“The Forces of the Contingent World”
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Shoghi Effendi has written that “the world is full of evil and dark forces” and that by thinking negatively towards each other, they can get hold of us. [1] What is the source of the evil forces present in the world?
“There is a tremendous darkness in the world today, the darkness caused by […]
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Miraculous Recovery - A Baha’i Perspective of Healing
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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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Embracing the Baha’i Faith
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Excerpts of an interview with a Baha’i discussing the path to certitude in belief in Baha’u’llah is copied below. The video supports the assurance from Baha’u’llah that “no man that seeketh Us will We ever disappoint, neither shall he that hath set his face towards Us be denied access unto Our court….” [1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUv7DgUOCks
“Thou disappointest no […]
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Meditation and Happiness - A perspective from the Baha’i Faith and a Buddhist monk
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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 […]
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