The light hath a center and if one desire to seek it otherwise than from the center, one can never attain to it....

Turn thine attention to the days of Christ; some people imagine that without the Messianic outpourings it was possible to attain to truth, but this very imagination became the cause of the deprivation.
A man who tries to worship God without turning to His Manifestation is like a man in a dungeon trying through his imagination to revel in the glories of the sunshine.
Prayer Indispensable and Obligatory The use of prayer is enjoined upon Baha'is in no uncertain terms.
Baha'u'llah says in the Kitab-i-Aqdas:-- Chant (or recite) the Words of God every morning and evening.

The one who neglects this has not been faithful to the Covenant of God and His agreement, and he who turns away from it today is of those who have turned away from God.

Fear God, O my people! Let not too much reading (of the Sacred Word) and actions by day or night make you proud.

To chant but one verse with joy and gladness is better for you than reading all the Revelations of the Omnipotent God with carelessness.