Universal Brotherhood
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They do not mix up with each other freely. As a result, there is no
mutual love and sympathy, hence no reciprocal respect. Lack of respect
breeds distrust which ultimately culminates in hatred and consequent
violence all around, alienating man from man. Loss of love is,
therefore, the root cause of shocking crash of human values and
eventually erupts into the form of tension, discord and suffering. We
notice shocking crash in human values both vertically and
horizontally. One is bewildered as to what is going to become of the
world. Disgusting occurances are taking place in such a quick
succession and show routinely that we are getting immunised even to
registering shocks.
To arrest all the human maladies, the Mission says, we have to reverse
the gear from violence to love and peace, by realizing the Fatherhood
of God, the by-products of which is the spontaneous brother-hood of
mankind. Though God is invisible, yet it is all concrete, a cosmic
force unifying the whole universe. The Nirankari Mission asserts that
God-Realisation is the only force that is mortar binding together the
many-shaped bricks of human society into a coherent structure. It
vouchsafes that it is possible to realize the prospect of a world
family with the unifying bond of love among its members in the wake of
Realisation of Fatherhood of God only. The apostles laboured hard, the
martyrs died in torment, the scholars and the scientists proclaimed
the beauties of higher life, the sociologists untiringly inculcated
the sense of duties of good citizen, the philosophers pioneered
sublime thoughts, and all agreed that God is one and that man's first
duty is to realize Him. This is the key to what we describe as
Universal Brotherhood.
With this Mission, Universal Brotherhood is not a hollow slogan, but
the way of life. It is not a gospel merely to be preached by word, it
is an essential part of the very conduct and behaviour of every
Nirankari, who feels at home in any part of the world. He finds
himself surrounded by his own people, his own fellow-beings, wherever
he goes. There is no stranger for him. For him this globe is one house
and the mankind one family.