Hope For Our World
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Hope for Unity... and faith!
~ It gives me hope ... that there are millions of people around
the world involved in a
faith that holds unity and peace as central, the common oneness of all the faiths is upheld,
and the nobility of human nature is fully acknowledged.
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I love it that... a religion has outlawed holy war (!)* and gives credence to
scientific thinking,
calling out the human capacity to recognize truth and
challenging us to investigate beyond tradition...
A religion that purports to put unity first, above its own self- promotion--
-- could this be real?!! It gives me some hope, if nothing more...
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The Baha'is say that...
The Baha'is say that...
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"The principle of the Oneness of Mankind,
the pivot round which all the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh revolve-- is no mere outburst of ignorant emotionalism or an expression of vague and pious hope. " It implies an organic change in the structure of present-day society" |
... It is a change such as the world has "not yet experienced ...
"It calls for no less than the reconstruction and the demilitarization of the whole civilized world .”*
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More Than Talk...
The quote above, from the Baha'i teachings is a vital part of its creed, that unity must be
expressed by building a universal and unified social system based on spiritual principles.
Part of that construction is the instituting of systems and methods of governance within the Baha'i
ranks, as revealed by Baha'u'llah. It is these systems, attitudes and pathways that Baha'is find most
uniquely powerful, believing that they can bring a vital transformation in politics and culture.
The world has been invited to study and use them inasmuch as they are able and willing.
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"It calls for no less than the reconstruction and the demilitarization of the whole civilized world .”*
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More Than Talk...
The quote above, from the Baha'i teachings is a vital part of its creed, that unity must be
expressed by building a universal and unified social system based on spiritual principles.
Part of that construction is the instituting of systems and methods of governance within the Baha'i
ranks, as revealed by Baha'u'llah. It is these systems, attitudes and pathways that Baha'is find most
uniquely powerful, believing that they can bring a vital transformation in politics and culture.
The world has been invited to study and use them inasmuch as they are able and willing.
Read more / Next page
It gives me hope to know that...
Religion, by the way, can no longer be about Salvation for the one,
and it is changing to meet that reality.
There is no hope for the individual without Salvation for a World--
and that means real concrete facts and acts!
It means alot more than just thinking, wishing, praying or "being spiritual", let alone religious...
In fact, what we think of as religion has little to do with the world salvation that we need at all!
There is a model now held up for social organization, studied by scholars and found to
counter common flaws of known governmental systems* --
The model begins with Unity, claimed as the foremost needed intervention for our world.
I believe that unity is key for healing our world.
But much more is needed...
and it is changing to meet that reality.
There is no hope for the individual without Salvation for a World--
and that means real concrete facts and acts!
It means alot more than just thinking, wishing, praying or "being spiritual", let alone religious...
In fact, what we think of as religion has little to do with the world salvation that we need at all!
There is a model now held up for social organization, studied by scholars and found to
counter common flaws of known governmental systems* --
The model begins with Unity, claimed as the foremost needed intervention for our world.
I believe that unity is key for healing our world.
But much more is needed...
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Next: Unity's Light, Part 3 -- A model for Governance The unity of the Baha'is gives me hope. Visit Bahai.org site |
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Unity is vital, and Spirit too!
Spirit can help to bring Unity... Link to SpiritTop.com for Healing & Spiritual connection for Thinkers, Seekers, Rebels & a Better World Oneness of and through the teachings of the great Prophets of earth, and journeys of faith and Goodwill... _________________________________________ |
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This is not so much about religion as it is about oneness and hope thru Baha'i contributions to Unity and Spirit..
Without them, this site could not have been created...
Without them, this site could not have been created...
Next:-- Unity's Growing Light -- Part 3
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* Above quote from Shogi Effendi, continued...
"Its appeal is not to be merely identified with a reawakening of the spirit of brotherhood and good-will...
nor does it aim solely at the fostering of harmonious cooperation among individual peoples and nations.
Its implications are deeper, its claims greater than any which the Prophets of old were allowed to advance.
Its message is applicable not only to the individual, but concerns itself primarily with the nature of those
essential relationships that must bind all the states and nations as members of one human family.."
"Its appeal is not to be merely identified with a reawakening of the spirit of brotherhood and good-will...
nor does it aim solely at the fostering of harmonious cooperation among individual peoples and nations.
Its implications are deeper, its claims greater than any which the Prophets of old were allowed to advance.
Its message is applicable not only to the individual, but concerns itself primarily with the nature of those
essential relationships that must bind all the states and nations as members of one human family.."