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David
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David Langness writes and edits for BahaiTeachings.org and is a journalist and literary critic for Paste Magazine. He and his wife Teresa live in the Sierra foothills in Northern California.

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The Secret of Life: Seeing in Symbols

The Secret of Life: Seeing in Symbols

David Langness | Aug 21, 2023

Can You Drink Yourself to Death?

Can You Drink Yourself to Death?

David Langness | Aug 14, 2023

Why Don’t Baha’is Drink?

Why Don’t Baha’is Drink?

David Langness | Aug 6, 2023

How the Baha’i Faith Helped Me Get Sober

How the Baha’i Faith Helped Me Get Sober

David Langness | Jul 31, 2023

Three Ways to Counter Your Anger and Rage

Three Ways to Counter Your Anger and Rage

David Langness | Jul 24, 2023

Spiritual Considerations for Avoiding Estrangement

Spiritual Considerations for Avoiding Estrangement

David Langness | Jul 17, 2023

What Mass Shooters Want: to Assault the Idea of Community Itself

What Mass Shooters Want: to Assault the Idea of Community Itself

David Langness | Jul 11, 2023

Why Do Americans Own So Many Guns?

Why Do Americans Own So Many Guns?

David Langness | Jul 4, 2023

How Baha’is Regard Guns

How Baha’is Regard Guns

David Langness | Jun 29, 2023

The Worship of Guns and the Decline of Religion

The Worship of Guns and the Decline of Religion

David Langness | Jun 22, 2023

“That’s a Deadly Weapon You’re Holding,” Dad Said

“That’s a Deadly Weapon You’re Holding,” Dad Said

David Langness | Jun 14, 2023

How to Die Without Fear: The Positive Death Movement

How to Die Without Fear: The Positive Death Movement

David Langness | Jun 7, 2023

The World Needs Massive Change – So How Do We Get There?

The World Needs Massive Change – So How Do We Get There?

David Langness | May 31, 2023

Earth Day and Faith Climate Action Week: Can Religion Address Climate Change?

Earth Day and Faith Climate Action Week: Can Religion Address Climate Change?

David Langness | Apr 22, 2023

When Death Calls, Even Kings and Queens Must Obey

When Death Calls, Even Kings and Queens Must Obey

David Langness | Apr 19, 2023

How Spirituality Can Conquer Pessimism

How Spirituality Can Conquer Pessimism

David Langness | Apr 12, 2023

UN World Health Day: Health for All

UN World Health Day: Health for All

David Langness | Apr 7, 2023

The Forces Transforming the Face of Our Planet

The Forces Transforming the Face of Our Planet

David Langness | Apr 3, 2023

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Be thou severed from this world, and reborn throug

Be thou severed from this world, and reborn through the sweet scents of holiness that blow from the realm of the All-Highest. Be thou a summoner to love, and be thou kind to all the human race. Love thou the children of men and share in their sorrows. Be thou of those who foster peace. Offer thy friendship, be worthy of trust. Be thou a balm to every sore, be thou a medicine for every ill. Bind thou the souls together. – #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Peace #Friendship
(Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá)

Instead of just hunkering down, we can use winter

Instead of just hunkering down, we can use winter to transform our minds and prepare our hearts to receive God’s blessings. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Winter #SpiritualGrowth

Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in

Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in the pursuit of evil and corrupt affection, nor let your endeavours be spent in promoting your personal interest. Be generous in your days of plenty, and be patient in the hour of loss. Adversity is followed by success and rejoicings follow woe. - Baha'u'llah⠀
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#Bahai #Spirituality #Generosity #Patience #SpiritualGrowth⠀
(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas)

Discover how embracing the Baha’i Faith has deep

Discover how embracing the Baha’i Faith has deepened my love for Christ. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Christianism #Unity

Let each morn be better than its eve and each morr

Let each morn be better than its eve and each morrow richer than its yesterday. Man’s merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches... Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in the pursuit of evil and corrupt affection, nor let your endeavors be spent in promoting your personal interest - #Bahaullah #Bahai #Spirituality #Unity #SpiritualGrowth
(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)

Can the spirit of humanity transform urban living

Can the spirit of humanity transform urban living into true havens of equity and care? Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Civilization #Humanity

Force is losing its dominance, and mental alertnes

Force is losing its dominance, and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy. Hence the new age will be an age less masculine and more permeated with the feminine ideals, or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Women #EmancipationofWomen

Longing for spiritual heat and light? Discover how

Longing for spiritual heat and light? Discover how divine love ignites the soul and unites humanity across faiths. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #SpiritualSearch #DivineTeachers

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