We have not, as yet, found the secret of setting aglow the
hearts of great numbers of Europeans with the divine fire. This must now be
your constant preoccupation, the subject of your deliberations at this
Conference, the purpose of your lives, to which you will attain "only if
you arise to trample beneath your feet every earthly desire." We call upon
every Baha'i in Europe to ponder this vital matter in his inmost soul, to
consider what each may do to attract greater power to his efforts, to radiate
more brilliantly and irresistibly the joyous, regenerating power of the Cause,
so that the Baha'i community in every country of Europe may stand out as a
beacon light repelling the dark shadows of godlessness and moral degradation
now threatening to obliterate the last remnants of a dying order. We call upon
the Continental Board of Counsellors to consult following this Conference with
every National Spiritual Assembly in Europe, and together, launch such a
campaign of spiritualization of the Baha'i community, allied with intensified
personal teaching, as has never been witnessed in your continent. The goals of the Seven Year Plan can all be
accomplished as the result of such a programme and the European Baha'i
community may achieve through it the spiritual force and character to
demonstrate to a stricken and declining civilization the peace and joy and
order of the long-awaited, Christ- promised Kingdom of God on earth.
- The
Universal House of Justice (From a message dated 2 June 1982 addressed to the
friends gathered at the International Conference in Dublin; ‘Messages from the
Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
