Every Day upon Arising One Should Compare Today with Yesterday and Pray… (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, November 19, 1945: Ibid.)ġ485. Meditation is very important, and the Guardian sees no reason why the friends should not be taught to meditate, but they should guard against superstitious or foolish ideas creeping into it." Naturally, if one meditates as a Bahá’í he is connected with the Source if a man believing in God meditates he is tuning in to the power and mercy of God but we cannot say that any inspiration which a person, not knowing Bahá’u’lláh, or not believing in God, receives is merely from his own ego. "Through meditation the doors of deeper knowledge and inspiration may be opened. (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, May 15, 1944: Ibid.)ġ484. "Prayer and meditation are very important factors in deepening the spiritual life of the individual, but with them must go also action and example, as these are the tangible results of the former.
With Prayer and Meditation Must Go Action and Example (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, January 25, 1943: Spiritual Foundations: Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude, op. God can inspire into our minds things that we had no previous knowledge of, if he desires to do so." "The inspiration received through meditation is of a nature that one cannot measure or determine. The friends are urged-nay enjoined-to pray, and they also should meditate, but the manner of doing the latter is left entirely to the individual… "… There are no set forms of meditation prescribed in the teachings, no plan, as such, for inner development. The Inspiration Received Through Meditation The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more acceptable is it in the presence of God."ġ482. "The most acceptable prayer is the one offered with the utmost spirituality and radiance its prolongation hath not been and is not beloved of God. The More Detached and Pure the Prayer the More Acceptable to God (The Báb: Selections from the Writings of the Báb, pp. For in the forthcoming Revelation it is He Who is the Remembrance of God, whereas the devotions which thou art offering at present have been prescribed by the Point of the Bayán, while He Who will shine resplendent in the Day of Resurrection is the Revelation of the inner reality enshrined in the Point of the Bayán-a Revelation more potent, immeasurably more potent, than the one which hath preceded it." But if He appeareth while thou hast turned unto thyself in meditation, this shall not profit thee, unless thou shalt mention His Name by words He hath revealed. For He is the Source of all goodness, and unto Him revert all things. Thus if haply thou dost live in the Day of Resurrection, the mirror of thy heart will be set towards Him Who is the Day-Star of Truth and no sooner will His light shine forth than the splendour thereof shall forthwith be reflected in thy heart.
Let not thy tongue pay lip service in praise of God while thy heart be not attuned to the exalted summit of Glory, and the Focal Point of communion. "The reason why privacy hath been enjoined in moments of devotion is this, that thou mayest give thy best attention to the remembrance of God, that thy heart may at all times be animated with His Spirit, and not be shut out as by a veil from thy Best Beloved. The Reason for Privacy When Communing With God (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, from a recently translated Tablet: Spiritual Foundations: Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, a compilation of the Universal House of Justice, 1980)ġ480. "The prayerful condition is the best of all conditions, for man in such a state communeth with God, especially when prayer is offered in private and at times when one's mind is free, such as at midnight. A Prayerful Condition is the Best of Conditions, Especially in Private and at Midnight Lights of Guidance - Prayer and Meditation Helen Hornbyġ479.
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