On Baha’u'llah’s Goal of Unity: No Child (of God) Left Behind
By george wesley dannells on Mar 29, 2007 in Baha'i Views | comments(0)
So what does the Baha’i faith give us that’s so new? That’s so refreshing? That will transform life & humanity as we know it?
It gives us Action.
It gives us Faith & Action combined.
And it gives us clear cut Focus - the goal of Unity.
It gives us Neo-Sincerity.
It gives us vitally refreshing terminology.
‘Unity!’ It’s so simple! It makes so much sense! We can all relate.
Gone are the ridiculous back patting ‘rituals’ of yore.
Money isn’t spent on encrusting huge ornate ‘doors’ of churches with gold. Doors that boast the divide between the rich & the poor. Doors that by their very nature, divide. Baha’i money (power), if spent on arcitecture, builds 9 arches that define the structural borders of freedom space, and asks “why not come join us? feel free to do so, if that’s what you would like to do. You are free to choose”.
Y’know terminology &/or style is *everything*. Speak the right language, and you have everyone listening. The Baha’i religion *teaches by example*, over dogma.
And it teaches ‘collective mode’ thinking. Working from root to tip. From micro to macro. Outside of our comfortable bubbles.
Pushes actively for our Goal of Unity, on every single level. So that we don’t contradict ourselves. Teaches us that it starts with our immediate environment.
As Buzz would say - small steps for man, giant leaps for mankind’. 
Teaches us that we aren’t in competition with each other here. This isn’t a race. That even if one views it that way, if the goal is Unity, then every person we allow to be left behind or lost, is one step away from Unity. Because Unity means *everyone* and not just a priviledged few. The Baha’i faith is logical. It makes sense. It’s truths are not smothered in gold.
{Re-posted with permission}
“Rowers at Mekong River, Vientienne, Laos,” Uploaded on December 20, 2006 by Eye-Woh
These children wore their “fancy dress” to their Naw Ruz party. -gw
