The second fundamental principle which enables us to
understand the pattern towards which Bahá’u’lláh wishes human society to evolve
is the principle of organic growth which requires that detailed developments,
and the understanding of detailed developments, become available only with the
passage of time and with the help of the guidance given by that Central
Authority in the Cause to whom all must turn. In this regard one can use the simile of a tree. If a farmer plants a tree, he cannot state at
that moment what its exact height will be, the number of its branches or the
exact time of its blossoming. He can,
however, give a general impression of its size and pattern of growth and can
state with confidence which fruit it will bear. The same is true of the evolution of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh. - The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 27 April 1995 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Social Action’, Prepared by
the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, August 2020)
