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Death

Fiḍál (Grace), 1 Jalál (Glory) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Feast of Glory

"O Son of the Supreme!
I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?"

Baha'u'llah1

In 1983, I wrote an essay on death for an English class. When I was going through the hard copies of some old poems, I found the essay. I posted, without any rewriting, it earlier this year in my port. A few days ago I posted it (along with another essay, in the In & Out for the upcoming Super Power raid. This morning, when I checked my inbox, I discovered that someone had sent me a review on that essay. After that, I checked BahaiTeachings.org   to see the titles of today's articles. One of the articles, My Husband’s Death and the Flight of His Soul   by Cindy Catches is the beginning of the new series Grief and the Human Spirit  .

Death  (13+) Answering the question "What is death?" #2183053 by Prosperous Snow celebrating

Footnotes
1  The Hidden Words,Part 1: From the Arabic: Number 32.