- These communities are striving to focus the light of those teachings on the chronic problems that afflict the societies around them;
- they are devising programmes of practical action centred on spiritual precepts.
- These are communities that champion the education of both girls and boys under all circumstances;
- that subscribe to an expanded conception of worship which includes work carried out in the spirit of service;
- that look to spiritual aspirations, rather than self-interest, as the ever-flowing springs of motivation;
- and that inculcate a resolve to advance individual and social transformation. They seek to bring about spiritual, social, and material progress simultaneously.
- Above all, these are communities that define themselves by their commitment to the oneness of humanity.
- They value the rich diversity represented by all the world’s kindreds, while maintaining that one’s identity as a member of the human race has precedence before other identities and associations.
- They affirm the need for a global consciousness, arising from a shared concern for the well-being of humankind,
- and they count all the peoples of the earth as spiritual brothers and sisters.
Not content with simply belonging to such communities, Bahá’u’lláh’s followers are making constant effort to invite like-minded souls to join them in learning how to put His teachings into effect.
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a message dated October 2019 on the Bicentennial
Anniversary of the Birth of the Báb, addressed to ‘all who have come to honour
the Herald of a new Dawn’; Messages from the Universal House of Justice
2001-2022)
