He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of unity among all human beings as a fundamental value.
Baha'U'Llah expresses a profound ideal where all people are seen as interconnected and part of a single entity. This perspective promotes compassion, understanding, and love among humanity, urging individuals to rise above divisions and recognize their shared identity and purpose in the world.
In practice
At a peace conference, this quote can inspire participants to work toward a common goal.
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies that several millions of sleeping people are trying to destroy several millions of other sleeping people. They would not do this, of course, if they were to wake up. Everything that takes place is owing to this sleep.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson learned by Hitler and many others, and it has been pursued to this day.
They tell him that there is no why, since the moment simply is and since all of them are trapped in the moment, like bugs in amber.
We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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