Moments Of Meaning - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/podcasts/moments-of-meaning/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:20:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Facing Tests Through Daily Prayer — With Rainn Wilson https://bahaiteachings.org/facing-tests-daily-prayer-rainn-wilson/ https://bahaiteachings.org/facing-tests-daily-prayer-rainn-wilson/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76121 Baha’is everywhere choose to say one of three obligatory prayers each day – prayer is “food for the soul,” the Baha’i writings suggest. Rainn Wilson knows the importance of that...

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Patiently Striving to Create Beauty From Pain — With Radiance Talley https://bahaiteachings.org/patiently-striving-create-beauty-pain-radiance-talley/ https://bahaiteachings.org/patiently-striving-create-beauty-pain-radiance-talley/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75777 One unavoidable aspect of our human existence is pain. Whether the pain is caused by loss, discrimination, or abuse, the dreadful feeling of a bleak mind and heavy heart is...

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Treating All People Like Family — With Ken Bowers https://bahaiteachings.org/treating-people-family-ken-bowers/ https://bahaiteachings.org/treating-people-family-ken-bowers/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75427 When Abdu’l-Baha traveled to London in 1911, he encountered not only wealthy British society, but also extreme poverty – an issue he described as “one of the blots on the...

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Finding Knowledge in a Dream — With Adam Robarts https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-knowledge-dream/ https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-knowledge-dream/#respond Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75234 In this Moments of Meaning podcast, we talk to Adam Robarts, a Baha’i who runs an architectural and engineering firm in China, about a powerful dream involving his father and...

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How Music Feeds the Spirit and Soul — With Atieno Mboya https://bahaiteachings.org/music-feeds-spirit-soul-atieno-mboya/ https://bahaiteachings.org/music-feeds-spirit-soul-atieno-mboya/#respond Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74956 Music, the Baha’i teachings assert, is “the food of the soul and the spirit.” In this episode, we explore that spiritual concept with Atieno Mboya, the African Baha’i attorney and...

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Releasing Ourselves From This World — With Iko Congo https://bahaiteachings.org/releasing-ourselves-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/releasing-ourselves-world/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74594 One Baha’i quotation, says our Moments of Meaning guest Iko Congo, changed his life. When he truly meditated on its meaning, he resolved to move to another country solely to...

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Discovering Our Spiritual Reality — With Faraneh Vargha-Khadem https://bahaiteachings.org/discovering-spiritual-reality-faraneh-vargha-khadem/ https://bahaiteachings.org/discovering-spiritual-reality-faraneh-vargha-khadem/#respond Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74403 Have you ever looked up at the sky, and wondered how the universe evolved? That sense of wonder, says our Moments of Meaning guest Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, defines our need for...

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Reframing Generosity — With Lori Noguchi https://bahaiteachings.org/reframing-generosity-lori-noguchi/ https://bahaiteachings.org/reframing-generosity-lori-noguchi/#respond Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73987 What does it really mean to be generous? A journey in a foreign country and the words of the Baha’i writings completely redefined the word for Lori Noguchi. In this...

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Relying on God Instead of Ourselves — With Peter Murphy https://bahaiteachings.org/relying-on-god-instead-ourselves/ https://bahaiteachings.org/relying-on-god-instead-ourselves/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73672 Peter Murphy shares how a simple phrase changed the focus of his life —leading him out of alcoholism and into a life of service to his community. In this episode of...

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Reflecting on Moments of Meaning Season 1 https://bahaiteachings.org/reflecting-moments-of-meaning/ https://bahaiteachings.org/reflecting-moments-of-meaning/#respond Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=72489 What effect do the words of the world’s divine educators have on our lives? “Moments of Meaning” explores a range of answers to that question through 9 conversations with guests...

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