Communication - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/communication/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:28:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Can I Vent Without Backbiting? https://bahaiteachings.org/vent-talking-about-someone-behind-their-back/ https://bahaiteachings.org/vent-talking-about-someone-behind-their-back/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70091 Most of us rely on a good “vent” every once in a while — you know that feeling when you need to unload the weight of heavy emotions to a...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/vent-talking-about-someone-behind-their-back/feed/ 4 Needed: Better (Not Just More) Communication https://bahaiteachings.org/needed-better-not-just-more-communication/ https://bahaiteachings.org/needed-better-not-just-more-communication/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88131 Enthused about an idea for a project, I mentioned it to an acquaintance at an out-of-town event. She liked the idea and had some suggestions for follow-up — which meant we needed...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/needed-better-not-just-more-communication/feed/ 2 Baha’i Consultation: Group Work on the Job https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-consultation-group-work-on-the-job/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-consultation-group-work-on-the-job/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88041 Baha'i Consultation: Group Work on the JobOn a music streaming service this morning, I happened to hear one of the many recorded versions of the song “No Man Is an Island,” which I remembered singing it at summer...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-consultation-group-work-on-the-job/feed/ 3 The Spiritual Power of Thought: Shaping Reality with Divine Vision https://bahaiteachings.org/the-spiritual-power-of-thought-shaping-reality-with-divine-vision/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-spiritual-power-of-thought-shaping-reality-with-divine-vision/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88038 The Spiritual Power of Thought: Shaping Reality with Divine VisionI was intrigued by a profound statement from Abdu’l-Baha: The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-spiritual-power-of-thought-shaping-reality-with-divine-vision/feed/ 0 How – and Why – I Stopped Swearing and Refined My Speech https://bahaiteachings.org/how-and-why-i-stopped-swearing-and-refined-my-speech/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-and-why-i-stopped-swearing-and-refined-my-speech/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70328 How – and Why – I Stopped Swearing and Refined My SpeechHave you ever heard the phrase “curse like a sailor?” I’m no sailor, but I did get drafted into the Army at 19, and when I came home from combat,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/freedom-not-to-speak/feed/ 2 How to Speak Our Truth – Without Doing Any Harm https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-speak-our-truth-without-doing-any-harm/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-speak-our-truth-without-doing-any-harm/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87215 How  to Speak Our Truth – Without Doing Any HarmHow big a role does what we say, and how and when we say it, play in our lives? How can our speech be used to better ourselves and serve...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-speak-our-truth-without-doing-any-harm/feed/ 0 How to Promote Unity and Harmony in Society https://bahaiteachings.org/how-promote-unity-harmony-society/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-promote-unity-harmony-society/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86649 In part one, Michael Orona and I explored untold stories of solidarity between Indigenous Yaqui miners and African Americans. In part two, we delved into the power of spiritual courage...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-promote-unity-harmony-society/feed/ 0 How to Seek the Truth in a Sea of Misinformation https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-seek-the-truth-in-a-sea-of-misinformation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-seek-the-truth-in-a-sea-of-misinformation/#respond Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86469 We live now in the midst of an outrage war — one politician or another, in different parts of the world, lashes out with great anger, strong words, and untruths,...

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