Personal Ambitions Don’t Bring Happiness
The fulfillment of our personal ambitions in life is very seldom what brings us happiness. On the contrary, it usually arouses an entire group of new ambitions. On the other hand, when we immerse ourselves in our duties both as human beings, to our families and our...
We All See Reality Differently
Participants in a consultative process see reality from different points of view, and as these views are examined and understood, clarity is achieved. (Office of Social and Economic Development at the Bahá'í World Centre, Social Action, 26 November 2012, p. 13. ...
Man’s Highest Station
Man’s highest station, however, is attained through faith in God in every Dispensation and by acceptance of what hath been revealed by Him . . . This quote came to my attention at just the right moment. My life has been fraught with so much abuse, trauma, loss and...
God’s Invisible Justice
He hath, however, caused you to be entangled with (the) affairs (of the world), in return for what your hands have wrought in His Cause. This, indeed, is a chastisement which ye, of your own will, have inflicted upon yourselves, could ye but perceive it. (Bahá’u’lláh,...
The Courage to be Chaste
As to chastity, this is one of the most challenging concepts to get across in this very permissive age, but Bahá’ís must make the utmost effort to uphold Bahá’í standards, no matter how difficult they may seem at first. Such efforts will be made easier if the youth...
False News
One of the unfortunate features of the present age is the difficulty of attaining truth, which seems to be an inherent characteristic of the process of disintegration that is assailing humanity in its transition to a new order. “In these days truthfulness and...
Healing the Stress Caused by the Pandemic
You should not neglect your health, but consider it the means which enables you to serve. It -- the body -- is like a horse which carries the personality and spirit, and as such should be well cared for so it can do its work! You should certainly safeguard your...
Difficulties, Obstacles, Hardships and Adversities
O Divine Providence! Perplexing difficulties have arisen and formidable obstacles have appeared. O Lord! Remove these difficulties and show forth the evidences of Thy might and power. Ease these hardships and smooth our way along this arduous path. O Divine...
Overcoming Depression
Mrs. H: How can I attain to greater stability? I feel terribly discouraged and depressed at times? Master: Whenever you feel depressed, go alone into a secret chamber, read one of the Hidden Words and with utmost supplication, beg of Baha’u’llah, to impart to you...
To Be Vaccinated or Not
In recent decades, advances in medical science have led to the production of effective vaccines, the use of which has freed humanity from many debilitating and deadly infectious diseases. Reports indicate that the coronavirus vaccines currently being developed offer...
Healing the Stress Caused by Forced Isolation
One of my readers asked: I am interested in perspectives on the healing of the mental and spiritual stresses placed on so many by the forced isolation caused by the pandemic. It’s absolutely true, that isolation is not our normal state, and as we go into the 4th wave...
Hardship and Tribulation Are Necessary
We should not, however, forget that an essential characteristic of this world is hardship and tribulation and that it is by overcoming them that we achieve our moral and spiritual development. As the Master says, sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more...
A New Prayer for Parents
O Divine Providence! Immerse the father and mother of this servant of Thy Threshold in the ocean of Thy forgiveness, and purge and sanctify them from every sin and transgression. Grant them Thy forgiveness and mercy, and bestow upon them Thy gracious pardon. Thou,...
Removing Difficulties and Obstacles
O Divine Providence! Perplexing difficulties have arisen and formidable obstacles have appeared. O Lord! Remove these difficulties and show forth the evidences of Thy might and power. Ease these hardships and smooth our way along this arduous path. O Divine...