"The one redeeming feature about human nature..." - Avatar Meher Baba
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As we close out 2025, we acknowledge the passing of a year in which many felt distress not only from global events and politics, but also from personal suffering and loss.
As we enter 2026, the following from Avatar Meher Baba expresses genuine hope, empathy and a clear path forward amidst this widespread travail and loss.
This photo of Meher Baba in Jabalpur, India, was taken on January 6, 1939 by Rano Gayley, a close Western follower.
“The one redeeming feature about human nature is that even in the midst of disruptive forces there invariably exists some form of love.”
“The large mass of humanity is caught up in the clutches of separative and assertive tendencies. For one who is overpowered by the spectacle of these fetters of humanity, there is bound to be nothing but unrelieved despair about its future.
One must look deeper into the realities of the day if one is to get a correct perspective on the present distress of humanity. The real possibilities of the New Humanity are hidden to those who look only at the surface of the world-situation, but they exist and only need the spark of spiritual understanding to come into full play and effect.
The forces of lust, hate and greed produce incalculable suffering and chaos, but the one redeeming feature about human nature is that even in the midst of disruptive forces there invariably exists some form of love."
~Avatar Meher Baba
Sources
Quote: Meher Baba, Discourses. Seventh revised edition, “The New Humanity,” pg. 8. (Myrtle Beach SC: Sheriar Press, Inc) ©1987 by Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahilyanagar, India.
Photo: Avatar Meher Baba in Jabalpur, India, on January 6, 1939 during the Blue Bus Tours. Photographed by Rano Gayley. ©Meher Nazar Publications, Ahilyanagar, India. Used with permission.