"However difficult matters are at present, and

  however close to the limits of their endurance some sections of  societies are brought, humanity will ultimately pass through this ordeal, and it will emerge on the other side with greater insight and with a deeper appreciation of its inherent oneness and interdependence.  Universal House of Justice

Our Thoughts and Prayers with all people at War Zone...

Egypt: Short film on Bahá’í community highlights efforts for coexistence

 https://news.bahai.org/story/1604/

CAIRO — A short film titled “A Bahá’í in Egypt: A story of 3 generations” produced by Elsaha, an online news service based in Egypt, offers a perspective on the experience of the Bahá’í community of that country, from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through to the present-day, and its efforts to contribute to the progress of society.

https://news.bahai.org/story/1604/slideshow/2/

Forgiveness

 

The way people treat you has pretty much everything to do with them and not with you. Anais Nin said it best, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Abdul-Baha lived a perfect example of this truth. No matter how he was treated, by friend or foe, he always responded with love and compassion, as shown in this recounting from Baha’i author Earl Redman:

As for His enemies, Abdu’l-Baha never let them feel anything but love. In the early 1900s, a fanatical Protestant missionary from Scotland named Mrs. Ramsey was “consumed with the fire of religious prejudice and hatred ….” Since the Protestant Mission had a dispensary and rented an apartment in the building in which Abdu’l-Baha lived … she was forced to pass Him several times a day. Whenever she encountered Him, “she would writhe in agony, grimace and lower her head while quickening her pace to a run.” One day as she passed by, the Master called her over and asked, “Mrs. Ramsey, do you know how much I love you?”

“How much?” she asked suspiciously.

“Look in your heart and see how much you hate me. To that extent I love you,” He responded.

Abdu’l-Baha encouraged the Baha’is – in fact, he encouraged every human being – to adopt the same attitude and actions. In a talk he gave in the United States in 1912, he said: “Inasmuch as God is clement and loving to His children, lenient and merciful toward our shortcomings, why should we be unkind and unforgiving toward each other?” 

https://bahaiteachings.org/three-simple-steps-for-finding-forgiveness/?utm_source=BT+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8eb32b4df7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_NEW&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_22fe645b0d-8eb32b4df7-114045481&mc_cid=8eb32b4df7&mc_eid=a5e50159ab 

The Exemplar

 https://youtu.be/PRE8vDU_ufs 

Thoughts on our current World Civilization...

 

Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.

Bahá'u'lláh

What is the remedy for the world today? 

هل وحدنا كوفيد؟

 

لقد أزالت العلوم والتكنولوجيا الحواجز المادية ، والآن أثبت كوفيد أنه يمكن إزالة الحواجز الموجودة في قلوبنا وعقولنا لنكون قادرين على رؤية أنفسنا بعين الوحدة ؛ عرق واحد وشعب واحد..... 

 

 

Prayers for Children

O God, 

guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. 

Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful. — ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ 

O God! 

Educate these children. 

These children are the plants of Thine orchard, 

the flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden. 

Let Thy rain fall upon them; 

let the Sun of Reality shine upon them with Thy love. 

Let Thy breeze refresh them in order that they may be trained, grow and develop, 

and appear in the utmost beauty. Thou art the Giver. 

Thou art the Compassionate. —‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ

O my Lord! 

Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, 

and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action, 

and remembrance of Thee my companion, 

and the power of Thy sovereignty my succorer, 

and Thy habitation my home, 

and my dwelling-place the seat Thou hast sanctified from the limitations imposed upon them who are shut out as by a veil from Thee. 

Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful. —BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

How can we be Distinguished from others?

"I desire distinction for you. 

The Baha’is must be distinguished from others of humanity. 

But this distinction must not depend upon wealth – that they should become more affluent than other people. I do not desire for you financial distinction. It is not an ordinary distinction I desire; not scientific, commercial, industrial distinction. 

For you I desire spiritual distinction – that is, 

you must become eminent and distinguished in morals. 

In the love of God you must become distinguished from all else.

 You must become distinguished for loving humanity, for unity and accord, for love and justice. In brief, you must become distinguished in all the virtues of the human world – for faithfulness and sincerity, for justice and fidelity, for firmness and steadfastness, for philanthropic deeds and service to the human world, for love toward every human being,

 for unity and accord with all people, for removing prejudices and promoting international peace. 

Finally, you must become distinguished for heavenly illumination and

 for acquiring the bestowals of God."

– Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, pp. 189-190.


Reference Article;
https://bahaiteachings.org/why-i-dont-drink-and-why-it-matters?utm_source=BT+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d01f7ecdc3-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_NEW&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_22fe645b0d-d01f7ecdc3-114045481&mc_cid=d01f7ecdc3&mc_eid=a5e50159ab

Wisdom from Gandhi

Renewal of Religion

  Religion Always Requires Renewal

"We testify that when He [Jesus Christ] came into the world, He shed the splendor of His glory upon all created things. Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and wayward were healed. Through His power, born of Almighty God, the eyes of the blind were opened, and the soul of the sinner sanctified.  

Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him." – Baha’u’llah,                                                                                 Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 86.

"The religion of God is one religion, but it must ever be renewed. Moses, for example, was sent forth to man and He established a Law, and the Children of Israel, through that Mosaic Law, were delivered out of their ignorance and came into the light; they were lifted up from their abjectness and attained to a glory that fadeth not. Still, as the long years wore on, that radiance passed by, that splendour set, that bright day turned to night; and once that night grew triply dark, the star of the Messiah dawned, so that again a glory lit the world.

Our meaning is this: the religion of God is one, and it is the educator of humankind, but still, it needs must be made new. " – Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 51.

Which one we should develop more; our Brain or our Spirit?

Which one we should develop more; our Brain or our Spirit?

A divine Mine only can yield the gems of divine knowledge, and the fragrance of the mystic Flower can be inhaled only in the ideal Garden, and the lilies of ancient wisdom can blossom nowhere except in the city of a stainless heart. – Baha’u’llah, The Book of Certitude, p. 191.


Baha’is believe that we all need to nurture our spiritual selves just as much as our physical and social selves. As we find ways to better our ability to be generous, just, honest, kind, and loving to one another, we brighten our spirits. As we grow spiritually, we learn to better trust and listen to people of different backgrounds. We also get better at searching for collective truth together, and find more effective solutions to social issues. Through this kind of growth, we gain knowledge that leads to action. 

… the spirit of man is essential and therefore eternal. It is a divine bounty. It is the effulgence of the Sun of Reality and therefore of greater importance than the physical body. – Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 60.

From this link;

https://bahaiteachings.org/your-minds-greatest-potential-is-spiritual?utm_source=BT+Subscribers&utm_campaign=a82ce987e9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_NEW&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_22fe645b0d-a82ce987e9-114045481&mc_cid=a82ce987e9&mc_eid=a5e50159ab

The True cost of things we buy

please watch the following documentary:Minimalism 
                               A Documentary About the Important Things 
https://www.videoproject.com/Minimalism-Documentary.html

Another one;
https://truecostmovie.com/