"...a spiritual receptivity, a purity of heart and uprightness of character
exists potentially amongst many of the peoples of the Pacific Isles..."
(Shoghi Effendi, Unfolding Destiny, p. 365)
"The spiritual receptivity of the Pacific Islanders, their purity of heart and
uprightness of character and their religious history, indicate that they are basically
God-fearing peoples."
(Universal House of Justice, March 21, 1986, to selected Pacific communities, including
the Mariana Islands)
"...indeed of the whole Pacific area . . . in that vast area of the globe, an
area endowed with unimaginable potentialities, and which, owing to its strategic position,
is bound to feel the impact of world shaking forces, and to shape to a marked degree
through the experience gained by its peoples in the school of adversity, the destinies of
mankind."
(Shoghi Effendi, Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand, 19
July 1957, p. 138)
"Should they attempt to conceal His light on the continent, He will assuredly
rear His head in the midmost heart of the ocean and, raising His voice, proclaim: 'I am
the lifegiver of the world!"
(World Order of Baha'u'llah, "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah",
pp. l08-l09)
O Thou Pure and Omnipotent God!
O Thou my kind Lord!
Grant us such power as to enable us to
withstand the perils of the entire world,
and give us such might as to cause the waves
of our endeavours, like unto the Pacific Ocean,
to reach the shores of both East and West.
('Abdu'l-Baha, translated by the World Centre Research Department)
