We believers, having no concern with the fruitless political
and economic efforts of those endeavoring to maintain the structure of the
past, but concerned heart and soul with the privilege of contributing our life
to the Cause, can turn to an unfailing source of confidence, of wisdom, of
courage and of power. In the establishment of Local, National and International
Baha’i communities, we have the most glorious field of service ever granted to
man. In this field the innate capacities of human being will gradually unfold,
grow in discipline and mature in sacrifice. Emotion transmuted to the higher
plane of devotion to the Baha’i community; thought ennobled and expanded by the
daily vision of the needs of a dynamic Faith; will and action severed from self
and placed at the disposition of the Cause of God -- this, beloved friends, is
the realization that must be ours if we would follow our Guardian to the
ultimate Goal!
- The NSA of the United States and Canada (From a message to the Baha'is in the United States and Canada; Baha’i News, no. 72, April 1933)
Some insights:
- Personal transformation as one serves the Faith:
- “the innate capacities of human being will gradually unfold,
grow in discipline and mature in sacrifice.”
- “Emotion transmuted to the higher plane of devotion to the
Baha’i community”
- “thought ennobled and expanded by the daily vision of the
needs of a dynamic Faith”
- “will and action severed from self and placed at the
disposition of the Cause of God”
