Science - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/science/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:49:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Science: God’s Greatest Gift to Humanity https://bahaiteachings.org/science-gods-greatest-gift-humanity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/science-gods-greatest-gift-humanity/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=37621 Science God's gift to humanityIt might seem strange at first to realize that the Baha’i Faith promotes the harmony of science and religion. To many people think religion represents the opposite of science, in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/science-gods-greatest-gift-humanity/feed/ 1 How Meditation Can Help Drive Scientific Discovery https://bahaiteachings.org/meditation-can-help-drive-scientific-discovery/ https://bahaiteachings.org/meditation-can-help-drive-scientific-discovery/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34587 Do science and the inner spiritual life ever collide or cohere? Can they work together? The Baha’i teachings answer those questions with a resounding yes. Although most of my more...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/meditation-can-help-drive-scientific-discovery/feed/ 7 The Science and the Soul of Dreaming https://bahaiteachings.org/the-science-and-the-soul-of-dreaming/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-science-and-the-soul-of-dreaming/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=24821 The-Science-and-the-Soul-of-DreamingDo you dream? Yes, you certainly do, the sleep researchers all tell us. Whether you remember what you dreamed when you wake up or not, every human being dreams. Even...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-science-and-the-soul-of-dreaming/feed/ 4 How Prayer Creates Positive States of Mind https://bahaiteachings.org/how-prayer-creates-positive-states-of-mind/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-prayer-creates-positive-states-of-mind/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81539 I’ve been exploring what the Baha’i Faith teaches about Baha’u’llah’s daily obligatory prayers and comparing it to what is known in neurobiology about learning and states of mind.  I’ve always...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-prayer-creates-positive-states-of-mind/feed/ 5 What Is Reality – and Can Our Senses Understand it? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-is-reality-can-senses-understand/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-is-reality-can-senses-understand/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65700 My friend is a materialist—that is to say, he accepts as reality only that which can be perceived by the senses. Are you a materialist, too? If so, along with...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-is-reality-can-senses-understand/feed/ 3 Can Reason Prove that a Creator Exists? https://bahaiteachings.org/can-reason-prove-that-creator-exists/ https://bahaiteachings.org/can-reason-prove-that-creator-exists/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51998 Can Reason Prove that a Creator Exists?Belief in God may be better than non-belief, but here’s the thing: some people dispute every detailed proof of the existence of God.   I’ve made a study of the arguments,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/can-reason-prove-that-creator-exists/feed/ 12 The Force that Releases the World’s Animating Energies https://bahaiteachings.org/force-releases-worlds-animating-energies/ https://bahaiteachings.org/force-releases-worlds-animating-energies/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=31801 The Force that Releases the World’s Animating EnergiesAs a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/force-releases-worlds-animating-energies/feed/ 3 Quantum Mechanics, Modern Physics and the Baha’i Teachings https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-mechanics-modern-physics-bahai-teachings/ https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-mechanics-modern-physics-bahai-teachings/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34492 Quantum Mechanics, Modern Physics and the Baha’i TeachingsWhen I reflect on the Baha’i teachings, which stunningly prefigure many of the discoveries of modern physics, I see an interesting pattern. As a physicist, I’ve noticed that most of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-mechanics-modern-physics-bahai-teachings/feed/ 16 Science and Religion: Making Room for the Heart and the Spirit https://bahaiteachings.org/science-and-religion-making-room-for-the-heart-and-the-spirit/ https://bahaiteachings.org/science-and-religion-making-room-for-the-heart-and-the-spirit/#comments Mon, 26 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74783 We live in a technological age, and the training of the scientific mind tends to regard the virtues of the heart as impediments to truth, until religion itself verges on...

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