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War Chest Wednesday: Green The Color of Unity

‘Idál (Justice), 4 Qudrat (Power) 175 B.E. - Wednesday, November 7, 2018

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Wednesdays are the days I get to pull a prompt from the “Challenge War Chest!” These are prompts that have been suggested by bloggers over the years. Today’s prompt is: The color green. What do you associate with the color green and how does it make you feel?

Green is the color of life,
and the trees in paradise:
It reminds me of the unity
of humanity.

"The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Daystar of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The one true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words."

Bahá’u’lláh1

Green is the tree of humanity,
verdant with the hues of love,
bearing fruits of many colors,
Children of the Almighty,
and children of the planet Earth.

I wrote the following poem several years ago about the humanity's unity and its origins in Africa. This poem is, also, posted in "Devotional Poetry" . To me, green symbolizes humanity as a single species, a single tree, that spread from Africa to migrate across the planet. I believe the story of humanity's creation in the Christian Bible and other holy books was intended to symbolize the unity of the human race, and explain it in a way that could be understood by the people those sacred scriptures were revealed to. In this day, Baha'u'llah has reemphasized the unity of humanity by referring to it as the fruits and leaves of on tree.

"Out of Africa" 

I

Within the mist of time
the reason hides
that first caused our migration
out of Africa,
and generated evolution's color change.

II

Africa,
         the Motherland,
out of her rich soil their grew a tree,
whose boughs and branches overshadowed planet Earth.

         A tree,
whose exquisite blossoms
produce humanity's finest fruits.

Footnotes
1  Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXXXII