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Ray
Zimmerman

Orange, CA

Dr. Ray Zimmerman is an English professor at Saddleback College in Orange County, CA where he teaches English Composition, Humanities, and British Literature. His doctoral research concerned masculinity, violence, and militarism in 20th century American literature. A licensed mediator, he also serves as an advisory board member for Chapman University's Interfaith Center. He has been a Baha'i since 1993 and is currently the Secretary of the Baha'i community of Orange, CA. In 2004, he received an NAACP award for education.

BY Ray Zimmerman

The Immortal Soul and the Afterlife

The Immortal Soul and the Afterlife

Ray Zimmerman

Evil Spirits, Angels, Psychic Powers, and Aliens

Evil Spirits, Angels, Psychic Powers, and Aliens

Ray Zimmerman

Why Baha’is Fast

Why Baha’is Fast

Ray Zimmerman

Only One Race . . . The Human Race

Only One Race . . . The Human Race

Ray Zimmerman

Walking the Baha’i Talk

Walking the Baha’i Talk

Ray Zimmerman

Many Religions, One Single Faith

Many Religions, One Single Faith

Ray Zimmerman

Service Can Save Us

Service Can Save Us

Ray Zimmerman

Calling All “12-Steppers”

Calling All “12-Steppers”

Ray Zimmerman

A Teacher’s Plea

A Teacher’s Plea

Ray Zimmerman

How I Found Authentic Happiness

How I Found Authentic Happiness

Ray Zimmerman

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Anybody can be happy in the state of comfort, ease

Anybody can be happy in the state of comfort, ease, health, success, pleasure and joy; but if one will be happy and contented in the time of trouble, hardship and prevailing disease, it is the proof of nobility. - #AbdulBaha⠀ ⠀ #bahai #spirituality #happiness #tests #trials ⠀

My tests have helped me learn that it’s far more

My tests have helped me learn that it’s far more complicated to make a stepfamily work than any of us would’ve imagined. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Family #Spirituality #Tests #StepFamily #BahaiFaith

What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, th

What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.
Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.
In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Love
(Paris Talks)

From the moment we’re born, the way our parents

From the moment we’re born, the way our parents treat us affects us for our whole life. Our attachment style in adult relationships is shaped by whether our parents consistently met our needs or not as a child. #Family #Parenting #Children #Bahai

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
(Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era)

How do we move towards a more inclusive reality be

How do we move towards a more inclusive reality beyond partisan politics? We might want to try these 6 principles from the Baha’i teachings. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Politics #Unity #BahaiFaith

To pray is to trust in God and accept His Will. Yo

To pray is to trust in God and accept His Will. You must be patient and accept the Will of God, then things will change for you. Put your family in God’s hands. Trust in God and love His Will. Strong ships are not conquered by the sea; they ride the waves! Now be a strong ship, not a battered one. – #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Prayer #TrustinGod
(Gloria Faizi, Stories About ‘Abdu’l-Bahá)

Streaking across the heavens in 1843, a great come

Streaking across the heavens in 1843, a great comet alarmed many and served to validate the belief of others that the Second Coming of Christ was imminent. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #MartyrdomoftheBab #TheBab #BahaiFaith

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