It is often exceedingly difficult, well-nigh impossible to
distinguish between true guidance and psychic phenomena. Through the power of
concentration, prayer and meditation and the effects produced one can, however,
feel the direct spiritual guidance of God. Purity of heart is an indispensable
condition.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated January 14, 1938 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Spiritualism, Reincarnation
and Related Subjects’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal
House of Justice, published in ‘Baha’i Institutions’ a compilation by India
Publishing Trust, 1973)