Tag: "Guidance, Study of the"

tag name	Guidance, Study of the	type:	Administration; Institute process; Writings, general
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Guidance,_Study_of_the
related tags	Consultation; Deepening; Guidance
referring tags	- Bahá'í Reference Library (website); - Bahá'í Writings; Lights of Guidance (book); Principles of Bahá'í Administration (book); Shoghi Effendi, letters of; Spiritual Assemblies; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages (collected)
notes	Guidance refers here to the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, and the letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice.
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... every believer must continually study the Sacred Writings and the instructions of the beloved Guardian [Shoghi Effendi], striving always to attain a new and better understanding of their import to him and to his society..." – From a letter dated 5 June 1988 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer "... achievements tend to be more enduring in those regions where the friends strive to understand the totality of the vision conveyed in the messages, while difficulties often arise when phrases and sentences are taken out of context and viewed as isolated fragments. The institutions and agencies of the Faith should help the believers to analyse but not reduce, to ponder meaning but not dwell on words, to identify distinct areas of action but not compartmentalize. We realize that this is no small task. Society speaks more and more in slogans. We hope that the habits the friends are forming in study circles to work with full and complex thoughts and to achieve understanding will be extended to various spheres of activity. Closely related to the habit of reducing an entire theme into one or two appealing phrases is the tendency to perceive dichotomies, where, in fact, there are none. It is essential that ideas forming part of a cohesive whole not be held in opposition to one another. In a letter written on his behalf, Shoghi Effendi warned: “We must take the teachings as a great, balanced whole, not seek out and oppose to each other two strong statements that have different meanings; somewhere in between, there are links uniting the two.” How encouraged we have been to note that many of the misunderstandings of the past have fallen away as appreciation for the provisions of the Plan has grown. Expansion and consolidation, individual action and collective campaigns, refinement of the inner character and consecration to selfless service—the harmonious relationship between these facets of Bahá’í life is now readily acknowledged. It brings us equal pleasure to know that the friends are on their guard, lest new false dichotomies be allowed to pervade their thinking. They are well aware that the diverse elements of a programme of growth are complementary. The tendency to see activities, and the agencies that support them, in competition with one another, a tendency so common in society at large, is being avoided by the community." – Universal House of Justice, letter dated 28 December 2010, to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors
references	www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Study guidance

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