Social Action. A Compilation

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A Compilation Prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.

“The transformation which is to occur in the functioning of society will certainly depend to a great extent
on the effectiveness of the preparations the youth make for the world they will inherit.”Unification of the whole of mankind is the hall-mark of the stage which human society is now approaching.  Nation-building has come to an end. The anarchy inherent in state sovereignty is moving towards a climax. A world, growing to maturity, must abandon this fetish, recognize the oneness and wholeness of human relationships, and establish once for all the machinery that can best incarnate this fundamental principle of its life. A twofold process, however, can be distinguished, each tending, in its own way and with an accelerated momentum, to bring to a climax the forcesthat are transforming the face of our planet. The first is essentially an integrating process, while the second is fundamentally disruptive.The former, as it steadily evolves, unfolds a System which may well serve as a pattern for that world polity towards which a strangely disordered world is continually advancing; while the latter, as its disintegrating influence deepens, tends to tear down, with increasing violence, the antiquated barriers that seek to block humanity’s progress towards its destined goal. (From various writings).