Spirituality - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/spirituality/ 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 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 Do Baha’is Believe in Life After Death? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-believe-in-life-after-death/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-believe-in-life-after-death/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=18948 Question: Do Baha’is have an idea of an afterlife? If so what does it consist of? The answer to this question – a very definite and emphatic yes – flows...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-believe-in-life-after-death/feed/ 11 Can You Trust Your Dreams? https://bahaiteachings.org/can-you-trust-your-dreams/ https://bahaiteachings.org/can-you-trust-your-dreams/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=24848 can I trust my dreams?Imagine this: you’re a physicist struggling with a major new theory of how the universe works, and you find the answer in a dream. You’re a novelist looking for a...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/can-you-trust-your-dreams/feed/ 0 If I Have a Soul—Where is It? https://bahaiteachings.org/if-i-have-a-soul-where-is-it/ https://bahaiteachings.org/if-i-have-a-soul-where-is-it/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=30445 If-I-Have-a-Soul-Where-is-ItKnow, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/if-i-have-a-soul-where-is-it/feed/ 6 Do We Have Five Senses – Or Many More? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-we-have-five-senses-or-many-more/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-we-have-five-senses-or-many-more/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80842 A half-truth plagues the world, that we have five senses: our sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. Each of these are observational mechanisms, yet we are rarely taught about our...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/do-we-have-five-senses-or-many-more/feed/ 0 Overcoming Adversity by Building Resiliency https://bahaiteachings.org/overcoming-adversity-building-resiliency/ https://bahaiteachings.org/overcoming-adversity-building-resiliency/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82539 Suffering – pain, misfortune, and misery – has always been a basic, essential, and unavoidable fact of human life. People experience three kinds of suffering:  internal, intentional, and natural. The Pain...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/overcoming-adversity-building-resiliency/feed/ 3 What Can Lead Us Toward Spiritual Perfection? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-can-lead-us-toward-spiritual-perfection/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-can-lead-us-toward-spiritual-perfection/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75809 How can we increase our knowledge of God? The first step in that quest goes through the portal of self. Right from our initial moment of existence we must grow...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-can-lead-us-toward-spiritual-perfection/feed/ 1 Seeking God’s Acceptance — Not Other People’s Approval https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-gods-acceptance-not-other-peoples-approval/ https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-gods-acceptance-not-other-peoples-approval/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66650 As social creatures, we naturally want to find a group of people we can connect with to be part of something bigger than ourselves. It’s easy to fall into the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-gods-acceptance-not-other-peoples-approval/feed/ 4 When Surrender Becomes Strength https://bahaiteachings.org/when-surrender-becomes-strength/ https://bahaiteachings.org/when-surrender-becomes-strength/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88247 When Surrender Becomes StrengthWell, I entered 2025 with the flu. Even though it’s much milder thanks to modern medicine, it’s still rough. My appetite is low, my energy even lower. Being stuck in...

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