If you’re like me, you’ve spent some time in recent months and years feeling ineffective – because of the seemingly intractable problems we humans face as a result of endemic...
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It will never be easy to be a Baha’i. I’ve tried, and believe me, being a Baha’i is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The personal standards are demanding. The Baha’i social principles,...
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Imagine you and your spouse or significant other attempting to solve a conflict in your relationship in 15 minutes, while a doctor watches you – and then predicts whether your...
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We tend to focus on youth and adults when we think about improving the world, but we shouldn’t forget—there are no better agents of change than children. Adults can sometimes...
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Our families are the building blocks of society, and where we can start to build uncompromising unity — it’s where we have the opportunity to model and live out our...
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I recently came across this old 1974 photo of me, aged 22, holding my new baby son Will. Sometime late that month, 50 years ago, I made the most momentous...
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During my half-century as a university professor and publishing scholar, I devoted a good deal of time to an obvious but puzzling question: If we presume an omnipotent Creator exists,...
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I held Darwin’s food bowl out to him. It was breakfast time at PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary, usually Darwin’s favorite time of day. He hung his head and turned away. Darwin...
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Overcoming trauma and improving society requires healing, but toxic masculinity has historically deprived men of access to it. I recently became a member of a black-owned wellness studio that offers...
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I imagine, like most people at this moment in history, that we all struggle with how to engage in discourse about the world’s recent events. Do you? Everyone knows that...
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The miracle of childbirth transforms people. Parents and grandparents feel mesmerized watching each infant emerge and evolve into an intelligent, creative being with unique personality traits and proclivities. We wonder:...
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Each of us has different experiences in life, different thoughts and understandings. Even when we look at the same objects, we don’t necessarily see them in the same way. Our...
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I have a friend who hands out little pictures of frogs to the people she knows, to remind them to be fully reliant on God – also known as “FROG.” ...
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According to the Sleep Foundation, most people dream for around two hours every night. Dreaming is a universal experience, regardless of whether or not you remember them upon waking. RELATED:...
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Cutting-edge science has begun to determine that we can genetically “inherit” the trauma our parents and grandparents have experienced in their lives. A few months ago I read a book...
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Have you ever gone, without warning, from perfect calm to absolute terror? Within seconds, your heart starts racing, your blood pressure rises, and you feel sick to your stomach. When...
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When 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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The Baha’i Faith is both a religion and a way of life. Baha’u’llah did not make a distinction between the two – what people believe should be reflected in what...
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Have you been seeing lime green ribbons tied to trees this month? Those would be in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Month (MHA) was first observed...
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The prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, Baha’u’llah, left this world during the darkest hours of the night, at 3 a.m. on May 29, 1892. He died a prisoner...
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