In this time of war, the world thirsts for the divine remedy of the Message of Bahá'u'lláh. Almost all of the principles and teachings of the Bahá'í revelation have the unification of the planet and elimination of war and prejudice at their core. For example, among the principles and teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are the oneness of mankind, elimination of prejudice, the unity of religious truth, the accord of religion with science, equality of men and women, universal education, abolition of extremes of poverty and wealth, and a universal language. All of these principles, when realized, will be conducive to the elimination of warfare and the creation of a unified spiritual society.
There are a few principles of Bahá'u'lláh that are key to the end of warfare and the establishment of a peaceful civilization.
War will not be eliminated from the earth until justice reigns over it.
"And among the teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh are justice and right. Until these are realized on the plane of existence, all things will be in disorder and remain imperfect. The world of mankind is a world of oppression and cruelty, and a realm of aggression and error." `Abdu'l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 31.
It is obvious that injustice is the reason why peoples of the world war against one another. If it were not for the unjust and oppressive actions of one people against another, if it were not for the grievous attacks and oppressive hostilities back and forth, there would be no need for war. Until humanity is able to dispense justice in response to the atrocities committed by the peoples of the world against one another, and thereby end forever the cycle of violence and hatred, there is no hope for a peaceful world. Bahá'u'lláh revealed a specific system of teachings to bring about justice. Specifically, the wondrous system created by Bahá'u'lláh and his Son, the Center of His Covenant, `Abdu'l-Bahá, for the government of human affairs contains within it an unparalleled divine system of justice, the Administrative Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Unfortunately, the sans-Guardian Bahá'ís have devised a perverted system in place of the divinely revealed one, and they have emphasized this system in order to perpetuate the power of their leadership. The man-made system they devised is nothing but a distorted image of the true system brought by Bahá'u'lláh.
This system involves several levels of houses of justice. At the basic level is the local house of justice to be created in every city and village on the earth. This body, following the laws of Bahá'u'lláh, will administer justice on the local level and will let justice and peace reign in every locality on the planet. If a person is aggrieved by the decision of the local house of justice, he or she may appeal it to the national house of justice, to be created in every nation on earth, and ultimately may appeal the decision to the supreme Universal House of Justice, that will dispense justice and peace around the entire globe, enacting laws to create a just and spiritual global society, the Commonwealth of Bahá'u'lláh. However, this is not a man-made system but is based upon the divine laws and teachings of Bahá'u'lláh Himself. At the center of this system is the Center of the Cause, the appointed Guardian and sacred head for life of the Universal House of Justice. The Guardian protects the Faith from schism and disorder as the ultimate authority in the Cause, the only authorized Interpreter of the Holy Texts.
The first Guardian of the Cause had this to say about the purpose of this system: "Alike in the claims unequivocally asserted by its author and the general character of the growth of the Bahá'í community in every continent of the globe, it can be regarded in no other light than a world religion, destined to evolve in the course of time into a world-embracing commonwealth, whose advent must signalize the Golden Age of mankind, the age in which the unity of the human race will have been unassailably established, its maturity attained, and its glorious destiny unfolded through the birth and efflorescence of a world-encompassing civilization.... This Administrative Order, unlike the systems evolved after the death of the Founders of the various religions, is divine in origin, rests securely on the laws, the precepts, the ordinances and institutions which the Founder of the Faith has Himself specifically laid down and unequivocally established, and functions in strict accordance with the interpretations of the authorized Interpreters of its holy scriptures." Shoghi Effendi, Summary Statement - 1947, Special UN Committee on Palestine.
Anyone interested in learning more on the functioning of this system is advised to read the first Guardian's spiritual testament and masterpiece, the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, a book that provides the details of the functioning of this wondrous divine system, including a world legislature, executive, and tribunal as the basis for a "world metropolis [that] will act as the nerve center of a world civilization." "A mechanism of world inter-communication," a "world language...invented or chosen from among the existing languages..." and a "world script, a world literature, a uniform and universal system of currency, of weights and measures" and the "economic resources of the world will be organized, its sources of raw materials will be tapped and fully utilized, its markets will be coordinated and developed, and the distribution of its products will be equitably regulated." In this system, oppression and injustices will be forever eliminated, and the peoples of the world at long last will live together under the banner of a divine civilization.
Shoghi Effendi: "Who can doubt that such a consummation -- the coming of age of the human race -- must signalize, in its turn, the inauguration of a world civilization such as no mortal eye hath ever beheld or human mind conceived? Who is it that can imagine the lofty standard which such a civilization, as it unfolds itself, is destined to attain? Who can measure the heights to which human intelligence, liberated from its shackles, will soar? Who can visualize the realms which the human spirit, vitalized by the outpouring light of Bahá'u'lláh, shining in the plenitude of its glory, will discover?" The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 205.
Bahá'u'lláh: "The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System -- the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed." Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 136.
For more on the peace plan of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith, follow this link:
http://trueseeker.typepad.com/true_seeker/world_peace_unity.html
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