Bahá'u'lláh

Religion 100 Lesson #13 1. Describe five basic beliefs of the Baha’i faith and state your own views on each of the beliefs you chose. For example, what are your own views about this belief? Do you share this view? Why or why not? The Baha’i faith started out as a sect of the Shi’ite Islamic faith system. The deviation from its founding religion grew so much that it is considered a separate religion all together with its own identity. The Baha’i primarily believe that all the religions of the world came from one divine source or one God, and a result of this fact there is a unity of all religious truth at its basis, and that all the prophets or messengers of God like Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, and the Bab, throughout history from various religions have a partial message from the one God that were sent to deliver Gods message based on the spiritual growth stage of humanity at the time these people lived. My personal views related to this belief are somewhat aligned as I was raised primarily in a Christian faith Baptist denomination, I have also had exposure to the Catholicism through my early educational experience, Eastern Philosophies, and Native American faith systems. Having had exposures to these different faith systems has taught me that God cannot be put into a box. If God is God, then he or she will speak in various ways to all his or her creation. God is boundless and cannot be contained. (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C 14-3, p. W C 14-5,). A second…

explains that life on this earth is a training ground, a matrix in which each soul can learn and develop. Where they Bahá'u'lláh repeatedly stressed that only revealed religions can save someone from their imperfections. It is because God has sent his Manifestations to show us the path to spiritual development and to…

between the eye of man's understanding and the Divine Luminary which shineth forth from the day spring of the Divine Essence. Consider how men for generations have been blindly imitating their fathers, and have been trained according to such ways and manners as have been laid down by the dictates of their Faith. It behoveth us, therefore, to make the utmost endeavor, that, by God's invisible assistance, these dark veils, these clouds of Heaven- sent trials, may not hinder us from beholding the…

1.) What do the Baha'i believe in? - They promote unity and peace, and that every being was brought under the same god. 2.) Where did the Baha'i Faith come from? -The Baha'i Faith came from Adam and Eve (Click the tab: Creation Story!) 3.) Does the Baha'i Faith believe in any gods? - They believe there is one god, who is the supreme ruler and creator 4.) Where can I find a Baha'i House of Worship? - There are seven houses of worship on earth (Click the tab: House of Worship!)…

3- 6) Bahá’u’lláh says of Mohammad, “I recognize, O Thou Who art my heart’s desire, that were fire to be touched by water it would instantly be extinguished, whereas the Fire Thou didst kindle can never go out, though all the seas of the earth be poured upon it.” (Prayers and Meditations, 150). We who are believers are working with something unkillable. Night Journey When Mohammad returned to Mecca, He had the vision of the Night Journey (Mi’raj, “Ascent”), when He rose in spirit through the…

source and come from the same God; and the unity of humanity, that all humans have been created equal. I attended a Sunday Morning Devotion. Comparing it to my own faith Baptist, it was like a regular “church service” with some few exceptions; one being that the person delivering the talk or sermon was not a paid clergy. There were opening prayers, readings from the Bible, the Bahá’í Sacred Writings and a Gospel Choir provided the music. He gave an exemplary speech on Progressive…

reflections on thought and action, one that resonates with me. Taiaiake Alfred says that to radicalize our imagination Euroamericans have to simply “leave the old visions of conquest and privileges of empire behind and focus on their responsibilities as human beings” (2010, p. 4). By making efforts to learn the history of the land we are living on and learning of our own histories we can begin re-wiring our thoughts. Locating ourselves in our places will give more context to our lives and opens…

who then was about 8 years old took action since the girls were apparently alone in the house. The older sister ran downstairs to make some holy water with salt, which she then sprinkled on her sister and in every corner of the house. When she was finished there were bruises around the little sister’s neck but the bruja was gone, having fled outside and up into a tree. It never bothered them again! Various prayers and “sound prayers” work. “Ya Baha’u’llah!” has cleansed many a home, and the…

spiritual level Asha is the fusion of order and truth leading us to the path of righteousness. This causes us to do the right thing at the right time. Unlike other species, we can choose between right and wrong in thought, action and speech. “Asha” is Zoroaster’s “way”, much as the Tao, or Christ’s “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”. It is a spiritual path to truth, righteousness, world-order, and eternal law. Truthfulness is a supreme virtue. This concept is validated by other Faiths.…