Who Bahá’u’lláh is

He Who in such dramatic circumstances was made to sustain the overpowering weight of so glorious a Mission was none other than the One Whom posterity will acclaim, and Whom innumerable followers already recognize, as

• the Judge,
• the Lawgiver and Redeemer of all mankind, as
• the Organizer of the entire planet, as
• the Unifier of the children of men, as
• the Inaugurator of the long-awaited millennium, as
• the Originator of a new “Universal Cycle,” as
• the Establisher of the Most Great Peace, as
• the Fountain of the Most Great Justice, as
• the Proclaimer of the coming of age of the entire human race,
• as the Creator of a new World Order, and as
• the Inspirer and Founder of a world civilization.

- Shoghi Effendi  ('God Passes By')

Teaching the Cause of God: - “an indispensable feature of Bahá’í life”

In recent messages we have expressed joy at witnessing the steady increase in the tempo of teaching across the globe. The discharge of this fundamental spiritual obligation by the individual believer has always been, and continues to be, an indispensable feature of Bahá’í life. 

- The Universal House of Justice  (Ridvan 2010 message; online Baha’i Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)

“self and ego”: - “a central theme of the Manifestation”

Your concern about the overemphasis upon the self and ego echoes a central theme of the Manifestation Himself, and it is the subject of many allusions in His Writings wherein, for example, He speaks of

• "the evil of egotism" and of
• those who are "captives of egotism."

The Master refers to

• "the rust of egotism"
• and tells of ". . . the subtlety of the ego of man. It is the Tempter (the subtle serpent of the mind) and the poor soul not entirely emancipated from its suggestions is deceived until entirely severed from all save God."
• In another passage He says: "As long as the ego is subjected to carnal desires, sin and error continue."
• And He promised that with assiduous effort "Man will become free from egotism; he will be released from the material world . . . ". 

- The Universal House of Justice  (From a letter dated 4 August 1977 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Psychology and Knowledge of Self’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, attached to a letter dated 23 October 1994, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer; Baha’i Online Library)