held together by the
law of attraction. If this law should cease for one moment to operate
these elements would not hold together, they would fall apart, and the
object would in that particular form cease to exist. The law of attraction
has brought together certain elements in the form of this beautiful
flower, but when that attraction is withdrawn from this centre the flower
will decompose, and, as a flower, cease to exist.

So it is with the great body of humanity. The wonderful Law of Attraction,
Harmony and Unity, holds together this marvellous Creation.

As with the whole, so with the parts; whether a flower or a human body,
when the attracting principle is withdrawn from it, the flower or the man
dies. It is therefore clear that attraction, harmony, unity and Love, are
the cause of life, whereas repulsion, discord, hatred and separation bring
death.

We have seen that whatever brings division into the world of existence
causes death. Likewise in the world of the spirit does the same law
operate.

Therefore should every servant of the One God be obedient to the law of
love, avoiding all hatred, discord, and strife. We find when we observe
nature, that the gentler animals group themselves together into flocks and
herds, whereas the savage, ferocious creatures, such as the lion, the
tiger, and the wolf, live in wild forests, apart from civilization. Two
wolves, or two lions, may live amicably together; but a thousand lambs may
share the same fold and a large number of deer can form one herd. Two
eagles can dwell in the same place, but a thousand doves can gather into
one habitation.

Man should, at least, be numbered among the gentler animals; but when he
becomes ferocious he is more cruel and malicious than the most savage of
the animal creation!

Now Baha'u'llah has proclaimed the 'Unity of the World of Mankind'. All
peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and
should be to one another as brothers and sisters! I hope that you will
endeavour in your lives to show forth and spread this teaching.

Baha'u'llah said that we should love even our enemies and be to them as
friends. If all men were obedient to this principle, the greatest unity
and understanding would be established in the hearts of mankind.

THIRD PRINCIPLE

['That religion ought to be a Cause of Love and Affection' is much
emphasized in many of the Discourses of which the Notes are given in this
book, as well