Just as there are laws governing our physical lives,
requiring that we must supply our bodies with certain foods, maintain them
within a certain range of temperatures, and so forth, if we wish to avoid
physical disabilities, so also there are laws governing our spiritual lives.
These laws are revealed to mankind in each age by the Manifestation of God, and
obedience to them is of vital importance if each human being, and mankind in
general, is to develop properly and harmoniously. Moreover, these various
aspects are interdependent. If an individual violates the spiritual laws for
his own development he will cause injury not only to himself but to the society
in which he lives. Similarly, the condition of society has a direct effect on
the individuals who must live within it.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter to all National Spiritual Assemblies, dated 6 February 1973;
‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-1973’; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, A Chase and Holy Life)
