He also feels very strongly, as he has pointed out in the enclosed letter
to the Calcutta Assembly, that the Baha'is must be mature and realize
that, whether they are conscious of it or not, the intense feelings of
hatred, suspicion and jealousy which are flaming up everywhere in India
and Pakistan, are tinging the attitudes of the believers themselves. At
such a time, seeing this colossal example before them of the very essence
of everything we are seeking to purify the world from, the Hindu, Moslem
and Zoroastrian Baha'is should determine to show a love for each other and
an inner spiritual solidarity so great as to forcibly attract the
attention of their countrymen and impress them with the fact that
Baha'u'llah's Message is, indeed, the only remedy for the ills afflicting
the great multitudes of the Far East. It would seem, however, from your
reports and those of individuals who write him, that the Baha'is are doing
the very opposite and enabling outsiders to point the finger at them and
say "the very rivalry we are experiencing between various communities, the
Baha'is are also experiencing!" How terrible, how tragic, if Baha'is
should let such a situation develop, such a betrayal of not only the trust
God has placed in their hands but also a betrayal of the glorious
victories they themselves won during the past decade!
The Guardian assures you all, and through you, the believers of India,
Pakistan and Burma, that he will supplicate in the Holy Shrines that the
labours you have all achieved together may be preserved from blemish, and
that you may go on together to fulfil your plan and raise still higher the
name of your fame.