The great thing is to "live the
life"--to have our lives so saturated with the Divine teachings 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 dated 14 February 1925 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)
