Fake news and untruthfulness has now become a plague on the progress of the human race.
The power of the written and spoken word by those that are supposedly to report the truth, is well known. It is used for good and is used to deceive.
The Baha'i Writings contain advice I would like to share.
Baha'u'llah offered
"The pages of swiftly-appearing newspapers are indeed the mirror of the world. They reflect the deeds and the pursuits of divers peoples and kindreds. They both reflect them and make them known. They are a mirror endowed with hearing, sight and speech. This is an amazing and potent phenomenon. However, it behoveth the writers thereof to be purged from the promptings of evil passions and desires and to be attired with the raiment of justice and equity. They should enquire into situations as much as possible and ascertain the facts, then set them down in writing." – Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, pp. 39-40.
There is more offered by Baha'u'llah about reporting the Truth, Abdul'baha gave many talks about this topic and quotes Baha'u'llah.
"O ye editors of the world: – It behooves ye to be free from prejudice and adorned with equity and justice in order to mirror forth the facts. – Baha’u’llah, quoted by Abdu’l-Baha in Divine Philosophy, p. 185.
"The pages of swiftly appearing newspapers are indeed the mirror of the world; they display the doings and actions of the different nations; they both illustrate them and cause them to be heard. Newspapers are as a mirror which is endowed with hearing, sight and speech; they are a wonderful phenomenon and a great matter. But it behoveth the editors of the newspaper to be sanctified from the prejudice of egotism and desire, and to be adorned with the ornament of equity and justice.
There are good and bad newspapers. Those which strive to speak only that which is truth, which hold the mirror up to truth, are like the sun: they light the world everywhere with truth and their work is imperishable. Those who play for their own little selfish ends give no true light to the world and perish of their own futility." – Abdu’l-Baha, Star of the West, Volume 2, p. 3.
What do you think about this trend toward deceit?
I say bring back the desire to be truthful.
Regards Tony
The power of the written and spoken word by those that are supposedly to report the truth, is well known. It is used for good and is used to deceive.
The Baha'i Writings contain advice I would like to share.
Baha'u'llah offered
"The pages of swiftly-appearing newspapers are indeed the mirror of the world. They reflect the deeds and the pursuits of divers peoples and kindreds. They both reflect them and make them known. They are a mirror endowed with hearing, sight and speech. This is an amazing and potent phenomenon. However, it behoveth the writers thereof to be purged from the promptings of evil passions and desires and to be attired with the raiment of justice and equity. They should enquire into situations as much as possible and ascertain the facts, then set them down in writing." – Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, pp. 39-40.
There is more offered by Baha'u'llah about reporting the Truth, Abdul'baha gave many talks about this topic and quotes Baha'u'llah.
"O ye editors of the world: – It behooves ye to be free from prejudice and adorned with equity and justice in order to mirror forth the facts. – Baha’u’llah, quoted by Abdu’l-Baha in Divine Philosophy, p. 185.
"The pages of swiftly appearing newspapers are indeed the mirror of the world; they display the doings and actions of the different nations; they both illustrate them and cause them to be heard. Newspapers are as a mirror which is endowed with hearing, sight and speech; they are a wonderful phenomenon and a great matter. But it behoveth the editors of the newspaper to be sanctified from the prejudice of egotism and desire, and to be adorned with the ornament of equity and justice.
There are good and bad newspapers. Those which strive to speak only that which is truth, which hold the mirror up to truth, are like the sun: they light the world everywhere with truth and their work is imperishable. Those who play for their own little selfish ends give no true light to the world and perish of their own futility." – Abdu’l-Baha, Star of the West, Volume 2, p. 3.
What do you think about this trend toward deceit?
I say bring back the desire to be truthful.
Regards Tony