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O Son of Man! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.
Bahá'u'lláh
In my blog posting “Primary Relationships”, I looked at how God comes first, your spouse second and everyone else after that. A reader asked some very important questions: the rest of the non-Baha’i world that is either atheist or agnostic seems to believe that familial relationships can be cultivated without God’s assistance. While I believe [...]
Recently a reader wrote asking for suggestions of how to get closer to his mother and how to have his new found love accept him as a Baha’i. This caused me to reflect on the nature of our primary relationships and how to get clear about them. Hope my response to him helps you [...]
Click Here for Introductory Music: The Bahá’í New Year (or Naw Ruz, which means “new day”), is the only Baha’i Holy Day with no direct relation to the life of a Messenger of God. Like the ancient Persian New Year, it’s associated with the spring equinox, that first day of the [...]
By Marian I had a good session with my counsellor this week. These sessions often inspire me to do research either in a book or online – I use Ocean a fair bit when inspired to find something. So I was thinking about the Hidden Word that says; “Thy heart is My home, sanctify [...]
By Elizabeth Rochester Over the years, my experience has been that Baha’is from Iran have a much deeper and more intense response to stories of the martyrs than do people, even Baha’is, from the West. There is a deep grief combined with an undying admiration; there is nothing negative or guarded in [...]
The following posting came to me privately as a comment on the blog posting “How to Eat During the Bahá’í Fast”. It was too long to include as a comment, so with her permission, I’ve posted it as a blog posting in its own right. By Maria Chouchtari Growing up as a Christian, I always [...]
I first heard this story in a group for Adult Children of Alcoholics, nearly 25 years ago, and was delighted to find it again tonight. If you aren’t familiar with it, I hope you enjoy it! If you are, I hope you enjoy reading it again. An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters A poem [...]
Put the Glass Down By Dr.Claude Shema-Rutagengwa, Pr.Dr.Udaya Kumar and Pr.Dr.Dietrich http://www.author-me.com/fict07/puttheglass.htm Once a professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, “how much do you think this glass weighs? ’50gms!’?…’100gms…’125gms’…. The students answered, “I really don’t [...]
Recently someone asked me about what the Baha’i Faith has to say about near-death experiences. I don’t have any knowledge on this topic, but a quick search indicated that a lot of Baha’is had written and spoken about it. As a result, I decided to put together a list of resources, which could easily [...]
I was recently contacted by a couple who had a chance to go on a 3-day visit to the Bahá’í World Centre. Neither had been on pilgrimage before, and considered this the next best thing. The husband wanted to go, and the wife did not. They were at a stalemate and wondered if I could [...]
Feeling judged by others is a fairly universal theme among my clients and friends, so I wanted to share some insights I’ve gained which might help you reframe the way you hear hurtful comments. The spiritual principles you need to understand are the relationship between our lower and higher natures, the principle of neither giving [...]
As we learned in the previous blog posting, the Bahá’í Writings tell us the poor are “very dear to God”; “the mercies and bounties of God are with them”; they are “never forgotten” and they are “nearer the threshold of God”. The mercies and bounties of God are with them. The rich are mostly negligent, [...]