Transcript:William Sears/Enrolling The Masses

Transcript of a talk on enrolling the masses by William Sears

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The first half of the study class on mass conversion will begin in just a few moments. Okay beloved of the heart this is indeed your day in this time truly your time that which is vitally required in this day and which like into a magnet will attract divine assistance. Is for a large multitude of believers men or women old or young rich or poor illiterate or lettered black or white to arise for the triumph of this car let them all as one host arise with eleven courage and scatter themselves over the face of the earth. Let them raise the cry yeah about a lab and rush for will that beloved friends is what mass conversion is all about raised the battle cry of the oberoi alaba and rush for shall we drive the battle cry just want together ? Are you ready ? One two. Three good those words of course are from our beloved guardian words for victory there are many more to follow the first half is on the side of the recording the second half has continued on the other side this study class is not designed to tell us how to go about teaching the multitude or how to do the mass conversion work. Many of you already know far more about that tonight and besides we have our national spiritual assembly in their committees to make certain that we don't know. I would go about exactly how to go about it. These words i don't help in every way possible to make certain that everybody wants to participate in the work and will be more encouraged to do so. The star of action and to help us avoid some of the mistakes. Problems that slowed up for half of the work in other parts of the world that is the purpose of this study class. Nothing else. It is designed to arouse and all of us a feeling of wonder and joy at the beauty the majesty and the greatness of our cause. And to inspire us with an eagerness to arise and a rush for not just a few individuals or one at a time. But counties provinces states and nations opening the doors to the motive. My suggestion is that we play stop me. You know it's very difficult to listen to one voice over a long period of time backed it boring. No one has that excellent an attention span so whenever you have a question about any one of the quotations for an idea or comment of your own that you'd like to make stop me stop the tape and discuss it then begin again in this way we can get full participation from everyone. And have a much richer and rewarding study class. This is not a monologue you know what your study class so stop me at any time you wish and discuss the ideas expressed you are free of course to play it to the end of your question and consult but i think it's usually much more fun and helpful to pitch in your own thought as we go along okay well so much for the mechanics. Now let's get on with it. Remember stop me at any time. Whenever we talk about mass conversion or bringing in the motive the first and most important thing to remember is this that we must allow nothing to prevent are doing just that. The iranian army of bahama law can't stand debating whether it's a good thing or a bad thing whether the problems involved must make us where you have leading troops into the bait so quickly that's not our no. Our job is just one in its clear arise teach pioneer sacrifice contribute thrown wide the doors the suffering bewildered hungry thirsting messes of humanity can find spiritual guidance that they long for in the state only from us therefore nothing must stand in the back of our winning this victory. Our consultation should not be on how not to do it. What on how we can do it right ? Therefore before we begin talking about teaching the masses we just better find out how important really is. I suggest we have some infallible guidance on the subject fair enough above all show defend the right they healing message of baja la. Must know that not sure but must must be vividly systematically brought to the attention of the message. In their hour of grief misery and confusion in the petition another reaching the messes with the message of this time is of the greatest importance the beloved guardian repeated more initiative should be showing by all the buying end quote when why haven't i mean is this some secret love affair ? We have with the faith that we want to hide from the western rest of the world. Sometimes they one would almost think so wouldn't they ? The preeminent task of teaching the faith to the multitudes and i'm quoting the guardian again now show the offender reminded us not one of the vital task but the pre eminent task he says. Are you with me now ? According again the preeminent task of teaching the faith to the multitude will consciously or unconsciously. The first act of the healing word of god in this day a past so dear to the heart of abdel bahar at once so secret so fundamental and so urgent primarily involving and challenging every single individual the bedrock on which the solidarity in the stability of the multiplying institutions of a rising order must such attacks he concludes in the course of this year must be accorded priority over every other activity over any other activity in the quotation is every single individual behi in the country participating in this campaign of reaching the masses well we're not why aren't we ? The eleven guardian said of that year nineteen fifty seven it must be accorded priority over any other activity. One of the last things he told us not mass conversation but mass conversion as an american indian delegate to the canadian convention want deeds not words it's what muhamalai one. So isn't it about time we stop fooling around we have to arise and bring in the multitudes now and make certain that every village every town every city in our country our province are state as at least one behind and that that becomes a group and then an assembly and then a community and that all of those disperse and go to other corners of the earth that a tremendous increase in the number of the highest everywhere. Is rapidly accelerated. Eleven guardian told us and i'm quoting now and effort. One example in its scope and sustained vitality is urgently required so that the moving spirit of its founder may permeate and friends formed the lives of the countless multitude that hunger for its teaching end of quotation the eleven guardian tells us that it would be utterly impossible to over exaggerate the significance of the face or to operate the influence it has exacted. And which it must increasingly exact as it's great system on pulls itself omits the weather of a collapsing civilization. Obviously those are his words and on page is one hundred ten to one hundred twelve of the dispensation of the holiday inn. The world order of the holland. We hear these marvelous word from the beloved master centuries may ages must pass away he says. Here the day start of proof china again minutes midsummer splendor or apparent once more in the radiance of its eternal glory thank for must we be for having been made in this day ? The recipients of ups over whelming of paper work that we had ten thousand lives that we might lay them down in thanksgiving for so rare a privilege so high in attainments off price of the mirror contemplation he ad of the dispensation inaugurated by the breasted beauties would have sufficed to overwhelm the saint of bygone ages saints who long to partake for a moment of its great glory end of quotation imagine that and yet we have it here in the palm of our hands. To serve the holy ones of past ages and centuries the beloved master continues have each and all you're in with tearful eyes to live for. But one moment in the day of god their longings on satisfied they have repaired to the great beyond how great their port is the body of the upa beauty who not with pending our other unworthiness have through his grace and mercy breathed into us in this divinely aluminum century the spirit of life have gathered us beneath the standard of the beloved of the world and chosen to confer upon us. A bounty for which the mighty ones of bygone ages have craved in vain. The souls of the well favored among the concourse on high on the hog says the sick with secret dwellers of the most exalted paradise are in this day filled with burning desire to return to this world. That they may render such service as life in their power. So the threshold of the gampaha beauty in the quotation those great those long burn with desire to return to the world and serve and yet we are silent and no shot. We're sitting and we don't move. Can you believe it really ? That we would bicker and quarrel or frustrate the work of our assemblies or not show up to the east of the meetings. That we would be half hearted in our teaching effort for that we say i'm gonna do something really wonderful for the cause of god but not right now because business is good now but maybe later on when things slow up you'll see something course. I can't do it now in summer but wait until the winter comes in the holiday season is over. Then you're going to see something or i'm gonna make a wonderful contribution. Give generously i may even so something and give the whole thing. Course i can't do it right now because business is not only bad but the stocks are down and my money is all tied up in property but just you wait until a little later on then you're going to really see something wonderful out of me. Sure we were about the same time as the mushroom cloud cover the sky and we say my god what have i done with my life ? And where's the time gone ? The same ? The markers the holy souls and heroes and heroines of old the master tells us would give anything to return to this world to serve the hollow live only for one moment to breathe one breath in the state looking. No wonder the beloved guardian and our supreme universal house of justice keep telling us we don't understand the greatness the majesty and the wonder of the cause and the days in which we live and who we are appreciate the value of the days in which you live. For they will come to you no more and you'll never have like opportunity. Well i think that should set the tone for the rest of the study class. I mean what are we going to do about it right now ? Before this gathering breaks up you tell me let's go back once more to ababa hot words they're buying charger is impatient and contrary no longer ours is the duty to rush forward and air. It is too late. To win the victory. What more can i say ? What else can my pen recount ? So loud is the call that reverberates from the kingdom that mortal ears are well night deafened with its vibrations the whole creation may think is being disrupted and is bursting asunder. Through the shattering influence of the divine summons issued from the throne of glory more than this i cannot right end of quotation isn't it wonderful to be of a high i mean what did we ever do to deserve it ? Well maybe it's what we will do after this gathering are we intoxicated with the wayne of the love of god ? It takes a majority of the peoples of the world who are intoxicated with the wine of the love of god. The change society and our job is to get them in a hurry but this when we're doing is the beginning. It might well be the beginning of mass conversion a pilgrim's no tells us that when the bus in mestre i'm joe behar heard that the entire burmese village of con jungu had entered the faith he said. It is the beginning of mass conversion all right. Of course it was over fifty years before thousands of newbie labor's began coming into the faith on a large scale in southeast asia and so some fifty years were left there. Are we going to let that happen here now that it started the next few months may tell us the answer to that question is at the beginning of mass conversion. Or is it just another one of our skyrockets that suddenly go up noisy and colorfully spill their treasures to the night and then there's a lot in the sky going dark and that's up to us. And right here is where we avoid one of the pitfalls that have hampered and sometimes ended the mess teaching work in the past in certain areas. We have to remember that the expansion work cannot be stopped. In order to take care of the consolidation when hundreds of thousands suddenly enter the faith panic parts in certain areas the fear that all of these people coming in so rapidly without deepening in training. Well cause innumerable problems frightened some of the friends so it is decided that it would be wiser perhaps to slow down the teaching for a while. And concentrate on consolidation and deepening that is a grave mistake we must carefully and courageously avoid stopping the teaching work among the masses in order to consolidate our victories are they will no longer remain victories if we stop the teaching to deepen the newly enrolled friends we may find unhappily that the moment has stopped to it can't be started again as easily as we think the joy has gone out of it. There we were knocking on the door of our destiny and the troops were beginning to assemble in order to enter the cause of god and we slammed the door shut because we either didn't understand or work fearful or felt i'm prepared to face the problems ahead. I remember telling the beloved guardian when i was on pilgrimage from africa about south africa and that if we were able to convey to the friends their eleven special generated and his wonderful table we would have such a flood of new believers that we would be faced with a grave problems of consolidation and deepening he smiled with delighted yes great problems. He was happy and the sooner every national a community faced such great problems of how to consolidate the thousands and thousands of new me levers the better would would be and a happier. He would feel these air problems of growth and as long as we're obedient to the instructions given to us by the eleven guardian and no our universal house of justice under the guidance of our national spiritual assemblies these problems will turn into crimes but the expansion must never be stopped. We must consolidate and people as we teach as the work goes forward simultaneously. Never stopping one of the other no matter what the cost the matter what the sacrifice no matter what the suffering on our part. This is what it means to reach the mess. This is how we redeem a stricken society. It wasn't expected to be easy. It's never easy. Imagine the pilot of a jet plane deciding that his forward movement was too fast and then instead of carrying on further clouds all that motion and consolidate his position right where he was in the sky. Well so much for that i'm sorry about the dog barking that that that's tokelo shi'ar docks that's an african name from lawsuits like gilliland vehicle or or a gremlin or little mischief maker anyway. He's anxious to get back to his post as you can see then for that matter so are we in right here again i'd like to share with you a basic fundamental principle of mass conversion. Let me say repeated again. One which we found works in africa. India left in america the islands wherever it is you and if not used trouble this is not my idea. It is from show the offending and are universal house of justice and therefore it's an infallible guide to us ready. It is just this mess. Conversion consists of two parts repeat part the essential little harmonious both simultaneous teaching is one of them deepening and consolidation is the second i know i have already said this but i repeated again because of its importance and i'll repeat it in a different way because often no matter how frequently it is repeated by the beloved guardian the universal house of justice our national assembly somehow we still don't carry out these instructions in the spirit of equality between teaching and deepening consolidation. Teaching you see is merely finding the place to dig the well in the soil of the human heart. Deepening is the actual digging down into the taking so that each so we'll drop up through the soil of his own heart. That pure water of life. Mohammed principles and laws teaching when they do we can forget those people that's so here she will be strong and firm and active. And will participate in everything enthusiastically. If we don't do it that way they want those who are most interested in mass teaching must have the very same enthusiasm for and love for deepening and consolidation. It's imperative that they do in uzi asm for it mind you're not just tolerating it saying well. Teaching is the only thing but i suppose later on we can be from them. Enthusiasm for it. Because with upto deepening and consolidation all that early glory of teaching yes meaningless. Those who deepened and consolidate on the other hand must have that very same enthusiasm. Enthusiasm for the mass teaching work. Without it they have nothing to people you know very often. Unfortunately the second phase the deepening in the consolidation that doesn't have the enthusiasm. The enthusiastic support sometimes and not only doesn't have it from the mast teachers it doesn't have it from those who want to be eaten because they feel that people weren't taught right in the first place. And occasionally we have found it also is not there. This enthusiastic support even among those who have been newly enrolled is benefiting they're caught up in the wave of excitement of the teaching and they want to carry it on good. That's splendid but without the deepening they'll have no fuel to sustain them in their drive. And soon they'll burn out and become empty disillusion feeling that they were deceived in the beginning and placing the blame on the faith and not on those who gave him only a promise of the bread of life. Without giving them the actual bread itself. And that comes with the gig those who take the masses and those who even are not in competition. They are partners in this glorious little enterprise. We must band that united spirit into a flame that will set on fire the entire nation the world thank you is the match without it there is no like teaching is the match. Deepening is the fuel that will keep that fire burning after the teaching has ignited in the first place. No you might just as well make up your mind to it that without both enthusiastically and cozy aspic lee supporting each other. There can be no true and lasting victory. That's what we found in other parts of the world and here is your chance from print preventing those same mistakes happening here and that is effect in those e s stickley supporting each other sign shoki effendi rabbani guarding another behind sign universal house of justice supreme body of the high world source of all good freed from all air sign behind national spiritual assembly you will never learn a more important lesson. From this study glass them this one no mass conversion campaign can live without both teaching and deepening working together simultaneously. Harmoniously lovingly called operatively and above all and cozy at stickley. Never forget this did i hear someone say stop me detective i can understand that we all must be exhausted but let's stop anyway. I mean this is a long study class. It's concentrated but it's of supreme importance to us at this stage in the growth of the work among the masses were not quite halfway through the first half of the study glass so let's take a breather say ten minutes. You can talk over like we've shared so far do whatever you want. Stretch whatever you like and then i'll see you in about ten minutes. But don't forget to come back. I mean the best is yet to come. Of course uh unless you're leaving right now for a pioneering post or a gold city on the home front that's all right. I mean that's what this very glass is all about. Or you make it back lady of your gun up to mail a substantial contribution to the national fund. That's what the study glasses all about two or maybe you just want to walk across the room and saved l sobriety is i was wrong. Forgive me let's work this out together or in a station. How silly these differences of opinion between us then let's begin again as the beloved guardian suggested in a fresh spirit of forgiveness and love in unity and set this country on fire. What just a manifestation ? Of course there is and elsa pieties or an infestation president here than my apologies i didn't know you could make it on just getting you know once in europe i used the name mr shigemitsu because i felt perfectly safe. Unhappily there was a mr shigemitsu there who was a secret. He came up later and he asked me what his wife had done and told him that she had chosen a wonderful man for a husband and it worked out all right so i don't like to take any chances all right i'll see you back here in ten minutes. At the launching platform for where before this gathering is over well all those coming out in the field of mass teaching. But now let's get back to mass conversion. What we do here at this conference and make a tremendous difference. The main thing is for everyone to become furman the idea dedicated believers in the idea of mass conversion not just say we believe went off for ourselves in dedication to accomplish in consecration. And not be put off or become lukewarm. Because of problems that seemed to arise from this sudden rapid spread of the big confident be sure be radiant. The national spiritual assembly of canada and their editorial in their december behind news points out that sometimes it's difficult for those those of us who required considerable time and reading and study before entering the faith not to view with suspicion and doubt. Those souls who enter the paper quickly on a wave of spirit. Now we've got to fight this tendency in ourselves and remove those doubts and suspicions. But i have a lot didn't come to the guys. He came to the world. He didn't come to the educated the privilege don't make it came to the masses of humanity. All of them without exception throw wide the doors the beloved guardian don't right now indigenous people the poor the underprivileged and the you of the world. These seem to be the group's most prepared at the present time to accept mass conversion. The editorial in there canadian behind news mentioned earlier also points out that the majority of all of these groups are relatively free of the sophistication. Intellectualism materialism and cynicism that are now corrupting a large part of society. Those who are still veiled by that materialism and intellectualism often do lead longer more time for the word of god to penetrate and removed the veils that shut them out from his beauty. People who are relatively free of those veils and recognize the truth quickly they feel they can be talked through the heart in a flash. Rather than slowly and painfully through the head. Can you hear is christ holiness christ saying i am the life in the way. I am the son of man and the heresy saying i wonder what he means by that and the lonely fisherman saying yes lord that spiritual perception. And it made penetrate not only quicker but have a far greater effect than that acceptance which comes only after prolonged study. And questioning. Of course this is not to minimize the importance. Bringing the educated at the brilliant minds into the fake too. That's vital and it's just is wrong to neglect them. But the tendency of the world has been to be little those who quickly and rolled through the heart and to praise those who were considered by the world could be more desirable. Forget it. There is no difference at all between them in the eyes of god. And there should be none in hours. I repeat the master's words from the cabinet to the divine plan blessed are the nameless and the priceless sport where they should be. The leaders of mankind. But the point is we shouldn't undervalue those who in a flash see the lighter bahama law and are prepared to arise and to serve it. And taking their turn immediately not later and don't fear for the spiritual safety of these quickly and roll souls. Thinking that they may be coming easy prey to enemies or covenant breakers because they know so little far from it. If they are sincere in pure hearted there quick perception will also readily recognized faults ordinance since everything and be seen and will become a shield to secure them against just such attacks. But only as long as we who enroll them remember that we have to keep on with the deepening work. Immediately build under knowledge of the fate upon that foundation of love for the holiday and that enchantment with the cause of god and deepening is the name of the game. The early believers both in the east and in the west according our beloved guardian now in a letter to africa these believers he's as corning new practically nothing compared to what the average behind knows about his faith. Nowadays yet they were the ones who shed their blood. The one to arose and said i believe requiring no proof and often never having read a single word of the teaching show. He offending made it unmistakably clear that these words were meant for the whole world and not africa alone. Because you sent a message about such teaching saying that he could see no reason why such similar victories among the masses could not be in all parts of the world. Now there's another dangerous border. We fall into when we have to be aware that carefully avoided that's thinking that mass conversion is only for the poor. The indigenous and the youth. It isn't it's for all humanity. All without exception shoki offending in his last message to the by world called for a rapid increase of new believers and all walks of life. In his own words are efforts according must be immortalized immortalized must be immortalized by an unprecedented increase in the number of about note the word about supporters of the bait in all the continents of the globe of every race climb creed and color and from every strata of society in the rotation together as lovers of the blessed beauty we must reach the multitude the masses of mankind all men and that means just that uh men not my idea you've heard from the beloved guardian on the subject no let's hear what our supreme universal house of justice has to say the universal house of justice and it's better to wall national spiritual assemblies. November nineteen sixty nine urged all of us to seize this present opportunity to reach the accomplice waiting sold hungry and thirsty for divine guidance. Their work no effort must be spared and i'm quoting them again. To ensure that they healing word of god reaches the rich and the poor. The learning and the electorate the old and the young. The vote in the eighty s the dweller in the remote hills an island the inhabitants of the teeming city the suburban businessman laborer in the slums the nomadic tribesmen the farmer the university student all must be brought consciously within the teaching plan of the baha'i community. End of quotation that mask and very everybody high and these words are not mine there from the university of justice. Every behi however humble or inarticulate must become intent on fulfilling his role as a bearer of the divine message. Indeed how can a true believer remains silent ? Well all around us men cry out in anguish for true love and unity to descend upon this world. Quotation no wonder the master said why are you silent shot by a sitting move ? Remember also that sometimes the practical problems of mass conversion our lost sight of in the excitement and joy of these sudden unexpected victories an entire community can be so caught up in this happy fever of mass teaching before realizing that the great majority of its effort occasionally almost all of its effort and on occasion all of it and its resources are being spent in this one area alone reaching the masses. In the underprivileged areas where they are receptive and of course that's a good thing. But unhappily sometimes the other areas are neglected or for blocking for the time being and the work there comes to a screeching halt and the needed resources from these areas of stumps substance are unnecessarily lost to the funds. And then we're in real trouble. In their letter to all national spiritual assembly july thirteenth nineteen sixty four entitled teaching the messes the universal house of justices struck isis followers when teaching the masses the prime motive should always be the response of man to god's message and the recognition of his messenger. Those who declare themselves is wise. Should be enchanted with the beauty of the picture and touched by the love of allah the clarence need not know all the proof history laws and principles of the faith. But in the process of declaring themselves they must in addition to catching the spark of the faith become basically informed about the central figures of the faith as well as the existence of laws they must follow. And an administration they must obey end of quotation now sometimes in our math teacher we forget about it. Nothing after declaration the universal house of justice continues their new believers must not be left to their own devices. Through correspondence and respect your visitors through conferences and teaching courses. These friends must be patiently strengthen and lovingly helped to develop into full behind security and the quotation. Now course we don't want head daughters in the face. I mean do you believe yes ? Alright uraba high. I mean they're not really not unless they heard the name of the law. Accepted him as the promised redeemer of men and loved him in the face. And if cock that wonderful spark of the faith and become enchanted by it i didn't say that the universal house of justice said that the beloved guardian said that and that's an important distinction. That's the quality that that we can build on. I mean these instructions also clear it's astonishing that we should know exactly how to do all this and if we do know i mean that we could still ignore the advice given on the subject. Since it's unfailing infallible and our only safeguard in protection you know you can laugh but when i said there about head matters if you want but i feel that it's important to share with you. Some of the experiences that have been gained by the faint in mass teaching around the world so that we can avoid these football. I mean what a pity if we to know that the mess teaching work is just beginning should mistakenly forget to follow carefully this infallible guidance we receive on these matters from should be offended. The universal house of justice and repeated to us by our national spirit in the assembly that's tragic and it happens. We found in certain areas around the world that sometimes the teachers there. The mast teachers are so eager to send an impressive record that rather than make certain that the eager new soul actually does know the bahamas is and loves him. They'll enroll these people on the most vague and general principles in their enthusiasm and love for the for the faith mistaken. But for their love for the faith i mean principles and then things that hardly anyone would disagree with. For example you were you level mankind don't you ? Yes well then you're on the high. I mean after all the holla faith teaches the the oneness of mankind. You believe that the world should have peace. Certainly well in europe by would been a wonderful piece program thinking no laugh really it's happened and the pity is it's not fair to the secret. The saddest thing about such teaching is this the moment we do it that way. If we know what are the instructions are if we don't then of course it's a matter of education. But of the teachers know what we've been told to do and still they continue this way because they're anxious. You know too. To get the face started with numbers then the same thing about it is that the divine protection goes out of the teaching campaign. Have such methods are used their contrary to what we've been instructed to do. If we don't know we must find out if we know we have to stop it. Otherwise the integrity of the faith is compromise. Sooner or later and mostly sooner even those seekers will lose faith in us as pictures of the cause of god and they lose faith in this because itself and those who are opposed to mess teaching among the believers and there are some although there shouldn't be one single person in any country doesn't want mass teaching there ourselves. And these however fuel are encouraged in their believe that it's wrong to have mass teaching because they feel that this is exactly what is happening with mass teaching. People who were not prepared coming in know that i did do it is just is wrong. And anyone who having that attitude begins to withdraw from the work or not to be enthusiastic above it and has a lack of support. For the proper kind of mess teaching that equally wrong you see a tragic justice said and wrong as the very thing they themselves are complaining about in one is not of the better than the other. And neither are necessary since we've been told just exactly what to do. You say you will find that souls who are enrolled in this manner contrary to our instructions will never become active in community like you'll find the attendance at your face will be alarmingly small although your numbers maybe surprisingly large among the new believers and contributions to something they don't understand will either be minimal are missing entirely and problems will grow in direct proportion to the lack of obedience. We show in our instructions about how to bring in the message those very pure hearted souls who were wrongly introduced to the faith might have become don breakers of this age heroes and heroines if we had really told them what we were instructed to tell them. And i'm sad to think that what they both lost and we lost just because we wanted to be impressive in our numbers. Now that's probably not happening to you but it has happened and so this is put here as a warning and not to stop the mass teaching work. There is nothing more important just don't let it happen here. We've been told how to do it by two infallible sources. That's enough. Yes disagreements arise between those who teach the masses and those will deepen and consolidate them. Remember the things in the study class and immediately arrived to redress the wrong and change them. Back to those given to us by show be offended. The universal house of justice and so clearly laid out for us. By our national spiritual assemblies. Nothing nothing is more important. Then reaching the masses. Now immediately nothing it is a command of god. The most important lesson we could learn from the study class would be to dedicate our lives our reza are says everything we owned to this test of reaching the multitude thrown wide the doors and open to them. The paradise of bahama law teaching in laws which are the basis for the future world order the kingdom of god on earth. Don't let anything stop the mass teaching and don't let anything stop the mass deepening and consolidation of the same believers teaching is the blueprint deepening and consolidation are the bricks and mortar and each without the other is meaningless. So we must never permit mankind. To be deprived of this one home the remedy for its redemption because of our own misunderstandings are disputes or disagreements or obstinacy. We loving friends let me give you a a simple example of how our own failure to turn to this source of guidance. This infallible guidance that we have on thinking sometimes going delay us interruptus happily occasionally put an end to the work of reaching the masses. In the disappointment that follows and the lack of unity this is on such a simple subject as door to door teaching you'd be surprised at the pub elected and it shouldn't some immature communities have become embroiled in lengthy debate on some even divided and sometimes they're split apart into camps some butter for it. Some are against this on. You can imagine the time that is what lost it's really it's heartbreaking. I say look you're not because they're not wonderful devoted souls they are but because they have forgotten the first step to solving such problems. Current tow the writings. What did they say about such things ? If there's no answer turned to the local assembly if they have no answer from them in the national assembly can help and if they have no answer yet for that problem the universal house of justice will give us divine infallible guide and we only have to turn to the by news. July nineteen sixty six where those generals of the nine year plan gave us the guidance so that the battle fronts everywhere would not go suddenly into those frozen winter camps where everything comes to a screeching off. It's called door to door campaigns clarified by the universal house of justice. I'm recording now the canadian behind you is as published the following article in the march issue following their consultation with the universal house of justice the national spiritual assembly has not had an opportunity to consult with the universal house of justice on the subject of door to door presentation of the baha'i faith. In the view of the universal house of justice the principle which govern our approach to this entire question is summed up in a seven of the have allowed the wise are they speak not unless they obtain a hearing they universal house of justice point out there for that it is essential that and i'm quoting now that no teaching activity should be an encroachment on people's privacy nor should enforce the teachings of on unwilling listeners interpretation regarding the just the letter continued. Regarding the distribution of the high literature from door to door the guardian statement october twenty of nineteen fifty six quite clearly prohibits such a practice. He feels that to distribute behind pamphlets from door to door is undignified. And my create a bad impression of the faith know about it is the eagerness and devotion of the friends that led them to make this proposal. But he does not think that the best interests of the cause are served. Why such a method ? The end of the quotation from the eleven guardian letter continues the importance of discretion and honesty is stressed in using the door to door teaching approach. Indiscriminate distribution of the high literature must be avoided and no subterfuge is permissible. Announcement of teaching events for within the scope of acceptable practice as do certain committee or assembly planned programs in nineteen sixty three the national spiritual assembly provided general guidance in this matter. Now they called their own letter well this type of teaching may be undertaken particularly in neighborhoods where there is a concentration of illiterate people who cannot be reached by any other method. The national assembly wishes to point out that it should be done. Only at the discretion of the assembly or organized group on its own responsibility. And with due consideration for the dignity of the faith this statement is not to be interpreted as permitting every and any individual to undertake such activities on his own initiative. Without consultation of the local assembly or group end of quotation well that's simple enough if it's not been stopped me it should be clear one hundred percent but maybe there's still some shadowy areas for you but there shouldn't be yes there are some circumstances where door to door teaching techniques can be used. But in conformity with the basic principles down about and as two special cases and projects mentioned by the national spiritual assembly. In their letter the ground rules will be laid down by the national spiritual assembly if you're ever in doubt don't raise dust clouds and throw up your hands and horror ? Asked the national assembly is there to make sure that the spirit of the universal house of justice and two beloved guardian are maintained asked the questions we'll get the answers so much for that the most important point of all is this nothing should derail the express train of god on its back nor should we switch it off into a sighting while we settle something which has already been settled for us ? In kala ble keeping a happy good spirit of love immunity what ever arises ? That's our unfailing protection ? And that i will be sure to make the masses go. Let's get on with it. I mean the world is is hovering on the brink of an all encompassing disaster on the precipice vision. Listen on shepherd it. No wonder i'm a hostage why are you silent ? Shout why are you sitting move ? They have ever a community should be blissful. It is we the behind we have the answers for all the ills troubling society and troubling ourselves. Did i hear somebody say stop me ok for half human have questioned that phrase. It's a big one. Then we have the remedy for all the ills of man kind. And maybe you wondered as many of the new the highs do it. We have the highest a relatively few in number in the world. And relatively unimpressive in such limited resources could possibly successfully apply said your remedy well that's a good question and heavily we have a wonderful answer all right. Who would you like to hear it from five sources all infallible ? Take your pick listen and never be in doubt again as long as you rise up like a lion and roar you can hear from the bab ba ha long after the hospital the offending or the universal house of justice. They all told us in validly that we do have the sole certain remedy for all the news of the world. All i think perhaps the best would be to hear it from the very author of this divine world order bahama law himself lawgiver of the world the judge of the nation's the redeemer of men the organizer of the planet yes a page for introduction to the tablets of the divine plan. The house allows words he is speaking to his followers quote these few can alone transform into purest gold the dress of the world and have been empowered to administer the infallible remedy for all the ills that afflict the children of men. Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the promotion of him who is the ancient and southern lord of all end of quotation how is it possible for us ? To be silent and not shouting to sit and do not move how remember these words of our beloved guardian running four shot lead over george brett for protection. Okay your legal quoting there in lies the secret of the success of because we loved so well. Therein lies the hope the salvation of mankind. We fully conscious of my responsibilities and we realize the urgency the sacredness the immensity the glory of our attack i entreat you dear friends to continue need to redouble your efforts. To keep your vision clear your hopes and your determination and shaken. So that the power of god with in us may fill the world with its glory in quotation end of a wonderful quotation because somehow you the end of act you expect everybody in the room to stand up and show you the high lab. And as for a pioneering application blank for a homer overseas anywhere i got three months this summer. We're gonna go what can i do ? What can i do are empty their pockets or to figure out how to move did their authority to sell their car do something ? After all the salvation of mankind depends on it man and these days that we're living in right now. The eleven guardian told us that we couldn't expect people from a background of poverty lack of education and persecution. People who were illiterate to understand about the faith immediately. These are his words to a pilgrim a member of the national assembly in africa in one of the key areas of mass conversion lots of good information here for us watching them closely he said meaning those folks we were teaching in these areas. Watch them closely watched their spirits. If the people are strongly attracted if they are enthusiastic about the faith except their decorations watch them very carefully. If you see that their motives are pure and that they are strongly attracted to the faith except their declarations even though they know very little about the teaching. This is a most delicate matter according you must watch them closely for their reactions to the bait if they are enthusiastic eager and have pure motives accepted. Don't be too rigid about accepting their declarations. The doors of the faith must be wide open for them to come into it. Someone seemed weak will grow to be strong and will be good pictures at the end of the eleven guardians words did you listen carefully ? There are some very important key phrases there watch them closely. Watch their spirits if they are strongly attracted. If their motives are pure watch them closely. Repeated if they are enthusiastic about the faith if they are eager and have a pure motive. Except they're declarations but you see it's important vital that they be enthusiastic about the faith. And not just enthusiastic about some occasion where they are present. They must know about bahama law that noble have allies the promised redeemer of men. They must love him. They must be enchanted and enthusiastic about the faith. And not merely swept up in the excitement of the moment today the circumstances without our knowledge really of what it's all about this is not a subtle distinction. This is plain and clear and important if these souls meet these qualifications. Except they're declarations throw wide the doors why the doors to such seeking pure hearted souls and there are thousands and thousands of that kind. So we need not merely in our enthusiasm. Try to add to our numbers in the face. Because our enthusiasm for what sounds like a great victory of many people coming in without this spirit this large increase of delivery was really falls if those who accepted are not enthusiastic about the faith in bala but are instead enthusiastic about the people they meet. The songs they think of the joy of the hour now wait a minute. Don't this understand that's important that they have that enthusiasm about the people they meet and the songs they sing. And the joy of the hour that is wonderful terrific. That's exactly the right climate an atmosphere to then turned their focus on bahama law. The busted beauty and on the face. So they can become enthusiastic about him. The glory of god and their heart could be touched and they can be enchanted with the base. This part's not be just enchanted with us so take that little extra time. It's what the beloved guardian expected. The universal house of justice and your national spiritual assembly make sure of victory and it's not a matter of days although it could be but it can be a matter of hours. And sometimes only minutes. It depends on the purity and the oppression of the heart if they can catch the lever bobble on a plan but don't fail to take this central step and you'll save a lot of heartache. The eleven guardian wrote almost the same words to one of the national spiritual assembly. And these are not filled rooms. No he said. According the friend should be very careful not to place hindrances in the way of those who wish to accept the fate. If we make the requirements to rigorous we will cool off the initial enthusiasm rebuff the heart and cease to expend rapidly the essential thing is that the candidate for a roman should believe in his heart in the group of how a lot no they believe in his heart in the crew of the holla not merely be raised to a pick. Your enthusiasm by an atmosphere. Which we may create leaving his heart in the truth about their beloved guardian continues there last comment was mine obviously whether he is literate or illiterate. Informed of all the teachings or not is beside the point entirely. When the spark of faith exists the essential ingredient is there. And gradually everything else can be added onto it therefore showed you have and be pointed out still courting those responsible for accepting new in romans must just be sure of one thing. That the heart of the applicant has been touched with the spirit of the bait. Everything else can be build on this foundation gradually in the quotation remember never moved sight of that basic principle it is a wonderful thing that so many souls are enraptured by the spirit which is generated on these occasions of teaching it does cause a spiritual springtime in the heart but let them know that the holiday is the source of that divine springtime and that is why they feel so good. And if they are enchanted with us it is because of what the holland has done to us. To make us that way tell them so we are only mirrors how allies the sun shining in the mirror of our hearts. And it is this light and heat of the hollow. Allow that warms them and brings them joy not us. Once they know and understand that they already for it will be bahama law and the faith that they love. We talk more about this wonderful subject in the second half of the study guide in the meantime you may want to discuss the first happened more detail or you may want to serve some refreshing or expression your own views ahead of time about the enrollment. And the problems involved in it. It's up to you remember stopped me whenever you wish. When we begin the second half of this subject so vital and urgent to the fate of humanity okay while you're seeking out those you haven't seen for a long time and shedding a little lever around the room. Let me leave you with these words do to think about until we come back with a second half. Quoting verily we behold you from our realm of glory and shell aide who so ever will arise. For the triumph of our cause with the hosts of the concourse on high and a company of our favourite angels. In the quotation but how a lot and make new friends to have along with you on a drip right. Quoting the more agreement unity and love prevail among you the commercial the confirmations of god assist you and a help and aid of the blessed beauty mahala support you in the quotation and bihar though the course he has traced for you seems at times lost in the threatening shadows with which stricken humanity is now in developed yet the unfailing light he has caused to shine continually upon you is of such brightness that no earthly dust can ever eclipse its splendor. The force which energizes your mission is limitless in its range and incalculable in its potency though the enemies which every acceleration in the progress of your mission must raise up there's numerous and unrelenting yet the invisible host which if you persevere must as promised rush for to your aid will in the end enable you to then quit their hopes. And annihilate their forces. The measure of the goodly reward which every one of us to read must depend on the extent to which your daily exertions will have contributed to the expansion of that mission. And the hastening of its triumph and then definitely in the first half of the study glass that was from the beloved guardian prepared myself to discuss moving the life. Well yes the most wonderful subject of all don't misunderstand every one of us. Feels keenly aware of his own shortcomings when the subject of living the life comes up matter of fact whenever i'm asked to talk on it i wish i could appear in a disguise or talk with a foreign accent. Weaknesses you know. I mention the purpose of this study classes to help change all that right and for the better. You're related to study class on the subject of teaching as related to the significance and importance of living the high life the study class is being conducted by hand of the cause. William sears he was doing assisted by antony links a member of the auxiliary broad for the hands of the cars in the western hemisphere. The study class has been in session for some time so let's rejoin the way i never had so much friend discussing living the life. Yes so far anyway is i see what you mean ? Well mr anthony lisa as you can see is with us again tonight and we've also asked robert quickly to help out tony has found some very thrilling quotations to help us get into the spirit of our subject. The first one is from behind administration paid sixty eight latest addition show your friend he writes. But such starkness of faith such an unsullied love such magnificent loyalty such heroic constancy such noble courage however unprecedented and laudable in themselves. Cannot alone leaders to the final and complete triumph of such a great cause. Not until the dynamic love we cherish for him is sufficiently reflected in its power and purity. In all our dealings with our fellow man can we hope to exalt in the eyes of a self seeking world the genuineness of the all conquering love of god is suspended that was written to america over forty years ago. To imagine that what else does the beloved guardian save bob not until we live ourselves the life of a true behi can we hope to demonstrate the creative and transforming potency of the faith we profess ? Nothing but the abundance of our actions nothing but the purity of our lives and the integrity of our characters. Cannon the last resort establish our claim that the behi spirit is in this day the seoul agency that can translate a long cherished ideals into an enduring achievement. So you know for nearly half a century that we've known that living the life watch the essential ingredient of successful teaching and they only one sure way to complete that. I liked a few practical hands right now on how to become a better believer because we'll leave friends. Let me say that the purpose of this study class is not to give you practical step by step methods by which you can become a better buy or to help you lead in the high life. It's designed to share with you the wonderful creative words of bahama law the master the guardian above so that each individual heart will be inspired to make a supreme effort to become a better believer and only in this way. Can we ever fulfill the hopes of our supreme universal house of justice ? And when an overwhelming victory for their god directed nine year plan is rather alarming to think that we've had such a clear cut instructions and guidance for over forty years and are still falling short. Before a short what we should be a tv we'll all of course what the bank has done and what the believers is done have done. This is wonderful really but you're right that measured by the potential of what we might have done. And when we could know we doing naturally none of us is satisfied. I think we'd agree on that when we have a partial understanding we have a partial victory. Therefore it's imperative that we have the fullest understanding possible as quickly as possible about the extreme importance the absolute urgency of living the life both in our individual lives and in our collective administrative life. Therefore i think the thing to do is to turn to allah and hear what he has to say. Don't people of god the whole law has written that which can ensure the victory of here who is the eternal truth ? His hosts and helpers on earth have been set down in the sacred books and scriptures and are as clear and manifest as the sun these hosts are such righteous deeds such conduct and character as are acceptable in his sight who show arises in this day to aid our cause a whole lot continues and summoned to his assistance the hosts of a praiseworthy character and upright conduct the influence from such an action will most certainly be diffused throughout the whole world. Imagine that eleven friends are individual conduct has in effect throughout the whole earth. In releases a spirit in yet another place the most beaut la jolla says the betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds through commendable and seemly conduct. They like that far too often and we busy ourselves with administrative matters or the outward acts of teaching or committee work ever again. Very important instruction to live the life above all else. Wait do i think we were agreeing that often we think of living the life is something quite separate from our teaching and administrative work. The beloved guardian pointed out that those of us on the home front can only affect other people to the degree that we ourselves have been touched. With the spirit of the fake what does he say exactly tony ? In july nineteen fifty six to the degree that the home from crusader is himself cleansed of these impurity liberated from these petty preoccupations and denying anxieties. Delivered from these prejudices and antagonisms emptied of self and field by the healing sustaining power of god will he be able to combat the forces arrayed against him ? Magnetize the souls of those whom he seeks to convert and when they're done reserved their enthusiastic and enduring the legions to the faith of the heart what do you think of that home front crusaders ? You can magnetize the souls and when they're enduring allegiance through your teaching. If first you were living the inner life what are these petty preoccupations and impurities of which the guardian to speak ? Well on that day july nineteen nineteen fifty six he sounded a proper call to the individual behi in america speaking of the gross materialism that engulfs the entire nation of the present time. In fact those air is very words but what else does he say on the attacks meant to worldly things that in shrouds the souls of men ? The fears and anxieties that distract their minds the pleasures and dissipation is that fill their time. The prejudices and animosities that dark in their outlook the apathy and lethargy that paralyze their spiritual faculties. These are among the formidable obstacles that stand in the path. Of every would be warrior in the service of mahala obstacles which he must battle against and surmount in his crusade for the redemption of his countrymen. That's very far and right to the point we must be different. Don't be afraid to be different show defending told us the world has had enough advice. What it needs is example the lives of the believers is the key to the success of all our teaching but what about all the work of the local and national assembly's ? Well they're very important and wonderful bodies unquestionably essential bodies the national assembly has always exhorting the friends to make a greater effort to live the high life. The beloved guardian however made it unmistakably clear that winning the teaching victories on the home front was primarily the task of the individual by neither the local or national representatives of the community. The guardian rights no matter how elaborate their plans or persistent their appeals or sagacious their counsels nor even the guardian himself. However much he may yearn for this confirmation. Can decide where the duty of the individual lives. Or supplant him in the discharge of that clear you thing when you see it all rests upon you the individual behi and there's an even more powerful statement. The guardian continues in these words the individual alone must assess its character consult his conscience prayerfully consider all its aspects. Manfully struggle against the natural inertia that weighs him down is no eleven. Friend is not a wonderful way of expressing the day today struggle that we all have two men. Police struggle against the natural inertia that weighs a snow and it is a struggle. A never ending constant heroic struggle please go on bob i'm sorry. Manfully struggle against the natural inertia that weighs him down in his effort to arise. And shed heroically and irrevocably the trivial and superfluous attachments which held in back the beloved guardian concludes that statement by saying that we the homefront crusaders must empty himself each one of us empty himself of every thought that made tend to obstruct his back. And following the master's example mingle with people in all walks of life seek to touch their hearts and i'm quoting through the distinction which characterizes his thoughts his words and his acts and win them over the seekers. Tactfully lovingly prayerfully and persistently to the faith he has himself. And beloved friends were promised complete and total victory. If we'll do it complete and total complete total. Listen to these words whatsoever the nature of the perils and pitfalls that he set the path of whoever arises. To revive the fortunes of a face that is struggling against the rising forces. Off materialism nationalism secularism racialism and ecclesiastic schism the all conquering potency of the grace of god i found safe through the revelation of mahala will undoubtedly mysteriously and surprisingly enable who so ever arises ? To champion his cause to win complete and total victory completing your listeners and that's a promise not for a privileged few but for everyone of us for every by the guardian says for who so ever arises you win complete and total victory surprisingly but undoubtedly and in a mysterious way and these are just the least of the rewards we get. For living delay that's a day to day job isn't it including attacked early and no signs of any deal will yet what it boils down to is that even while we're winning the goals of the nine year plan we have to be winning the all important goal of conquering ourselves at the same time right absolutely right if we hope to have a spiritual conquest of the planet. We must first have a spiritual conquest of ourselves. Why should people become the highs and enter the behi community if they don't find their anything that's different ? Why i remember very well a letter which the beloved guardian wrote to american nineteen forty three when you say bomb. But he said if people only realized that the inner life of the spirit is that which counts but they are so blinded by desire. And so misled that they have brought upon themselves all the suffering we see a president of world the behind six to leave them back to the knowledge of their true selves and the purpose for which they were created and thus to the greatest happiness and highest good. I think those of us really know these things in our hearts. What we need is the inspiration to put them into everyday yes true. Sometimes we get discouraged because there seemed to be so many pressures so much hurry. So many deadlines so much to do we really shouldn't. I'm sure michelangelo or beethoven didn't fluster worry about goals or pressures or deadlines. They were in love with iraq the inspired composer can't keep his pen. Still the singer longs to sing the miner who knows there's gold in the mountainside is not discouraged because of the deadline because he has to work overtime to get it out. You can help now were filled with the spirit everything will be easy and the joy we would become so excited about what we're doing and won't be a duty. It will be a delight for which will hunger and be eager to work at beloved friends. It requires an effort. If we wish to become noble i'd like to feel that i was able to become yes who wouldn't i guess we all would well all right fine because al gore because told all of us just how we can do it. What does he say ? I for one would certainly like to know well but what are the master's words on nobility ? Well bill after baha says this it is possible to sew a just one cell to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds and colors. All our act when these acts are habitually and country anxiously adjusted to noble standards with no thought of the words that might herald them then nobility becomes the accent of life. At such a degree of evolution one scarcely needs to try to be good any longer all our days are the distinct expression of nobility. Nobility anyone ? That's that prizes practice nobility the master said. Act noble until it becomes a habit and without knowing and not knowing when suddenly you are noble let's hear one of the most often quoted paragraphs from all of the writings of our beloved garden also written remember over forty years ago ? Don't not by the force of numbers not by the mirror exposition of a set of new and noble principles not by an organized campaign of teaching no matter how worldwide and elaborate in this character not even by the stunt business of our faith or the exaltation of our enthusiasm. Can we ultimately hope to vindicate in the eyes of a critical and skeptical age the supreme claim of the ob hard revelation. One thing and only one thing will unfailingly and alone. Secure the young doubted triumph off this sacred cause namely the extent to which our own inner life and private character mirror. Four in their manifold suspects the splendor of those eternal principles proclaimed by the whole challenge from this world well you know there are people who keep saying that you can't change human nature. But in about how long the new one he makes it very clear that the one thing we can be sure that doesn't change is the law. That everything changes but let's hear the hama laws own words on the subject the whole our rights there's not the object of every revelation to effect a transformation in the whole character of mankind a transformation that shall manifest itself woodley and inwardly that shell effect both it's in a life and external conditions fourth the character of mankind. They not changed the futility of god's universal manifestation would be apparent. So if we want a spiritual civilization we have to have a spiritual man right and that's why the messengers have got a pair. You can make a golden society out of leaden individuals. It's our most important single duty to improve our inner life abdel behar told us. So that's right bill the most vital duty in this day after behar writes yes to purify your characters to correct your manners and improve your conduct the beloved of the merciful my show forth such character and conduct among his creatures that the fragrance of they're holding this maybe shed upon the whole world. And make quick and the dead inasmuch as the purpose of the manifestation of god is to educate the souls of men and refined the character of every living man. Well you do all these things of light of the pioneers as well as two other believed well they don't you may have found a way to raise up an entire army. Your plan only apply all right every single pioneers with anyone else. You know a pioneer doesn't become a saint by leaving his native land their city for someplace else. You may be coming here or she may become a heroine and that's a mighty important starting that does attract to help with the supreme concourse are writing stella but the pioneer too must undertake the inescapable task of reforming his own inner life as well as anyone else. You know harrah's holly hand of the cause of god and an historic figure in the history of our faith and very wiggly and wonderful man once wrote a pioneer is not someone who moves from an old place to a new place but someone who moved from an old self to win yourself a ha has made this quite plain about plainer. Suppose we turned to his words. Should anyone ofyou interest city ? He should become the center of attraction by reason of his sincerity. His faithfulness and love his honesty and fidelity his truthfulness and loving kindness towards all the peoples of the world. So that the people of that city may cry out and say this man is unquestionably about for his manners his behavior his conduct his morals his nature and disposition reflect the attributes of a behind and i i believe the master concludes that statement bill with these words not until he attained this station can you be said to have been faithful to the government and testament of god ? Yeah he doesn't eight. Imagine i'm coming to the conclusion of the things we've been talking about tonight are in reality the most important things in the faith taking landed right and aren't we lucky ? We don't have to change anyone else only ourselves. I'm not so sure that like well you know i'm i'm thinking that they were often heard complaining. The world's death to people aren't interested. They're too materialistic. They're too busy with other things they don't care about religion said roads yes exactly but now we have a person who was interested. Ourselves us here is someone about whom we can do everything ourselves. There's no possible excuse for her now and by doing it and changing ourselves we can see a change take place in that outer world that hasn't responded before. And we begin to see why it didn't respond. You know you can hold on i enviro over steel filings forever and nothing will happen. But place a magnet over them and the sparks will fly upward. The steel filings attracted by its power but how long tells us how we can all become such magnets ? How we can attract the hearts of the people have you any idea of the power and majesty of just one righteous act ? One purity listen to what bahama law the blessed beauty rights one righteous act is endowed with the potency that can so elevate the dust as to cause it to pass beyond the heaven of heaven. It can tear every bond asunder and half the power to restore the force that have spent itself in that from this of lines of the regular ridiculous bill i saved your release is just brought in the refreshments for our intermission. We'll going to have to be balanced in all both material and spiritual. What eleven friends please ? Before we stop the flow of the spirit may we share with you of these closing words of the beloved master the greatest bristol in the world of existence is a tranquil heart. And it is impossible for men to obtain trample hard saved through the good pleasure of the lord that is man may so adorned the temple of his being with lofty attributes and philanthropic deeds as to be pleasing at the threshold of the almighty this is the only path and there is no other path. My point is this lecture thoughts your ideas your aims and purposes revolved day and night around one common object that is to live in a card with a good pleasure of the lord. Then all the doors of felicity will be opened before your faces and you will become successful in order undertakings and you will be confirmed in all your accomplishment. Just many wonderful promise and the beloved master concludes with these words the basic principle is the good pleasure of the lord. And the good pleasure of the lord is obtained through a tranquil heart and the tranquillity of the heart is game in living in accord with the divine teachings and exhortations. When a person attains to this position he is contented and peaceful. Then will he become prosperous and all his affairs and end to this station the master says. Joy succeeded by joy confidence after confidence and paradies after parents having reached to this exalted station a man lives in paradise while upon the earth is in paradise when he leaves this world his heart is in paradise. His spirit is in paradise and he is enriched with paradise. Well how do you like that ? Then i promise you that we have come to the halfway mark in our study class on the importance and significance of living the high life we hope that during your intermission you too will continue this discussion we shall return soon with the second half of our study class with more suggestions on how we could all make greatest strides in learning to live the sort of life which mahala has in vision for all we shall also begin the second half of our study class with a brief quiz on the face so he should have pencil and paper ready. As usual we have saved the very best for the last the second half of our study class on the significance and importance of living the life is about to begin however as we promised you we shall have a brief quiz before starting our discussion. So if you have your paper and pencil ready here mr sears and mr least with the questions and the answers thank you bob everyone will correct is her own paper. Of course only you know if you're right or wrong is not nice. Those of you were listening in are anything like the rest of us when you correct the papers you want to go right back to the books and begin studying with a new spirit of concentration and dedication. I'm sure that's the purpose of the quit. This isn't about living the life it's about the behind calendar surprised when it's directly on our subject. I think it will show us that although we have known and used a behi calendar for years and years most of us we really remember very little about details just as we've been given guidance for nearly half a century over a century in some cases on living the life yet we've not put it into effect in our personal lives in the manner we should. Now is this true about the calendar ? Not find out really good. Here's a quotation first from the beloved guardian it is advisable to use both the behi dates according to the behind calendar and the usual gregorian deeds as well. The friends at present are free to do as they please. Did you know that how many of you regularly use both the behi dates in the regular western calendar dates and all your behind correspondents where'd everybody go all right ? But let me write down there and i ended up yes but we'll try to improve the beginning tomorrow. Part of doctor carries it in the schools today all right i'll put myself down at the head of the list. So let's have a short quiz on the behind calendar. That's something certainly we should all be familiar with. We consulted often for all of our activities. Question how many feast days and holy days are there ? In november and sir five the birth of the whole lot the passing of the master the day of the covenant three holy days and two nineteen day fees question what is the persian name of the two nineteen day feast in november ? That's easy answer conrad and cool question perhaps that was two different on the ivory silent in here i know i going. Here's the writing of any pens now that although we certainly should be familiar with their own calendar should we now let's make it easy question what is the english name for the feast of could rot and certain power question what is the english name for the feast of coal and sir speech question still too difficult. All right. This is easy. We use this information every year year in year out question on one day in november. Does the feast of power good rot fall and sir november fourth question what day in november is the feast of coal speech and sir november twenty third i know that because i went to birthday speech i'm always your question no fair leaving the room to get a calendar or the new heir because you know this is all from memory from when we do every day every month every year in this illegal shattering isn't it really with your founded question i know them well i know how you feel how would you like to try for me ? Anything in that well right tell you what you pick it shall we have a prayer for protection as was mentioned all right no rules. New year's month question how many feast days and holy days and special days are there in the month of march and sir three new year's day nor ruse and to nineteen day fix everybody get that. But what about the other special days and sir the final days of the inter kaleri days and the nineteen days of the fast ? No question what is the persian name for the first of the two nineteen day feasts in march ansar allah nobody raised their hand. What is the english name for this feast day and sir loftiness question what is the persian name of the second nineteen day feast in march ? Now this is the name i'm sure that everyone will get is the first day of the first month of the new year will could miss that. I mean no what is the persian name ? Answer question what is the name of this peace day in english and sir splendor ? What if we said laurie well all right how many said glory right all right fine ? Well that's understandable. Glory but the calendar if we look at it says splendor that is one of the meanings of the hard questions. Who is sorry he came to this quinn all right question what is the persian name for the feast of nowruz one arrow who's buried in grant's tomb right question now that we're back on the street question let's get march. I think are the nineteen day feast on the twenty first of march and then all rose feast one in the same fees and sir no. In the words of the beloved guardian his secretary writing on his behalf the night whose feast should be held on march twenty first before sunset that has nothing to do with the nineteen day fees. The nineteen day feast is administrative in function whereas the norse booze is our new year a feast of hospitality and rejoicing behind news to thirty six october nineteen fifty or so you had to say to be correct was no but it's surprising how often these trophy sir put together and a course there should be no question. Do the names of the seven days of the week saturday sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday and friday yes now you give me in reply. First the persian name for each day of the week and then the english name mel that's quite easy question saturday and sir jell o glory question sunday and sir jamo beauty question monday and sir camel perfection question tuesday answer fizzle grace question wednesday answer and all justice questioned thursday answered as stage law majesty question friday answer as tech law independent question have you had enough which way to the lion ? There's about two points off for all the pronunciations with national well beloved friends. The questions were designed to make you miss we should have known right eleven. My calendar doesn't get those persians names are the english you know i see it just circles. The days of the feast of the holy doing all right here it looked like credentials. The only sam of i they don't say what you got a little testy for another promise. Days come those calendars here to help us remember the great these days. But the real jewels airing the writings themselves and the details in the calendar itself. The sooner we no one used the calendar the sooner it will take its rightful place in the world. That's important our efforts as local assembly is under the loving guidance of our wonderful national assemblies. To gain recognition of the high holy days in our schools universities in places of work are of the utmost importance they helped establish the faith in the world they bring in recognition legal recognition. We should pursue these goals when the greatest diligence we should be intimately familiar with the treasures that are hidden in our precious all right now by the way what is the year ? The lunch on the day of the week tonight in both persian and english way i suggest we get back to our subject teaching and how important living the high life is in all teaching. All right fine but i did. The calendar helps us realize how we do have to study now you're ready. Would you like i have a few more real rockers on living not just still studying accounting all right seriously beloved friends would you like to know just how vital and important too all of our teaching effort living the high life can be i mean statements from the hollow along the master that will be hard for us to come pretty end there so tremendous and so great is the teaching force of living delight godley and treat now all right let's take the beloved minister's words. First you know he was distressed because the friends were not living the life of the highs in america they were quarreling and bickering and so he wrote to one of the assemblies of powerful message way back in nineteen twelve in a tablet to america why this lack of harmony the master road verily verily i say unto you well it's not for this difference among you that inhabitants of america in all these regions would have by now been attracted to the kingdom of god and would have constituted themselves. Your helper and you're a sisters is it need that you should sacrifice this most glorious bounty for worthless imagination ? Imagine the increment if the spirit of unity and love in the inner life of the friends prevailed all of the people of america would have been attracted to the kingdom of god by nineteen. Twelve four years ago is this some small thing them this living the life it's the greatest weapon weapon in our armament as the army of allah it releases a force that the entire world cannot resist. We're told but that only spoke about america. How about the rest of the world ? Listen we have friends to these words of the blessed beaut. La jolla what we could have done if our inner life and our inner years had listened to his sweet music and we had acted in accordance with his teachings. We have admonished all the loved ones of god to take him. Less the hem of us sacred vester these matched with the mire of unlawful deeds will be staying with the dust of reprehensible conduct we have more over exhorted them to fix their gaze upon whatsoever have been revealed in our tablets had their inner ears been attentive to the divine councils which have shown forth from the day spring the pen of the all merciful and harken unto his voice. Most of the peoples of the earth would have by now been adorned with the ornament of his guide decisions that haunts my ring the americans but most of the people of the world. But how will assist in the gleanings pages ? Two forty two forty one if our inner ears had listened and then attended if we had hearken to his voice most of the people of the world would by now be following his guidance. By living the life of another friends can we honestly feel that we've been victorious in the light of this ? Overpowering statements really in those same pages bacala says that he has reserved for himself the hearts of men and that the keys to one rock all of the hearts all of them are the believers his loved ones who have the attacks themselves from the world and are living the life. So we begin to see the power and the strength and the unquestioned importance and the utmost immediate urgency of living the high life we want to touch the hearts of men. Nothing is as important to the faith in mankind into us you know. In the convention of nineteen sixteen mr roy will help who was named the hand of the caused by our beloved guardian he said that mr wilhelm was the same. Mr wilhelm told the convention he said this after the haas said to me in new york in nineteen twelve that if from the beginning we had lived up to the high principles in new york and and actually deliver the message actively to others. Yes if we had lived and proclaimed one only one of the high principles it would have made such a spiritual impression made by this time one half of new york city would have become nineteen twelve fifty three years ago fifty four years ago no obviously tonight is the time to begin the morning with right now because as soon as we improve no matter how little the faith improves and the world improves and the important thing i'd like very much to know exactly what kind of life is that the whole law and the master and the beloved guardian and our supreme house of justice are calling upon us to live. That's a good basic question and it needs a good base. Unfortunately way haven't in the words of my beloved guardian i recommend to all of you are careful careful study of the advent of divine justice. It is a loving spiritual text book on the subject but let's extract the essence. The advent of divine justice page twenty five such a chaste and holy life with its implications of modesty purity temperance decency and clean mindedness involves no less than the exercise of moderation. In all that pertains to dress language amusements and all artistic and literary avocation it demands daily vigilance and in the control of one's carnal desires and corrupt inclinations. It calls for the abandonment of a frivolous conduct with its excessive attachment to trivial and often misdirected pleasures. It requires total abstinence from all alcoholic drinks from opium and similar habit forming drug. It condemns the prostitution of art and literature the practices of nudism and a companion marriage infidelity and marital relationships and all manner of promiscuity. Uh easy familiarity and of sexual vices. That can tolerate no compromise with the theories and standards. The habits and the excesses of a decade and age rather it's six to demonstrate through the dynamic force of its example the pernicious character of such theories the falsity of such standards the hollowness of such claims the perversity of such habits and the sack religious character of such excesses nets and it's quite a challenge. Yes it is quite a challenge but we should face it with enthusiasm and excitement. No. But we know what joys and happiness it brings. Not only to us but to the world to live the high life hollande has brought the super remedy the only remedy for the ills of the world. If we do not learn to live the high life we become part of the old world order around us seek a dissolution and hovering under brick of destruction. Look at it. I'd rather not that way. In other words uh it doesn't matter what people think. But only when the whole lot of things well i think a glance at the world around that should convince us of that. Mental hospitals filled overflowing so many cases they can be handled. They send the people back untreated alcoholism in an unprecedented peek more tragic in its spread and greater in numbers than even mental illness. Thousands upon thousands of alcoholics roaming the streets no help no treatment no room no ben the picking of habit forming drugs has become almost epidemic in some areas and is on the increase. Children will delinquency adult delinquency murder rape arson embezzlement lying cheating the graph rises with frightening steepness. Crime is unprecedented divorce rampant in some states nearly half the marriages end in divorce marriage ties likely taken easily broken lack of parental control not the exception but the rule suicide not a monthly or daily thing but an hour by hour disaster in the world. Is this a civilization to which we should look to tell us within the standards of the how law or right or wrong or to stricter too lofty and beloved friends thank god on bended knee that you're a believer in the hawala the unifier of men the organizer of the planet the divine physician for the sick and dying society about us it's true that you hear people both youth and adults. Say when they hear that the high standards of personal life that these air too strict discipline and not suited to the president you will thank god for that because they're reversing the entire current of the president's standards. They are eminently suitable but they are not popular. They don't go along with the crowd. Why ? Because the crowds going over the precipice let's let two beloved guardians own words answered that question. I don't think it must be remembered however that the maintenance of such a high standard of moral conduct is not to be associated or confused with any form of asceticism or of excessive and bigoted puritanism. The standard in hk located by bala seeks under no circumstances to deny anyone the legitimate right and privilege to derive the fullest advantage and benefit from the manifold joys. Beauties and pleasures with which the world has been so plentifully enriched by an all loving creator for the beautiful serenity quite clearly. In other words if the illness is immorality the remedy is rectitude of calm down if the disease is graft corruption and debasement their entity is integrity uh in corruption and no relatives socially and there is no other remedy. A partial remedy gives only a partial healing and the disease remains and it'll grow again it means that if we want to go in society we must be a golden people are not of lead in requires golden conduct inside and not something that is a sham. We must be different so much so in fact our beloved guardian rights. But our rectitude of conduct must be demonstrated even in the impartiality of every defender of the faith against its enemies. Imagine and in his fair mindedness in recognising any merits that enemy may possess. Imagine as well as in his honesty in discharging any obligation he may have toward that enemy. Imagine it certainly qualities which are sadly missing in the present. The world and the effect of these behi lives we lead are the spark that makes our entire machine work. Without behind you live the life all the rest of our efforts are meaningless. But how will i didn't come to the world to bring the worldwide teaching planter to build temples and centers and summer schools in assemblies ? Never these are only the tools of his faith to make men better to be greater candles of his love bahama law came for one purpose only to change the hearts of men and through those changed hearts to change the outer world around them. The ba hires another soul in the body of men. If the soul is not alive vibrant and holy than the body's dead it's a useless carp. Bury it forget it. We must never forget this. Not for a moment here what shall defend he says. The friends must at all times. Bear in mind that they are in a way like soldiers under attack the world is that president in an exceedingly dark spiritual condition hatred and prejudice of every sort are literally tearing it to pieces. We on the other hand are the custodians of the opposite forces of love unity of peace integration and we must be continually on our god whether as individuals or as an assembly or community less threw us these destructive negative forces enter into our midst another we're learning our beloved

Concludes we must be aware less the darkness of society becomes reflected in our acts and attitudes. Perhaps all unconsciously love for each other. The deep sense that we are an organism. The don breakers of a new world order must constantly animate our behi lives and we must pray to be protected from the contamination of society. In answer to a letter from an american behi about the apparent need for more spiritually and lighted souls in laden souls to set the example. Our beloved guardian secretary wrote on his behalf. These words this has been for a long the earnest prayer of showing the event but for some reason or other it just doesn't seem to be realized. It may be because we have failed to do our best in living the life. And promoting the message to the best of our ability. We have first to create the material with which we have to work and then hope to succeed. You see there can be little doubt in the face of all these wonderful words that we've heard that our lives is buys are the basic material of all our success. Well i i honestly don't think that the great majority of the believers think of teaching in that well no i'm afraid not but until we do we can't succeed. Then what clear i've just realised that living the life with the only ultimate measure of success right arise to teach supported by the high life teach lived the life and the world is ours. I didn't say that the master did did me tony. Yes bill and these words the cause of god will advance only through the effort of teaching and the friends will achieve the victory through the holy fragrances where there are a number of souls to arise opening their tongues and delivering the message with the utmost severance sanctification and holiness and power of attraction the powers of the world would not withstand them and the hosts of the earth would not prevent them from accomplishing their ties. If we see a man acting after this manner the master tells us we can say he is a behind if such deeds do not appear in him he is a behi in name only if we claim to be followers of the life we must diffuse the light through our actions. The name will not be sufficient. No i think one of the most beautiful statements at a beloved master is the one about changing this stony hearts of men into a jew. Yes bob would you would you share that one with this well he believes of god do you not look upon the smallness of your numbers ? And the multitudes of the nation one fruitful tree will be conducive to the life of society whereas a thousand sized of unproductive trees will offer no troops the plane is covered with pebbles but precious stones a rare one. Pearl is better than a thousand willed emissions of sand especially this pearl of great price and our crew behi lives are the pearls of great price. I'm sorry this girl of great price is endowed with divine blessings a long thousands of other pearls will be born from when that girl associates and becomes the intimate of the pebbles also all changed into purple. That's very beautiful isn't me no. Just two more free quotations from sugi effendi on the vital importance of our personal lives in the success of teaching then we'll turn to the most moving words of all those of the home our beloved guardian writes if we relax in our purpose if we neglect the very very opportunities given us from time to time to live the high life and demonstrated we're not merely filling in what is our most vital and conspicuous obligation ? But are there by in sensibly retarding the flow of those quickening energies which can alone insure the vigorous and speedy development of god struggling faith. And this final loving guy from our beloved guardian as material affairs go from bad to worse in the world. But confidence optimism love and hope of the believers will by force of contrast shine out doesn't ever brighter beacon leading the people to the path of truth the way laid down by god which alone can guide them into the promise of the future. The characteristics of the ba highs will be that which captures the attention of their citizens. Because one more building because of course with pleasure. Certainly there's no subject spoken of more forcefully here often in all of my writings and how is it that we haven't seen it clearly before and arisen with courage and conviction to first change ourselves and then with that onrushing help of god to change all men what is addicted beloved guardian said. You like to share with us. When the behinds permit the dark forces of the world entered into their own relationships within the faith they gravely jeopardize its progress. It is the paramount duty of the believe is the local understanding and love amongst the friends all should be ready and willing to set aside every personal sense of grievance. Justified or unjustified for the good of the cause because people will never embrace it. People will never embrace it until they see in his community life mirrored what is so conspicuously lacking in the world love and unity. Question does anyone doubt for a moment that the most important thing is to live the life ? And translated it he told you. It was wonderful. Well we'll let our i'm deeply deeply grateful for this study. Class certainly cannot trades right to the heart of the reason. While leave became behind as a matter of fact two to the very reason were created by god in the first place and more important i think even we learned how to be happy in this unhappy world for when a man is out of touch with god he is living more in the animal world in the human world. But when he is in catch with god he's serene and chronicle and the peace with himself inwardly untroubled. What is of the master says about this tony abdu behar rights material man lets himself be weary and harassed. By little things but a spiritual man is always calm and serene under all circumstances. All this is really the story of the personal search for the holy grail all over again isn't it ? And every human heart longs for such a miracle to be such a person to find such a treasure again. All of us the master also wrote no man can be happy without god. Though he may not know why he is miserable well beloved friend growth is man wasn't created by almighty god and placed on this earth just stolen his animal nature dominate man is a noble being the highest creation of god. We were not destined to be drunkards don't fanatics criminals perverts prejudiced haters of our fellow men liars cheats and tyrants. And look at the condition of the world. It's the despair of its leaders religious and secular relate in the midst of the increasing darkness and degradation are thousands of souls hungering for something better longing for the sweet smelling fragrances of holiness. Believe me the master central bahama lots its or the beloved guardian said so and bahama lives. Their only hope. We are their only hope neither will arise and become these loved ones of the hollow or we too shall be rolled up with the old discarded tottering useless order of the past. Muhamalai himself writes the race of men incomparable in character shall be raised up who with the feet of detachment will credit under all who are in heaven and on earth and will cast the sleeve of holiness over all that have been created from water and play beloved friends are we that race of men really sees our chance ? Before it's too late. I sincerely hope that we are the time has come certainly for us to make every effort we have to change rose wanting to change the world on the sad truth is what change ourselves first but that's not a cent crew. That's a happy drew don't imagine about me. We have we have the chance that the bounty we know much wrong and we have to have a lot to help us. And imagine the hours and hours of consultation and local assembly level that can be devoted to creative planning. When the assembly is no longer have a long agenda. Of personal troubles marital difficulties personal behavior problems so think of the hours are national assembly's can people up to leadership and inspiration ? Two inspiring us to win every goal of the nine year plan of our supreme universal house of justice miller looks as though we just have time enough of those words about how long which you promised all right. Bob well eleven friends which until we hope that your study class those of you who are listening will continue and that you'll share this tape recording with all the friends in your community and within their by groups in the isolated believers and that every valiant warrior of the hollow laws army we'll make a fresh read dedicated effort to change the one thing that is entirely under his own control his own life. His precious life upon which just said sick and this illusion humanity depends made these words you're about to hear of the bus a beauty care us on our way. And assurance of the victory. If only we will arise and make the effort through the movement of our pen of glory. We have at the bidding of the omnipotent or dinner breathed new life into every human frayed and instilled into every word of fresh potency all created things proclaimed the evidences of this worldwide regeneration arise or people. And by the power of god's might resolved to gain the victory over your own selves that happily the whole earth may be freed and sanctify all people of god. Let your thoughts be fixed upon that which can rehabilitate the fortunes of mankind and sanctify the hearts and souls of men. This can best be achieved through pure and holy dean's through a virtuous life and a goodly behavior. This verily is the commandment which this wrong one has given you and the first choice it is un restrained will for every one of you how sad if any man were in this state to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world. Arise and clean firmly to the cause of god resolved to adorn yourselves with the ornament of goodly and praiseworthy character let your principal concern be to rescue the fallen from the slough of impending extinction. And help him embrace the ancient faith of god. I swear by him with caused me to reveal whatever have pleased him they are better known to the inmates of the kingdom on high then you are to your own selves. Think he these words are vain and empty. Word that she had the power to perceive the things your lord the all merciful death see things that have test the excellence of your rank. That bear witness to the greatness of your worth. That proclaimed the sublimity of your station god grant that your desires and i'm mortified. Passions may not hinder you from that which has been ordained for you that's all of which he potentially possess. Can however be manifested only as a result of your own volition. There's the secret is not only to our own volition and friends. Finally this quotation from the hidden words the book which was given to us to guide our personal lives toward god but how will law says that it contains all of that which has been sent down by the profits of the past. We have taken the inner essence thereof and proved it in the garment of brevity as a broken of grace and to the righteous that they waste and faithful under the government of god and may fulfill in their lives his trust. So you see all that we need will be found within its precious covers the hubble are closes. That book as we close this appeal to you with these challenging words i bear witness oh friends that the favor is complete. The argument fulfilled the proof manifest and the evidence is established let it now be seen what your endeavors in the path of detachment will reveal in this wise the divine favour been fully about saved unto you all praise to god the lord of all the world so it's up to us. You have been our guest at a study class on the significance of living the life it was conducted by hand of the cause. Williams is who was assisted by anthony release a member of the auxiliary brought this is robert quickly speaking for all our participants and hoping that your discussion will continue and that is a result wonderful and immediate benefits will come to your behi community. As well as to every single individual believer enlisted under the banner of the radiant army the whole lot the second half of our study glass begins still about enrolling the masses. Let me tell you a little story about africa an old man i remember waiting one day on a road in africa in the mountains when the teachers arrived in their car. He stopped them and he said i dream last night that a certain car full of people would come this morning bringing the news of the new religion of god. Are you the people when you tell me was this man prepared ? I mean how long would he have to study and how many books where you have to read before he was ready to accept it how a lot. The blessed beauty picks up many souls before we ever get to them. They're prepared souls waiting for us and in a flash they accepted the beloved master said of fluid getting her mother teacher of the west that muhamalai had chosen her when she was still a child running barefoot through the fields near her home in new york. How long would we require her to study and be deepened before opening the doors of paradise ? Do it but really getting there was a brilliant woman. You might say i mean what about the simple souls ? Though the more primitive peoples are underprivileged once the uneducated went can they enter as quickly and safely ? Well ? Let's see let's getem infallible answer from our beloved guardian he said. How often according and the early history of the faith in the land of our birth offers many a striking testimony. How often have the lowliest adherents of the faith ? Schools and utterly in experience and with no standing whatsoever. And in some cases devoid of intelligence been capable of winning for their cause victories before which the moon brilliant achievements of the learning the wise and the experience of paper and a location that's something isn't it on down the hall pointed out that peter a fisherman on learning had trouble keeping track of the days of the week and wrecked his food. Seven parcels and when the time came you know it was there and and observe it. Yes peter was filled with the love of christ that he was raised. Such a lofty station and show the offending points out that according again now yes the son of man christ was capable of infusing into apparently so crude and helpless and instrument such pregnancy as to cause in the words of the holiday the mysteries of wisdom and evidence to flow out of his mouth. And to exalt him about the rest of his disciples and render him fit to become his successor and the founder of the church how much more can the father who was a favela in power ? The most filming and insignificant among his followers to a key for the execution of his purpose. Such wonders as would work the mightiest achievements of even the first apostle of jesus christ imagine in the quotation imagine that both of those quotes from the advent of divine justice page thirty eight throw wide the doors there are jewels out there awaiting the call of the kingdom christ said. The last shall be first. He meant it if they have a pure heart are enthusiastic and touch the spark of how law says the same and in the gun bahama law makes it clear that this is one of the proofs of the manifestation of god that he exalts the illiterate faithful. Over the learning opposers his work that very fact kahala says is one of the cloud that obscure the eyes of men well let it obscured the eyes of those who are not behind. But should it ? Here is of the highest society so we don't know the word impossible and if that weren't enough for us the blessed beauty it gone pages to ten to eleven makes it plain that the verses of god for the common man and he uses that term common man and assures us that learning is not necessary for them to grasp the truth. Listen they under these air quotes the understanding of his words meaning the messenger of god the understanding of his words and the comprehension of the utterances of the birds of heaven. Are in no wise dependent upon human learning they depend solely solely upon purity of heart. Chastity of soul and freedom of spirit and the quotation do we need to hear anymore ? Or are we ready to throw wide the doors into shopping to move in the very first tablet of the divine plan the charter for all our teaching for the spiritual come question the planet the blueprint for reaching the masses page eleven the beloved master declares blessed are the nameless in the preakness poor for they are the leaders of mankind become angels of heaven tells us and traveling teach through all these regions i declare by him beside whom there is no one that each one of you shall become the is repellent like blowing the breath of life into the souls of others in the quotation become angels of heaven reached the ministers and the hostage and make them angels of heaven so they can blow the breath of life in the whole world. You don't find many of those angels of heaven around these days anywhere. Do you so we see why we have to reach the masses so we can all become recreated so we can become a different people. Unlike the world around us we must be different eleven guarding and said look at the world and do the opposite and you're most likely to be right. Course my words but his idea that's why we have a completely different approach to morality. It's not just enough to accept the holland we must let him change our lives. We must work at it. Listen to what amber baha says. This is page twenty one of you have been of divine justice. The move i will do the in the stay is to purify your characters to correct your manners and improve your conduct. The eleven of the merciful must show for such character and conduct among these creatures that the fragrance of their holiness may be shut upon the whole world. And make quick and the dead as the inasmuch as the purpose of the manifestation of god and the dawning of the limitless lights of the invisible is to educate the souls of men. And refined the character of every living man in deportation isn't that beautiful that's what bob a lot comes to do. And that's what we tell the new believers as we teach them you must conduct yourselves in such a manner. Agrabah says that you may stand up distinguished and brilliant is the sun them another souls should anyone ofyou interest city you should become a center of attraction by reason of his sincerity. His faithfulness is love his honesty. His fidelity is truthfulness and his loving kindness to towards all the peoples of the world so that the people of that city may cry out and say this man is unquestionably of the high for his manners his behavior his conduct his morals his nature and his disposition reflect the attributes of the vise. Not until you attain the station can you be said to have been faithful to the government and testament of god ? End of quotation honesty truthfulness purity chase lives all the things i'm popular now are what we stand for courageously and forthrightly. The decade and world thinks it has discovered a new morality and calls of that. But it isn't it's a new immorality. It's a lowering of standards. It's lost its morality and exchange the characteristics of the human for the characteristics of the animal. That's a pity and not much of a bargain when it is night of the baja says it is time for the bets of darkness. Reply so let us be like eagles flying in the pure higher this is the longing that we must plant in the heart of the messes around the world. As we teach them and that's why we can't write our own hobby horses in the cause of god these days there isn't time to be one sided. We can't bend the teachings around to make them give more importance to our own particular interest whether it baby international language mysticism. They are called the race problem whatever it might be. The only solution. The only solution to all these problems is the establishment of the world order of bahama law the faith of the heart a lot for this alone will heal all these hills of men kind. We've been told that infallibly nothing else. And we can't decide drank. We don't have the time for unbalanced. No and giving all of our efforts to one facet of the faithful. The multitudes are thirsting and hungering for the word of god and are waiting for us. You know the house a lot didn't come so that a man or a woman could become a drunkard or a thief or a murderer or an arsonist or a rapist or a drug addict. Or a feature of his fellow man. These are all the absence of virtues the hollow lies comforting the exact opposite qualities of integrity moderation love purity reliability so that these things can come back into the lives of all men. And men can feel worthy in close to god once again and stand up right and we are the ones who must arise and carry this feeling exciting. Message of love to all the peoples of the world. In a hurry before they think forever beneath the sea of their own abuses corruption lack of morality and integrity. So we have to hurry. But isn't it wonderful that we have such a plan ? After the hall even named the names and places for us to go. Imagine such a thing. The deputy of the divine plan are charter for world teaching the call to all the peoples of the world named the continents by name the countries by name the islands the states the provinces where the face should be carried in those tempers. And the whole calls us apostles of the holland you feel like in a possible because i would become a possible says he hopes the whole earth will be stirred and shaken by our achievements even self long to travel the earth he said. Even the one put in in the utmost poverty raising that battle cry ya behi lab in cities villages mountains desert oceans his word where we do it on his behalf as he asked us to let me quote a few more of his words. Let your exertions henceforth increase a thousand fold. Some of the people in these countries capitals islands assemblies in churches to whether they have hot kingdom. The scope of your exertions must needs be extended the wider its range the more striking will be the evidence of divine assistance in the quotation have we increased our exertions of thousand full these days is that mass conversion or not that he's talking about and the beloved guardian showed yet and he makes it clear that are very spiritual. Life. Our spirit you will destiny depends upon our poor killing. After all the hot words and carrying the face of the holla to every corner of the year. Why are you silent ? Shout ? Why are you sitting move ? Abdel baja's words is sure you know by this time what problems what sorrows and sufferings and what a great number of conflicting attitudes about mass conversion we would be able to avoid if only we were followed. These divine infallible councils from the beloved guardian are universal house of justice and as presented to us by those heroic generals of the nine year plan our national spiritualist and what's more their work would never be slowed or halted. We would avoid going to the two extremes and with me in that middle ground of loving unity and enthusiasm. Then with himself on how to do it and not on how not to do it and perhaps then only then the one hope for the peoples of the world. We're not be withheld from them by us. We the only ones who hold in the palm of our hand the destiny of mankind. We hold there the life saving medicine for the ills of the world for which they are dying and weeping in despair. All around us while we debate the issue do you think that we're going to get better if we don't do the things were told to do do you do you think we're too small in numbers and insignificant to make any historical change ? What is it really better ? Would you like the system and fallible words on the subject of you and me and the world listen shall be offending grand son of a master great grandson of the promise of all ages descendant of the bomb. He's talking to us. This is his secretary writing on his behalf and he tells us the world with all the various calamities that have befallen it will be completely revenue and its civilization demolished yes the behind do not come to itself and imbued with the spirit that baja law has brought into the world. End of quotation is that ambiguous is there anything about that ? That's not clear our civilization will be demolished. It will be completely ravaged. If we have the highest do not come to its aid we go behind the handful that we have now. There are maybe the masses of believers that we can bring into the faith we arrived and serve. The multitudes could assist you tell me which way it would work. This let me go on same quotation from the same infallible source show via listen. The economic factions political parties national hatred racial prejudices and religious and paganism. We'll continue to bring about devastating wars not troubles or difficulties devastating word wars those are my words. Sorry back to the quotation devastating war until the spirit of the cars coming in the hearts of men and it's universal teachings pulled down the existing barriers. Let me interrupt for a moment permeate the heart of man. Does that sound like a few thousand in each country ? Or does it sound like the message and then the beloved guardian tells court let us be reminded of our beauty by the misery we see around us. And a rise for the prosecution of our noble end of quotation i rise for the prosecution of our noble. Apparently we didn't set the world on fire. Even though we had the only remedy for the chills of men and only our faith could rescue the world in the nation's over twenty years later eleven garden called to us again during that twenty years we averaged far less than five hundred. New behi is in here in a land approaching two hundred million people and the other behind nations of the world didn't know better. Or even less we the most privileged people in the world with an infallible remedy that took only the will and spirit to arise. If we won't have the victory did not achieve it in those days. It was even then within our reach to beloved guardian said there is no time to lose. He wrote to us twenty years later i'm quoting now there is no time to lose. The hour is right for the proclamation without fear and without reserve and without hesitation and on a scale never as yet undertaken of the one message that can alone. Extricate humanity from the more rest into which it is steadily sinking and from which they claim to be the followers of the most great name can and will eventually rescue it will we two days by the those followers who win that victory for the holiday ? Or will it be more worthy and willing instruments raised up on the ashes of our indifferent the possibility indicated by the eleven guardian and also our universal house of justice now you can understand why those euroleague generals of the nine year plan your national spiritual assembly yes courageously blowing on these fresh parks of teaching that have been ignited they want him to burst into flames. If the master told us what would happen. Before the temple was ever built he called us he said. A temple will be built in america and then in his own words i'm quoting now the cries of supplication and in vocation will be raised to the highest kingdom there from and verily the people will enter into the religion of god by troops with great enthusiasm and attraction in the rotation. So let's not kill that enthusiasm now that it's dark it let's not worry about the sincere heart. No let the ardor thrill and excitement that has taken possession of the souls of the new believers be dampened. Deepen them yes but don't close the door have expansion while we do it door's wide march on unsuspected on green of victories are within our grasp my troops your national spiritual assembly is constantly urging you forward these days in every part of america. In the united states in canada in alaska why are these silent show ? Why are you selling moon i remember a patient to the doctor's office talking to a high tech who had shared within this wonderful news. We're talking about and the coming of the hall on the promised one of all religions. Do you really believe that the debt is absolutely then why in the name of god are you standing here feeling my teeth get out there in the world where the world is dying and where the trouble is you'll be happy to know that that they didn't go up. He pioneered and he failed. Both keith and souls with pure gold who wanted a period and spiritual you know you know i'm sure that many of you are saying well this is a long study class. I'm running out of it is and i'm sorry we should have a whole week together at a summer school or with your school. But you know i never know when i'll see any of you again. This may be my last chance to talk to you this way. And besides the study class wasn't designed to entertain you. It was meant to stir you up many an operation on the table in the hospital operating room takes much longer but if it cuts out the growth of indifference or the lump of laziness or remove those obstacles that have been holding each of us back from i'm people spiritual activity and sacrifice on an unprecedented scale then it will be well worth our time and our discomfort. The only anesthetic aiken administers the breath of the holy spirit. I had hoped that that would be you through right to the end what you would you like another infallible ? With ? Ok but my administration pages. Forty two forty three let us be on our guard so the master continually reminds us from the station on high less too much concern and that which is secondary in importance and too long a preoccupation with the details of our affairs and activities. Make us neglectful of the most essential the most urgent of all our obligations namely to bury our prayers and teach because delivering far and wide this message of salvation to a story stricken world it was valiant competence on earth. What time's may feel disheartened are ever victorious. Commander abdul kahar gives us the following assurance or use a servant of the secret special the triumphant hosts of the celestial concourse raid and marshaled in the realm about then ready and expected to assure victory so that valiant horseman who with confidence prayers on his charger into the arena of service with inspiring words these are we could remain any longer and moved and inactive is a trumpet call resounds on every side and summons us to service. Are we to terry and everything is voices calling allowed from every land let us march john on record and unafraid and fulfill our glorious destiny. End of quotation feel better so we have everything we need a hand in each of our life. We don't have to be told anything more. All we have to do is get up and go what we've already been told. So if we are not arising in this day to teach the message or to support the work of picking the multitude financially or in some urgent vital wait what ever it is then it's because we just don't believe in it. We don't care. Or we don't understand but i feel sure after this fire side study class there is no reason why we should not understand you don't have to be glamorous or have worldly and then eat your wealth or fame or learning. Good if you have them but you don't need them not if and this is a matter of dedication and sincerity if you allow yourself to be fed by that celestial strength and those hidden springs then nothing can prevent you from winning the greatest victories beyond the wildest dreams of your own imagination and of course if you are famous or wealthy for glamorous and you still offer that same sacrifice and concentration to the cause of the hollow on the cause of god. Then you will outstrip the very stars in your glory and the contribution you can make do the future happiness in security. And welfare of mankind will live in history now is that a goal in life ? With striving for not i mean how lucky can weekend showed he offended tells us that the cause of god won out over its enemies in the posers because let me call his own exactly where because its animating breath had been quickened by that spirit which is born of god and on which all success wherever and however it be sought must ultimately depend in the quotation. That spirit is here with us today surrounding us looking for instruments when my way marguerite sears was on pills remains the beloved garnier guardian told her that this power of the supreme concourse has been accumulating because it was so little used surrounding us everywhere looking for instruments and we haven't been calling upon it. Is this the day i'm where the pioneers where are the seculars ? The traveling teachers that contributors the heroes of maryland who are already cooked on the armor of the hollow laws love and march out from here and in rolla masses are they here today ? Top may tell me yes they're here today. And they're planning to go out as quickly as possible. Well it was time to stop for another rest. But anyway we're now about midway through the second half of our study glass so let's take another ten minute break. Let it all settle down insight into our inner being stretch walk around make it a family party and then we'll meet back here in ten minutes and while you're resting you members of the radiant army of the hollow log think over these words of the beloved guardian is secretary is writing on his behalf. And then discuss among yourselves with each other whether the world is going to get better or worse i'm quoting now the friends must at all times. Bear in mind that they are in a way like soldiers under attack the world is a present in an exceedingly dark spiritual condition hatred and prejudice of every start are literally tearing it to pieces. We on the other hand are the custodians of the opposite forces of love of unity of peace and integration and we move he continually on our guard whether as individuals or as an assembly or community less through us these destructive negative forces and her arm. It's in other words we must be aware. Less the darkness of society becomes reflected in our x and attitude. Perhaps all unconsciously love for each other. The deep sense that we are an organism. The dawn breakers of a new world order most constantly enemy are the high lives and we must pray to be protected from the contamination of society which is so diseased with prejudice. End of quotation see you in about ten minutes. They say that was fun wasn't well welcome back before going on. I want to speak about deepening just a little more because there is still another aspect of deepening that sometimes we forget deepening what a lot of different pictures that we're deepening brings a different mind. In fact we have found unhappily in some parts of the world that there is even a resistance to deepening as though deepening implied that the one who was to receive the deepening with suffering from some shortcoming or weakness that had to be a remedy that at all you know i mean i've accepted the holland i'm ready to teach. I love him. What more do i need ? Why must i be deepened ? I couldn't be more on fire or more in love with the faith. I don't want to waste my time with deepening that when the world out there dying to hear the word of the how will i want to proclaim it ? I want to teach the masses. That sounds reasonable business i mean what the world hanging on a precipice. This is not the time for deepening that can come later. When we've got the masses into the faith and spend our time proclaiming and teaching the multitudes right around i mean we did. Teachers can rescue an individual soul but it is our right. Institutions the administrative order of our faith that rescues humanity new believers make new assembly your local assemblies make more new national assembly more new national assembly spring more temples with the auxiliary institutions around him the symbol of hope amid the gloom of a despairing world eleven guardians work local assemblies are local channels for the water of life. Nationalism least our national general channels for nations countries should be defending stock not mine abdel hadi told us that the progress of mankind at all times and under all conditions here that the progress of mankind at all times and under all conditions are dependent upon these assemblies and imagine that and those are his words almost exactly justice bahama lock amended us to teach the multitudes in the masses but allah also commanded us in his most holy book the act to raise up local assemblies local houses of justice. That's why we have locality goals in assembly goals in our plan the mass is entering the faith are the foundation for these world healing bodies that individual healing bodies were on the healing bodies. They're not the final stage of the work. These new believers they are the beginning stage their destiny is to be bricks in the mighty houses of god that are being raised up all over the world. At the heart of laws define infallible command the hospital says in his own words about these assembly meetings and i'm quoting him now at this meeting they meaning the members they should feel as if they were entering the presence of god. Inasmuch as this finding command have flowed from the pen of him who is the ancient of days the glances of god are directed toward this assembly end of quotation isn't it wonderful ? That means whenever we raise up a local spiritual assembly i'm fine. Power comes down when they meet in consultation in eleven unity the only place in the world that we can get that love all over the room and that's what we're raising up this kingdom of god on earth. Deepening means to learn more and more about this wonderful cause. So we can give it to others in its pure form in the words of the writing it's the creative word and recreates the heart. We don't the words about how a lot of the words of the writing. If we were to enter the university would we feel that we have no need of deepening that all we had to do was accepted be enrolled and then we had our degree. I doubt it. The same is true of the cause of god oceans of jewels like before us to be found in this wonderful thing every day becomes richer and sweeter and more wonderful as we drop on this water of life. Which is available to everybody under when itself it's a weakness not a spring ignorance is the absence of knowledge. Yet those who have been deprived of the opportunity to gain knowledge and to have education should not feel saddened because this gift we are finding in these days of mass teaching. This gift is that they have a pure heart because of their simplicity they're suffering the deprivation of their lives. They can hear of allah and they can accept him in a flash through the heart of the spirit. Well there could be no greater gift than that. The whole world has turned a deaf ear. The holocaust commands for over a century generally speaking kings and rulers and leaders and educators and philosophers so there's no greater gift that can come to a human being than to hear to understand. But that's only the beginning. Now that you've heard of him you have to put that knowledge to work on knowledge of allah. You have to have a yearning for knowing more. Your pure sincere heart has opened the guard to spiritual education which can change not only your lives but the lives of the world through you. Which of the beloved guardian his thoughts so that ignorance you see proved a blessing didn't but only a temporary blessing. For it must know this be replaced by the rich knowledge and learning of the cause of god which has been open to you. You see it he's not believers can read find if they can then the teachers must bring them the pure pure word in the teachings of allah immoral form no longer is there any excuse to bt prime to this knowledge and the history of the faith which will inspire and and guide and encourage them. Eleven guardian said but a lot of the blessed beauteous told us all that knowledge is dependent upon the knowledge of god in his manifestation these new believers have that and it's the beginning so rejoice over it and then teach them more and keeping them in the cause of god. They should learn everything they can about his laws his teachings his principles his administrative order the history of the faith is commands for our personal like other lies although they have been invited to the house of god where the banquet of bahamas being stage unless they get in through the door of deepening to know and understand again. They will never have the boot that deepening and it's sweet wonderful and exciting thing and we shouldn't deprive ourselves of its one. Responding and we should have justice enthusiastic big mass teaching conferences and big mess deepening conferences both side by side for one is not more important than the other and we must give it that impetus that excitement otherwise there will always be this great disparity that lead to unhappiness to sadness to miss understanding. And the private the lovers of god and the lovers of mankind of the healing word of the blessed beauty. And that's the last thing i'm going to say about deepening if you can't pioneer a traveler leave your present job or home don't worry you can do something equally as important if you do it on a basis of sacrifice you can contribute more generously far more generously not from the surface of what's left over but from what you need you really need for yourself. In that same spirit of sacrifice has sent that pioneer living alone in some far off land under the most adverse in difficult circumstances just as the time is short frighteningly shore for all of us to arise and teach and bring in the mess is it is also alarmingly short for those of us upon whom the burden of contributions and giving rests for us to undoubtedly there is an appointed time is behind a lot said after which it will be too late. That means the rich the middle class and the poor almost sacrifice from their resources each according to his means. But each without exception however wealthy or however impoverished however old ohio ever knew of the high that is the spiritual law. Happy saree living. That's how we conquer the world. Let us hear the words of our beloved garden on the subject according now from his world crusade message of july nineteen fifty four this challenge so severe and insistent and yet so glorious this is no doubt primarily the individual believer on whom in the last resort depends the fate of the entire community. Without his support at once wholehearted continuous and generous. Every measure adopted and every plan formulated by the body which acts as the national representative of the community to which he belongs is for doomed to failure. The world center of the faith is paralyzed of such a support under part of the rank and file of the community is united the author of the divine plan himself is impeded in his purpose. If the proper instruments for the execution of his design are lacking. And justin this now i'm interrupting here. Because these are words the infallible fulfillment of which hangs over each one of our heads should be offended continues the sustaining strength of bahama law himself. The founder of the faith will be withheld from every and each individual who fails in their long run. To play his part in the quotation but a frightening and this power of heaven. What about that ? What about the spiritual force of the supreme concourse that always surrounds us and helps us toward the victories ? Shoki offending says and i'm quoting again the unseen legions standing rank upon rank and eager to pour forth from the kingdom on high. The full measure of their celestial strength. Are powerless unless and until each posts potential crusader decides for himself and perseveres in his determination. To rush into the arena of service ready to sacrifice his all for the cause he is called upon to champion in quotations uh but when he rushes into the arena of service down comes the power of heaven and nothing can stand in his path. Even the powers of the earth can not holding back from the victory. You know off the glass of the mirror is turned in work toward our physical bodies and not away from a store does welcome the sunlight ever appear in it and shine on other people. How can the light of the holiday son of truth that the heart of man if they can't see it mirrored in our lives ? Now why is this talk about contributions ? Especially vital to our mission of reaching the masses ? Well i think it's pretty obvious our beloved guardian tells us that upon the tremendous increase in numbers and a spirit of loving sacrifice on the part of each believer new and old depends the entire fate of all the projects still waiting to be established all over the world. For the redemption of mankind far greater efforts must be made calling for far greater resources which can be sustained only should be offended dollars by a far greater number of dedicated followers of the how long in every country. This tremendous increase from all walks of life all walks of life is the only way we can assure the successful conquest of the planet both the numbers and the resources needed to win and preserved the victory and to apply this sole remedy for the chills of men. You know i keep thinking of of persia and america the cradle of the faith in the cradle of the administrative quarter of the capital city of tehran mother of the world and of the cities of america and the tremendous from then this financial resources still intact still locked up in the hearts of the more affluent among the followers of baja la. If only there were some way to where their hearts with such zeal and such love has died. The sands of persia red with the blood of the dawn breakers and their forefathers and that land and carried the message from america to the four corners of the earth. Then you would see the army of god quickly cover the planet. No sacrifice can be deemed too great. I'm courting should be offended now. And no expenditure of material resources no degree of renunciation of worldly benefits comfort and pleasure can be regarded as excessive when we recall the precious blood that flowed the many lives that were snuffed out the wealth of material possessions that was plundered during those tumultuous and cataclysmic years. Of the heroic age of our faith. End of quotation those heroic defenders support ticked of rc those markers in the public square the substance diamond kiran those done breakers. They didn't say how much of my blood shall i give here. Five percent n present just enough. So's i won't really miss it. No they gave their all everything so that we you and i could stand here today together. And help to hand down the torch of victory two generations yet unborn. So how about it ? Kiran new york shiraz los angeles agrees to raja musharaff montreal bubbles are miami hamadan san francisco this on vancouver what about immortalizing the brief precious remaining moments of your lives by pouring out unstintingly. While there is yet time your material resources without which we had when the victory and which without baja la are meaningless to the owner. These cities alone mind you couldn't achieve every single property goal of the entire nine year plan in one behind month could finish the panama temple purchase. All the national centers the summer schools every single physical goal of the nine year plan could be won easily by next raise one through this sacrifice even on a humble scale by these richly endowed believers so materially blessed by the holla founder of their faith perhaps they will return to him. Some of the treasures yes so notably bestowed upon them which they may be saving for the future of future which may never come. Without the hollow victory during the nine year plan. Perhaps they will make sacrifices so great that it will is a beloved guardian implied us down the entire behi world. And changed the face of the entire planet. While there is yet time before those unseen cataclysmic forces the fast declining civilization make it impossible for them to make such a sacrifice. It all no wonder our beloved guardian wrote these words that it was imperative for the individual believer and i am according his exact words articular early for the affluent the independent the comfort loving and those obsessed by material pursuits to step forward and dedicate their resources their time their very lives. To a cause of such transcendence that no human eye can even dimly perceive its glory let them resolve instantly. And unhesitatingly do place each according to his circumstances is shared. On the altar of the highest sacrifice less on a sudden unforeseen calamities rob them of the considerable portion of the earth. The things they have amassed in declaration that they will come eleven friends well knows it could be tomorrow next week next month donation the world immortalized your lives sacrifice and live forever in the history of the cause of god and in the hearts of your friends and of your family's sacrifice. Now today while there is yet time do you think i have gotten you the love the underprivileged the poor in india for the masses in africa or you in latin america are you in the islands never perhaps you can do what those in the creating of the faith in the cradle of the administrative order. Have you had failed to do in the way of noble sacrifice ? The contributions from the poor are beloved guardian and our universal house of justice. Tell us however small our mighty river of life when combined together what is more the supreme concourse picks the money given in such sacrifice and consecrated those resources however limited can win glorious victories because the powers of heaven direct them and sold a penny. The pace of the shelling the rupee the rio given from the hearts of the poor can reverse the current of life and help remove the very poverty from which they suffer. Imagine these small contributions are drugs that's well into a river that become the very notion of life the nameless and the priceless poor beloved master called you yet you through your sacrifice. Do what even those with bankable resources have not yet done. If you were truly the heroes and heroines the blessed beauty bahama law believe you to be imagine the precious glorious opportunities we have lost in the past. Let us not lose another single hour. We could have changed the world by now. We could have change. The world by now i think we'll be quite a different people if we review these things and i owned mind each day because we are the hollow laws accelerators not his break in the name of god. Is it any wonder that i am with the hamas ? Reported mahmoud diary should say while he stood at the rail of the steamship something after leaving the united states one must ride in the ship of god for this life is a stormy sea in all the peoples of the earth that is over two million souls will drown in it before a hundred years all except those who write in the ship of god those will be the end. Of course it's a pilgrim's note. You'll find abdel baja's words quoted in an article in the current behi world age eleven eighty seven but are we getting the masses into that ship of god are we are we really isn't it time that those of us who are alive and full of his love today should trumpet out his call to the masses ? And open the hamas ark of salvation. To all the suffering multitudes so they may enter the safety of the ship of god before the winds of the mighty onrushing hurricane grounds out the sounds of our voices and we can only cry out. I'm sorry it's too late. Let us listen to the holland's own words. Leanings pages three nineteen three three twenty. Quoting all my friends that dwell upon the dust. He who is the best beloved is come where all eyes rejoice. And let every year we take he left you forfeit so precious a favour. Beware lest you be little so remarkable of token of his grace night have succeeded day and they have succeeded night in the hours and moments of your lives have come and gone. And yet none of you have for one incident consented to detach himself from that which parish the story ourselves that the brief moments that her still yours may not be dissipated in lost even as the swiftness of lightning your day past and your body should be laid to rest beneath a canopy of dust. What can you then ? How can you tone for your past failure ? End of quotation now is the time eleven friend arise. Bring in the masses. Will we prevent millions and millions of our suffering unhappy fellow human beings from entering the ship of god ? Because we are silent and don't shout because we are sitting and don't who it's nearly a hundred and thirty years since the fed began five and fallible sources of guidance have like it at that about the hot a lot twin messengers of god and all the hard the mystery of god. Shall be offended. The sign of god under the universal house of justice source of all good freed from all error to a holding messengers and this great world redeeming order. And yet we after nearly one hundred thirty years have a attractiveness pick up a handful of the peoples of the earth i know we can prevent the faith from conquering the world. We never should be discouraged. It will conquer the world. It's fine and it cannot fail to eleven guardian told us. But he said that we because of our committee are complacency our empathy our faint heartedness and neglect weed the present generation of the highest can fail. She'll give you told us that the house of justice repeated it in one other is one method others will take up our tasks. Administering to the needs of society. If we don't arrive we can't stop the victory. Eventually we can slow it up and we can delay and undoubtedly if we do there is an appointed time for us. The eyes just as relentlessly and remorselessly as bahama law said there was for all mankind. Others in the future will take up our desks. Others who will not be of are like and who will take from us the kingdom of god the most beautiful tender fragrant sweet and wonderful thing ever given to a people at any time today history of the world and we with the death the blame the indifferent world around us. Will they rolled up what the old world order and a new different order of the highest will be rode up in our stead grow well in the victory for the blessed beauty by the purity of their lives the consecration of their hearts and they fighter of their search is it any wonder the beloved master wouldn't treat us repeatedly ? Why are you silent ? Shock ? Why are you sitting move ? And there's only one way we must bring in thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of believers into the cause of god not tomorrow or next week or next month or next year or surely after rizwan but now right bang on now do you agree ? Well beloved friends i like you repeated i'm coming to the end now. Those wonderful words of our beloved garden about our supreme universal house of justice wherever i go i never failed to share these with friends. They're so important so we'll know who those men are on the side of that mountain. And what is happening there in the mountain of god therefore will know who we are as the followers of the home a lot well understand unmistakably that source of immediate guidance power and majesty that guys you know the same love honor and service which the hands of the cause of god rendered to our beloved guardian signed of god on earth we know offer unhesitatingly to our supreme universal house of justice and we are sustained by their love their kindness and their guide. I am paraphrasing the beloved guardians work may they be burned into our hearts ? In letters of gold upon tablets of crystal light for the world has never seen there like the mighty edifice. The universal house of justice will be erected raising high. It's noble frame above the world of existence the unity of the followers of the hollow will thus be realized. And fulfilled from one end of the earth to the other and the living waters of everlasting life will stream forth from the fountainhead of god's world order upon all the warring nations and peoples of the world to wash away the evils and iniquities of the realm of dust. And he'll man's age old ills and ailment through it a universal house of justice the yard and hopes of the people of the hall will be realized. Through it the pillars of the faith on this earth would be firmly established and it's hidden hours be revealed it's signed shine forth. That's bender's be unfurled and its light shed upon all people then with the coming of the universal house of justice will all our cherished hopes and aspirations be realized. The tree of our endeavors bear fruit and the hidden powers of the cause of our lord be fully manifested and then will be unveiled before our eyes. The inauguration of a new era the like of which has never been witnessed in past ages. Well aren't we lucky now that we know even more about the wonder of our supreme universal house of justice from our beloved guardian let us listen for this last time. During the study class perhaps with spiritual heirs for the first time to the ringing call of the universal house of justice to each one of us to arise and bring in the message. They also tell us again. Repeatedly that teaching in consolidation must go hand in hand and what that really means. So let us listen really listen. This time to define infallible guide and save ourselves. Our committees are assemblies hours of fruitless discussion and oceans of tribulations ready i'm quoting every individual follower of the holiday as well as the institutions of the state and local national continental and world levels. Must now meet the challenge to raise the intensity of teaching to a pitch never before obtained in order to realize that increase called for in the flat simultaneous in co equal with this fast ordered an ever growing teaching effort the work of consolidation must go hand in hand. In fact these to process these must be regarded as inseparable parts of the expansion of a faith. While the work of teaching and inevitably goes first to pursue it alone without consolidation would leave the community. Un prepared to receive the masses who must sooner or later. Respond to the life giving message of the cause from this vital this ever present need attention must that no time be diverted ? Nor must be under any circumstances neglected or subordinated to the no less vital in urgent task. Of ensuring the other expansion of the the high administrative institutions are proper balance between these two essential aspect of its development. Must from now on as we enter the era of large scale conversion be maintained by the behi community consolidation must comprise not only of the establishment of the high administrative institutions but a true deepening in the fundamental verities of the cause. And in its spiritual principles understanding of its prime purpose in the establishment of the unity of mankind instruction in its standards of behavior. In all aspect of private and public like indifferent taking her practice of the high life in such things as daily prayer education of children observance of the laws of the hi mary abstention from politics the obligation to contribute to the fund the importance of the nineteen day feast and opportunity to acquire us some knowledge of the present day practice of the high administration. Now it seems we may well the entering in the era. Of the long for expansion of our beloved mankind's growing hunger for spiritual truth is our opportunity as humanity plunges deeper into that condition of which the hollow road to disclose it now would not be me and seemingly so must the believers increasingly stand out. As assured orientated and fundamentally happy being conforming to a standard which in direct contrast so the ignoble and i'm or a little attitudes of modern society is the source of their honor strength and maturity. It is this marked contrast between the bigger unity and discipline of the high community on the one hand and the increasing confusion despair and feverish temple of a new society on the other which during the turbulent years ahead will draw the eyes of humanity to the sanctuary. Of the hollow laws world redeeming faith the constant progress of the cause of god is a source of joy to us all and a stimulus to further action but not ordinary action heroic deeds are now called border such a czar performed only by divinely sustain and detached. So in the quotation are the heroes and heroines here today who will arise to perform those heroic beans as the time at last come has it come at last. Finally eleven friends these tender words from our beloved guardian who is always the source of joy and inspiration to the hands of the cause of god is the sun and were but the moon's to his son and without him we are less than the dust we have no light of our own we take i like from him. We are the remnants of his over shadowing cloak of tenderness and love to all of us so i'll close with these words of his to each one of us know is the time to set aside nee to forget altogether minor considerations regarding our internal relationships. And present a solid united front to the world animated by no other desire but to serve and propagate his cars with hearts clinton's from the least trace of suspicion and fill with hope and faith in what the spirit of love connective. We must one and all endeavour at this moment to forget past impressions and with absolute goodwill and genuine cooperation unite in deepening and defusing the spirit of love and service that the cause as thus far so remarkably shown to the world let us be on our guard less too much concern in that which is secondary in importance and too long a preoccupation with the details of our affairs and activities make us neglect the most essential the most urgent of all our obligations. Namely to bury our cares and teach the cause delivering far and wide this message of salvation to us sorely stricken world let us pray to god that in these days of world encircling gloom when the dark forces of nature of hate rebellion and are the end reaction are threatening the very stability of human society. When the most precious fruits of civilization are undergoing severe and on parallel tests we made all realize more profoundly than ever that though but a mere handful um it's receiving masses of the world we are in this day the chosen instruments of god's grace that our mission is most urgent and vital to the fate of humanity and fortified by the sentiments. Arise to achieve god's only purpose for men kind goodbye until we meet again face to face in some far off or nearby pioneering pushed