…the core of religious faith is that mystic feeling that
unites man with God. This state of spiritual communion can be brought about and
maintained by means of meditation and prayer. And this is the reason why
Bahá'u'lláh has so much stressed the importance of worship.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
dated 8 December 1935 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer, published in "Bahá'í News" 102, August 1936; The
Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and
the Devotional Attitude)
