admin @ February 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In the Baha’i Writings we are asked to ponder teachings in our heart.
“The merciful outpourings of that Divine Essence, however, are vouchsafed unto all beings and it is incumbent upon man to ponder in his heart upon the effusions of the Divine Grace.”
(Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith - Abdu’l-Baha Section, p. 347)
Although unreliable, the heart is […]
admin @ January 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The length of the annual migration of Monarchs is longer than most normal lifespans of this species of butterfly. The first population departs in August, and the second, third, or fourth generation returns in the spring, traveling a combined distance of 3,000 miles between Canada and Mexico. [1] The average wingspan of this […]
admin @ January 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
“Man is in the highest degree of materiality, and at the beginning of spirituality; that is to say, he is the end of imperfection and the beginning of perfection. He is at the last degree of darkness, and at the beginning of light; that is why it has been said that the condition of man […]
admin @ January 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Devon Gundry and a friend perfomed a beautiful song about marriage at the Northeast Baha’i Youth Festival during February 2006. A recording is below with words of a Baha’i prayer from which the lyrics are inspired and passages from the the Baha’i writings about “everlasting unity throughout all the worlds of God”. [1]
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1853049007066400859
“O peerless […]
admin @ December 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Matthieu Ricard is an author and photographer who once served as a molecular biologist and later became a Buddhist monk in the Himayalas. In the video below, Matthieu discusses the nature of happiness and research that a state of well-being can be cultivated by training of the mind.
A starting point of the discussion is […]
admin @ November 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Gaining wisdom from the Teachings of Baha’u’llah is compared to searching in the depths of the ocean and discovering pearls:
“This is the Voice of God, if ye do but hearken. This is the Day Spring of the Revelation of God, did ye but know it…. This is the manifest and hidden Secret; would that ye […]
admin @ November 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
William S. Hatcher, a mathematician, philosopher, and educator, is a Baha’i who served as a professor in universities in North America, Europe, and Russia. He has written groundbreaking books, such as Minimalism: A Bridge between Classical Philosophy and the Baha’i Revelation and Love, Power, and Justice, connecting ideas of philosophy with Teachings of the […]