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This blog contains responses to blog prompts, & thoughts on spiritual or religious themes
Disclaimer: Any views, about religion or sacred scriptures, expressed in this blog are my own and not the official views of the Baha'i Faith or any other religion. If you wish to know more about the Baha'i Faith, please check one of these websites: The Baha'i Faith: The Official Website of the Worldwide Baha'i Community   or Baha'is of the United States  .

"The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion. War shall cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live as brothers."
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"O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants, and reveal to them Thy great purpose. May they follow Thy commandments and abide in Thy law. Help them, O God, in their endeavor, and grant them strength to serve Thee. O God! Leave them not to themselves, but guide their steps by the light of Thy knowledge, and cheer their hearts by Thy love. Verily, Thou art their Helper and their Lord."
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1  Abdu'l-Baha in London
2  http://www.bahaiprayers.org/unity1.htm

October 9, 2018 at 1:19pm
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Fiḍál (Grace), 13 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Tuesday, October 9, 2018

"Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements."
Baha'u'llah3

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise prompt for DAY 1758
What makes you anxious? When can anxiety become a dilemma? And can anxiety be considered a good thing in some instances?

Anxiety

What makes me anxious? Nothing much anymore. I become less and less anxious about everything as I grow wiser and place every situation in God's hands. There are still certain things that cause me some anxiety, such as filling out forms. I don't like to fill out forms because some of the questions aren't clear or rather as clear as I'd like them to be. In addition, I'm a baby boomer and, I don't necessarily trust the government. This comes from things, I know, the government did when I was a child. One of the things I know that was encouraged and they did, was to sterilize people born with mental disabilities; this happened to a neighbor girl in Blackwell, Oklahoma.


When can anxiety become a dilemma? When it becomes an anxiety attack. I've had several of these in the past. Most of them occurred right after my mother died, so I think they might have had something to do with the grieving process. The only one that wasn't brought on by the grieving process, was instigated when I missed one of my meds. My solution for anxiety attacks is to slow my breather by repeating or reading a prayer aloud. After that I focus on something that calms me, usually a photo with trees and flowers in it.

Can anxiety be considered a good thing in some instances? Anxiety is good when it causes a person to take action. The action can be anything that helps ones fellow human beings. Exercise it good, but it only helps the individual, while writing a letter, calling an elected official about an injustice, or taking food or clothing to a neighbor or someone else in need helps humanity. We need to focus on the needs of this era of civilization rather than ourselves.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends prompt for DAY 2151
Use these words in your blog entry: peacebuilding, beauty, car, watch, radiance, brightness, splendour, effulgence, illumination.

A Prayer for Humanity

O Thou, Beauty of the Almighty
rain Your radiance
upon those engaged in peacebuilding.

O Thou, Splendour of the All-Knowing
watch over and protect
those shining the illumination
of justice across the Earth.

O Thou, Effulgence of the All-Wise
shed the brightness
of your blessings
upon those steering
the car of unity
across the planet.

Footnotes
3  Gleanings From the Writings of Baha'u'llah, CVI.

October 9, 2018 at 10:58am
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Hunger eats at the roots of modern civilization. Hunger gnaws at the spirit of hope that shines from the soul of every human being. Some of the causes of hunger are war, drought, water shortages, destruction of farmland, global warming, etc. Cooperation between nations is the only way to alleviate hunger worldwide. One nation cannot do it on its own. One nation cannot alleviate the hunger within its own borders, because the cause of hunger is global, and global problems cannot be eliminated by a single nation. To eliminate a global problem take unified action from every nation and kingdom on the planet.


Starvation Calls4

Starvation calls!
Calls this generation,
offers death's emancipation
in answer to famine's affliction
in Africa.

Starvation calls
Earth's sovereign nations
to come to the aid of Africa,
and help humanity's womb:
to feed the prey of hunger.
Africa summons humanity.

In somber tones the hungry call:
"STOP starvation!
Help mother Africa."

In the years since I wrote that poem, hunger has gotten worse. We now have people fleeing war, who are on the verge of starvation. We have governments who are more worried about the security of their own borders than they are about the starving millions, some of whom are their own citizens. We have politicians who care more about their own income, or their personal interpretation of their chosen religion than they do about the command to "love thy neighbor".

Have no intention of rewriting that poem. Instead, because it would change the meaning and the emotion of the poem. I will consider writing another poem about hunger, which widens the scope of the problem. Lambert Wilson, a French actor, says “I believe in a Zero Hunger world if we all work together” He is right, we can solve the hunger problem, if we all work together.



Footnotes
4  Originally written in 151 B.E. in response to famine in Africa.



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