Transcript:William Sears/Covenant Breaking

Transcript of a talk on covenant breaking by William Sears

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[0:00][Sears] . . . be just wonderful. You know it's wonderful to be here again for another one of these study sessions. [??]. Well I think that's clear, don't you? You know, every enrolled Bahá’í throughout the world has accepted the station of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh . . .

[0:13][Host] You are invited to a special study class on the significance of covenant breaking in relationship to the majesty and greatness of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh. The class is being conducted by Hand of the Cause Mr. William Sears. He is being assisted by Mr. Anthony Lease, a member of the Auxiliary Board for the Hands of the Faith in the western hemisphere. I am Robert Quigly, your host for the evening. A study class is already in session so let's join them. Mr Sears is talking with a group of Bahá’ís from various communities in the Southern California area.

[0:44][Sears] . . . by tremendous assaults. No wonder the Bahá’ís of the world are so confident, so assured. Faith is protected by an everlasting covenant. This is one of the great protective features of our Faith, makes it unique in religious history. Because of the majesty and greatness of this covenant, attacks against it become a grave and unpardonable crime. For such attacks would not only endanger the spiritual future of the individual, but would strike at the very foundation of the future peace and security of all mankind.

[01:12][Guest 1] With such a wonderful covenant, and certainly vast, why do we have covenant breakers?

[01:16][Sears] Well, there's always an element of perversity. Such attacks prove the strength of the covenant, they bind the believers closer together.

[01:21][Guest 2] I'm extremely pleased that at last we're having an entire study class on this particular subject

[01:27][Sears] I'm sure we all are.

[01:30][Guest 2] I'd like to know a lot more about the significance of covenant breaking, about what a covenant breaker is, how can we tell, and what we can and should do about it.

[Sears] Every Bahá’í should know the answer to those questions.

[Guest 2] Well I have written down 5 questions of my own. [??]. Five to start with.

[Sears] [??] I was only teasing you, [??] alright, what are they

[01:54][Guest 2] 1. What exactly is a covenant breaker?

2. How can we tell?

3. What should we do with their unwanted correspondence?

4. How do we answer those people who say that since we believe in the independent investigation of truth, why shouldn't they find out what a covenant breaker thinks?

[02:12][Sears] Well I've heard that one all right.

[02:15][Guest 2] 5. How do we answer those that say that if we believe in unity, shouldn't we find a way to bring the covenant breakers back? Rather then shun them and have nothing to do with them?

And 6.

[02:25][Sears] You said five?

[Guest 2] I just thought of another one.

[Laughter]

[02:30][Sears] [??] you'll make it ten more and we'll answer one before the evenings over. As you know I've been greatly blessed to have the help of Mr. Anthony Lease, a member of the auxiliary board for the Hands of the Faith in the western hemisphere. Tony has been good enough to look up a number of useful and exciting references on our subject for tonight. Because you know it isn't our own ideas that are important but what the Writings say about them, that's the important things, the vital thing. Tony, suppose we begin with the beloved guardians words to America written less than two months before his passing.

[02:54][Lease] Alright, Bill. September 21st, 1957. Your assembly can not be too careful or vigilant in watching over the community, seeking out the sources of corruption and protecting the friends. He, the beloved Guardian, feels that a course on the significance of covenant breaking should be include in the summer school curriculum so that the friends may understand the nature of this evil and how it has affected our Faith for one hundred years and other faith's in the past. The American Bahá’í aside from the only ones do not seem to have any concept whatsoever of what a covenant breaker is.

[03:32][Guest 2] That's so true. At least I for one am not at all satisfied with my own knowledge about covenant breakers and the significance of covenant breaking.

[03:45][Sears] [??] ... young Bahá’ís entering the Faith all around the world [??] understanding [??] significance of covenant breaking become serious, and we should remedy it.

[03:48][Guest 2] How?

[03:50][Sears] Most effective way of protecting the Faith is to keep [??]deepening the understanding of the friends so ... these threats or attacks before they arise. [??] prevent the fires from starting [??] fire company that .. put out the blazes .. after its started. And this is why your national assembly wants you to deepen your understanding in this vital area of the Faith, the covenant.

[04:15][Guest 3] .. danger of accusing people of being covenant breakers who really are not?

[04:17][Sears] [??] the Bahá’í Faith as you know. By the time we're done here tonight .. at least this group will never have that that problem again.

[03:48][Guest 2] Well I

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I just wonder you know point of well i think that there don't you. You know every enrolled behi throughout the world has accepted the station of the bob bahama law. You are invited to a special study last on the significance of covenant breaking in relationship to the majesty and greatness of the government of the whole lot. The class is being conducted by hand of the cause. Mr williams said he had big assisted by mr anthony lease a member of the general body for the hands of the faith in the western hemisphere. I'm robyn quickly your host for the evening study classes already in session so that joined mr sears is talking with a group of the highs from various communities in the southern california area. Tremendous assault no wonder the behind the world conference so assured i think that's protected by an everlasting covenant. This is one of the great protected features of our faith makes it unique in religious history because of the majesty and greatness of this government attacks against it become a grave and unpardonable crime. For such a tax would not only endanger the spiritual future of the individual but would strike at the very foundation of the future peace and security of all mankind. With one common thread me in that there's always an element of perversity. Such attacks prove the strength of the covenant they bind to believers closer together. I think that not having any money on this particular captain we already know me. I like no more significant anything about what's the problem. How can we work ? We can and should you know every behind you know the answer to those questions. I've written down five questions of my own and only five will all right. What are they ? I was only teasing the next one. What exactly is the government going to happen with help for it ? What should we do with their unwanted cars ? Bond for how do we answer that with people who say that we believe in the independent investigation of proof ? Why should they find out what's coming and breakers think it over one eye how do we answer those who say that if we believe in unity when we find a way to bring the coming of breaking back rather than shun them and have nothing to do with them and think you buy i don't think ten more and we'll answer them all before the evening is over. You know i've been greatly blessed to have the help of mr anthony released a member of the auxiliary board for the hands the fate of the western and tony has been good enough to look up a number of useful in exciting references on something for tonight because you know it is not on ideas that are important but what the writing say about. That's the important thing. I don't think tony suppose we begin with the eleven guardians words to america but we left them two months before his passing all right september twenty first nineteen fifty seven your assembly cannot be too careful or vigilant watching over the community. Seeking out the sources of corruption and protecting the friend he the beloved guardian fills that of course on the significance of covenant breaking should be included in the summer school curriculum so that the friends may understand the nature of this evil and how it has affected our faith. For one hundred years. Another face in the past the american behind aside from the older one. Do not seem to have any concept whatsoever of what a government that's true but i for one am not at all satisfied with my own knowledge about covenant breakers and the significance of government great will you see with so many new young by entering the faith all around the world ? This lack of understanding about the true nature of significance of government breaking become serious and we should remedy well the most effective way to protect the faith people the understanding of the friends. So they're prepared to meet these tests or attacks before they arrive. The thing we need and should have as a campaign of prepared prevent the fires from starting and not be a fire company that racism to put out the blaze after it started and that is why your national assembly wants you to deepen your understanding in this vital area of the face of the company. But is there a danger of accusing people of being government breaker who really are not well we don't have which hunting in the face you know. By the time we're through here tonight i am hopeful that at least this group we'll never have that problem again. But i heard of a case where people would say on why that going so with the government break and it turned out to be quite along with the truth with no but it caught a lot of damage cannot happen. They're inexcusable. Protect what you see is not the responsibility nor the right of any individual behind say who is your government ? This is a matter that is something that is something that the sole responsibility of the world the announcement of who is a government record comes only from there kill such a statement has been made. No one can be considered to be a covenant break. Now we believe that someone has unquestionably proved themselves to be disloyal to the bait. Then we reported to the hand to the base the members the un hillary board the national assembly but nothing more our responsibility is individuals does not include making pre judge. I think this problem from kind arrived because still some confusion in my friend about the difference between moving one voting right and actually being over half saree so let's clear that up right away show the offending i think told us plainly what the loss of boring right these are his words from behind use nineteen forty such action which national spiritual assemblies have been empowered to take against such a recalcitrant members. However justified and no matter how severe you're under no circumstances be considered as implying. The complete expulsion of the individual affected from the cause. In other words then one is administrative and one yes you could say the punishment. And although punishment i'm sure of all the way back it is the wrong word. For unlike the religious history of the past the hybrid doesn't tries to heal and correct what your thought is basically as you will see from the eleven guardians. Additional comments in that same letter. I think they should make the distinction between los moving right and cover breaking unless effectively cleared everyone once and for all get offended goes the suspension of voting rights and other administrative rights of an individual always conditional and therefore temporary can never have such far reaching implications since it constitutes merrily and administrative sanctions. Whereas his expulsion or excommunication from the fame has far reaching spiritual implications affecting the very soul of that believe ok that they're using the national assembly to remove warning rights and when the problems corrected. They can restore them but only the world center can expel that right. With expansion exercised by abu baha. Eleven guardian as the spiritual world head of the faith still resides in the holy land and nowhere else such brave defenders of the faith of expelled by the hands of the cause of god but with the approval of the universal house of justice which acts in their capacity as the supreme world authority of the behind community and until second announcement comes from the world center we don't know where it was not a government break i believe should be offended. Had something for me tony yes bill. He certainly did. These are his words the former last of voting rights he is an administrative sanctions whereas the latter explosion is essentially spirits involving not only the particular relationship of a believer. To his local or national spiritual assembly but his very spiritual existence in the car it follows therefore that a believer can continue calling himself the high even though he may cease to be a voting member of the community. But in case he is excluded from the body of the car he ceases to be a believer. And cannot possibly identify himself even nominally with the court. Does that clear the difference between losing your boarding right ? You know where shepherds of the flock we must do everything we can to protect the lamb from the world we must let small dissatisfactions grow in a more serious trouble. Show me a penny had something to say and that yes bill quote the spiritual assembly should realize that its relationship to the believers is not merely that of a formal constitutional body but also that of a spiritual institution. Called upon to manifest the attributes of courtesy patients and loving inside. Many conditions are not to be remedied by the exercise of power and authority. But rather by a sympathetic understanding of the sources of the difficulty in the heart of the friend that you wanted you see a minor trouble. It treated early can be cured morning just kind of medicine. But if you allow it to rankle it may become very alert or even malignant. Our greatest protection there for us always prevention beforehand. And love is always the sovereign remedy. Shoki fnd rights as abdel bahamas explain some of the people are children and must be trained some oregano and must be educated summer sick and must be healed. Where however the problem is not of this order but represents flagrant disobedience disloyalty to the cause itself. In that case the assembly should consult with the national assembly concerning the necessity for disciplinary action. Perhaps we're drowning far too long on this but i'm finding it very help for what else is troubling you if you lose your voting rights how do you get them back alive ? Yes for them back the items have paid their own was wide open. You know tha won't work here all such a person has to do is to correct the mistake or the situation with the removal of his or her morning right. Then right to the national spiritually family expressing a sincere regret for those past actions and asking to be reinstated as a member of the bacon good standing if they are sincere they will be welcomed back. I like that term. Welcome back not allowed. There's no stigma attached. Korean statement the past is forgotten there's no retribution no suspicion no spiritual probation for us so you think that you know how many of you by the way are members of local spirits ? Well then suppose i share with you these we share that these final words on the subject from the beloved garden don't get offended says the best criterion whereby you can measure the spiritual attainment of an assembly is the extended members feel themselves responsible for the welfare of the group. Perchance they feel forced to deprive a person from his vote. It should be only to safeguard the rest. And not merely to inflict punishment and yes but it is the national assembly to remove the voting right not the local right brain. The beloved garden advices every administrative body is followed it is not only when repeat it is only when repeated warnings are on. He did know that works at the guardian uses their repeated it is only when repeated warnings are unheated and the liberal disloyalty has become benefit that the extreme measure of explosion should be taken the test he says of our collective wisdom is the capacity to distinguish between the liberal disloyalty. And the error that percy from lack of religion in the majority. But one question and i promise no please. The night is yours. I mean the very most we could ever hope to do. One evening is stimulate interest. The real answer there in the writing the friendship turned them studying meditate on what is the question when you mention the brain functions that are public upon one who you voting for things ? Well they've been shared with us in several places. Tony what are the words of the exact words of the guardians instruction there ? These bill quote regarding the matter of believers who have been deprived of their voting rights he says. Just that no one should ever be deprived of the voting rights lightly it should likewise be realized that to be deprived of it is a grave matter involving heavy penalties. People who have been so deprived should not be permitted to attend any meetings involving the administration of the cars such as an election or nineteen feet they can attend the nine holy days. However they should not be married by the higher by law no money should be accepted from them. They should not be given credentials which imply a member of the community in good stan but they likely i think they were but they covenant breakers. We do not know they are not and we do that. I would like to get back to the significance of captain i came there and i was the first wave. Well why is it so dangerous ? They would not understand the significance of the covenant all right. We protected by the fact that we are mahar well the problem is this the warm openhearted loving hospitable nature of the behind particularly the new enthusiastic unbelievers when coupled with an experience leaves them vulnerable and open to a very real danger. Moved to themselves into the faith they will support. Suddenly they find themselves confronted by a slight ruthless and deadly enemy. Who told purpose in being sweet friendly and honey tongued mislead them and their enthusiasm. What can they do ? Happen ? They tell whether such a prisoner here well if these people are known covenant records we have course avoid them entirely. If we don't know that we have to be alert and when we detect anything that sounds like an attack. However studly and lovingly phrase then we know and whether their friends you know what a spy enters a country. Such desires for the purpose of causing confusion and just loyalty among the citizens. He doesn't come as an enemy saying i hate your country because nothing is a friend. But if you're awake and alert you sold detected subtle manipulation of ideas. No this is exactly how the government breakers work. They are in fact spiritual survive by. We're committed to the destruction of the faith going to get a concrete example. I'll give you one from my own experience. I was in europe. A stranger approached me in was social there that it was insincere smarmy and over solicited my antenna went up right away. He praised the greatness of the cause and beloved guarding many smiled and said isn't it a pity though that the universe of house of justice doesn't have the presence of the beloved guardian so that the highest could be assured of their infallibility ? I just looked them he said. What's your reaction ? I said can i see your credentials ? Have what you see now supporting that happens due to new believer who may not understand the infallibility of universal house of justice upon all things not recorded in the book was given to them by himself. This infallibility that depend upon the presence of the beloved guardian among them they each house of justice guardian were given a special and distinct infallibility. But the government breakers like to try and twist things because if we know the governor and the teachings of the camp once a believer courageously challenges such attacks. The government record shows his car he exposes himself is an enemy of the state so we shot him immediately. For his very breath is poison to the ritual poison but bill that seems like a strong wind. I know it's true. But sometimes the new believers are confused by the very forces that these statements about company well beloved friends fashion your seat because that's a very mild type of language compared to what you're going to hear before this night is over. Let's take our own country again when a nation captures and convicted spy trader from among its own people one called william maliciously is trying to be crazy relation of people well i think guilty they put in the bath right shot at sunrise he loses his life for his treason. Now that is a form of political covenant breaking no punishment is considered too severe. No nation will tolerate it. Imagine when that treason and the trail are directed against the messenger of god for all mankind. Not one nation but all humanity. This government breaker attack not the body a temporary physical thing. He attacks the person so any eternal and defined he doesn't attack. In december he attacked the world order of the house the divine framework would use the very pattern and hope for the future society of all men these covenant breakers see our enemies who try to undermine the faith and the administrative order of the promised one of all religions. The sole redeemer of mankind. The one was resurrected. Those who were spiritually dead as promised by christ and they want to send them back to their spiritual two of them. They want to undermine the faith and the hope of innocent souls and destroy their belief. They want a poison and put out those lights which they can stand there like back to darkness who hate the life. They destroy your belief. Corrupters sweet hopes and extinguish that everlasting creation of god. The human spirit going now you begin to see why the community must be protected. Against them and why the language problem why we tried to rescue them themselves from that dread disease before they are lost forever. I am writing to tell us that the faith of our allies the one message that can extricate humanity from the morass into what you're thinking that is so refuge for a tottering civilization that it is the salvation of society that the future peace security and happiness of all men depend upon it. Well do we tear them to let anyone threatening this god given structure the piteous dear friends that were just awakening the vital importance of this great responsibility and there is no crime to compare with it. We have to act did not say what you want you don't i'm referring particularly that letter april linking forty nine. You know the letter we were talking about before i think you have it there. Yes the guardians said quote it is a pity that some of the western front with remarkable in my enemy. Do not grasp the fact that there is absolutely nothing keeping those who have broken the government out of the car. Except their own inner spiritually sick condemning you wanted no feeling for them feel sympathetic for the cause of god which they're seeking to destroy the beloved guardian continues unfortunately a man who is deal is not made well by just asserting that there is nothing wrong with them. Fact actuals actual states or what probably no group of people in the world have softer proclaimed more loudly there innocents than those who in their heart of hearts. And by their every act are enemies of the center of the government the master well knew this and that is why he said we must shun their company but pray for them. If you put a leper in a room with helping people he cannot catch their health. On the contrary they are very likely to catch is horrible. Little everything is according to the guardian and how to treat government breakers is that simple. Once we understand this principle will shut them out of our lives justice firmly and uncompromisingly as we would shout out someone with the bubonic plague the cholera sometimes i think people outside the faith find it difficult to understand our views concerning company or even family. Some of the friends themselves don't understand it really. Especially you won but i didn't set me free. Why now ? They just haven't been deepened in their understanding of the continent of friends. I hope decision we're having tonight is helping to clear up some with very damning alvin near them with everyone else. I can see that we have to give up any idea that the covenant breaking just for guidance and we really ought to try and help us prevent ourselves. Or if we tried tried to help them we have ourselves to ever education spiritual infection to prevent that we have to learn never to make that call pray for them which is what the best arms to give out. Friend or even just on the high you're saying but why shouldn't we have unity and doesn't job ? They keep unity they wouldn't it be better to bring back the one they lost ? If we could maintain whether they're not washing their sixty and they never custom on immediately whether it is he's going through with the entire block. I've heard some people say wouldn't it be wise to try and pull them back from their mistaken ideas ? Maybe they just don't on this man. If we want a united world body shouldn't we make an effort to get them back from a year or maybe he'll say but i'm most stone so personally or anything on that rash. Nobody's approached him in just the way it is this what you're meeting the iranian what you're saying pretty much what you've been saying just now but i'll tell you one thing i'll be a lot stronger in the future with well i think i leave that really learned how vitally important it is for the friends who understand the nature and greatness. The governor once they do they'll realize the appalling nature of any association with the company. And they don't know better just how to deal with that cigarette and i have to the question of unity in the face. I suggest we left eleven guardians only words answered that question show your family and the question this way in just a moment. You know what tony and i say show you said sometimes it's his own words. And sometimes it's secretary ready in his behalf. Both of course are equally bad but i wanted to make that point. These souls covenant breakers your rights are not lost forever. God will forgive any soul if you read most of them don't want to repent unfortunate. Also it has nothing to do with unity in the car. If a man cut the cancer out of his body to preserve his health and very life no one would suggest that for the sake of unity it should be reintroduced into the otherwise healthy organs. On the contrary what was once a part of here ? Has so radically changed as to have become a point thing that nailed down under any questions. Evangeline we'll be eleven friends. Let's have a break and talk about the victories of the day. There have never been such victories every before even those i told you about during my last recording session they were nothing compared to what is happening over the entire surface of the world. The study class on the significance of covering breaking in the protection of the cause of the hollow we'll continue after a brief social intermission during which the high guests will rejoice. The unprecedented number of nouveau high victories but you're taking place in all parts of the planet. They the most interesting part is still to come. Study class continues it is being conducted by hand of the cause. Williams is assisted by mr anthony lease a member of the gentry board for the hands of the faith in the western one of the points made by some of the present government breakers. Anything about the thing is that there's a great potential to see coming and that there will be a gigantic floods and all that when we hear such strong sometimes repeated by the pretty even what should we do ? Don't build in our eye here. I mean i don't know anything about that and neither does anyone else. Those who know that specific dates have always been disappointed under voluntary dissolution our job is to carry on the work of the nine year plan that we can do the real catastrophe obviously is a spiritual contest to think that we the american behind have been given this world redemptive teaching mission and we still get ourselves side drag with these unimportant things over which we have no comparable can attest that have been mentioned in the back. Well of course there's going to be in apocalyptic of people sometimes that's not my teaching that goes back as far as i say it and your golden vehicular. Jeremiah christ it didn't originate with bahama law or the master should be offended. And even christ himself said that only the father knew the time window behind news of april nineteen fifty showed us then they tried to get the friends to direct their efforts to teaching and not to lay a new emphasis on such things is contested. The road is follows according we have no indication of exactly what nature the apocalyptic up people might be. It might be another war. But as students of our behi writing it is clear that the longer the divine position that is the hubble is withheld from healing the ills of the world. The more so there will be the crisis and the more terrible the sufferings of the patient and so you see it's clear that our job is to teach teach teach and do all we can to bring bahama laws healing message to the world and not get sidetracked on those things that are in god's hands now not ours. If we don't do that then that is the real potential way. If we were firm that happen. And clearly understood the government. We would be confused by such thing very true let's try to stick to our subject from now looking more and i think that would be fine where we begin well i suggest the book double high world and also the population on covenant breaking which you'll find in the old world order magazine go back and bigelow study them they offer more than enough material for a complete summer school course on the significance of government breaking but how will i himself warned ? And you find it in those pages ? And these are his words that the company of the wicked government breakers change of the light of life into the fire of remorse. So you see from the founder of our faith himself we receive these warnings warnings which the master in the beloved guardian urged us to obey and to apply without exception or did the instruction to shut the government break come from allow how will i used even stronger language ? Then he said no one should go near that. These are his words. No one should go near them because their breath is like the poison that kills instantly. How long as well as the minister warned about highest not to be deceived because these enemies appear to be upwardly friendly how lot declared quote if you detect in any man. The least perceptible breath of violation shun him and keep away from him. But i will not prevent all association with the violators immediately for our own protection. Avoid such enemies ? Muhamalai instructed even though he may appear in the garb of fighting. I think it's helpful to hear those words crying number. The friends think that all these prohibitions against covenant breakers something of fairly recent or but the truth is that covenant raking it is always the history of religion itself. In our day the day of the behind for the first time the founders of a religion left a written covenant as an historical document and they also left written instructions to those who would safeguard and protect that government. The government was unprecedented its protection must be unprecedented. The master and i was particularly forceful in his instructions on this matter to those of us who live in the west. Because this is the cradle of the administrative order in his will and testament which is the charter of this administrative order abdel baja warned us in these words don't for so grievous is the conduct and behavior of this false people. The master rights that they are become even as an act striking at the very root of the blessed. St should they be suffered to continue ? They wouldn't. But a few days time exterminate the cause of god his word and so that's why the master took such strong direct action against them like that once we know there is a violation that can be motivating about the way we do they should we do that. Before another drop of the poison spreads there cut off completely. It is really an assault on the face itself isn't it ? With the clear intention of overthrowing it isn't need one because of the wisdom of the central figures of our play. And because of the very instructions were discussing and sharing here tonight all of these attacks of the enemy have been reposed in frustrated way back in nineteen twenty one the master warned those behinds in america exactly what was happening in america in these days the master road severe winds have surrounded the lamp of the covenant hoping that this brilliant like may be extinguished and this tree of life may be uprooted. Certain we capricious malicious and ignorant souls have been shaken by the earthquake of hatred of animosity have striven to face the divine covenant and testing the earthquake of hatred. That's what the master calls their reflection with turner and this is the very last time. But to the american behind and there's more abdu baha says quote they have a reason against the center of the government. And every moment uttered the kalyan every day they seek a pretext and secretly aroused so that the covenant of mahala may be completely annihilated in america all friends of god. The master will be awake be vigilant be vigilant and the early american believers were alert and vigilant to his instructions. And so the bait went from victory to victory at the power of these enemies weaken. But there aren't any more of those old glory is the government left when you're right ? You see now an entire new generation of believers has arisen. And they have not shared the experience of those early behind who had been so sharply aware of the meaning of government breaking its significance. Warned by the master in the beloved guardian we have all the essential instructions and all the authentic text in our hands. When we become so busy with their spiritual conquest of the planet in teaching that sometimes on happily we forget the importance of this need for protection. It seems to me that the story of the early victories would help the friend years about one about the wondrous figures of the bob and the holland and the hot as well of our beloved garden symbolize for this struggle between good and evil yet backed away from from his issue with your finger and a good point there because they're gone. We've lost that close contact. We missed that that love that flowed from them to us that those warnings that come he was constantly is very important that we have but this is why those of us who were living in this state are not called upon by our supreme universal house of justice to be just a seller. And will the have repeatedly warned the faithful friends to beware of the sweet and honey tongue his words that the government brings he entreated the french to avoid or association with such an embodiment of hatred. Even in these are his words even though he made quote all the heavenly utterances and cling to all the heavily books that's fair. But in fact what embodiment that hate. Yes it's critical but you noticed that i'm gulbahar doesn't say body of hatred. He says embodiment. It is the disease that is infectious and killing. We never hit the patient who has the rabies will get the disease. And if it is in pictures like cora we isolate him at once and prevent all communications with them. This is the life saving spirit saving fake protecting principle that we should have me for us at all times in my limited experience with bennett things coming breakers are very in city will praise out with such love it takes quite some time before you're aware of the fact that he a little in the beloved for you you know you get john very quickly in your methods and as soon as you detected his method i hope you had nothing whatsoever to do with him. I certainly do. Oh whether potential plague our epidemic threatening. I can see it's no place for a kind of symbol. Well the hospital that could be kind of the world is to be cruel to the sheikh we'll settle method of attack has been the pattern of the covenant breaker since the earliest days of our blessed because as bill yes i mean to call volume earnestly from the sacred text or those parts of the text which they just for their own purposes. They're clever make no mistake about that. The covenant breakers quoted the bomb while they were trying to deny they used the work of the blessed beauty well refusing to recognize that they provided the words of the hum along the master both in taking our beloved guardian doesn't matter. Scene from that you're in this day whenever we hear about they called oil. The figures of our faith bob a lot off shoki offending in order to try to deny the universal they refused to move forward with the covenant don't exactly get left behind wandering about like a ship without a rudder. Their ego has deprived them. The most exciting and comforting thing about the fame. The company this company goes is settled slicer of the ministers all were faithful to the government. They'll tell you quite frankly we accept that we just don't accept where were loyal to the bombing a lot they'll say but we just don't accept them or elsewhere. They're firm in the covenant that about how long the master this just eleven guardian they don't except for bilbao. They couldn't be more loyal and devoted to the bob allowed master. Eleven guardian this just universal hossam checking they don't quite understand and by these processes nations of innocents and partial loyalty. They seek to sow the seeds of doubt and poison the minds of the new one innocent friends. They attacked the covenant of all time the master declares while protesting their innocence and claiming to be faithful let the master's own words in that abdo behar rights of these government breakers they do not doubt the validity of the government but selfish motives have dragged them to this condition. It is not that they ignore or are ignorant off what they do. They are perfectly aware and still they exhibit opposition then the master comforts the friends with these words the covenant is to mulch was and why it casts a sure the full the violation violation violate type that we have going on during what they're like dead body you see one accepted that money you're you're i think that it really takes more than one study class to truly address the significance of the great importance of the company doesn't be far more really but this has been a great help when we had to study we have to meditate. We have to immerse ourselves in the waters of the governor. We can't overemphasize the importance the beauty of it just as we seem to inhale of fragrance when we come in contact with the faith in like manner. When we're firm in the covenant we seem able to catch a center violation quickly storm with a physical place and wouldn't the friends be justice wise to be as wide awake concerning the danger of their writing ? It's imperative that they are in one of his very last tablets from his pen translated after his ascension and we'll have wrote that the best beauty how long was well aware of the device of the enemies to poison the pure believer. My circulating there pernicious ratings mohammed said. Quote if anyone comes to you with the book of the wicked violators putting behind you but how will i describe these government breakers as manifestations of second who would cry if we follow the sweet waters over take of the believers by every means of deception and rooms there for a long war ? Listen to the non sensical utterances of the manifestation of state doesn't mean in a symbolic sense the incarnation of ego and negation. Yes that's exactly what bahama law means because it's nonsensical utterances. They're the very essence of denial and hatred and in that same tablet the master showed his sadness at the gullibility of the friends in the west. In short he said the founders of this tradition namely the violators of the government are people whose names are known to all the friends. Yet old gloria's gone. They are deceived by for. That's probably why after the holidays so much stress on a study of the government and i need to be firm in the cup we wouldn't think really. Beloved guardian send it was impossible to overemphasize the importance of this destruction. Blinded by their own ambitions and fault doctors warn these covenant breakers were prideaux disrupted behind communities by using lines the seat and brought in. Yet he gives us a wonderful promise. If we will be for and these are his words. If the friends remain firm in the cover will there be any misunderstanding among them ? No by except those who would have an evil intention and are thinking of leadership ? And of forming a party. These souls are present among the pioneers of violation this is because of their personal motives for they thought of securing leadership and well be where we where the master said of the west lest anyone should speak from the authority of his own thoughts or create a new thing out of himself. His holiness bobble on shuns such souls if we read the story of religious speak correctly this occurs coming in breaking did not begin with behind. By no means the people of most of the people of christ the other messengers of god they all suffered likewise from this point on this what is the master tell us about that will build in short the master writes from these holy utterances and those of his holiness christ it becomes clear that bad associates bring about infection of bad quality. It is impossible for a man to associate and friend a leopard and not be infected. This command is for the sake of protection and safeguard quote she spiritual leprosy races like contagion not arrested this is why the most important part of protection is prevention before from the word you quote it seems important then northern egypt shot the person off these violated but also to avoid like the plague their writings as well. Yes we should. Indeed we said something about that before the master warned begins this himself he cautioned us not to be deceived by the age old method of the breakers. Every day he said importing now every day said they wrote him spread a pamphlet opposing bahama caused trouble. And perplexity among the people they inflicted the greatest injury in cruelty yes they counted themselves for the government. You know one of my friends was interested in the things i asked me if this boarding the covenant break a car bombing wasn't something like having a list of banned books for reading. No not at all really you see no soul is forced to do anything. We try to attract the heart bahama law said and not enforce the mine and it's very important to understand that we're not where we're talking here about. Covenant breakers not those who oppose or attacked nato. We're not. We tried to have contact with such people and help them understand that we're friends not enemies. People of other religions and believes shapes of god however different even opposed wires. These we associate with with love and fellowship common in breakers are those who have accepted the faith. Then the united and now rise up to try to undermine destroyed and even these with the news of their defection is first turned up even these are approached with love through the authority of the world center. We take every step we can to save them to make every effort to talk to them to windham back helping to understand only one they persist in their views. Only generally declared government records. No people in religious history have been so lovingly and patiently dealt with before they were shut off from the community. And then it was only for the protection of the friends and punishment. It was to preserve the wholesome purity and security of our wonderful every hour the master says. And i'm quoting him they contrive new entries and fraud and bring forth new caliph notwithstanding this great oppression they call themselves oh press they appear is sheep and in reality are ferocious wolf they exercise every sort of oppression. Endeavor to destroy the foundation of the government and claimed to be behind exactly well no that's very true. But what about this frequent complaining to those souls who say they only want to see what the coming of breakers ? They're right or they only want to talk with them in order to get their view. After all the high paid teaches the independent investigation of true yes it does. That's very clever isn't it see the principle of independent ? This is very important the principle of the independent investigation of truth. Has to do with our search to find out if the hobble off the crew to find out the truth of his mission to the world is about how long the messenger of god the messenger of god. Is the behind the truth now in this search we must not be influenced by anything. No. One family friends background but only by our own mind our own rules. Then once that we have accepted bahama law we believe him to be the messenger of god. Then our search is ended. We also accept his writings and his teachings and you see it is the hollow himself in his room. They have a suspect has instructed us to avoid into shun and have no contact with these violators of the governor. You see they're not people who are trying to find the truth. They're people who have found the truth. And have renounced it in our opinion look everyone is waiting for you accept without question the report of the finer stock we want to find the best doctor in the world. We certain search until we find one were absolutely convinced. Is the most debris and he has his own clinic that can solve all the problems of medicine. Now if this doctor tells us that the disease that certain people are afflicted with is a dread malignant disease infection that can kill us. Then we don't on the pretext of independent investigation of proof say well if you don't mind i think i'll go into the isolation. Ward and pop with because independently defined this way don't ignore that. And the warning and make contact with these infected people and associate with them. If we do we're stricken with the same disease that can help that happen. Our independent investigation of proof to find a doctor we could rely on big comes meaningless. This excuse has nothing to do with the truth. It's being independent investigation of falsehood. Not true one time on the media session because really i've been so enriched by this fail it's been wonderful really well. I'm very grateful. I hope it'll be helpful for all us when we have to deal with government regulators and the danger of association with them will be made clear. I think it would help to bring home forcefully leased you know the beloved master every baha only two days before his passing cable that's here in the west even one last time about the danger of such association. When was it ? He said. He who sits with the liver catches and i needed a road in an hour. Some other very pointed remarks yes bill the master wrote quote in the early days after the ascension of the blessed beauty the center of violation mohammed ali was alone little by little the infection's spread this was due to companionship and association made any court from ebola hot you know it seems a pity that the purpose of teaching has to be interrupted from time to time. By such attack never feel that way. These attacks really a blessing in disguise but it seems a pity that these enemies such as the continent breakers should take him. But you know if we're firm in the government we should welcome these attacks believe me with the light they proved the invincible africa the faith their campaign ribbons of victory for the iranian army of allah tony would you hand me that book ? There are messages to the guardian nineteen thirty to forty six seriously these colorful words there from the guardian and should remove any concern anyone should have about such attacks. Don't worry about them. Don't be disturbed in the least about the police and happy and radiant listen to what our beloved guardian rights to america from the record of its tumultuous history. Almost every page of which portrays a fresh crisis is laden with the description of a new calamity. Becomes the pale of a base betrayal and spain with the congreve unspeakable atrocities. They're emerge is clear and incontrovertible. The supreme truth that with every fresh outbreak of possibility to the bay whether from within or without corresponding measure of outpouring grace sustaining its defenders and confounding its adversaries has been providentially released communicating a fresh impulse to the onward march of the faith this increased hostility is accompanied by a still more arresting revelation of divine power and more brilliant victories cause that in the end will resolve these issues. And we'll crush the resistance of those enemies through a still more glorious involvement of it in here in power the resistance much of the fate of the hamas beauty in this light resolves itself into a series of rhythmic pulsations precipitated on the one hand through the explosive outbursts of its foes and the vibrations of the buying power. On the other. Which speeded with ever increasing more momentum along that predestined course christ or by the hand of the old might declare you wanted a really long time and there's more another apparent that eleven guardian says as opposition to the faith from whatever sources may spring whatever form it may assume. However violent outburst this is admittedly the motive. Power that galvanizes on the one hand the souls of its valiant defenders and perhaps for them on the other fresh springs of divine and inexhaustible energy far from regarding any manifestations of hostility as an evidence of the weakening of the pillars of the faith we should've claimant both as a godsend gift and a god sent opportunity which if we remain undaunted we can utilize for the furtherance of his faith. And for the roving and complete elimination of its adversary looking eyes even and this is why we should never be disturbed by attacked in the way. Those that we don't bring on to our own neglect of different thing heartedness run with the covenant of the hollows of fortress for our protection it's our impregnable shield against all onslaughts against the faith or against ourselves as the master has written. Every soul who was firm in the covenant is luminous like underwood candle which emanates its light on those around while every wavering soul is an utter failure. Frozen lifeless dead yet moving this angle behar continues this one prove this sufficient to demonstrate the greatness of the government. To date he right in another place every wise vigilant and foresighted person is awake and unto him are unveiled. The mysteries that nothing saved the power of the government is able to stir and move the hearts of human urine went off when i was very class. This is good. But you know we haven't had a chance yet to introduce our guests present all right. I don't want you know would you be doing right now ? All right let's go around from right to left we really need your atm card here. Among three years comes from a really clear we'd leave beverly bill being happening in los angeles training. Johnson covered this one tony least los angeles california when you're serious palm springs quickly family but you know what left people ? We are beloved friends tell me where the victories of the government breakers for the past one hundred twenty one years where are the hearts of humanity ? They stirred where their temples their schools their message of believers what are their centers like like it around the world ? Where is the evidence of any sign of power from these past president ? Yet every one of you will be loyal followers of the hollow as only to gays in any direction to witness that never before equal victories of his precious magnificent shrines beautiful houses of worship built on each continent. National assembly's representing over two hundred sixty countries territories and islands twenty one thousand centers are more girdling the globe and astonishing an unparallel increase in the number of new believers among all classes and segments of society. Among the pygmies the aborigines the maori yes commodity islander from muslim hindu put a zoroastrian bacon agnostic in atheistic background among the blacks the yellows the white brown in the red races professors and ditch diggers scars and laborers scientist in housewives true cross section of humanity the world has never before witnessed such a wave of birth circling love as in the rise of the world order of mankind has never before in history. Witness such a flood of teaching victories among such a variety of people you need and fairness spiritual conquest of the planet. Beloved friends is truly underway and through the power of the government. How it's bringing new life to a dead world promise of future peace security and happiness for all our fellow men make may we share with you these words and closing our study class there is a power in this cause a mysterious power far far far above the can of men and angels that invisible power is the cause of all these outward activities. It moves the hearts it rennes the mountains in administers the complicated affairs of the cars it inspires the friends it dashes into a thousand pieces. All the forces of opposition from those words from the beloved master as these no making effort the mess corrects and with all your heart and mind in pendel the fire of the left the cover for in this day the moving power throughout the whole world is the power of the government. It is they are very sitting in the body of the world therefore breathe the spirit of the covenant and testament as much as he can. Into the heart so that the souls may progress day by day and obtain a new exhilaration. You have been attending a study class on the significance of covenant breaking and its relationship to the greatness and majesty of the covenant of the whole lot. It has been conducted by hand of the cause. Mr williams he was assisted by mr anthony lease a member of the auxiliary board for the hands of the faith in the western hemisphere. We hope you'll join us for another study class in the near future.