With regard to your question as to the value of intuition as
a source of guidance for the individual: implicit faith in our intuitive powers
is unwise, but through daily prayer and sustained effort one can discover,
though not always and fully, God’s will intuitively. Under no circumstances,
however, can a person be absolutely certain that he is recognizing God’s will,
through the exercise of his intuition. It often happens that the latter results
in completely misrepresenting the truth, and thus becomes a source of error
rather than of guidance.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 29 October 1938 written on behalf
of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Prayer and
Devotional Life, prepared by the Baha’i World Center February, 2019)
