This text outlines a transformative model of communal life rooted in the Bahá’í teachings, reimagining human settlement as a living embodiment of the Garden of Eden. Rather than concentrating sanctity into distant pilgrimage hubs like historic Jerusalem, Rome, or Mecca, this framework posits that every town and village should function as an active, consecrated sanctuary. […]
Read MoreThis text outlines a transformative model of communal life rooted in the Bahá’í teachings, reimagining human settlement as a living embodiment of the Garden of Eden. Rather than concentrating sanctity into distant pilgrimage hubs like historic Jerusalem, Rome, or Mecca, this framework posits that every town and village should function as an active, consecrated sanctuary. […]
Read MoreRoadmap for a Moral Society (Session 193): Oneness of Religion, Progressive Revelation & Spiritual vs. Material Life In Session 193 of “Roadmap for a Moral Society” (Monday, Sept. 14, 8:02 PM), the group moves from the oneness of God to the oneness of religion and humanity through Baha’i teachings, framing history as a shift from […]
Read MoreI bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations, 1176-1178 […]
Read MoreRoadmap for a Moral Society (Session 192): The Most Great Spirit, Maid of Heaven, and the Baha’i Model for Global Unity Session 192 of “Roadmap for a Moral Society” introduces the Baha’i view of an inevitable ever-advancing civilization and presents a “mathematical blueprint” for humanity’s governance centered on unity. After opening prayer, the group outlines […]
Read MoreA thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics, 9 https://oceanlibrary.com/link/LLaPs/ethics_benedict-spinoza/ Understanding boundaries and limits through the lens of comparison. Let your vision be world-embracing…” — […]
Read MoreIn that period, in that age lived the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra, the five (most important moments of whose life happened) when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunî; Unknown, Kalpa Sūtra, 13 https://oceanlibrary.com/link/cZPss/kalpa-sutra/ Marking the celestial alignments of Lord Mahavira’s descent, birth, renunciation, and ultimate liberation. Let your vision be world-embracing…” — Bahá’u’lláh […]
Read Moreby faith comes knowledge of the truth. Unknown, White Yajur Veda, 1090 https://oceanlibrary.com/link/XJack/white-yajur-veda/ True inner awakening begins when intellectual doubt gives way to steadfast spiritual faith. Let your vision be world-embracing…” — Bahá’u’lláh #FaithAndTruth #VedicPhilosophy #InnerLight #HinduScriptures #SeekTheTruth
Read MoreBy that which is self-caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent. Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics, 8 https://oceanlibrary.com/link/E8YYZ/ethics_benedict-spinoza/ Exploring the fundamental definition of a reality that brings itself into being. Let your vision be world-embracing…” — Bahá’u’lláh #Spinoza #Philosophy #Ethics #Metaphysics #SelfCaused
Read MoreRoadmap for a Moral Society #191: The Decline of the Family and the Baha’i Vision of Marriage In the 191st session of “Roadmap for a Moral Society,” the group opens with prayers and discusses the global decline of the family—divorce, separation, unstable relationships, moral and spiritual decline, materialism, technology distraction, and harms to children—contrasting these […]
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