“The United Nations was built by the world, for the world …..the place for countries to unite behind global solutions to global problems: Solutions that ease tensions, build bridges and forge peace. Solutions to eradicate poverty, spur sustainable development, and stand up for the most vulnerable. Solutions that deliver life-saving relief to people living through conflicts, violence, economic hardship, and climate disasters. Solutions that level the scales of justice and equality for women and girls.”
~ from the 2024 message of Secretary-General of the United Nations (António Guterres)
The Great Being saith: O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men. Suffer it not to become a source of dissension and discord, of hate and enmity. This is the straight Path, the fixed and immovable foundation. Whatsoever is raised on this foundation, the changes and chances of this world can never impair its strength, nor will the revolution of countless centuries undermine its structure. Our hope is that the world’s religious leaders and the rulers thereof will unitedly arise for the reformation of this age and the rehabilitation of its fortunes. Let them, after meditating on its needs, take counsel together and, through anxious and full deliberation, administer to a diseased and sorely afflicted world the remedy it requireth. ~ Baha’i Writings
O Hidden Life, vibrant in every atom;
O Hidden Light, shining in every creature;
O Hidden Love, embracing all in Oneness:
May each who feels himself as one with Thee
Know he is also one with every other.
~ Annie Besant
Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of ‘human’ you cannot retain.
~ attributed to Saadi (words written on UN building)
This age in which we live is the age in which the oneness of mankind is to be practised, not preached only. All humanity shares in common the intellectual and spiritual faculties of a created endowment. From the viewpoint of creation human beings stand upon the same footing in every respect.
~ Eric Bowes
Let the light of faith shine. Unite and bring mankind into one shelter beneath the banner of Thy protection, so that we may become as waves of one sea, as leaves and branches of one tree.
~ from a Baha’i prayer
He who experiences the unity of life, sees his own self in all beings, and all beings in his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
~ Bhagavadgita
Our God and the God of our fathers,
Reign over the whole universe in Thy glory, And in Thy splendour be exalted over all the earth.
Shine forth in the majesty of Thy triumphant strength, Over all the inhabitants of Thy world, That every form may know that Thou hast formed it, And every creature understand that Thou hast created it ……
~ Jewish Liturgy
Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil,
Cleave to that which is good.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love,
In honour preferring one another,
Not slothful in business,
Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,
Rejoicing in hope,
Patient in tribulation,
Continuing in constant prayer,
Distributing to the necessity of saints,
Given to hospitality.
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things,
But condescend to men of low estate.
Be not wise in your own conceits,
Recompense to no man evil for evil,
Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
~ Paul, Romans 12:9-21
Mankind was one single nation, and God sent Messengers
With glad tidings and warnings………
God by His Grace guided the Believers to the Truth
Concerning that wherein they differed.
For God guides whom He will to a path that is straight …..
And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God stretches out for you,
And be not divided among yourselves;
And remember with gratitude God’s favour on you;
For ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love,
So that by His Grace, ye became brethren …….
Thus doth God make His Signs clear to you;
That ye may be guided.
~ The Quran