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What does it mean to be a Baha'i?
“To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world, to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for Universal Peace, and Universal Brotherhood.”
-Abdu’l-Baha
Whenever I think about it too hard, or begin to get frustrated, or don’t feel up to it, or am fed up by people, or even when I’m feeling great, this is the reminder I need. The essence. Only this. This is a goal I can get behind. I’m not…
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Music Review- MJ Cyr "If We Could Only Catch A Glimpse"
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Worried? Don't be.
Don't Worry!
I’ll be honest. Sometimes I get disheartened. Sometimes I feel down on myself, or not good enough. Sometimes I worry. Then I get worried about worrying, like “Why am I worrying so much?”
Then I feel worse.
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Book Review: Close Connections- The Bridge Between Spiritual And Physical Reality
Book Review: Close Connections- The Bridge Between Spiritual And Physical Reality
Close Connections: The Bridge Between Spiritual And Physical Reality is one of my favorite book dealing with metaphysics and the Baha’i Faith. Coming from a more materialistic background, I struggled with understanding how the physical and spiritual could possibly interact. In fact, it is something that I had not really addressed before. I had figured that they were simply different realities…
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On Declaring The Faith
On Declaring The Faith
On 6/21/2007 my wife and I went to visit the Baha’i National House of Worship in Wilmette IL. While there, I signed a declaration card officially enrolling me in the Baha’i Faith.
(There’s definitely more to the story. Read it here!)
Since then, as my friends and family know, I have been on a very interesting journey, traveling many roads and learning many things. During this time I’ve actually…
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Book Review: Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith
Book Review: Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith
Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith is one of the first books I read when I declared. I had jumped right in to reading the The Kitáb-i-Íqán, which is amazing, but as a someone who does not know a lot about the Faith, starting with the The Kitáb-i-Íqán can be daunting. After reading through it for a while, Baha’u’llah and the New Era was recommended to me.
It is…
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“Prayer need not be in words…” "Prayer need not be in words, but rather in thought and attitude… words without love mean nothing." -Abdu’l-Bahá
Book Review: The Challenge of Baha'u'llah
Book Review: The Challenge of Baha’u’llah
In The Challenge of Baha’u’llah, Gary Matthews presents evidence as to why the claim of Baha’u’llah as Manifestation of God for this Age should be taken seriously. Now, as a Baha’i I already take this claim seriously! But this doesn’t meant that there wasn’t anything the glean from this book. Quite the opposite!
Matthews makes a solid case throughout the book, presenting pages upon pages of…
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Book Review: Zanjan
A graphic novel based on a story about The Báb? Count me in!
I will be the first to tell you that I am a nerd. I love my comics and I love being a grown up fanboy. When I heard about Zanjan, the graphic novel from Aaron Emmel and Aaron Kreader I knew I had to read it asap. I was not disappointed!
First off, I will say that this was a quick read. That is not a disparaging remark, as I’ve read it…
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“It is not preaching any rules the world wants…” "It is not preaching any rules the world wants, but love and action." - Shoghi Effendi (Guardian of the Baha'i Faith)
“O Lord my God! Assist Thy loved ones…” "O Lord my God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy Faith, to walk in Thy ways, to be steadfast in Thy Cause.
“Verily I am Thy servant, O my God…” Verily I am Thy servant, O my God, and Thy poor one and Thy suppliant and Thy wretched creature.
Eid Mubarak! As I have mentioned before, my father is Muslim, and many, if not most, of my close friends are Muslim.
What is the Baha'i Faith?
What is the Baha’i Faith?
One question that I have gotten from quite a few family and friends has been:
Can you tell me, what is the Baha’i Faith?
Now, this is a very valid question! I’ve given a lot of thought as to how to address this question, because it does deserve and answer, and a good answer at that. However, it has a very long answer, and one that I’m not sure I’m qualified to answer.
So that leaves us with a bit…
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“I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by this Fire which blazeth…” I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by this Fire which blazeth and rageth in the world of creation, to rend asunder the veils that have hindered me from appearing before the throne of Thy majesty, and from standing at the door of Thy gate.
Fear and Peace
I have been thinking about fear lately, what I am afraid of, how to deal with those fears, that kind of thing. To get extremely personal for a second, I’ve been dealing with a severe and crippling fear of death. I hyperventilate, I freeze up, and I can’t think of anything else. It’s like a panic attack, and it is so hard to shake. Even writing these words now makes my chest tighten.
Nothing seems…
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The Story of My Declaration (Visiting the National House of Worship)
The Story of My Declaration (Visiting the National House of Worship) http://wp.me/p3Mg3k-u
(I’ve written previously about visiting the National House of Worship or Mashriqu’l-Adhkár and signing my Declaration Card. These are the details of that story.)
My wife and I arrived at the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár to look around pretty close to the “closing time”. At that time there was a Welcome Center downstairs. Because it was so late there weren’t a lot of people around. We sat down to watch a…
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