Soul - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/soul/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:19:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 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/how-sustain-sense-wonder-awe/feed/ 4 Mind or Soul: What Makes us Truly Human? https://bahaiteachings.org/mind-or-soul-what-makes-us-truly-human/ https://bahaiteachings.org/mind-or-soul-what-makes-us-truly-human/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=29915 Mind or Soul: What Makes us Truly Human?What we cannot avoid in our discussion about what constitutes human life—especially since we have defined death as the absence of it—is whether or not being human involves anything other...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/mind-or-soul-what-makes-us-truly-human/feed/ 1 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 Heaven, Hell, and the Human Soul: A Bahá’í-Christian Dialogue https://bahaiteachings.org/heaven-hell-and-the-human-soul-a-bahai-christian-dialogue/ https://bahaiteachings.org/heaven-hell-and-the-human-soul-a-bahai-christian-dialogue/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88079 Heaven, Hell, and the Human Soul: A Bahá’í-Christian DialogueA friend of mine who is a devout Christian once wrote to me and asked the following questions. He wanted me to answer them based on the Baha’i Writings. Below...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/heaven-hell-and-the-human-soul-a-bahai-christian-dialogue/feed/ 1 Mortal or Immortal – What Happens to Us When We Die? https://bahaiteachings.org/mortal-or-immortal-what-happens-to-us-when-we-die/ https://bahaiteachings.org/mortal-or-immortal-what-happens-to-us-when-we-die/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77267 What happens to our souls when we die? Are we mortal or immortal? People have asked those questions since the dawn of our species, and the Baha’i teachings offer a...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/mortal-or-immortal-what-happens-to-us-when-we-die/feed/ 2 Spiritual and Material Reality: What’s the Difference? https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-and-material-reality-whats-the-difference/ https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-and-material-reality-whats-the-difference/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84635 When we live in cultures that increasingly insist on solely material conceptions of reality, then we’re defined only as material beings, and that limited definition excludes a huge part of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-and-material-reality-whats-the-difference/feed/ 3 Asking the Big Questions: What Does Your Soul Need Now? https://bahaiteachings.org/asking-big-questions-soul-need-now/ https://bahaiteachings.org/asking-big-questions-soul-need-now/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=50833 Asking the Big Questions: What Does Your Soul Need Now?When I think of the most important questions in my life, I realize many were about how to get out of something I had gotten myself into.  I had very...

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