Essential Requisites for Spiritual Growth
Bahá'u'lláh has stated quite clearly in His Writings the
essential requisites for our spiritual growth, and these are stressed again and
again by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His talks and Tablets. One can summarize them briefly
in this way:
- The recital each day of one of the Obligatory Prayers
with pure-hearted devotion.
- The regular reading of the Sacred Scriptures,
specifically at least each morning and evening, with reverence, attention and
thought.
- Prayerful meditation on the Teachings, so that we may
understand them more deeply, fulfil them more faithfully, and convey them more
accurately to others.
- Striving every day to bring our behaviour more into
accordance with the high standards that are set forth in the Teachings.
- Teaching the Cause of God.
- Selfless service in the work of the Cause and in the
carrying on of our trade or profession.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a
letter dated 1 September 1983 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly; 'Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986')
