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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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Surviving and Thriving, Despite the Chaotic Forces of Modern Life

Surviving and Thriving, Despite the Chaotic Forces of Modern Life

David Langness | Mar 25, 2023

Naw-Ruz, the Baha’i New Year, and the Symbol of the Equinox

Naw-Ruz, the Baha’i New Year, and the Symbol of the Equinox

David Langness | Mar 21, 2023

Fasting, Praying, and Meditating: Catching Fire from the Love of God

Fasting, Praying, and Meditating: Catching Fire from the Love of God

David Langness | Mar 12, 2023

Disasters: Three Ways to Avoid Their Terrible Toll

Disasters: Three Ways to Avoid Their Terrible Toll

David Langness | Feb 27, 2023

The Main Message of the Baha’i Intercalary Days: Joy!

The Main Message of the Baha’i Intercalary Days: Joy!

David Langness | Feb 25, 2023

What to Do, Spiritually, When You Really Don’t Like Someone

What to Do, Spiritually, When You Really Don’t Like Someone

David Langness | Feb 18, 2023

Finding the Hidden Mysteries in Ourselves – and In the Universe

Finding the Hidden Mysteries in Ourselves – and In the Universe

David Langness | Feb 11, 2023

Eggs, Zygotes, and Embryos: When Does Life, and the Soul, Begin?

Eggs, Zygotes, and Embryos: When Does Life, and the Soul, Begin?

David Langness | Jan 29, 2023

Franklin Lewis, Rumi, and the Beauty and Bounty of Scholarship

Franklin Lewis, Rumi, and the Beauty and Bounty of Scholarship

David Langness | Jan 22, 2023

Child-Rearing Tip #1: Don’t Make Life Too Easy for Your Kids

Child-Rearing Tip #1: Don’t Make Life Too Easy for Your Kids

David Langness | Jan 15, 2023

What It Takes to Become a Baha’i

What It Takes to Become a Baha’i

David Langness | Jan 3, 2023

I Used to Watch Cable News. Now I Watch the Universe.

I Used to Watch Cable News. Now I Watch the Universe.

David Langness | Dec 14, 2022

The Basic Human Right to Freedom: UN Human Rights Day 2022

The Basic Human Right to Freedom: UN Human Rights Day 2022

David Langness | Dec 10, 2022

Is the Universe Ordered or Chaotic?

Is the Universe Ordered or Chaotic?

David Langness | Dec 1, 2022

In Our Fine-Tuned Universe, Does Life Exist on Other Planets?

In Our Fine-Tuned Universe, Does Life Exist on Other Planets?

David Langness | Nov 17, 2022

Is the Universe Consciously “Fine-Tuned” So Life Can Exist?

Is the Universe Consciously “Fine-Tuned” So Life Can Exist?

David Langness | Nov 10, 2022

The Absolute Perfection of This Endless Universe

The Absolute Perfection of This Endless Universe

David Langness | Nov 2, 2022

Uniting a Sustainable Humanity through a Universal Auxiliary Language

Uniting a Sustainable Humanity through a Universal Auxiliary Language

David Langness | Oct 18, 2022

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Explore how the Baha’i principle of “work as w

Explore how the Baha’i principle of “work as worship” and other revolutionary teachings illuminate the spirit of this new age, as highlighted in Abdu’l-Baha’s 1912 North American tour. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #BahaiFaith #BahaiPrinciples

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

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