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Bahai Writings | Dec 31, 2012

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Bahai Writings | Dec 31, 2012

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It is New Year; that is to say, the rounding of the cycle of the year. A year is the expression of a cycle (of the sun); but now is the beginning of a cycle of Reality, a New Cycle, a New Age, a New Century, a New Time and a New Year. Therefore it is very blessed.

I wish this blessing to appear and become manifest in the faces and characteristics of the believers, so that they, too, may become a new people, and having found new life and been baptized with fire and spirit, may make the world a new world, to the end that the old earth may disappear and the new earth appear; old ideas depart and new thoughts come; old garments be cast aside and new garments put on; ancient politics whose foundation is war be discarded and modern politics founded on peace raise the standard of victory; the new star shine and gleam and the new sun illumine and radiate; new flowers bloom; the new spring become known; the new breeze blow; the new bounty descend; the new tree give forth new fruit; the new voice become raised and this new sound reach the ears, that the new will follow the new, and all the old furnishings and adornments be cast aside and new decorations put in their places.

I desire for you all that you will have this great assistance and partake of this great bounty, and that in spirit and heart you will strive and endeavor until the world of war become the world of peace; the world of darkness the world of light; satanic conduct be turned into heavenly behavior; the ruined places become built up; the sword be turned into the olive branch; the flash of hatred become the flame of the love of God and the noise of the gun the voice of the Kingdom; the soldiers of death the soldiers of life; all the nations of the world one nation; all races as one race; and all national anthems harmonized into one melody.

Abdu’l-Baha (Tablets of Abdu’l-Baha, pp 38-39)

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  • Rajiv
    Feb 25, 2013
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    This sounds like a 'worthy' prcjoet! Keep up the good work! Have you heard about 'sight & sound interactive media system'? It's very similar to what you are doing except the is an 'option' button to either choose the mode one wishes but at the same time 'experiment' with the other 'modes' with a unique 'interactive mode' where one may ask questions to clarify passages in the 'Sacred writings' so as to better understand and comprehend the issues and potential issues of the 'day'? Isn't that amazing!Siva Kalappadi
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