The teachers of the
Cause must be heavenly, lordly and radiant. They must be embodied spirit,
personified intellect, and arise in service with the utmost firmness,
steadfastness and self-sacrifice. In their journeys they must not be attached to
food and clothing. They must concentrate their thoughts on the outpourings of
the Kingdom of God and beg for the confirmations of the Holy Spirit. With a
divine power, with an attraction of consciousness, with heavenly glad tidings
and celestial holiness they must perfume the nostrils with the fragrances of
the Paradise of Abhá.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)
