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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."
Abdu'l-Baha1

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"Writing in Snow" 
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"Bicentenary Poems and Prose" 

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"Treasures lie hidden beneath the throne of God;
the key to those treasures if the tongue of poets."
The Bab

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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."
Bahá’u’lláh2

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Footnotes
1  Abdu'l-Baha in London
2  http://www.bahaiprayers.org/unity1.htm

November 10, 2018 at 2:28pm
November 10, 2018 at 2:28pm
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Jalál (Glory), 7 Qudrat (Power) 175 B.E. - Saturday, November 10, 2018


The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for DAY 2183
November 10 is National Forget-MeNot Day. Use this day or the flower to inspire your blog entry.

I am a Forget-Me-Not,
a Myosotis,
Growing in a garden plot.

A Forget-me-not is a beautiful and delicate flower. It is either an annual or a perennial species. It is said to be the tears of a maiden weeping for her love a knight, who slipped into the water of a stream and couldn't get out because of the weight of his armor.3 That is a tragic and romantic story, which fits the look of the Forget-Me-Not.

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"  prompt for Day 1790
Sunday is Veteran's Day, let's honor the men and women who have served by mentioning either someone you know personally or a poem, a simple thank you letter, it's your blog you know what will work the best.{ Thank you to all the men and women who have served or are serving.

Veterans Day or Armistice Day marks the end of World War I.4 Today it is dedicated to remember the veterans of all the wars America has fought since the end of the First World War. While we are remembering the veterans who returned from war and served in the armed forces on America soil, we, also, need to remember the families of these men and women. We mention the sacrifices that veterans make, but we seldom mention the sacrifices their families make.

Footnotes
3  http://flowerinfo.org/Forget-Me-Not-Flowers
4  http://www.militaryspot.com/community/meaning-of-veterans-day
November 10, 2018 at 11:36am
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Jalál (Glory), 7 Qudrat (Power) 175 B.E. - Saturday, November 10, 2018

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Do you consider blogging a form of personal essay writing? How are the two the same and different? Today, spend some time researching how to write a personal essay and, if you choose, take a stab at writing one of your own!

Is blogging a form of essay writing? Yes and no. I know that sounds like a paradox or a cop out, since blogs can cover any and every topic, its the only answer that makes sense to me. A blog post can cover an author's business, political beliefs, religious beliefs, hobby, life events, or anything else that strikes the author's muse. A blog entry can be formal or informal, like a personal essay. It can be written using any voice or point of view, although it is better to use a first person voice because readers are more likely to read, respond to, and follow one that uses a first person voice.


I recently posted a personal essay in "Memories of Snow"  "The Last Time I Saw My Grandfather"  giving one of the reasons I don't like open casket funerals. I prefer to remember a loved one, friend, or acquaintance as they looked in life rather than as they looked in a casket. This is, also, the reason I don't like going to "viewings of the body", and will avoid it if I can. While I don't intend to offend anyone, I think that open casket funerals and viewings of the body are barbarous.

I remember my Grandparents funerals, and the viewing of the bodies. When I was younger, I attended viewings of the body of the deceased. At one of the viewing, I don't remember which one, I had an epiphany. I looked at the face of the deceased, and realized that something was missing; that was not the person I knew before death. The facial features were the same, so it was the right body. It just that something was missing.

After leaving the funeral parlor, I went home read a prayer for the departed and meditated on the subject. The thing that was missing was the person's soul. The soul had ascended into the spiritual realm and left behind the body, the shell of its material and physical existence. Now if I go to a viewing or an open casket funeral, I will sign the book and talk to the family, but I won't look at the body.


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