In order to understand the substantive content of The Secret of Divine Civilization, we should explicate four different layers of discourse in Abdu’l-Baha’s fascinating work. In the book, these four...
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Have you ever fallen in love? When I met my wife Teresa, I sure did. We met at a Baha’i conference, and only had the chance to talk for a...
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Human beings possess dozens of character traits that others may find either attractive, admirable or off-putting. Which of those traits make us spiritual? We can usually recognize the off-putting traits...
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Historically, hundreds of wars have been fought in the name of justice. In our own time, many movements and processes around the world have justice as their goal—but justice still...
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If you could pick the future you’d like to see for humanity, what would it look like — and what will it take for all humanity to make our hope...
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When we experience the different types of social support, we feel close to and cared for by our community. In contrast, as noted in chapter 11 of “Health Promotion in...
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All the world’s religions strongly emphasize service, including helping the poor, the sick, the oppressed, and protecting the environment and its wildlife. When we serve, not only do we help...
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The Baha’i teachings call on humanity to unite. Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, said that he “hath come to quicken the world and unite all its...
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We live in a technological age, and the training of the scientific mind tends to regard the virtues of the heart as impediments to truth, until religion itself verges on...
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O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to...
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“Ye are all fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch, the flowers of one garden”—you can hear this refrain in many Baha’i teachings and songs. The phrase comes...
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As I sat searching for a theme for my weekly newspaper column, numerous topics swirled and my mind kept spinning. So many topics, so little time. Literally so little time...
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Lots of essays, blogs, books, and podcasts give us advice about how to live and be happy in our earthly life – but does anyone ever think about how to...
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Every prophet and holy messenger promises to return. Symbolically, that sequential cycle of prophetic guidance from the Creator resembles the turning of the seasons, the Baha’i teachings say: The divine...
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We human beings can have a wide variety of feelings for one another. By itself, the word love can’t possibly encompass this entire emotional phenomena, but must be combined with...
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In a prayer from Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, the suppliant addresses the Creator in the following manner: “By Thy Glory! O Beloved of all hearts,...
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A friend of mine, another Vietnam war veteran like me, recently visited Vietnam. When he returned, I asked “How did it go?” He said “Those were the nicest enemies I’ve...
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I just finished a wonderful book about a subject I love: Big History. Unlike the history we learn in school, this type of history focuses on a much larger period:...
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“The cynics are right nine times out of ten,” said American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English Henry Louis Mencken. Do you believe him? Unless you’re...
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The Baha’i Faith has one ultimate goal, that of unity, and thus its inevitable result: peace. The spiritual and social principles of the Baha’i Faith, of its prophet and founder...
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