The Guardian feels ... should study more deeply the
teachings, and meditate on what he studies. We liken God to the Sun, which
gives us all our life. So the Spirit of God reaches us through the Souls of the
Manifestations. We must learn to commune with Their Souls, and this is what the
Martyrs seemed to have done, and what brought them such ecstacy of joy that
life became nothing. This is the true mysticism, and the secret, inner meaning
of life which humanity has at present, drifted so far from.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message date 28 July 1950 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi ‘Unfolding
Destiny’)
