Enga mellom fjella

Sheep may safely graze and pasture

Sheep may safely graze and pasture...

...in a place where wolves are held at bay.

Martin Luther King had a Dream of such a place. Unfortunately the wolves circled, gnashed their teeth and tore it apart. By the end of 1968 the Dream was in tatters and on life support.

But before then, he inspired millions with his "I Have a Dream" speech of August 28th, 58 years ago.

Does anyone believe in it now?

As a Baha'i I believe in the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Mankind. That has been the core message of Baha'ullah since before Ghandi and MLK were born. But then... one could also say that the Wisdom is ancient.

Unfortunately the dross of divisions has sullied its brilliance.

Even now... it's one thing to move on from the Law and believe (as Paul pointed out to the Galatians) and another to put one beliefs into action (as pointed out by James). Even the simple Pillars of Islam that were revealed 600 years later got warped over time as people covered up the essence with whatever they desired. Simple hospitality (Book of Ruth), love (Beatitudes), charity (Zakat in Islam) are discarded to allow pride of purity, hatred, greed, and ultimately war.

No... the Dream of MLK has not been realized as Non-Dreamers hold on to their prejudices and deny for others what they hoard for themselves.

Even should the Dream be embraced by Humanity tomorrow... the work would have just begun to make it a tangible reality.

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