Since time immemorial the most important of mediums in all forms of life is that of communications, “the imparting or exchanging of information,” according to Webster’s Dictionary. In watching nature channels and documentaries we observe that all forms of fish, fowl, man and beast use some form of communication to relay different messages. Oddly enough we also observe that these respective communicative mediums remain basically unchanged–except with man who alone has been endowed with the intellect to create and change everything–but man!
In the Holy Bible we read, “Get knowledge, get wisdom; but with all thy getting get understanding…” And nothing is more critical to getting understanding than good communication among men and nations! Yet the more advanced man becomes in science, technology and intellect, the more alienated we seem to become even in the most basic of homes in which the former “family unit” has been replaced with broader options.
The rapid deterioration and decay of the social and moral fiber of today’s high-tech society is being attributed in part to a serious breakdown in communications within the home where the first, most permanent and formative attitudes and morals are formed in the child. With the multi-makeup of today’s fast changing family structure however, children are being progressively passed (as young as 2 weeks old) through early childcare givers, to pre-school, peers, teachers and students of multi-cultural classrooms of various acceptable behavioral patterns and attitudes with no steady communicative moral or spiritual balance. The end results, only the strong survive with far too many others falling through the cracks, becoming disillusioned, cynical, bitter and/or rebellious, often resorting to fast-buck shortcuts through fear and/or intimidation to hopefully gain acceptance and/or respect.
Couple this with the increasing exposure of today’s children and youth to violence, vulgarity, profanity and promiscuity on primetime television, boom- boxes, movie and TV screens and easy accessibility to porn and pedophiles through the internet and other social media, and we are hit full force with the detriment of modern communication becoming totally out of control!
The most effective mode of communication today then, remains the continuous loving and positive maturation of children at earliest age, not by telling them what is wrong but by showing them what is right–and they will recognize wrong from its dynamic force of example!
To improve the quality of life in our communities, our state, nation and the world we must improve our quality of communication–to provide more healthy and accurate information and demonstration and less indoctrination and manipulation–by different folks with different strokes,” for different selfish reasons.
“The foundation of the Kingdom of God is laid upon justice, fairness, mercy, sympathy and kindness to every soul,” we read in the Baha’i Holy Scriptures; “Then strive ye with heart and soul to practice love and kindness to the world of humanity at large–except to those souls who are selfish and insincere. It is not advisable to show kindness to a person who is a tyrant, a traitor or a thief because kindness encourages them to become worse and does not awaken them. The more kindness you show a liar the more he is apt to lie for he thinks that you know not, while you do know, but kindness keeps you from revealing that knowledge.”
In this new, Divine Dispensation, The days of idol worship are truly ending… and “nothing but the purest communication through deeds will be acceptable! — Investigate!
