He would advise you to only use the short midday Obligatory
Prayer. This has no genuflections and only requires that when saying it the
believer turn his face towards 'Akká where Bahá'u'lláh is buried. This is a
physical symbol of an inner reality, just as the plant stretches out to the
sunlight -- from which it receives life and growth -- so we turn our hearts to
the Manifestation of God, Bahá'u'lláh, when we pray; and we turn our faces,
during this short prayer, to where His dust lies on this earth as a symbol of
the inner act.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 24 June 1949 written on
behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of
Compilations, Vol. II, The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional
Attitude)
