Cloud9 - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/podcasts/cloud9/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:01:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Eco-Caskets: The Spiritual How – and Why – of Green Burials https://bahaiteachings.org/eco-caskets-spiritual-how-why-green-burials/ https://bahaiteachings.org/eco-caskets-spiritual-how-why-green-burials/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 13:00:58 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70972 Without question, climate change has become one of the most pressing issues of our generation. Mitigating it includes every environmental impact of our lives — but also of our deaths....

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/eco-caskets-spiritual-how-why-green-burials/feed/ 0 The Great Educational Power of Drama On Our Mental Health https://bahaiteachings.org/great-educational-power-drama-mental-health/ https://bahaiteachings.org/great-educational-power-drama-mental-health/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=69713 When an early 20th century painter by the name of Juliet Thompson asked Abdu’l-Baha, the eldest son of Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, whether art is...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/great-educational-power-drama-mental-health/feed/ 1 Benn Good: From East LA to the Grammys https://bahaiteachings.org/benn-good-from-east-la-grammys/ https://bahaiteachings.org/benn-good-from-east-la-grammys/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=68719 At Cloud9, we explore the intersection of art and spirituality through conversations with Baha’i artists from around the world. These artists bring diverse perspectives on the Baha’i Faith, and the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/benn-good-from-east-la-grammys/feed/ 0 Finding Beacons of Hope in Monuments and Public Art https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-beacons-of-hope-in-monuments-and-public-art/ https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-beacons-of-hope-in-monuments-and-public-art/#respond Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=67683 Although there is no formal guidance for Baha’is on memorializing history and its heroes, we can look to the Baha’i Shrines as an example of monuments and a practical approach...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-beacons-of-hope-in-monuments-and-public-art/feed/ 0 Monuments and Mascots: Considering Indigenous Perspectives https://bahaiteachings.org/monuments-and-mascots-considering-a-native-american-perspective/ https://bahaiteachings.org/monuments-and-mascots-considering-a-native-american-perspective/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:00:53 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65934 In a letter written in 1916 to the Baha’is of North America, Abdu’l-Baha, the eldest son of Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, wrote that we should: ...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/monuments-and-mascots-considering-a-native-american-perspective/feed/ 0 Debating the Future of Confederate and Colonial Monuments https://bahaiteachings.org/debating-future-confederate-colonial-monuments/ https://bahaiteachings.org/debating-future-confederate-colonial-monuments/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=64758 In a letter addressed to Robert Turner, the first African American Baha’i, Abdu’l-Baha, wrote:  O thou who art pure in heart, sanctified in spirit, peerless in character, beauteous in face!...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/debating-future-confederate-colonial-monuments/feed/ 0 Those Confederate and Colonial Monuments, with Dr. Derik Smith https://bahaiteachings.org/confederate-colonial-monuments-with-dr-derik-smith/ https://bahaiteachings.org/confederate-colonial-monuments-with-dr-derik-smith/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:00:53 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=63854 Baha’is are committed to justice – to implementing ways for individuals, communities, and institutions to transform and work towards a just and equitable future for all people.  So when the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/confederate-colonial-monuments-with-dr-derik-smith/feed/ 0 How an Indigenous Artist Views the Baha’i Teachings https://bahaiteachings.org/how-indigenous-artist-views-bahai-teachings/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-indigenous-artist-views-bahai-teachings/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:32:06 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=56561 Since the inception of colonization in North America, many would say that religion has been used as the catalyst to impose “conformist western ideologies” on Indigenous peoples. For centuries, settlers...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-indigenous-artist-views-bahai-teachings/feed/ 0 Strengthening Fashion’s Social Fabric – Sustainably https://bahaiteachings.org/strengthening-fashions-social-fabric-sustainably/ https://bahaiteachings.org/strengthening-fashions-social-fabric-sustainably/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:52:37 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55137 Slow fashion. Ethical fashion. Sustainable fashion. Organic. Socially responsible. Living wage. Transparency. We hear this terminology more often than not these days when it comes to the fashion industry, an industry...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/strengthening-fashions-social-fabric-sustainably/feed/ 1 Human Identity in the Art of Sky Glabush https://bahaiteachings.org/human-identity-art-sky-glabush/ https://bahaiteachings.org/human-identity-art-sky-glabush/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:00:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53691 The Baha’i teachings all focus on spreading the spirit of the oneness of humanity, as illustrated in this powerful passage from Baha’u’llah: O Children of Men! Know ye not why...

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