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In a Baha’i prayer, we ask God to fill up our “cup of detachment” and break us off from “the shackles of this nether world.” Shackles, chains that prevent us...
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2d ago
As a young adult, I respected those who worked in governing roles. Given my upbringing and education in both the Baha’i Faith and in America, I saw them as contributing...
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3d ago
The Baha’i Faith is unique in many ways, one of them being the vast wisdom contained in its holy scriptures — all of the writings of The Bab, Baha’u’llah, and...
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4d ago
I’m an artist, so I want to briefly share my understanding of how art has and will increasingly have a powerful role in the world-changing process of the Baha’i revelation. ...
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5d ago
When I tried to pay for my coffee this morning, I was told it had already been paid for. The cashier then pointed to a woman near the exit and said that...
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6d ago
My Facebook friend Ari and I had finally communicated enough that he stopped assuming he knew what I believed and, instead, asked what I believed or thought of a particular...
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1w ago
We live in a time when many people have lost their hope, faith, and optimism, as war and violence, corruption and greed, environmental degradation and loss seem to dominate our...
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Here in the nursing home, I have a neighbor and a friend, both of whom are in the process of dying. Of course, we’re all in some stage of that...
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In part one, Michael Orona and I explored untold stories of solidarity between Indigenous Yaqui miners and African Americans. In part two, we delved into the power of spiritual courage...
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While we can find elements of gender equality in the teachings of various spiritual traditions, these ideals have often been obscured by cultural interpretations and historical biases. For instance, Buddhism...
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