow physicians and pharmacists is most admirable. The more upright and noble the Baha'is are
> in their conduct, the more they will impress the public with the spiritual vitality of the Faith they
> believe in.
> (From a letter dated 20 October 1953 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 68. This challenge, so severe and insistent, and yet so glorious, faces no doubt primarily the
> individual believer on whom, in the last resort, depends the fate of the entire community. He it is
> who constitutes the warp and woof on which the quality and pattern of the whole fabric must
> depend. He it is who acts as one of the countless links in the mighty chain that now girdles the
> globe. He it is who serves as one of the multitude of bricks which support the structure and
> ensure the stability of the administrative edifice now being raised in every part of the world.
> Without his support, at once whole-hearted, continuous and generous, every measure adopted,
> and every plan formulated, by the Body which acts as the national representative of the
> community to which he belongs is foredoomed to failure. The World Centre of the Faith itself is
> paralysed if such a support on the part of the rank and file of the community is denied it. The
> Author of the Divine Plan Himself is impeded in His purpose if the proper instruments for the
> execution of His design are lacking. The sustaining strength of Baha'u'llah Himself, the Founder
> of the Faith, will be withheld from every and each individual who fails in the long run to arise
> and play his part.
> (From a letter dated 20 June 1954 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United
> States)
> 
> 69. When a person becomes a Baha'i, actually what takes place is that the seed of the spirit starts to
> grow in the human soul. This seed must be watered by the outpourings of the Holy Spirit. These
> gifts of the spirit are received through prayer, meditation, study of the Holy Utterances and
> service to the Cause of God. The fact of the matter is that service in the Cause is like the plough
> which ploughs the physical soil when seeds are sown. It is necessary that the soil be ploughed up,
> so that it can be enriched, and thus cause a stronger growth of the seed. In exactly the same way
> the evolution of the spirit takes place through ploughing up the soil of the heart so that it is a
> constant reflection of the Holy Spirit. In this way the human spirit grows and develops by leaps
> and bounds.
> Naturally there will be periods of distress and difficulty, and even severe tests; but if that person
> turns firmly toward the divine Manifestation, studies carefully His spiritual teachings and
> receives the blessings of the Holy Spirit, he will find that in reality these tests and difficulties
> have been the gifts of God to enable him to grow and develop. Thus you might look upon your
> Living the Life
> 
> own difficulties in the path of service. They are the means of your spirit growing and developing.
> You will suddenly find that you have conquered many of the problems which upset you, and then
> you will wonder why they should have troubled you at all. An individual must center his whole
> heart and mind on service to the Cause, in accordance with the high standards set by Baha'u'llah.
> When this is done, the Hosts of the Supreme Concourse will come to the assistance of the
> individual, and every difficulty and trial will gradually be overcome.
> (From a letter dated 6 October 1954 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 70. The road is stony, and there are many tests; but as you say, if the friends will learn to live
> according to Baha'u'llah's teachings, they will discover that they work indeed in mysterious and
> forceful ways; and that there is always help at hand, that obstacles are overcome, and that success
> is assured in the end.
> (From a letter dated 23 April 1956 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 71. The individual alone must assess its character, consult his conscience, prayerfully consider all its
> aspects, manfully struggle against the natural inertia that weighs him down in his effort to arise,
> shed, heroically and irrevocably, the trivial and superfluous attachments which hold him back,
> empty himself of every thought that may tend to obstruct his path, mix, in obedience to the
> counsels of the Author of His Faith, and in imitation of the One Who is its true Exemplar, with
> men and women, in all walks of life, seek to touch their hearts through the distinction which
> characterizes his thoughts, his words and his acts, and win them over, tactfully, lovingly,
> prayerfully and persistently, to the Faith he himself has espoused.
> (From a letter dated 19 July 1956 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United
> States)
> 
> 72. He was very sorry to learn of the inharmony amongst the friends there; and he feels that the only
> wise course of action is for all the believers to devote themselves to teaching the Faith and co-
> operating with their National Body.
> Often these trials and tests which all Baha'i communities inevitably pass through seem terrible, at
> the moment, but in retrospect we understand that they were due to the frailty of human nature, to
> misunderstandings, and to the growing pains which every Baha'i community must experience.
> (From a letter dated 25 November 1956 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer)
> 
> 73. He is very happy to see that you have put into practice one of the most encouraging precepts of
> 'Abdu'l-Baha in which He said that we should try and make every stumbling-block a stepping-
> stone to progress. In the course of your past life you have all stumbled very gravely; but, far from
> being embittered or defeated by this experience, you are determined to make it a means of
> purifying your natures, improving your characters, and enabling you to become better citizens in
> the future. This is truly pleasing in the eyes of God.
> (From a letter dated 26 March 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Baha'is of Kitalya Farm Prison)
> 
> 74. ...the Baha'is must, in view of the condition of the world today, stand forth firmly and
> courageously as followers of Baha'u'llah, obeying His Laws, and seeking to build His World
> Order. Through compromise we will never be able to establish our Faith or win others' hearts to
> it. This involves often great personal sacrifice, but we know that, when we do the right thing, God
> gives us the strength to carry it out, and we attract His blessing. We learn at such times that our
> calamity is indeed a blessing.
> (From a letter dated 5 May 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to two believers)
> 
> 75. It is not enough for the friends to make the excuse that their best teachers and their exemplary
> believers have arisen and answered the call to pioneer. A “best teacher” and an “exemplary
> believer” is ultimately neither more nor less than an ordinary Baha'i who has consecrated himself
> to the work of the Faith, deepened his knowledge and understanding of its Teachings, placed his
> confidence in Baha'u'llah, and arisen to serve Him to the best of his ability. This door is one
> which we are assured will open before the face of every follower of the Faith who knocks hard
> enough, so to speak. When the will and the desire are strong enough, the means will be found and
> the way opened either to do more work locally, to go to a new goal town within the United States,
> or to enter the foreign pioneer field...
> Living the Life
> 
> Not only must your Body provide the encouragement and leadership required, and stimulate the
> friends to arise and play their part, but the Local Assemblies must likewise do everything in their
> power to help the friends to go forth and attain their objectives. Each individual Baha'i must
> likewise feel that it is his personal duty to the Cause at this time and his greatest privilege, and
> must ask himself what he can do during the coming six years, beginning now, to hasten the
> attainment of the goals of the World Crusade. The Baha'is are the leaven of God, which must
> leaven the lump of their nation. In direct ratio to their success will be the protection vouchsafed,
> not only to them but to their country. These are the immutable laws of God, from which there is
> no escape: “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”
> (From a letter dated 21 September 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the
> United States)
>
> — *Compilation of Compilations: Volume 2 (Used by permission of the curator)*