The (Lip) Service of the Baha’i Administration at the time of the Covid-19 crises
Today,
Humanity is at a critical juncture faced with the unprecedented and unexpected
calamity in the form of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In the face of this crisis,
Nations, Organisations, communities and even individuals are engaged in
selfless service trying to help their fellow human beings’ tide over the
devastating effects of this pandemic. Nations are rising over past rivalries
and animosities, and people are rising over racism and xenophobia to help each
other.
However,
in the face of all of this, the “Baha’i Administration” is doing, as usual,
NOTHING MEANINGFUL. The “Administration”, as always, in this time of crisis is
bent on paying lip service and nothing more. This way of dumb and mute service
is the innate nature of the “Baha’i Administration” and is in perfect alignment
with the past set precedents of service of the “Administration”.
Allow me
to enumerate the various “Powerful” (read: self-serving and futile; Lip
Service) steps which the “Administration” will take at this time of crisis
- The various secretaries of
the Local Spiritual Assemblies will write flowery reports, elaborating in
detail each small action done by the individual Baha’is (branded as the
LSA’s effort) while exaggerating the same to appear as a humungous effort
on part of the LSA. This is while in reality the individual Baha’is
themselves are encouraged to do good not for humanity but for LSA reports
where each activity in counted. One LSA report states about their dilemma
where the Baha’is are asking them for guidance as to how they should serve
the community during these dire times! As if any sane person needs
guidance on that!!!
The
Secretaries of the LSA’s know very well that promotion in the Baha’i
administrative order is very much tied to one’s capacity at writing attractive
reports.
- The National Spiritual
Assemblies will then collect all of these puff pieces to assemble a
massive report which will be nothing but a whole lot of blarney. All NSA’s
are supposed to be masters in exaggerating the already exaggerated. The
reality here is that the re-election of all of these “serving” members of
LSA and NSAs depends on these rubbish reports and exaggerations. The
secretary of the NSAs will then forwards these reports to the world centre
which will then generate a very holy sounding poetic statement which would
sound something like this: –
“In city
after city, village after village, we see that a greater consciousness of our
common humanity is emerging among many people. This is spurring them on to help
others and to transcend traditional barriers and prejudices that keep them
apart. The Baha’i
communities together with local organizations and institutions are raising
awareness about the corona virus disease (COVID-19).”
- The next step in their
self-serving Lip Service at this time of crisis would be to send out
correspondences to figures of authority in various countries (like the
office of the Prime Minister etc). This work comes under the purview of
the External Affairs Committee of the NSA and is the most important
assignment for all of the NSAs worldwide. In these letters/correspondences
the NSAs will express their sympathies and solidarity with the government
in this crisis while emphasising that they are all obeying the respective
directives given by the said government but without ever explicitly
specifying how “they” are going to help.
Because
in reality they have no intention of helping and the purpose of sending such a
letter is much more sinister. What they in fact desire is a response (which is
usually issued to all organisations which write to these august offices) from
these figures in authority thanking them for their sympathies which will then be
used by the administration to publicise their “Achievement” worldwide –
That the Bahai’s have received welcoming and appreciating letters from Heads of
States – As if the religion of Baha’u’llah needs validation from them.
While not
always, often it has also been seen that a whisper campaign is then started to
spread malicious news that such and such head of state is now a Baha’i and is
hiding his true beliefs fearing public repercussion – proof of which is a
polite letter of thanks written by them (simply audacious)
- The NSAs will then start
asking for money from the ordinary Baha’is (whom they fondly refer to as
sheep) and from other organisations. Of these monies a very small
percentage actually makes its way to relief activities (and the NSAs feel
no need to publish statistics regarding how many cents to a dollar is
actually spent towards relief activities) but not before the
“Administration” will very shamefully make it into a photo-op, usually
with Government officials involved , for worldwide circulation, to show
acceptance of the Baha’i faith.
- And Lastly there is section
of the “Administration” called as the Kamalabadi Baha’is who will take
great pride in labelling this occasion of misfortune as the revenge of
Baha’u’llah on Humanity. They will in fact label all that befalls humanity
as the revenge of Baha’u’llah since Humanity has not accepted the message
of Baha’u’llah, in their sordid thinking, it is then necessary for
Baha’u’llah to take revenge from humanity by involving it in harsh
punishments.
This kind
of thinking originates from a mind which has suffered years of spiritual rot at
the hands of the Administration. Such statements of hate and acting like
spokespersons for Baha’u’llah comes naturally to them since they have for long
left the true teachings of Baha’u’llah and have adopted false ideas, false
systems and false “Administrations” as authorities over them.
I believe
that it is the moral responsibility of all true Baha’is to condemn these
Kamalabadi Baha’is who find solace in the Misfortune of others (including the
many Baha’i who have been affected by this).
Alas, But
in these times of tribulations and crisis, it seems that the chosen ones of
Baha’u’llah, us Baha’is appear to be the most lost all because of this false
“Administration” which does service only when it is self-service and helps only
when it needs help in return. And all of this grand charade of service (Lip
Service) by the “Administration” at the time of crises is only a means of
marking their presence and safeguarding their relevance in our society.
Thank
you.
A pained
Baha’i
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