20 October 2008 Letter From Universal House of Justice
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“Let them not…” from Leila Seradj on Vimeo.
Leila Seradj created this video and posted it to www.vimeo.com/2320032. She wrote the following:
“I made this video using photos from bahai.org/attaining : images of Baha’is from five continents engaging in common yet diverse activity. Text from a recent message dated 20 October 2008 from the Universal House […]
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“With Thy Love in My Heart “
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Lyrics of the song, “Armed”, by Devon Gundry include passages from the Baha’i Writings and enunciate the power of the love of God to protect and provide strength amidst “all the world’s afflictions.” [1] A recording of the song is included in the video below, and the image that is shown while the music plays […]
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Happiness - “On the Steed of High Endeavor in the Arena of Civilization and Justice”
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The solution to current problems throughout the world begins with belief in Baha’u’llah, the Promised One of all ages. A video below includes a song and pictures with a message of the means of salvation and concludes with images of the Shrine of the Bab, Who prepared humanity before the coming of Baha’u’llah. […]
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Unity with Diversity - A Teaching of the Baha’i Faith
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Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter who played a prominent role with Charlie Parker in the development of bebop and modern jazz. Weekly jazz nights at the New York Baha’i Center honor Dizzy, who became a Baha’i in 1970 and who was one of the most […]
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Interview with Baha’is Raised with Christian Beliefs
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In The Seven Valleys, a mystic work that discusses the path in the journey to find God, Baha’u’llah writes that “the seeker reacheth a stage wherein he seeth all created things wandering distracted in search of the Friend. How many a Jacob will he see, hunting after his Joseph; he will behold many a […]
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The Promised One of All Ages
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Throughout history, Messengers of God Who have established the major world religions prophesied the coming of a Promised One. A video below includes a song with passages from the Bible and Qur’an and additional scripture foretelling the coming of Baha’u’llah, and there are images of the Shrine of the Bab and the gardens, buildings, […]
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The Promised One - The Prince of Peace
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A beautiful presentation celebrating the Life and Message of Baha’u’llah is below. Images of the “world of creation” which show “signs of the perfection of the spirit” precede a map retracing the series of exiles of Baha’u’llah and His family. Pictures of believers who suffered persecution as first promoters of the Cause of […]
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The Flexibility of Social Reality
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Paul Lample, the most recently elected member serving on the Universal House of Justice, presented a series of talks to youth at the 2006 Northeast Baha’i Youth Festival in February. A focal point of the discussion was the flexible nature of human reality and striving “to translate that which hath been written into reality […]
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Science and Religion - Electrons and Thoughts
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The dual nature of light and the wave characteristics of all matter are perhaps two of the most fascinating theories of science. That photons, the constituents of light, behave both as waves and particles was confirmed by experiments, such as the double-slit experiment performed by Thomas Young in 1805 ,and experiments involving the photoelectric […]
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Progressive Revelation - The Promised One
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A Teaching of the Baha’i Faith is that religion is progressively revealed by Messengers Who bring Guidance from God. Throughout the ages prophets and Messengers of God have foretold the coming of a glorious day, and Baha’u’llah announced that He is the Promised One of all Ages. The most recent Messenger of God, Baha’u’llah, […]
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