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The Soundtrak of Your Life: Day 17 - We Are One

Kamál (Perfection), 11 Mulk (Dominion) 176 B.E. - Monday, February 17, 2020

Artist: Dan Seals & The Voices of Baha
Title: We Are One

Lyrics1

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’lláh2

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
1  https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/danseals/weareone.html
2  Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXXXII.