Parts One and Two of this series introduced a major Figure in world history, Bahá’u’lláh. They indicated His major conceptions of human nature as well as the idea of progressive spiritual evolution—not just of individuals but of the entire human family—stages of infancy, youth, adolescence, and adulthood—showing that humanity is now leaving its turbulent adolescence and entering the inevitable stage of maturity.
As hard as it may be to grasp the idea that humanity is approaching a sane, mature, rational, and peaceful consummation of its often tragic and certainly painful growing-up, the document that spawned these posts, Who Is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century, gives compelling evidence of a new direction, a new mandate in human affairs. The fact that most of the evidence of this growth into human maturity occurred in the twentieth century—an evolutionarily short time—is as significant as each of the signs of impending global sanity and the much prophesied peace and tranquillity of all peoples.
I think it’s extremely important to focus on what has been accomplished by humanity in its suffering struggle to establish a mature, peaceful world. Certainly, this attitude of positivity will do far more to help the process than the quite common attempt to belittle efforts that haven’t yet blossomed into efficient operation—like slapping a child who’s learning to walk when it falls down because it isn’t doing it right yet . . .
The major learning of humanity in this phase of its growth is Unity.
Some say that we won’t have unity till we have peace. Bahá’u’lláh makes it indelibly clear that peace will not be possible until unity is established. Here are two quotes from the document:
“The central spiritual issue facing all people, Bahá’u’lláh says, whatever their nation, religion, or ethnic origin, is that of laying the foundations of a global society that can reflect the oneness of human nature.”
“The unification of the earth’s inhabitants is neither a remote utopian vision nor, ultimately, a matter of choice. It constitutes the next, inescapable stage in the process of social evolution, a stage toward which all the experience of past and present is impelling us.”
This is an extremely important document so I’ve also provided a Word .doc and Adobe .pdf file for download.
Here’s a list of some of the most important changes in humanity’s focus, begun in the twentieth century and, sad to say, too often slapped down in people’s discussions, well before humanity has had a chance to learn to walk confidently down their pathways:
* The United Nations as a global peace-building organization
* The wide-spread shame at the perversities of the second world war which led to a multitude of non-governmental, humanitarian organizations which consult with the U.N.
* The systems of financial control, reserve funds, and trade regulations instituted after the Great Depression which may instruct current leaders in the proper steps to avoid having it happen again
* Global programs aiming to establish universal education and the Internet—a tool which can accomplish that goal
* Technological and scientific inventions reaching heights that have made any insane acts by people or nations instantly visible to the rest of humanity (before 1900, it was relatively easy to commit atrocious acts then argue them out of existence)
* The universal awareness of the equality of women as well as the racial components of our human family, though yet to be implemented universally
* The growing awareness that poverty is not a necessary feature of human life
* The wide-spread, though inadequately enforced, conception of the unity of the world’s religions
And, summing-up these never-before-seen phenomena of collective human action, the document quotes Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic utterance:
“A new life is, in this age, stirring within all the peoples of the earth; and yet none hath discovered its cause or perceived its motive.”
That statement was written over 140 years ago. There are a growing body of people discovering its cause and learning how to perceive its motive . . .
Spiritual Quote :
“So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The One true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words.”
Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 14
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