World Peace - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/world-peace/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:18:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Blessed Are the Peacemakers https://bahaiteachings.org/blessed-are-the-peacemakers/ https://bahaiteachings.org/blessed-are-the-peacemakers/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88387 Blessed Are the PeacemakersIn Matthew 5:9 we read,  “Blessed are the peacemakers; God shall call them His sons.”  This statement is so familiar to us that, like all things familiar, we tend to...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/blessed-are-the-peacemakers/feed/ 2 If We Want War to End, We Need Women to Lead https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/ https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78812 On the passing of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the entire world reflected on her reign, generally acknowledging that she loyally served her subjects and duties for an amazing...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/feed/ 3 Seeking Truth in a Polarized World https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-truth-in-a-polarized-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-truth-in-a-polarized-world/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85132 Broken Earth divided in twoThe German-Jewish thinker and philosopher Hannah Arendt, who immigrated to the USA after the Nazi seizure of power, wrote in her 1957 New Yorker essay titled “Truth and Politics:” No...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/women-key-human-progress/feed/ 2 Seeking Spiritual Shelter: Where Can I Be Safe? https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-spiritual-shelter-where-can-i-be-safe/ https://bahaiteachings.org/seeking-spiritual-shelter-where-can-i-be-safe/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81900 We live in a world out of balance. These are scary times, and life is not easy. In the relentless onslaught of disaster and doom, where can we find safety...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/mothers-day-time-reconsider-world-peace/feed/ 8 What Does It Mean to Have a World-Embracing Vision? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-world-embracing-vision/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-world-embracing-vision/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78054 For some time I’ve found two statements in the Baha’i teachings highly intriguing and challenging. The first says: “Let your vision be world-embracing, rather than confined to your own self.”...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/world-peace-utopian-fantasy-or-achievable-goal/feed/ 1 Changing our World – No Longer a Hopeless Dream https://bahaiteachings.org/changing-our-world-no-longer-a-hopeless-dream/ https://bahaiteachings.org/changing-our-world-no-longer-a-hopeless-dream/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87420 Changing our World – No Longer a Hopeless DreamConflict and division are not new to our world; they have been with us throughout recorded history, since physical and cultural separation was normal in our less-advanced stages of human...

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