We may think the topic of the need for a genuine and permanent global peace is just idle speculation, mere hopeful or fanciful foolishness. It might be seen as an exercise of star gazing or of random and immature imagination. But there is the trick. Given the sad state of our planet, in the minds of some there is no greater issue now facing all humanity, and the need is really urgent. We have fortunately survived for some decades now as one human species under the potential of mass destruction and annihilation. This has not yet occurred in one catastrophic act, but we seem to be heading in the same direction by slow decay and degradation. Humanity needs a shock to bring the realisation that we cant continue in this same path indefinitely. All people, from world leaders down, need to advocate and chart a radical new path to long lasting sustainability and harmony as one human race on the surface of one small and fragile planet. We cant continue indefinitely with our present divided, prejudiced, inequitable and conflictual world order . A just and permanent peace on earth is the ONLY viable option to achieve this in this interdependent age of the global village. It is the ONLY way to save the planet and its environment in the longer term. The issue of paramount importance in the world today is international peace. The European continent is like an arsenal, a storehouse of explosives ready for ignition, and one spark will set the whole of Europe aflame, particularly at this time when the Balkan question is before the world. Even now war is raging furiously in some places, the blood of innocent people is being shed, children are made captive, women are left without support, and homes are being destroyed. Therefore, the greatest need in the world today is international peace. The time is ripe. It is time for the abolition of warfare, the unification of nations and governments. It is the time for love. It is time for cementing together the East and the West. (Abdul-Baha, written before WW I, but entirely relevant today)
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 06:01:02 +0000
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