In my dream Abdu’l-Baha, the son and successor of Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, said in a very stern tone of voice “Get out of the...
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In part one of this three-part essay, I discussed my period of “spiritual thirst” and its symptoms of low energy, lack of focus, and jumbled thoughts. Have you ever felt...
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I was a spiritual seeker before I knew I was a seeker – so let me tell you the story of how I went from being a committed Christian to...
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The Baha’i Faith is both a religion and a way of life. Baha’u’llah did not make a distinction between the two – what people believe should be reflected in what...
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When we live in cultures that increasingly insist on solely material conceptions of reality, then we’re defined only as material beings, and that limited definition excludes a huge part of...
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In today’s world, how do we measure success? Is it determined by the sum of money we amass, the number of followers we have on social media, or the degree...
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In 1972, my wife Nancy and I became a married couple. Our many years together have taught us a few things about achieving marital and spiritual bliss, and I’d like...
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Everyone, sooner or later, asks the age-old question: does an omnipotent, all-knowing God cause—or at least fail to stop—the suffering of the innocent? Several major principles in the Baha’i writings...
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We have to identify and eliminate our internal individual prejudices before we can truly begin to appreciate our diversity. The first step looks a lot like the first step of...
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You’ve heard this one, right? “Can God create a rock He cannot lift?” It’s meant to disprove the concept of an omnipotent God. The reasoning goes like this: “If God...
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Belief in God may be better than non-belief, but here’s the thing: some people dispute every detailed proof of the existence of God. I’ve made a study of the arguments,...
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In my years as a Baha’i, nine quotations from the Baha’i writings have become especially important to me. I go to them time and time again, because they offer inspiration,...
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Most religions refer to God with male pronouns. But in 2020, could we address God as female? Growing up, I simply accepted that we refer to God as He, with...
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Once upon a time, in a beautiful, peaceful land far, far away, I experienced the bewildering processes called gestation and delivery. I arrived on this Earth to find, thanks to...
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Prayer is one of the most beautiful and mystical experiences we can have in this world. Through prayer, we converse and commune with the creator of our universe. And yet,...
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Last winter I was in a dark place, adrift and wandering the paths of delusion, heedless of the many signs God has given me to return and face the ancient...
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In my childlike understanding of prayer, I imagine all the peoples of the world, including myself, saying the “give-me” prayer: “give me this or that,” or “give me victory over...
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When I think of the most important questions in my life, I realize many were about how to get out of something I had gotten myself into. I had very...
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Do you believe, as I do, what Anne Frank said in her diary during the dark days her family hid from the Nazis during World War II? She wrote “In...
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If you’re an adult, try to imagine the life of a young person right now. Do you think growing up in today’s culture would be harder than growing up in...
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