Transcript of: Speaking at a public meeting in San Francisco on 11 April 1964
Leroy Ioas
1964
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The American Council in Haifa was very distinguished. Find your man and the Christmas time used to get all the marriages all get a spark. What? Do we have any interest? I got to know some of the leaders. Very well. Yeah. Fishing cabin. You're spirituals. Fine. This particular gentleman was He was a doctor. Baker was a Baptist. He was head of the Baptist. Activities in around Nazareth. In their schools. One another. Well, the minister there, I said Well, Dr Baker, how about getting to know me? You work. Are you getting any more sheep into the boat? So what? He said, You know, he said you can't do a bit of warrior spirit. Work, relations, work. I can't do a thing. I could do more by being a member of the Rotary Club first. This is the land of the first crash. Living right here. Few miles form some great miracles. You mean you can't do anything? Where is the vitality of this religion of yours? It was your mother. Young couple. They're very light. And we talked. I said, How long you been here? Before years. You made any use? Great. No. You ready to Mohammed? and no, my name. Wouldn't you think you're doing well? We're working. We got a call from the Lord and we're here reserving the Lord. And in time something will come in time. My God, how much time do you want? It's only 1960 years fears, and you can't make it here. You can make a Christian in the Holy Land of Christ appeared. What's the matter? Where the vitality of your religion? Well, I mention this because it shows a lack of talent, leg of string of power. And I say that one of the greatest demonstration of the lack of bankers the Christian base today is America. Here is the greatest religious. Here's the greatest Christian country in the world. The more progressive country in the world, the richest country in the world, one public under the world. Get by. Minority people, have the bag and try to get some rights. Civil rights. Where do you find in the teachings of Christ that after ranging, you make all the Principe's? He'll come to establish love Jewish brotherhood in the world these followers are now debating in Washington whether they were my people and some of the best people. Citizens in God, right? Me? If there's any proof that anyone wants is the thing. That's why you need a new art form of the spirit. A new power lacked ality, Dr. In the lives of people in the spirit of people charities, you can't have a great approve anywhere. I told you in the Holy Land the bike Paladin Butters, place Christianity where Christ appeared. Well, this is the way the world is a process of transition. I won't tell you this, but there were three a minister, a rabbi and a Christian minister in a mood. We're together. They became friendly and they were arrested for gambling. Yes. So when they got before the judge Judge is Catholic. Freeze your gathering. Remember the United Confession. Mission Sands is no, Your Honor. I want you. Yeah, some of the Minister. Thank you, Minister. It's called Rather was called before the judge. This is what you gotta say about your gambling, Your Honor, I wasn't Yeah, You weren't there? No. During the rabbi's. What about you? There was a mama's mood. I was very, very sick And it wasn't me. He was getting worse. Family very much and highly Wendell. I said, Look, what is a Christian minister in town here is very, very capable. Before a wonderful evening, we like him to see what he could do. My goodness, what is better with you knows in this house to get the medicine? I go straight to hell. Okay. Thank you. Well, that's the way it works, man. Controlling became unconscious when I was unconscious. Families change. Uh, all these great spent all night with the breeding giving medication. He got over the home better during a game out of the coma, and he looked up. He saw the doctor with a couple of pills in his last words. What you doing here? What are you doing? Sure. Take those pills away. I took any pills from a Christian. I go straight to hell. Doctors understood. You're going to help. No, wait, wait. A very interesting experience. Now pay close attention. This because it bears very strongly on some by writing coming divine. I told you about the Knesset being part in gear. They have apart buzzed a party about 14 years now since they established about 12 party a couple years ago behind you're always invited. We went to this party and party. There's always a why the prime Minister is why this big in the Knesset, You mean, and then you hang around amongst people over there. So we went through by. I pushed me very well. And Sylvia Cheney were there. They had a break in the line of Prime Minister and this being in the Knesset. So they went up. That still was going on coming. Mr Ben Gurion. Except maybe yes, way are like the office. What? You want to talk right now? Is your marriage Yes. Baha'i beautifully was Persian. Yes. What is there in the writings about Persian? That makes you a Baha'i? I swell been very good in many ways, but this is a simple way. I said, You know, the world today is seeking peace. I understand. And certainly the one was contributed the most of the idea of peace. And who's writing conclusively? The greatest program for the established world. Peace Baha'i, The writings of Baha'i? No, I'm interested. Established, interesting universities. I find my whole well, you're writing more comprehensive. No, enjoying that's social program that's not released. What is it that makes you an American brother work you know, way. Believe that. Time to time, God chooses a certain individual, a certain person to be the mayor of his revelation. This is the first job that comes from the darkest places in the world. He takes people It makes a great civilization. In 3000 years ago, approximately where were the darkest country in the world? Did you? We're here, Major Moses. What you doing with jewels in the Sinai Peninsula into the Holy Land? Here is great. Your civilization. Jesus appeared in this very country Where the diamond stud in the world 1900 years ago. What was? Jesus appeared here, and he's original question civilization. Comet appeared in the air F in ish 100 years ago. Could use a very complicated, very good ago. Honey, stop. So wait, You're the Bob alive today is going to establish a civilization, but no civilization Notice. I just took his own people. You tell me this how it's gonna take the person to make a great civilization on the person's his own people? Yes. What is it that makes you an American? What? You forced me all the way. And this I like I said behind believe that because of the evolution of society, his religion, this is important point because of the evolution of society and religion, and religion is always renewed. Ridvan defies with the appearance of a divine manifestation always expressed with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit comes from the divine manifestation. Men's hearts, minds one overweight, understanding the things of life creating whiners, wire, sphere of unity under which they can operate. Function. 3000 years ago, most and Moses took Did you explain to your weight in the Holy Land and created a great civilization? But how did he do it? He didn't party had the power of God. That spokes room is part of the Holy Spirit that quicken the lives in the minds and the hearts of the people. So they aspired towards more noble and out of that throughout the greatest civilization. After that time Joy, civilization time Salome, Now Jesus in exactly the same thing became into the world. He was persecuted by cute, you know, he was crucified again through this part of the Holy Spirit that he related released this creative energy which he brought into the world. He was able graduate to unite all the people around the better training bases. Rome was a great power. That time has been conquered all of the Mediterranean basin. It throw one at all of these countries under his domination. They wanted they wanted you. They wanted harmony. But they wanted on the base of the realm of supreme and all the others were something becomes the dictates of Rome and were impaired your own. Jeez, I wanted to teach Freeman in this play, Bharti Roman in the hysteria Tahirih the African jelly and ari degree and the other peoples around the Mediterranean rolled equal. And they're all brothers dot since the sun shine on the good and the bad light shade of the trees brought together under need Jane These were the teaching of Venus. Handle my talent, believe it. And they rode with higher conception of life and created the Christian civilization which we have the expression of the present time. A lot of the world's darkest country of the world. Persia the most difficult cos the world. He was not educated. He was not trained. He had none of the facilities of the Western world near his power of the Holy Spirit. The games room spoke to release through. He talked the bird's mind. Hire one no permission oneness of mankind. He taught the brotherhood, the whole human being, he said. There is only one people. There is only one reason. There is only one God, and there are wondering. Agent, there are different expressions came in the world of different times. According to the combat spirit comes. He's forgetting the soul and he's giving new life. Wait, I am in his secretary very well. On a couple of days later, Mr How very notion much about behind. Yes, very boring questions. He says Mr Ben Gurion has in his library every Baha'i book and he is ready. So question Don't try and skip decide because he knows where the s this is, perhaps be How did you shoot me? Thinking, master. In the hold of them, they had one experience that I don't want to share with you. Great missionary was very, very much most gracious figure. He loved everyone in the service. He was able to keep most of the people back on high alive in World War One, bringing bringing down some of the farm, distributing out for clothes, very old land have not wise. Tell me the story. You understand that? Don't buy source number. Share one with you again. Hey, man, this this story this is missionaries, Presbyterian, missionary, waist up Baha'i. And I'll be walking up stream coming down the road from the other side We would have passed. This happened when he went off. He was always followed by a group of behind Everybody centered around like a moth letters your own life this particular day This man was coming down The missionary starting over version do by fungi. I come back and he crossed the street. So they met in middle of street He said very ministries. Now tell me why you hate me so much. Well, what have I ever done to you? I'm here observing all the people treating fellowship Great at all. Distribute Olive. Get here before you have man. Of course. Had no good answer this generous. He said you made her the extent of your hatred towards me. And that same extent. I love you if you want to know how much I love you. But why should you be here? How many years here have you made one? You were great no fun. We are Isfahan. He will prove to you why Price was divine so far. You are how we tell divine manifestation before Mary Booze? Because many for marriage not really raised from the dead to go. That dead person night again call him Minister spiritually wants began a spiritual vitality. Spiritual power. Spiritually bigger. He gave them what Bryce called second bird. He was able to create this movement which established the high civilization lived in teaching. He was able to change the lives of other people. The proofs of a prophet. Our gave all the ministers becoming very this farm. The are served by the same token today. That's the way we prove the validity of the mission. Baha'i. That's why I don't stop you. Making you a break, maybe. Oh, please. A Jewish people are very hospitable. We're always entertained. Was having a cocktail party we used to go to quite a number of first went there. We went to this reception. One of the homes there. He walked in myself to welcome. You have to drink. Well, thank you very much. Tomato juice or ginger ale? Nice one. Yet that's delicious. Randy just got it. Thank you very much. How about wine? Thank you. There. You don't bring it all right behind you don't. Oh, is that so? That one of your religion? Religious. You don't have any. Oh, goodness gracious. Tell us about it. Besides what we have here and I am giving a talk, but I'll agility. People don't don't believe generally in the divinity of their proper moves. The one that become a Baha'i. We add to what they believed by raising Moses naturally, one of the first places. When you get talking, people get interested. What? Your principles. What we tell him. Social Prince. What about this? Oh, you don't know anybody about Trinity 313 Great bone of contention between Islam and Jenny between Julius That, uh, that so father goes one. Well, I explained that one of my our neighbors stood up hair. I will Terrible. He says I will. Has your fuel the way out? I'll give you what you mean, And it turned out that he used So he taught many. You have a son in the head. You have this perfect mirror looking to heaven. There there, son. What is the brings that stuff down from heaven. Mirror is the race. So using that symbol that illustration Sonny's got mirrors the prophet. So that is. But I did leave about Trinity. A friend told me very many, very many stories. Father. Many stories you know I want to do. It would be more clothes here this week. You see what I do buy? A manifestation does. When he appeared, I pointed out your teachings. They're all the same. There are no difference in the spiritual taking. Most Jesus Buddha, any of the divine man. Then why should we be trying a. Why should we ask a person to become a Baha'i? And why should you become a Baha'i? Have our teachings are exactly the same. Spirit is divine. The Andrews is that all revenge in hand, a secondary part. The secondary part has to do with the social conditions at the time of the divine manifestation of beers. And he's always came. Something has changed. He heard everything clean. He broke the sand, change the laws of marriage, Mohammad appearing renew a lot. Jesus really changed some of the social because no, how about appears in where here's the same base experience with teaching so when a person comes by, they don't have to give up your teachings of Jesus. Sort of moaning or about our mom. They have to get out of our reach ceremony. They have to understand that Baha'i allies they spirituals has translated them into a social program for the establishment of world peace. How does this operate? Just listening. You see, you've got all over the world all of these problems. We're getting married in a civil rights problem you have all over the world and economic problems. I spoke down in Austin, Texas. One economist there. What are you about? Economy. All right, Khanum. He's all mixed up. You have the religious problem. You have the cash. All of these things. No, I mean, we're gonna fight the way we're fighting a very over cos sing. Or is it means that they're better than you. Now, the better your way. Jesus, Energy field Quickening, man. Going 1900 years ago. Did you tell the Greeks? Start fighting with Roman. Tell the Syrians. Start fighting with the African No, brother. And he talked my mind above your differences on a higher plane of existence wires, Pair of unity. Very simple. you elevated the mines, the hearts of people and religion is the only thing that could change. Baha'i. My friends put this down that the only thing that could change the mind of the first hard first religion because it answers into Iqan. So Christ raised their mind above a difference isn't on that basis a wider spirit unit. Unity in the Mediterranean basin. We have an outbreak. Exactly find these people above the difference which existed and therefore he created the highest. No. What is the consciousness of the people in the world today? Is a national. We're in America. We have a marriage. We love live. We're not California. I love servants. Go. Unless I love California magazine. There's a California we love a married. It's not impossible trust of America because that is the consciousness. Everything's international base. What about a lot to do? Where is quickening our spirit? Did he saying everyone fighting a string of all these troubles? No. Elevate your mind above all these divers to the plane of oneness and on that world, reported more succinctly and seven Baha'i has done. He's released into the world of universal, that contrast way nationally and all these difficulties in the world, if you please everyone of them. Whether it's war, where they raised with its religion is all due to a consciousness of separation conscious. Does my religion better? My race is better than my country's. Better anyone else's raises to a universal face now the Bahamas in America You traveled across the country, he said. The world is immersed. See materialism. He's in Europe is a tender box tinderbox. All that one that we're going. It became known as the property piece. When he returned to the Holy Land, War broke out. He was invited to go to Holland to The Hague Piece Tried, you know, to speak of high peace program Baha'i. Many he wrote an answer. They wrote a statement by Here's what he said two points, everyone. Today's interesting university, so I don't have to discuss that Everybody except we need Well, we have to discuss how you going to get well, We said if we try to solve the problem. One problem. Political problem. Established political piece the next year year aberration. Aeneas Operation problem extra. You never here is there is already just problem. You're next war revolving around economics The only way you've been established world peace that up Baha'i herself, all the problems of the world at the same time. That's why we have to buy a comprehensive program. That's point 2nd 40,000,000 which is very important, he said. I pointed out to you grated and universal peace is a universal because the universal consciousness building You don't have a universal consciousness and I'll never be. This is the spirit was trying to do. What does it do for the innovation? What do you mean? That we're behind? Why am I Why why you wanna be Baha'i? Why are you You're behind a peace with the world. You're a behind because it gives a purpose in life you're behind because you were programmed to work for the betterment of mankind. You're behind your pioneer of a new day, A new civilization. You realize that by disseminating the spirit of a whole whiter arrived mines are their hearts are lifted wrong and it is taking all that's you Everything in one world when you the oneness of mankind Have you ever started to think you won this one behind me by all the relations started quality You believe the race. What is the word? Human? You mean you ready? Presupposes you have two things that are separated. Unified? Yeah. Separate. Take two fingers of the hand. This fight with them unifier. You put it together and tie string around. Unified. Something happened. Oneness means down here where they go together. This is the basis on which builds world order the basis of the world wanting it ever be faces That all the people who were older one never you. You travel around the world away. Mrs. Iowa's night in the last five years, only the vein Peninsula Indonesia. When you get into the people of the Browns, then you're going to meet Chinese Japanese, all of these people, with their wide long civilization I use a white man. You say thank God that the people are not all right. Don't defend me. Said the majority of people who were not colored and therefore behind Paige made a motion. I have to find men here tonight. George gradually were responding to the spirit in the face. Baha'i believe that one. They believe in the morning super agent. There's only water of agent in the world to do first one problem that all the problems are identical. The same bomb pieces of mirror reflecting light and they believe in a single one. You want that? We feel the spirit. First idea. Glorious, glorious. His rebuffs mankind. That is the spirit of the bike motive. Power man is the gold. We kind of started all over the world by the laboratory world. Peace is Baha'i, and people tell you you can tonight raises. Tell him to go study the Baha'i faith and see it in operation. If they tell you can't bring religions together in unity and love and brotherhood. Study behind David in any bar in the world. I want to go. They tell you that I'm not working for world order. Virginity go in all parts of the world by 260 100 I'll work Baghdad. Oh, praise your bed. Oh, united to contribute what they can. Gloria, Wait. Really? This is the beginning of the establishment honor.
