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Seeking God’s Acceptance — Not Other People’s Approval
As social creatures, we naturally want to find a group of people we can connect with to be part of something bigger than ourselves. It’s easy to fall into the...
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When Surrender Becomes Strength
Well, I entered 2025 with the flu. Even though it’s much milder thanks to modern medicine, it’s still rough. My appetite is low, my energy even lower. Being stuck in...
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5 Reasons Why Spiritual and Material Progress Must Go Together
In his travels through Europe and North America just over a century ago, Abdu’l-Baha spoke continuously of the future society that the practice of Baha’u’llah’s teachings would make possible. He...
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Exaltation: Stories of Spiritual Adventure
Mind or Soul: What Makes us Truly Human?
What we cannot avoid in our discussion about what constitutes human life—especially since we have defined death as the absence of it—is whether or not being human involves anything other...
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Science: God’s Greatest Gift to Humanity
It might seem strange at first to realize that the Baha’i Faith promotes the harmony of science and religion. To many people think religion represents the opposite of science, in...
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How Meditation Can Help Drive Scientific Discovery
Do science and the inner spiritual life ever collide or cohere? Can they work together? The Baha’i teachings answer those questions with a resounding yes. Although most of my more...
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The Science and the Soul of Dreaming
Do you dream? Yes, you certainly do, the sleep researchers all tell us. Whether you remember what you dreamed when you wake up or not, every human being dreams. Even...
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How Prayer Creates Positive States of Mind
I’ve been exploring what the Baha’i Faith teaches about Baha’u’llah’s daily obligatory prayers and comparing it to what is known in neurobiology about learning and states of mind. I’ve always...
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ETHIOPIA: New podcast invites youth to reflect on identity and purpose
Living Between Laughter and Letting Go
Today I had somewhat severe pain in my chest, side, and back, and it made breathing difficult. I took a pain reliever and hoped the pain would subside. As I...
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World Unity Media: Audiobooks, a Podcast & More!
Our Real Work, Even Without a Job
Currently between jobs, I’m fortunate that, for a while anyway, I’m not worried about being without an income. This is a welcome and rare opportunity to reconsider how I spend my time...
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The 5 Love Languages – and Loving Our Creator
In his mystical book The Hidden Words, Baha’u’llah confirmed that the Creator loves us all with an immensity that we cannot comprehend: “I loved thy creation, hence I created thee.”...
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Reimagining America’s story: How unity and justice can shape national narratives
Conquering Anxiety with Conscious Happiness
In every life we have some trouble,When you worry you make it doubleDon’t worry, be happy! ~Bobby McFerrin, 1988 song lyrics Don’t worry, be happy. You may recognize these four...
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Monthly Reflection: Mashiyyat (Will) – On Days of Remembrance
How to Get Rid of Hatred
“There’s so much hate right now,” bewailed a friend recently. Usually one of the most positive and upbeat women I know, she sounded dejected. Deeply concerned about the state of...
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Questions from an Atheist: The God Hypothesis
A self-identifying atheist acquaintance — I’ll call him Maynard — posted questions about God on his blog encouraging any believers hanging out there to please answer. How could I resist?...
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