[Arktwo] The New World Order - Two

[Bruce Beach]

For the last several issues
of this newsletter
I have been writing about how
I think that the current events
in the Middle East are progressing
towards a nuclear World War III,
and that as an aftermath of that
Great Final Battle of Armageddon
that humanity will form a New World Order.

As I set down these words today -
Israel, because of the calamity this morning,
has said that it will suspend its air assault
for 48 hours.
We shall have to see
if the other side will reciprocate.

My personal expectation is that events will continue -
along the present path.
There are some who look upon the next few days
as being particularly fearful.
(Literally 'full of fear')
These days in the Jewish calendar are called
"The Days of Av"
and the 9th Day of Av -
which falls about the middle of next week (August 3rd) -
is the date upon which a great number of
great Jewish tragedies have befallen.

Still,
no matter how dark and tragic
humankind's immediate future may be -
I look upon humanity's destiny with optimism.
It is for this reason that I use the title -
DawnSayer -
because I feel that beyond the doom -
we face the dawn of a new day.

My theme -
and the theme and purpose of Ark Two -
is the reconstruction of society
after the nuclear holocaust of World War III.
The vision that I hold of what the future will be like -
albeit beyond my lifetime -
is expressed in the writings of my religion  -
an example of which follows:

"The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the
establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races, creeds
and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the autonomy of
its state members and personal freedom and initiative of the individuals
that  compose them are definitely and completely safeguarded. This
commonwealth must, as far as we can visualize it, consist of a world
legislature, whose members will, as the trustees of the whole of mankind,
ultimately control the entire resources of all the component nations, and
will enact such laws as shall be required to regulate the life, satisfy the
needs and adjust the relationships of all races and peoples. A world
executive, backed by an international Force, will carry out the decisions
arrived at, and apply the laws enacted by, this world legislature, and will
safeguard the organic unity of the whole commonwealth. A world tribunal will
adjudicate and deliver its compulsory and final verdict in all and any
disputes that may arise between the various elements constituting this
universal system. A mechanism of world inter-communication will be devised,
embracing the whole planet, freed from national hinderances and
restrictions, and functioning with marvellous swiftness and perfect
regularity. A world metropolis will act as the nerve centre of a world
civilization, the focus towards which the unifying forces of life will
converge and from which its energizing influences will radiate. A world
language will either be invented or chosen from among the existing languages
and will be taught in the schools of all the federated nations as an
auxiliary to their mother tongue. A world script, a world literature, a
uniform and universal system of currency, of weights and measures, will
simplify and facilitate intercourse and understanding among the nations and
races of mankind. In such a world society, science and religion, the two
most potent forces in human life, will be reconciled, will co-operate, and
will harmoniously develop. The press will, under such a system, while giving
full scope to the expression of the diversified views and convictions of
mankind, cease to be mischievously manipulated by vested interests, whether
private or public, and will be liberated from the influence of contending
governments and peoples. The economic resources of the world will be
organized, its sources of raw materials will be tapped and fully utilized,
its markets will be co-ordinated and developed, and the distribution of its
products will be equitably regulated.

"National rivalries, hatreds and intrigues will cease, and racial animosity
and prejudice will be replaced by racial amity, understanding and
co-operation. The causes of religious strife will be permanently removed,
economic barriers and restrictions will be completely abolished, and the
inordinate distinction between classes will be obliterated. Destitution on
the one hand, and gross accumulation of ownership on the other, will
disappear. The enormous energy dissipated and wasted on war, whether
economic or political, will be consecrated to such ends as will extend the
range of human inventions and technical development, to the increase of the
productivity of mankind, to the extermination of disease, to the extension
of scientific research, to the raising of the standard of physical health,
to the sharpening and refinement of the human brain, to the exploitation of
the unused and unsuspected resources of the planet, to the prolongation of
human life, and to the furtherance of any other agency that can stimulate
the intellectual, the moral, and spiritual life of the entire human race.

A world federal system, ruling the whole earth and exercising
unchallengeable authority over its unimaginably vast resources, blending and
embodying the ideals of both the East and the West, liberated from the curse
of war and its miseries, and bent on the exploitation of all the available
sources of energy on the surface of the planet, a system in which Force is
made the servant of Justice, whose life is sustained by its universal
recognition of one God and by its allegiance to one common Revelation --
such is the goal towards which humanity, impelled by the unifying forces of
life, is moving."

	(The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, p. x)

Such is my optimism.
Such is my aspiration.
Such is what they who condemn
my efforts towards a NWO -
condemn.

Such also is my message and hope -
to bring others to the same aspiration
as that which I hold.

Some will say I am foolish or deluded.
That I seek an impossible utopia -
and that I travel the Quixotic path
of a madman tilting at windmills.

But this is the path and purpose
of Ark Two -
the reconstruction of society
after nuclear World War III -
and to those who feel that I should be
condemned for this -
then to that I plead guilty -
in that I do seek and strive
for justice, unity and peace
for all mankind.

Peace and love,
Bruce
DawnSayer@webpal.org