"If you find you need to visualize someone when you pray, think of the Master. Through Him you can address Baha'u'llah. Gradually try to think of the qualities of the Manifestation, and in that way a mental form will fade out, for after all the body is not the thing, His Spirit is there and is the essential, everlasting element." (60:1)

160 PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory)
"The daily obligatory prayers are three in number. The shortest one consists of a single verse which has to be recited once in every twenty- four hours and at midday. The medium (prayer) which begins with the words: `The Lord is witness that there is none other God but He,' has to be recited three times a day, in the morning, at noon and in the evening. The long prayer which is the most elaborate of the three has to be recited once in every twenty- four hours, and at any time one feels inclined to do so. (60:2)

"The believer is entirely free to choose any one of those three prayers but is under the obligation of reciting one of them, and in accordance with any specific directions with which they may be accompanied. (60:3)

"These daily obligatory prayers, together with a few other specific ones, such as the Healing Prayer, the Tablet of Ahmad, have been invested by Baha'u'llah with a special potency and significance, and should therefore be accepted as such and be recited by the believers with unquestioned faith and confidence, that through them they may enter into a much closer communion with God, and identify themselves more fully with His Laws and precepts." (60:4)

161 PRAYERS (Healing)
"The healing prayers revealed by Baha'u'llah can be effective even though used by non- believers. But their effectiveness is of course greater in the case of those who fully accept the Revelation." (60:5)

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