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Editor’s Choice: 9 Articles You Might’ve Missed in 2013

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Editor’s Choice: 9 Articles You Might’ve Missed in 2013

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By the Editors | Dec 31, 2013

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Looking back over more than 500 articles we published in 2013, the editors chose several outstanding contributions to BahaiTeachings.org we thought you may want to read or re-read.

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1. The Baha’i Fast… Slowly by Rainn Wilson

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2. Fashionable and Spiritual? by Gouya Zamani

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3. The Only Worldwide Election by Shannon Higgins

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4. Love, Light and the Near-Death Experience by Nancy Lee Harper

Process of the Tree Life in Five Stages.

5. Notes from a New Baha’i – Timelines by Holiday Reinhorn

Helen Keller - Author, Activist, Baha’i

6. Helen Keller – Author, Activist, Baha’i? by David Langness

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7. Can We Defeat Depression? by the Editors

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8. Baha’is and Guns by David Langness

A Collaboration of Minds

9. Unity: Love Without Limits by Baha’i Writings

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The meditative faculty is akin to the mirror; if y

The meditative faculty is akin to the mirror; if you put it before earthly objects it will reflect them. Therefore if the spirit of man is contemplating earthly subjects he will be informed of these.
But if you turn the mirror of your spirits heavenwards, the heavenly constellations and the rays of the Sun of Reality will be reflected in your hearts, and the virtues of the Kingdom will be obtained.
Therefore let us keep this faculty rightly directed—turning it to the heavenly Sun and not to earthly objects—so that we may discover the secrets of the Kingdom, and comprehend the allegories of the Bible and the mysteries of the spirit.
May we indeed become mirrors reflecting the heavenly realities, and may we become so pure as to reflect the stars of heaven. - #AbdulBaha #bahai #spirituality #humanity #meditation⠀
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Since Baha’is don’t take part in partisan poli

Since Baha’is don’t take part in partisan political squabbles, how do they propose to change the world? Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Empathy #Unity #Friendship #Bahai #BahaiFaith

When you meet those whose opinions differ from you

When you meet those whose opinions differ from your own, do not turn away your face from them. All are seeking truth, and there are many roads leading thereto. Truth has many aspects, but it remains always and forever one.
Do not allow difference of opinion, or diversity of thought to separate you from your fellow-men, or to be the cause of dispute, hatred and strife in your hearts. Rather, search diligently for the truth and make all men your friends. Every edifice is made of many different stones, yet each depends on the other to such an extent that if one were displaced the whole building would suffer; if one is faulty the structure is imperfect. - #Abdu'l-Baha #bahai #unity #friendship
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So what’s your religion—an actual religion, or

So what’s your religion—an actual religion, or the science of psychology? Which one do you use to explore your self, your psyche, your soul? Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Psychology #Religion #Science #Spirituality #Bahai

We must strive with life and heart that, day by da

We must strive with life and heart that, day by day, our deeds may be better, our conduct more beautiful and our forbearance greater. That is, to cultivate love for all the world; to attain beatific character. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Kindness
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In an age of scientific progress, has religion lost its relevance? Explore the Baha’i perspective on how science and religion can work together to address both material and spiritual needs in modern society. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Science #Spirituality #Religion #Unity

In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the ro

In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. – Baha’u’llah #Bahai #Spirituality #Love #Humanity
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