(Stenographic notes)
The human race is immersed in the ocean of the spirit. Baha'u'llah is
universal, and He has surrounded humanity with all the blessings of the Day of
God. You and I are aware of the fact that we are immersed in the ocean of the
spirit, but the majority of the people are not yet aware, and when we are not
aware of the spirit that surrounds and penetrates us, and tries to act upon a
reluctant heart and a mind that is full of the shadows of the past, the
individual encased in this unawareness is fearful of the spirit because the
spirit, to him, is something that threatens what he thinks is the basis of his
human personality. It is as though he were constantly being threatened by death-not
physical death-but the extinction of what he considers to be his security.
Those who are aware of the spirit, and know it can do nothing but bless those
who become aware of it, have laid upon themselves the mission of the ages, to
remove the obstacles from human personality which shut people out from the
Spirit of Baha'u'llah.
In this great Day of God there is no one way to free all souls. The number of
ways which are necessary to learn is exactly the number of the Baha'is
themselves, which means that every Baha'i has a mission, and if any of us fail
to do our part in the quickening of souls, it means we have left certain people
in the prison of their human personality, because we have thrown away the keys
that would open the doors and make them Baha'is.
