I appologise from everyone but I had to delete my post. Apparently, I have to thank James! You are totally right about what you have written and after I posted my message I thought it is not actually that bad since we are working on unity in diversity. However, I invite everyone to read the following quote and put into practise in their lives for better future. It is one of the vital virtue of human beings, which we usually forget how to use. Just try! :)
Ps: By the way the dog picture represents the trustworthy behaviour...
"The fourth Taraz concerneth trustworthiness. Verily it is the door of security for all that dwell on earth and a token of glory on the part of the All-Merciful. He who partaketh thereof hath indeed partaken of the treasures of wealth and prosperity. Trustworthiness is the greatest portal leading unto the tranquillity and security of the people. In truth the stability of every affair hath depended and doth depend upon it. All the domains of power, of grandeur and of wealth are illumined by its light."
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I have always liked the next part of the Fourth Taraz, most of the Baha'i Writings have very clear and obvious meanings while a large number of gems lay hidden within them for those who study them more closely, but this paragraph is written in a beautifully mystical way:
'We will now mention unto thee Trustworthiness and the station thereof in the estimation of God, thy Lord, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. One day of days We repaired unto Our Green Island. Upon Our arrival, We beheld its streams flowing, and its trees luxuriant, and the sunlight playing in their midst. Turning Our face to the right, We beheld what the pen is powerless to describe; nor can it set forth that which the eye of the Lord of Mankind witnessed in that most sanctified, that most sublime, that blest, and most exalted Spot. Turning, then, to the left We gazed on one of the Beauties of the Most Sublime Paradise, standing on a pillar of light, and calling aloud saying: "O inmates of earth and heaven! Behold ye My beauty, and My radiance, and My revelation, and My effulgence. By God, the True One! I am Trustworthiness and the revelation thereof, and the beauty thereof. I will recompense whosoever will cleave unto Me, and recognize My rank and station, and hold fast unto My hem. I am the most great ornament of the people of Baha, and the vesture of glory unto all who are in the kingdom of creation. I am the supreme instrument for the prosperity of the world, and the horizon of assurance unto all beings." Thus have We sent down for thee that which will draw men nigh unto the Lord of creation.'
[I have removed my earlier comment as, out-of-context, it may have led somebody to jump to some false conclusions over what you had written.]
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