...The first condition [1] is absolute love and harmony
amongst the members of the assembly. They must be wholly free from estrangement
and must manifest in themselves the Unity of God, for they are the waves of one
sea, the drops of one river, the stars of one heaven, the rays of one sun, the
trees of one orchard, the flowers of one garden. Should harmony of thought and
absolute unity be non-existent, that gathering shall be dispersed and that
assembly be brought to naught.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in
‘Baha’i Administration’)
[1] “the obligations incumbent upon the members of
consulting councils”
