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Bahá’ís believe that community interractions should play a big role in the life of every individual Bahá’í. The community is seen as a group of united individuals who arise to work for the common good of people both within and without its boundaries.

A community is of course more than the sum of its membership; it is a comprehensive unit of civilization composed of individuals, families and institutions that are originators and encouragers of systems, agencies and organizations working together with a common purpose for the welfare of people both within and beyond its own borders; it is a composition of diverse, interacting participants that are achieving unity in an unremitting quest for spiritual and social progress.
-The Universal House of Justice

To achieve this level of cohesion in a community, Bahá’ís are encouraged to form personal relationships with each other. The Bahá’í writings state that it is not enough to show frienship in love alone. Bahá’ís are encouraged to let their hearts burn with love for all who may cross their paths. This love and devotion was evident in the lives of the early Bahá’ís during the time of Baha'u'llah.

So intoxicated were those who had quaffed from the cup of Bahá'u'lláh's presence, that in their eyes the palaces of kings appeared more ephemeral than a spider's web... The
celebrations and festivities that were theirs were such as the kings of the earth had never dreamt of...
Many a night, no less than ten persons subsisted on no more than a pennyworth of dates. No one knew to whom actually belonged the shoes, the cloaks, or the robes that
were to be found in their houses. Whoever went to the bazaar could claim that the shoes upon his feet were his own, and each one who entered the presence of Bahá'u'lláh could affirm that the cloak and robe he then wore belonged to him. Their own names they had forgotten, their hearts were emptied of aught else except adoration for their Beloved... O, for the joy of those days, and the gladness and wonder of those hours!
- God Passes By.