While the Baha’i writings say that love and justice comprise two of the most essential religious principles, they also offer a range of important additional teachings to guide us toward...
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Tonight Baha’is observe the anniversary of the passing of Abdu’l-Baha, who ascended to the next world more than a hundred years ago – and left the world a legacy of...
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Having grown up in the tradition of the Baha’i Faith, regular daily devotions were always part of our household practice – including my parents saying prayers with me from a...
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Every year in November, Baha’is around the world honor unity on the Day of the Covenant. This special Baha’i Holy Day recognizes and celebrates the appointment of Abdu’l-Baha as the...
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Are you physically happy, spiritually happy, or both? The Baha’i writings say that there are two kinds of happiness: physical and spiritual. “But if material happiness and spiritual felicity be...
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Humanity’s recorded history covers roughly five to six thousand years, and our prehistory has spanned over three million years. We’ve waged war for most of that time. Now, can we...
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Despite what the movies teach us, courage doesn’t just mean bravery – it also means facing our fears, overcoming life’s difficulties, and doing the right thing regardless of what others...
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How can we help our society bear fruit? I love the smell of rain on a spring day. Rain is essential to the life of human beings, and without it,...
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Can any religion of the past now serve the needs of a rapidly-globalizing humanity with its diverse spectrum of spiritual beliefs? If so, what religion and which branch of it...
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If we can feed ourselves without hurting vulnerable populations, participating in the brutal sacrifice of another life, and also improve our health and help sustain the environment, then why don’t...
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If we all live, as many scientists now believe, in a “fine-tuned universe,” then the universe must have been designed, created, and arranged by a higher and more powerful intelligence....
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By the time of his death on November 28, 1921, Abdu’l-Baha had written and spoken tirelessly regarding unity as the stated purpose animating the revelation of his father Baha’u’llah. Abdu’l-Baha...
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I held Darwin’s food bowl out to him. It was breakfast time at PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary, usually Darwin’s favorite time of day. He hung his head and turned away. Darwin...
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On the passing of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the entire world reflected on her reign, generally acknowledging that she loyally served her subjects and duties for an amazing...
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Today, Sunday, November 13, is World Kindness Day – an international holiday that was formed 24 years ago to promote acts of kindness around the world. Merriam-Webster defines “kind” as...
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Two concepts from Michel Foucault’s philosophical work can help us understand and illuminate Baha’u’llah’s remarkable revelatory teachings on global governance. The first is governmentality, to be understood as what Foucault...
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The need for a vision of a shared identity based on the principle of the oneness of humanity was highlighted by representatives of the Baha’i International Community’s (BIC) New York...
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Today, November 11, the United States observes Veterans Day, while many other nations celebrate it as Remembrance Day, marking the formal end of the First World War and honoring the...
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Scientifically, the conditions that make life possible at all represent only a very narrow band on the full spectrum of possibilities. In fact, life itself seems pretty unlikely, given the...
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One of the primary principles of the Baha’i teachings calls on everyone to conduct their own independent investigation of the truth – to look deeply into the realities of things....
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