Travails of the new world order

The disease of selfishness in mankind will need a cure that is not only universal in its application but drastic in nature.  Real peace and happiness will dawn spontaneously when there is a purging of selfishness. … What will the present chaos lead to? How will it all end? It can only end in one way: mankind will become sick of it all.

Man will be sick of wanting and sick of fighting out of hatred… The way out of the deadlock will be found through selflessness. The only alternative cab be to stop hating and to love, to stop wanting and to give, to stop dominating and to serve.

Great suffering awakens great understanding. Supreme suffering fulfills its purpose and yields its true significance when it awakens an exhausted humanity and stirs within it a genuine longing for real understanding... It is now high time that universal suffering should hasten humanity to the turning point in its spiritual history. It is now high time that the very agonies of our times should become a medium for bringing a real understanding to human relationships… To know that life is real and eternal is to inherit unfading bliss. It is time that man had this realization by being unified with his own Self.

Through unification with the higher Self, man perceives the infinite Self. He becomes free by outgrowing and discarding the limitations of the ego-life.  Man shall reorient life in the light of this ancient Truth and will readjust his attitude toward his neighbors in everyday life. To perceive the spiritual value of oneness is to promote real unity and cooperation. The new life that is based upon spiritual understanding is an affirmation of the Truth. It is not something that belongs to utopia but is completely practical…

The time is also ripe when humanity will ardently seek to contact the embodiment of Truth in the form of the God-Man (Avatar), through whom it can be inspired and lifted into spiritual understanding. It will accept the guidance that comes from divine authority… Divine love will perform the supreme miracle of bringing God into the hearts of man and of getting him established in lasting and true happiness. It will satisfy the greatest need and longing of mankind. Divine love will make people selfless and helpful in their mutual relationships, and it will bring about the ultimate solution of all problems. The new brotherhood on earth shall be a fulfilled fact, and nations will be united in the fraternity of Love and Truth.

My existence is for this Love and this Truth. To suffering humanity I say: Have hope. I have come to help you in surrendering yourselves to the cause of God and in accepting His grace of Love and Truth. I have come to help you in winning the one victory of all victories-to win your Self.

Avatar Meher Baba