Note
Religion
Repeat Itself
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There
are different seasons in every year. First comes spring with all its beauty,
then summer and the season of harvest and abundance. After a while winter
sets in and nature is stripped of its abundance and glory. But the end
of each winter is the beginning of another spring time, to be followed
again by the harvest season.
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Every
day the morning sun rises gradually until it reaches its zenith,
then gradually goes down again until it sets. As the sun disappears
from the face of the earth, everything is wrapped in darkness. But when
all the candles and lamps of the world fail to dispel the darkness, the
sun
rises again - the same beautiful, the same glorious sun. This is
exactly what happens
with
great religions.
,
When
the sun of reality rises, a New Day of glory sets in. Everywhere there
is light. Everybody is happy for the age of darkness has gone. A New Day
begins and gradually draws to its end. There comes a time in every religion
when Truth is veiled by the appearance of man made teachings. The
more man forgets the teaching of God,
the darker becomes his spiritual life. When man introduces his own teachings
and interprets religion to suit his selfish motives,
the
age of darkness pervades the world. The only sources of light for us in
such a dark
night
are the few saints and sages who are like the small earthen lamps
and candles
which
burn after the sun has set. These small lights also burn out one after
another
and
the world falls into the deep slumber of ignorance.
This is the time when the sun
of
Truth shines forth once again. In the past, the Sun of Truth has
shone through Krishna,
Buddha,
Christ,
Mohammed
and others.
In this dark age, the Sun of Truth shines once more through
Baha'u'llah,
the Glory of God . Let us not be satisfied with our earthen lamps
and
vanishing
candles. The sun is shining. Wake up! Wake up!
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