What is happening in the world is saddening everyone... for what we hear and see is a world crumbling away, the ground beneth us with the skies above us....
People become each hour more afraid of their neighbours, of their future and of life in general...
violence, famine, extreem poverty, economic and ecological disasters.... society is afflicted by a disease we don't want to recognize!
'Abdu'l-Bahá stresses that the development of the physical world and the happiness of mankind are dependent on both the "call of civilization, of the progress of the material world" and the "soul-stirring call of God, Whose spiritual teachings are safeguards of the everlasting glory, the eternal happiness and illumination of the world of humanity".
What is happening us is clearly described in those words:
"The violent derangement of the world's equilibrium; thetrembling that will seize the limbs of mankind; the radical transformation of human society; the rolling up of the present-day Order; the fundamental changes affecting the structure of government; ... the development of infernal engines of war; the burning of cities; the contamination of the atmosphere of the earth -- these stand out as the signs and portents that must either herald or accompany the retributive calamity which, as decreed by Him Who is the Judge and Redeemer of mankind, must, sooner or later, afflict a society which, for the most part, and for over a century, has turned a deaf ear to the Voice of God's Messenger in this day -- a calamity which must purge the human race of the dross of its age-long corruptions, and weld its component parts into a firmly knit world-embracing Fellowship -- a Fellowship destined, in the fullness of time, to be incorporated in the framework, and to be galvanized by the spiritualizing influences, of a mysteriously expanding, divinely appointed Order, and to flower, in the course of future Dispensations, into a Civilization, the like of which mankind has, at no stage in its evolution, witnessed." Shoghi Effendi
(Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, p. 70)
"A tempest, unprecedented in its violence, unpredictable in its course, catastrophic in its immediate effects, unimaginably glorious in its ultimate consequences, is at present sweeping the face of the earth. Its driving power is remorselessly gaining in range and momentum. Its cleansing force, however much undetected, is increasing with every passing day. Humanity, gripped in the clutches of its devastating power, is smitten by the evidences of its resistless fury. It can neither perceive its origin, nor probe its significance, nor discern its outcome. Bewildered, agonized and helpless, it watches this great and mighty wind of God invading the remotest and fairest regions of the earth, rocking its foundations, deranging its equilibrium, sundering its nations, disrupting the homes of its peoples, wasting its cities, driving into exile its kings, pulling down its bulwarks, uprooting its institutions, dimming its light, and harrowing up the souls of its inhabitants." (Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. 3)
If we think that natural disasters are the worst thing that could ever happen, we are wrong...
people dies, and as brutal as this sounds this is in human nature, we die to this human world, but our souls live for eternity, developing in every world of God and we know God is the All Mercifull, the Bestower of Gifts, the Most Loving... we will never perish in His Hands.
What IS worst is the way we keep leading society... looking for our own good, fearing the people living on this small planet just because they are not us... as if it doesn't touch me, then it's not worth the trouble to find a solution for the pain.... how childish we are, not seeing that every single human being is a member of the human family we all are part of!!
We have entered the state of human maturity and should now take on our shoulders the responsabilities of our living! We can make it... we can achieve solutions for the wellfare of all in a peacefull, reasonably, determined way...
starting from a single step: recognize the onennes of mankind!!
"So powerful is the light of UNITY that it can illuminate the whole earth."
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 14)
"Not until humanity has accepted its organic oneness can it meet even its
immediate challenges, let alone those that lie ahead: "The
well-being of mankind," Bahá'u'lláh insists, "its peace and security, are
unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established."
(Baha'i International Community, 1992 May 29, Statement on Baha'u'llah, p. 15)
"The spiritual transformation of humanity, the relief of the diverse peoples of
the earth from rampant suffering, the attainment and preservation of true
peace in the world, the birth of a world civilization -- all such noble
objectives of the Cause of God will remain unrealized unless they are
associated with that radical change in the structure and functioning of
human society inherent in the growth and fruition of His divinely ordained
Order. " (Compilations, NSA USA - Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities)
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