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I Blog Poetry and Prose

by Prosperous Snow celebrating

Rated: 18+ · Book · Spiritual · #2170111

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-Baha 1

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"Bicentenary Poems and Prose"

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

"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’lláh 2

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

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September 30, 2018 at 11:36am

#942212

What Does it Mean to Me to be a Baha'i?

Jamál (Beauty), 4 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Sunday, September 30, 2018

What Does it Mean to be a Baha'i?

I meditate upon this question, read the sacred writings of The Bab, Baha'u'llah, and 'Abdu'l-Baha, and attempt--as best I can--to follow 'Abdu'l-Baha's example. This is an unending spiritual journey of prayer, meditations, reading the sacred scriptures, and taking action to follow Baha'u'llah's prescription for living and 'Abdu'l-Baha's advice on living "As A Baha'i". Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I fail. The idea is to never give up, and to bring myself to account each day.

"To Live The Life As A Bahai Is"

a) To be no cause of grief to anyone
b) To be kind to all people and love then with a pure spirit
c) To look always at the good qualities and not at the bad qualities of man
d) To do all of our deeds in kindness
e) To cut our hearts from ourselves and from the world
f) To be humble
g) To be truthful
h) To be reverent
i) To be a cause of healing for every sick one

Abdul Baha 3

Each day is a battle between my lower material/physical nature and my higher spiritual nature. Each day is a battle to question and dispel the prejudices, superstitions, and dogma I was taught as a child, in order to reflect the divine attributes mirror by Baha'u'llah, the Manifestation of God for this day. My weapons in this battle are prayer, reading sacred scriptures, meditation, deepening on the sacred scriptures, and action. If I have questions about anything I have discovered, I can go to the writings of Shoghi Effendi, the letters from the Universal House of Justice, the letters from the National Spiritual Assembly, or ask a member of the Local Spiritual Assembly. However, in the end I am responsible for using my mind to determine the answers for myself.

Baha'is Believe In

1. One God
2. The Oneness of humanity
3. Independent investigation of truth
4. The common foundation of all religions
5. The essential harmony of science and religion
6. The equality of men and women
7. The elimination of prejudices of all kinds
8. Universal compulsory education
9. Spiritual solution to economic problems
10. A universal auxiliary language
11. Universal peace upheld by a world government

From a card I carry in my wallet.

What does it mean to me to be a Baha'i? It means to accept Baha'u'llah as the promised one of all religions. It means to accept the validity of the Divine Messengers or Manifestations who appeared in the past. It means to accept the validity of their sacred scriptures because they were revealed by the Holy Spirit to the Divine Messengers. It means to polish the mirror of my soul so that it can reflect the light of Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God.

Baha'u'llah Titles
(These are all I can think of or discover right now.)

The Glory of God,
The King of Glory,
The Promised one of All Ages,
The King of kings,
The Lord of lords,
The Lord of Hosts
The Lord of the Ages,
The Great Trumpet of God,
The Divine Physician,
The Sun of Truth,
The Sun of Reality,
The One that God made Manifest,
The Pen of Glory,
The Ancient Beauty,
The Blessed Beauty,
The Supreme Mediator,
The Well-Beloved of all worlds
The Everlasting Father.

Author's Note: ▼

Footnotes
3 quoted by George Townshend in the Promise of All of Ages, pp. 232-233,1957 Ed.

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September 29, 2018 at 10:19am

#942172

Saturday Thoughts and Contemplations

Jalál (Glory), 3 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Saturday, September 29, 2018

When I found Baha'u'llah
my love for Christ
did not die or disappear.

When I found Baha'u'llah
my love expanded
to encompass all of God's Manifestations.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends " prompt for DAY 2141
“The end is never the end. It's always the the beginning of something.” ― Kate Lord Brown, The Perfume Garden. Write about an end that became a beginning.

At 71 years young, I've had several ends that became new beginnings. Some of those ends were the deaths of family members. One of the most important ends, which had nothing to do with a death, concerned the phases of my spiritual journey. When I moved from Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Las Vegas, Nevada, I had never heard of Baha'u'llah or the Baha'i Faith. True, I had two dreams when I was younger about the return of Christ, but--despite the fact that they have remained clear--I didn't associate these with changing my religion or starting a new phase of my spiritual journey.

It was only after I moved to Las Vegas, and heard about the Baha'i Faith and Baha'u'llah, that the dreams began to make sense. Once I heard about Baha'u'llah, and understood the symbolic meaning of Christ Returned in the Glory of the Father, I declared my faith by signing my name to a card. The card was sent to the National Spiritual Assembly, and I met with the Local Spiritual Assembly at the first nineteen-day Feast I attended. My first Feast attendance occurred in late November at the Feast of Qawl (Speech). I have been a Baha'i since late in the 1970s.

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" prompt for DAY 1748
October is approaching, what are your plans for the month? Writing, personal life, work life?

Finish Spiritual Newsletter before Sunday, October 7.

Sunday, October 7: Attending the Unit Convention at the Baha'i Center in Las Vegas.

Friday, October 12 or there about: Picking up new glasses from the optical shop in Henderson.

Tuesday, October 16: Celebrate the Feast of Ilm by writing a poem or a blog entry.

Sunday, October 21: Attend devotional services at the Baha'i Center in Las Vegas.

Wednesday, October 24: Celebrate United Nations Day by writing a poem or a blog entry.

Wednesday, October 31: Halloween and traditionally Nevada Day (Nevada became a state on October 31,1864). Write something about these two holidays.

Post responses to "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"

prompts.

Enter, at least, one contest a week.

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September 28, 2018 at 4:21pm

#942133

Baha'u'llah Answered to My Religious Questions

Istiqlál (Independence). 2 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Friday, September 28, 2018

I place my entire
confidence and trust in God
the Almighty Creator of the universe,
and the revealer of religions.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends " prompt for DAY 2140
Let's discuss one of these incredibly weird, maybe wonderful on factual Friday. Here's the link you pick what appeals to you.

https://www.thefactsite.com/2017/03/50-weird-facts.html

I picked number 8 Pantheism, which is the idea that "the universe is God."

Pantheism is the belief that the Universe is God, which is an intriguing and thought provoking concept. However, this is not a theory I am prepared to accept, because it neither satisfies my soul nor answers all the questions about God, creation, and religion that I have. In order to find answers to my questions I go to the Baha'i scriptures. I read and meditate on the writings of The Bab, Baha'u'llah, and 'Abdu'l-Baha.

After reading and meditating on the scriptures revealed by Baha'u'llah, I have discovered that God--the Almighty Creator--is an unknowable essence. God reveals Himself through divine messengers, such as Baha'u'llah, The Bab, Mohammad, and Christ (to name just a few). These Manifestations, who reflect the attributes of God, are creations of the Primal Will of God, and are born on Earth like ordinary human beings. All of them have suffered, in order, to bring the Divine Messages of love and unity to humanity.

Christ died on the cross.

The Bab was executed in a market square.

Baha'u'llah was imprisoned, in the Black Pit of Tehran, and exiled from Persia (Iran) to the prison city of Akka in what is now Israel.

From time immemorial, every Manifestation of God has suffered because of their love and God's love of humanity. Each one received their messages from God through the Holy Spirit. Each one foretold a time when humanity would unity in love and unity. The time foretold by all the Divine Messenger, before Baha'u'llah, has come. Baha'u'llah is the promised one of all religions. He has come to unite humanity and the planet Earth. This is what I have discovered, and come to believe, while reading and meditating on the sacred writings revealed by Baha'u'llah.

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September 27, 2018 at 11:35am

#942092

First entry is this blog: First Day of Mashíyyat 175 B.E.

Istijlál (Majesty), 1 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Thursday, September 27, 2018
Feast of Mashíyyat (Will)

The Feast Day of Will
reminds me to contemplate
the purpose of existence.

Reminds me to ask:
What is the will of God?
And to look for the answer
in the sacred scriptures.

Reminds me to meditate
on the primal will of the Almighty
that is reflected through Baha'u'llah,
the Gory of God and the Pen of Glory.

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" Day 1746
Friends give us the courage to lift the blinds on our hearts, to open up and show what we generally keep hidden from the rest of the world. With this in mind, write something about friends.

Friends

Fragrance of hyacinths
Rise from blossoms of acquaintance.
Individual differences enhance
Experiences of comradeship.
Neither time nor distance
Dims the light of kinship
Shining in the hearts of friends.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends " Day 2139
The moon is full in the sky on this lovely autumn night when you hear distinctly make a wish. Do you make the wish or ignore the voice and rule it off to a dream. If you do hear, what wish do you make?

Make a Wish

Instead of making a wish, I would say a prayer of gratitude for the beauty of the Full Corn Moon 4. Also known as the Barley Moon. The September Full Moon is usually bright and beautiful. It shines down on the Earth shedding the sun's reflected light on field and garden, city and town. If it appears close to the Autumnal Equinox, it becomes the Harvest Moon, which shines so bright that the farmers can bring in their crops at night.

Footnotes
4 https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-names

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