He can only offer you, sincerely, his advice, which is to
overcome whatever obstacles are hindering you from active membership in the
Bahá’í Community. Man-made things are one thing, and God-given things another.
It is not spiritually healthy to recognize the Revelation of God for this
age—or at any period in history to recognize a Revelation sent by God for our
good and development—and not embrace it. There is no middle course open for the
soul who has found the Eternal Beloved. He must serve Him, or he will grow cold
and spiritually confused.
As you obviously seem to have taken these teachings to heart
he feels you should now become active in the service of the Cause.
- Shoghi
Effendi (From a message dated 4 September 1949 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to an individual believer; ‘Messages to Canada’)
