A Focus of Unity
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Bahá’ís and the Bahá’í community are truly “protagonists of social change”, learning “to apply with increasing effectiveness elements of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation, together with the contents and methods of science, to their social reality.” 2
However, Bahá’ís are cautioned not to seek to advance social change through power-seeking within contemporary political processes. This element of Bahá’í doctrine, often labeled as non-participation in politics, has been the subject of some discussion and in general terms encompasses a critique of existing models of politics, including, but certainly not limited to, the partisanship that predominates in contemporary democratic models.4
Advancing towards unity, as is the Baha'i goal, is not something that human beings blindly stumble towards. It must be a consciously chosen and pursued state, expressed as a result of conscious knowledge. Baha’u’llah has established a foundation and the requisite values on which to begin.
So you see, this Faith is no mere conglomeration or collection of beautiful ideas. It offers a solid program of reparations and foundations for the healing of our world.
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Unity and the Baha'i Faith
Against all the forces of destruction, chaos and oppression that afflict humanity, there are forces on this planet that have yet to be reckoned. Among them, outstanding in originality, longevity, and achievement, is the religion of the Baha'i. Growing slowly and steadily from its 19th century birth in Persia to its establishment in the cradle of the Holy Land, the Faith has already established a remarkable first in the history of the world. Its Founder, Baha'u'llah, promised that it would never be divided, for its very purpose is that of Unity. **
Against all the forces of destruction, chaos and oppression that afflict humanity, there are forces on this planet that have yet to be reckoned. Among them, outstanding in originality, longevity, and achievement, is the religion of the Baha'i. Growing slowly and steadily from its 19th century birth in Persia to its establishment in the cradle of the Holy Land, the Faith has already established a remarkable first in the history of the world. Its Founder, Baha'u'llah, promised that it would never be divided, for its very purpose is that of Unity. **
NOTES * The main exception throughout Bahá’í history 1Bahá’u’lláh, “Lawh-i-Maqsud” in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, trans. Habib Taherzadeh et al. (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1988), 164, 172. 2 Universal House of Justice, The Five Year Plan 2011–2016: Messages from the Universal House of Justice (West Palm Beach, Florida: Palabra Publications, 2011) 20. 3 For a recent work that discusses Bahá’í approaches to social change, see Paul Lample, Revelation and Social Reality: Learning to Translate What is Written into Reality (West Palm Beach, Florida: Palabra Publications, 2009).
** RE" sects-- a few havd arisen for the short term, but they are small and will likely, as Baha'u'llah has promised, amount to nothing.
** RE" sects-- a few havd arisen for the short term, but they are small and will likely, as Baha'u'llah has promised, amount to nothing.
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