On Afflictions Upon the Earth: Regard ye the world as a man’s body
By george wesley dannells on Sep 4, 2008 in Baha'i Views
Regard ye the world as a man’s body, which is afflicted with diverse ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all its component elements.
(Bahá’u'lláh, Súriy-i-Haykal §152 (to Napoleon III), in The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, pp. 79-80. Haifa, Bahá’í World Centre, 2002.) Baha’i quotations on the environment
I read this morning that a chunk of ice the site of Manhattan is free-floating in the Atlantic now due to global warming. If this is a sign of affliction, I know the cure. -gw
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