Finding Purpose - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/finding-purpose/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:47:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Do You Believe in Free Will — or the Will of a Creator? https://bahaiteachings.org/believe-free-will-or-will-creator/ https://bahaiteachings.org/believe-free-will-or-will-creator/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=67976 In the study of our universe, physicists have managed to construct models that describe the behavior of things, from fundamental particles to galaxies. Of course, large and obvious parts are...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/believe-free-will-or-will-creator/feed/ 3 We Need to Replace Money as a Measure of Success https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/ https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=48580 Humanity needs a new yardstick to measure achievement—today we quantify it with money and material gain, the worst possible way to evaluate actual success in life. Money serves as such...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/feed/ 12 How a Short Baha’i Book Changed My Spiritual Life https://bahaiteachings.org/how-short-bahai-book-changed-my-spiritual-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-short-bahai-book-changed-my-spiritual-life/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66574 How a Short Baha’i Book Changed My Spiritual LifeIf you haven’t already gotten to know Baha’u’llah’s short book “The Hidden Words,” then you might want to get a copy. And if you’re already familiar with it but haven’t...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-short-bahai-book-changed-my-spiritual-life/feed/ 0 Conquering Anxiety with Conscious Happiness https://bahaiteachings.org/conquering-anxiety-with-conscious-happiness/ https://bahaiteachings.org/conquering-anxiety-with-conscious-happiness/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=21008 Conquering Anxiety with Conscious HappinessIn every life we have some trouble,When you worry you make it doubleDon’t worry, be happy! ~Bobby McFerrin, 1988 song lyrics Don’t worry, be happy. You may recognize these four...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-are-your-values/feed/ 1 The 3 Signs that Led Me to a New Spiritual Destination https://bahaiteachings.org/3-signs-led-me-new-spiritual-destination/ https://bahaiteachings.org/3-signs-led-me-new-spiritual-destination/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80213 I was a spiritual seeker before I knew I was a seeker – so let me tell you the story of how I went from being a committed Christian to...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/3-signs-led-me-new-spiritual-destination/feed/ 1 Spiritual and Material Reality: What’s the Difference? https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-and-material-reality-whats-the-difference/ https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-and-material-reality-whats-the-difference/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84635 When we live in cultures that increasingly insist on solely material conceptions of reality, then we’re defined only as material beings, and that limited definition excludes a huge part of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/feed/ 4 Asking the Big Questions: What Does Your Soul Need Now? https://bahaiteachings.org/asking-big-questions-soul-need-now/ https://bahaiteachings.org/asking-big-questions-soul-need-now/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=50833 Asking the Big Questions: What Does Your Soul Need Now?When I think of the most important questions in my life, I realize many were about how to get out of something I had gotten myself into.  I had very...

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