The great thing is to 'Live the Life' -- to have our lives
so saturated with the Divine teaching and the Bahá'í 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 Bahá'í Spirit.
Unless we can show this transformation in our lives, this new power, this
mutual love and harmony, then the Bahá'í teachings are but a name to us.
- Shoghi Effendi (From
a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer,
February 2, 1925; compilation: 'Lights of Guidance’)
