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Alcides Moreno fell 47 stories, 500 feet, from the side of a building on December 7, 2007 holding to a window washer platform. [1] After being given 24 pints of blood, 19 pints of plasma, an operation which involved opening the abdomen, and nine orthopedic operations, Alcides reached out to a nurse, later asking, […]
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In a recent article of the New York Times, “Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike“, Janet Rae-Dupree reports about the tendency of individual creativity to diminish in a particular field as expertise is attained. A difficulty to imagine not knowing details about an area of study once becoming an expert is described as the “curse […]
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In Hope for a Global Ethic, Brian Lepard provides selections of scripture from seven major world religions, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha’i Faith. [1] He outlines common ethical principles by comparing the sacred writings. It is believed that by translating into reality the teachings of religion many difficult […]
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‘Abdu’l-Baha encourages Baha’i children to learn the arts and sciences and states that knowledge and wisdom are among greatest attributes of perfection emanating from God and illuminating man:
“O ye young Bahá’í children, ye seekers after true understanding and knowledge! A human being is distinguished from an animal in a number of ways. First of all, […]
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“The Báb hath said that the people of Baha must develop the science of medicine to such a high degree that they will heal illnesses by means of foods. The basic reason for this is that if, in some component substance of the human body, an imbalance should occur, altering its correct, relative proportion to […]
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Study leader Kiley Hamlin of Yale University published in Nature results of a study about the ability of babies to know who is likely to cooperate and who isn’t. “We wanted to see whether or not babies had something that has been postulated to be really important for cooperation to evolve, which is sort […]
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Research reported in a recent article in the New York Times corroborates the assertion by ‘Abdu’l-Baha that the soul is capable of solving intricate problems while the body is sleeping.
“The soul as thou observest, whether it be in sleep or waking, is in motion and ever active. Possibly it may, whilst in […]
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“What is Bahá’u’lláh’s purpose for the human race? For what ends did He submit to the appalling cruelties and indignities heaped upon Him? What does He mean by ‘a new race of men’? What are the profound changes which He will bring about?”
The Universal House of Justice, in Wellspring of Guidance, pp. 114-15
A recent New […]