Oneness of Religion - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/oneness-of-religion/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:40:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Spiritual Meaning and Significance of Spring https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-of-spring/ https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-of-spring/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=69607 The Spiritual Meaning and Significance of SpringEvery year, around the vernal equinox, the world seems to come alive. Depending on where you live in the Northern Hemisphere, trees and bushes that were once icy and barren...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-creators-messengers-our-letters-from-the-beloved/feed/ 1 Is God Personal or Beyond Human Comprehension? https://bahaiteachings.org/is-god-personal-or-beyond-human-comprehension/ https://bahaiteachings.org/is-god-personal-or-beyond-human-comprehension/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86621 Is God Personal or Beyond Human Comprehension?My Facebook friend Ari and I had finally communicated enough that he stopped assuming he knew what I believed and, instead, asked what I believed or thought of a particular...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/is-god-personal-or-beyond-human-comprehension/feed/ 1 Art and Paradise: How a New Revelation Brings Us to Maturity https://bahaiteachings.org/art-and-paradise-how-a-new-revelation-brings-us-to-maturity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/art-and-paradise-how-a-new-revelation-brings-us-to-maturity/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86499 We have two major destinations in life: this world and the next. This world was our destination when we were conceived in the womb. The womb world was very different...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/art-and-paradise-how-a-new-revelation-brings-us-to-maturity/feed/ 0 Like Teachers in a School, the Prophets Guide Us Successively https://bahaiteachings.org/like-teachers-in-a-school-the-prophets-guide-us-successively/ https://bahaiteachings.org/like-teachers-in-a-school-the-prophets-guide-us-successively/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86169 Human history is rich with evidence of ongoing divine guidance, both within and beyond the Judeo-Christian writings. What if all that guidance represents one continuous outpouring from the Creator?  The...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/like-teachers-in-a-school-the-prophets-guide-us-successively/feed/ 0 Finding Strength and Unity: Native American Proverbs About Life https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-strength-unity-native-american-proverbs-about-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-strength-unity-native-american-proverbs-about-life/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86131 Growing up during segregation in the United States, my grandfather, who was Cherokee, Black, and Irish, had a difficult life, to say the least. But, my mother told me, while...

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