ing that affects a person personally, he
must be obeyed, but when he gives advice, such as that he gave you in a
previous letter about your future, it is not binding; you are free to
follow it or not as you please."

89: GUIDANCE, DIVINE (OF GUARDIAN)

"He feels that if ... ponders more deeply about the fundamentals of Divine
Revelation, she will also come to understand the Guardianship. Once the
mind and heart have grasped the fact that God guides men through a
Mouthpiece, a human being, a Prophet, infallible and unerring, it is only
a logical projection of this acceptance to also accept the station of
'Abdu'l-Baha and the Guardians. The Guardians are the evidence of the
maturity of mankind in the sense that at long last men have progressed to
the point of having one world, and of needing one world management for
human affairs. In the spiritual realm they have also reached the point
where God could leave, in human hands (i.e. the Guardians) guided directly
by the Bab and Baha'u'llah, as the Master states in His Will, the affairs
of His Faith for this Dispensation. This is what is meant by 'this is the
day which will not be followed by night.' In this Dispensation, divine
guidance flows on to us in this world after the Prophet's ascension,
through first the Master, and then the Guardians. If a person can accept
Baha'u'llah's function, it should not present any difficulty to them to
also accept what He has ordained in a Divinely guided individual in
matters pertaining to the Faith."

90: GUIDANCE (INDIVIDUAL)

"The questions you ask in your letter about individual guidance have two
aspects, one might say. It is good that people should turn to God and
beseech His aid in solving their problems and guiding their acts, indeed
every day of their lives, if they feel the desire to do so. But they
cannot possibly impose what they feel to be their guidance on anyone else,
let alone on Assemblies or Committees, as Baha'u'llah has expressly laid
down the law of consultation and never indicated that anything else
superseded it."

"As to meditation: This also is a field in which the individual is free.
There are no set forms of meditation prescribed in the teachings, no plan
as such, for inner development. 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."

91: GUIDANCE (QUESTION OF)

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