Planning

Types of[edit]

Who is to plan[edit]

Prerequisites to success in planning[edit]

Pitfalls to avoid in planning[edit]

(Some accumulated routines block positive energies and aspirations)[edit]

"It no longer requires prophetic insight to appreciate that the opening years of the new century will see the release of energies and aspirations infinitely more potent than the accumulated routines, falsities, and addictions that have so long blocked their expression."

(Bahá'í International Community, Who's Writing the Future?)

A believer cannot fulfill his true mission by living according to a set of rigid regulations[edit]

"A believer cannot fulfill his true mission in life as a follower of the Blessed Perfection merely by living according to a set of rigid regulations, as you will recognize. It is neither possible nor desirable for the House of Justice to lay down a set of rules covering every situation. Rather is it the task of the individual believer to determine, according to his own prayerful understanding of the Writings, precisely what his course of conduct should be in relation to situations which he encounters in his daily life. He must continually study the sacred Writings and the instructions of the beloved Guardian, striving always to attain a new and better understanding of their import to him, and orient his life towards service to Baha'u'llah, praying fervently for divine guidance, wisdom and strength to do what is pleasing to God."

(On behalf of the Universal House of Justice, Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86, section 224.6)

We must not form any (fixed material?) habits[edit]

"As the heat was excessive and because He had been revealing Tablets and visiting with the friends, `Abdu'l-Bahá was tired. We said that there was a bath in the house and that the Master could have His bath every day. He said: `We are like soldiers; we must not form any habits or have a care for anything.'"

(Mahmúd's Diary, July 12, 1912)