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Kamál (Perfection), 11 Mulk (Dominion) 176 B.E. - Monday, February 17, 2020 Artist: Dan Seals & The Voices of Baha Title: We Are One Lyrics3 In a bombed out room in Belfast A young boy is crying He's alone and he don't understand How the teachings of one book Built on love and understanding Could cause the hurt and killing in his land In an old part of Jerusalem Two children are playing They run and laugh The way it's meant to be But one will wear the star and one will wear the crescent And they'll grow up and change from friends to enemies But we are one Flowers of one garden We're one the leaves of one tree Let the walls come down And stand here together We are one family In a Pakistani village A young boy on crutches Takes a fall And lies helplessly there And he holds out his hand But no one will take it They won't touch him Or the clothes that he wears On a side street in Selma A black child is sitting In a squad car Protected from the whites 'Cause they're burning a cross To send her a message And you can see The fear in her eyes But we are one Flowers of one garden We're one the leaves of one tree Let the walls come down And stand here together We are one family Ponder in our hearts How we were all created From the same dust And searching we will find That spirit of the age Has come to find us To find us But we are one Flowers of one garden We're one the leaves of one tree Let the walls come down And stand here together We are one family With all that's going on in the world today, we need to remember that humanity is a single family, a single species. We were created by God, a single entity with many names, who sent prophets or manifestations (individuals reflecting the attributes of God) down through history. Some of the Divine Manifestations--such as Moses, Krishna, Zoroaster, Muhammad, Jesus, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah--we know by name. Since all the Divine Manifestations were sent by God, the religions they revealed have the same foundation. "The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Daystar of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The one true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words." Bahá’u’lláh4 Sometimes I get discouraged by everything that is going on in the world today, that I want to withdraw from it. However, I can't physically with draw from the world. When I get discouraged, I turn to the scriptures revealed by Baha'u'llah, the Bab, and 'Abdu'l-Baha, and I leave the discouragement behind. I know that the problems humanity is dealing with at present are its own fault. I know that once the majority of humanity accepts the oneness of mankind, we will begin treating each other as members of the same family and not as aliens or strangers. Footnotes |