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500 youth from 22 countries in Eastern Europe gathered in Bucharest to explore how to intensify their efforts to contribute to the betterment of their societies.

Everywhere young people hang out, dudes and dudettes in their early twenties hunt for a mate. This perfectly normal dance has probably happened forever, in one way or another.  The...

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Imagine this: you’re a physicist struggling with a major new theory of how the universe works, and you find the answer in a dream. You’re a novelist looking for a...

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Most of us rely on a good “vent” every once in a while — you know that feeling when you need to unload the weight of heavy emotions to a...

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Today, one of the holiest and happiest days in the entire year for Baha’is, the followers and friends of Baha’u’llah will gather with smiles, laughter, and great joy – please...

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The focus of my article is a most moving Letter composed in Persian and revealed by the Bab to His beloved mother. To the best of my knowledge, no authorised English translation of this Letter currently exists, and what I have offered is only a provisional rendering. What makes this Letter profoundly touching is the glimpse […]

Tonight, beginning at sunset, Baha’is everywhere will take part in the joyous and radiant first celebration of the Twin Holy Days — the birthday of the Bab, the founder of...

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Conversations on equality highlight that meaningful social change begins in the home through consultation, mutual respect, and recognition of human nobility.

Our societies face a crisis of truthfulness, where obfuscation, falsehood and lying have overcome and even taken the place of truth-seeking. How then can we restore truthfulness?  To answer this...

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When my husband and I first saw the results of the tests on our new baby growing in my womb, we both cried. But after all the excellent advice from...

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Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however...

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A half-truth plagues the world, that we have five senses: our sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. Each of these are observational mechanisms, yet we are rarely taught about our...

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Families in rural Queensland turn a streetside garden into a place for service and to support local biodiversity.

Suffering – pain, misfortune, and misery – has always been a basic, essential, and unavoidable fact of human life. People experience three kinds of suffering:  internal, intentional, and natural. The Pain...

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I’m all aflutter as our community prepares to celebrate the Twin Holy Days and while last month’s newsletter brought some films and videos related to the Births of the Bab and Baha’u’llah to the fore, this time I would like to highlight a few albums and singles specifically dedicated to these holy days. Please look […]

Since Baha’u’llah’s advent in the middle of the 19th century, humanity has witnessed a time of miraculous growth and global regeneration unprecedented in the annals of world history.  The technological,...

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Consultation is essential to addressing contemporary challenges, say Bahá’í delegates at the 8th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

We live at a time in history when material civilization has overshadowed spiritual civilization. The Baha’i Faith aims to re-adjust that imbalance. With the advancement of science, we have witnessed...

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How can we increase our knowledge of God? The first step in that quest goes through the portal of self. Right from our initial moment of existence we must grow...

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Over 13,000 people of diverse backgrounds experienced the illuminated terraces leading to the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel as part of the “Terraces by Night” event.