admin @ September 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The nature of man is threefold.
“So to speak, the reality of man is clad in the outer garment of the animal, the habiliments of the world of nature, the world of darkness, imperfections and unlimited baseness.
“On the other hand, we find in him justice, sincerity, faithfulness, knowledge, wisdom, illumination, mercy and pity coupled with […]
admin @ February 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In 1996, Carl Sagan wrote that current evidence “strongly suggests that stars like our own Sun frequently, if not invariably, are accompanied by planets.” [1] In the 19th century, Baha’u’llah responded to a question about “the nature of the celestial spheres”:
“To comprehend their nature, it would be necessary to inquire into the meaning […]
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 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
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, […]
admin @ January 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
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 […]
admin @ December 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Worldwide between 1999 and 2005 there were 850 million people undernourished. The growing world population is anticipated to necessitate by 2050 the use of a billion hectares additional land to be used to grow food. [1] In order to be able to also utilize biomass to develop biofuel, new technologies will need […]
admin @ December 20, 2007 # No Comment Yet
‘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, […]
admin @ December 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
‘Abdu’l-Baha writes in The Secret of Divine Civilization that “a good character is in the sight of God and His chosen ones and the possessors of insight, the most excellent and praiseworthy of all things.” A requisite of a good character is opposing unsuitable desires:
“The third element of the utterance under discussion is, “opposes his […]
admin @ December 10, 2007 # No Comment Yet
“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 […]