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It has been the general characteristic of religion that organization marks the interruption of the true spiritual influence and serves to prevent the original impulse from being carried into the world. The organization has invariably become a substitute for religion rather that a method or an instrument used to give the religion effect. The separation of peoples unto different traditions unbridged by any peaceful or constructive intercourse has made this inevitable. Up to the present time, in fact, no Founder of a revealed religion has explicitly laid down the principles that should guide the administrative machinery of the Faith He has established (264:1) In the Baha'i Cause, the principles of world administration were expressed by Baha'u'llah. (264:2) The purpose of this organization is to make possible a true and lasting unity among peoples of different races, classes, interests, characteristics, and inherited creeds.
(264:3)
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