Mysticism

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Despite Bahá'u'lláh having spoken in language of the mystic, His supreme purpose was to disclose the glory of the station of unity[edit]

"The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Daystar of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The One true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words.

"Exert yourselves that ye may attain this transcendent and most sublime station, the station that can insure the protection and security of all mankind. This goal excelleth every other goal, and this aspiration is the monarch of all aspirations...At one time We spoke in the language of the lawgiver; at another in that of the truth-seeker and the mystic, and yet Our supreme purpose and highest wish hath always been to disclose the glory and sublimity of this station. God, verily, is a sufficient witness!"

(Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, pp. 14-15)

Bahá'í worship cannot produce more than transitory results without the social, humanitarian, educational and scientific pursuits centering around the Dependencies of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár[edit]

"Divorced from the social, humanitarian, educational and scientific pursuits centering around the Dependencies of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Bahá'í worship, however exalted in its conception, however passionate in fervor, can never hope to achieve beyond the meagre and often transitory results produced by the contemplations of the ascetic or the communion of the passive worshiper."

(Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í Administration, no. 186)

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