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Belief overview
Consultation as community method
Consultation is presented as a spiritual and practical form of collective deliberation.
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Neutral
What it is: Consultation is a method of community decision based on sincere search for truth, listening, and detachment from ego.
How the tradition understands it: The goal is not mere dispute of opinions, but collective discernment oriented to the common good.
Textual basis and context: Bahá'í administration and community life give great prominence to this principle.
Debates and variations: The consultative ideal is often praised, but its concrete realization depends on institutional maturity and social practice.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Shoghi Effendi on the administrative order
Shoghi Effendi’s interpretations systematize modern Bahá’í administration.
Reference: Letters and compilations of Shoghi Effendi.
Content: The material defines with clarity the institutional functioning of the global community.
Use in debate: It is crucial for the administrative order and consultation.
The Nineteen Day Feast
The periodic gathering combines devotion, consultation, and communal fellowship.
Reference: The practice of the Nineteen Day Feast.
Content: The gathering brings together prayer, deliberation, and the social life of the community.
Use in debate: It is important for consultation and communal order.