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Word of the Day: Facilitate

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DAY 2716: Write a post inspired by this word: Music

"We have made it lawful for you to listen to music and singing. Take heed, however, lest listening thereto should cause you to overstep the bounds of propriety and dignity. Let your joy be the joy born of My Most Great Name, a Name that bringeth rapture to the heart, and filleth with ecstasy the minds of all who have drawn nigh unto God. We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high; make it not, therefore, as wings to self and passion. Truly, We are loath to see you numbered with the foolish."

Baha'u'llah 3 4

Melodious Echoes

Melodious echoes reverberate,
Urging our souls to celebrate:
Sing the praise of the All-Glorious.
Intoning with love God's Most Great Name,
Chanting in tones that joy radiates.

Footnotes
3 The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
4 www.bahai.org/r/028875513

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April 23, 2020 at 2:03pm

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Istijlál (Majesty), 16 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Thursday, April 23, 2020
The Fourth Day of Ridvan

"Question of the Day!"

for Thursday, April 23, 2020

You can only use one word for the entire day.
You can say the word again and again, but just that one word.

So, what's your word of the day?
Why this word?

Word of the Day: Facilitate

Facilitate: "to make easier : help bring about"5.

In order to facilitate my May 1 telephone consult with my nephrologist 6, I went to his office today, so that the phlebotomist 7 could draw my blood.

Facilitate,
a beautiful sounding word,
that is easy to pronounce.

It rolls off my tongue easily,
while rhyming with both congregate
and immigrate.

Footnotes
5 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facilitate
6 https://www.davita.com/education/ckd-life/choosing-doctor/what-is-a-nephrologist...
7 https://www.dictionary.com/browse/phlebotomist

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April 22, 2020 at 10:20am

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Earth Day 2020: Prayer For Earth

ʻIdál (Justice), 15 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 22, 2020
The Third Day of Ridvan

“There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.”

Brooke Medicine Eagle

Oh, Thou Glorious Lord,
Open our minds to see
Earth as a single country
And humanity as a single species.

Oh, Thou Glory of Glories,
Awaken our souls see
To the beauty of the planet
And give us the desire to unite
As protectors of Earth.

Oh, Thou Glory of the All-Glorious,
Forgive us the sin of selfishness
That has caused the present environmental crises,
And assist in making humanity and Earth
The bottom-line.

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April 21, 2020 at 10:50am

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Five Minutes of Silence

Fiḍál (Grace), 14 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Second Day of Ridvan

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Be silent for 5 minutes with your eyes closed. What do you hear? What regular sounds does your house make that you aren't consciously aware of?

Five Minutes of Silence

Eyes closed,
I listen
and I hear
the tinnitus in my left ear.

I wander why
it's called a ringing in the ear,
when mine hisses
like a tire slowly losing air.

I live in a world without silence!
The hissing can't hide
the noise of the refrigerator,
the distant mumble of a television
left on all night,
or the passing of a car
outside my window.

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April 20, 2020 at 3:10pm

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Kamál (Perfection), 13 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Monday, April 20, 2020
The First Day of Ridvan

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DAY 2105: What inspires you about April?

The King of Festivals

"The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. Bestir thyself, and magnify, before the entire creation, the name of God, and celebrate His praise, in such wise that all created things may be regenerated and made new."

Baha’u’llah, 8 9

On "The First Day of Ridvan"

,
I reflect on past celebrations
when social distancing
wasn't required
and we could celebrate the King of Festivals
in both physical
and spiritual proximity.

I remember,
"Celebrating Ridvan"

with my mother--
at both the Baha'i Center
and in the homes of friends--
on the first day
when we would elect a new Local Spiritual Assembly,
listen to scripture readings,
pray,
and socialize.

Ridvan,
my April inspiration,
is the joyous celebration
of the 1863 declaration
of Baha'u'llah.

Footnotes
8 Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah
9 Quoted in Ah! For a Dose of Paradise! Reflections on Ridvan by Anne Gordon Perry https://bahaiteachings.org/dose-of-paradise-reflections-ridvan/.

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April 20, 2020 at 11:50am

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The First Day of Ridvan

Kamál (Perfection), 13 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Monday, April 20, 2020
The First Day of Ridvan

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Day 2712: “Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.” ― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion What can you find to celebrate today?

The First Day of Ridvan 10 11

On the First day of Ridvan,
Baha'u'llah entered the Garden of Paradise,
where--
accompanied by the perfume of roses
and the singing of nightingales--
He declared His mission,
and prepared for the journey to Constantinople 12.

"Verily, all created things were immersed in the sea of purification when, on that first day of Ridvan, We shed upon the whole of creation the splendours of Our most excellent Names and Our most exalted Attributes. This, verily, is a token of My loving providence, which hath encompassed all the worlds."

Baha’u’llah 13 14

These are the Days of Ridvan--
the Days of Paradise--
the King of Festivals,
and the most Holy time of the year.

Raise your voices in thanksgiving and praise,
the promised one has come
and the prophesies in the Holy Books
is fulfilled.

Footnotes
10 Pronounced rez-vahn.
11 Ridvan means Paradise.
12 Istanbul.
13 The Most Holy Book
14 Quoted in The Baha’i Definition of Paradise: The First Day of Ridvan From the Editors https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-definition-paradise-first-day-ridvan/.

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April 19, 2020 at 11:55am

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Reading The Seven Valleys: Day 1, with Poem 1

Jamál (Beauty), 12 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Sunday, April 19, 2020

Last night I began reading The Seven Valleys, page 9 to 53 The Call of the Divine Beloved: Selected Mystical Works of Baha'u'llah. This is the second or third time I've read The Seven Valleys; however, this is a new rendering of the tablet. This translation is based on the original, 1945, translation, with some changes made for "clarity and accuracy."15 I'm not sure how long it will take to read The Seven Valleys because I will reread parts that aren't clear several times before continuing to the next section of the tablet.

Prayer to the Manifestation of God

O Thou incomparable Temple,
I want to understand
what little I can
of Your mystic sweetness.

Notes

"excellent Temple"16 refers to the Manifestation of God.

Footnotes
15 Preface, page xii.
16 Page 11

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April 18, 2020 at 1:56pm

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Staying at Home: Up We Go! Mountains, & Thoughts on Words

Jalál (Glory), 11 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Saturday, April 18, 2020

Today is Saturday! Today is the first day of my week! This is the second entry I've made in this blog. The first entry was " Raining Down" , which was inspired by Rashḥ-i-‘Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above). I read this poem last night before going to sleep, as a result I dreamed about writing a poem titled "Raining Down." I had such an enjoyable and restful sleep last night that tonight I will begin reading The Seven Valleys.

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Staying at Home: Up We Go!
Dig Deep. Share your best, most profound uplifting words of wisdom for those who have become disheartened and down.

Up We Go!
Words Of Wisdom

Learn to like yourself!
Accept all of your weirdness
as uniquely you.

Learn to love yourself!
There is only one of you,
your life has purpose.

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Day 2710: Write about either a figurative mountain or a literal mountain.

Mountains

I live in a valley, surrounded by the spectacular peaks of the Rocky Mountains. I have witness many glorious sunrises and sunsets. Once, when driving to work at dawn, I saw Sunrise Mountain crowned in glory because the rising sun turned the mountain's crest to gold. I have all witness sunset in which fire appeared to rain from the sky. Winter is especially wonderful because I can look up to Mount Charleston to see it crown by snow.

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DAY 2104: Use these random words: marine, damn, chauvinist, crew, sulfur,unfix, and edition in your post today.

Thoughts on Words

Damn:
A word I've used too much in my life,
it only causes misery and strife.

According to the Oxford dictionary a chauvinist is a "person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism" or "displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex"17, which is a very good description of politics and many politicians.

Sulfur is a pollinate!

Was anyone in my family a Marine? My brothers were both in the Navy. My father served in the Army Air Crop. I'll have to do a little research to find out if any one in the family swerved in the Marine Corp.

Unfix isn't a word I could ever use.
Once something broke, I encountered problems fixing it much less unfixing it.

For some reason, almost every place I have worked one of the managers would refer to the employees as a crew. I've never worked on a ship of any kind, and in most of the places employees or associates was a better description.

Edition is a beautiful word.

Footnotes
17 https://www.lexico.com/definition/chauvinist

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April 18, 2020 at 11:12am

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Raining Down

Jalál (Glory), 11 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Saturday, April 18, 2020

Raining Down:
Inspired by Rashḥ-i-‘Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above)

From clouds on high blessings are raining down;
From clouds on high God's love is raining down.

Souls magnetized by divine love attract
The heavenly blessing that are raining down.

Rejoice! This is the day of God's Glory;
When the blessing of peace are raining down.

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April 17, 2020 at 11:58am

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Istiqlál (Independence), 10 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Friday, April 17, 2020

The Call of the Divine Beloved:
Selected Mystical Works of Baha'u'llah

“For whereas in days past every lover besought and searched after his Beloved, it is the Beloved Himself Who now is calling His lovers and is inviting them to attain His presence.”

Baha'u'llah 18 19

The mystical works in this book are
The poem Rashḥ-i-‘Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above)
The Seven Valleys
From the Letter Bá’ to the Letter Há’
Three Other Tablets
The Four Valleys

"Reading Plan for The Call of the Divine Beloved"

I finished the preface last night. I'm working on a poem inspired by the quote at the beginning of this entry.

Listen
to the call of the Beloved
echoing through the atmosphere
calling His lovers
to His presence.

Footnotes
18 The Call of the Divine Beloved, Preface, page xii.
19 https://www.bahai.org/r/334417601

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April 16, 2020 at 2:18pm

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Staying at Home: Love Me Tender

Istijlál (Majesty), 9 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Staying at Home: Love Me Tender
Share a tender moment you’ve had with a family member or friend during the lockdown time. A moment you’ll treasure when this is all over.

My sister called on Wednesday, April 15, to ask how I was doing. We had a pleasant talk about the weather, the lack of activities in Searchlight, and the fact that I still need to get a blood draw before I see Dr. Lim.

On Tuesday, April 14, I got a text from my brother about the his DNA results from Ancestry.com.

On Wednesday, my roommate fix her specialty French bread pizza.

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April 16, 2020 at 11:39am

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Pray, Love, Eat

Istijlál (Majesty), 9 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Day 2102: Eat. Love. Pray. Use these words I your Blog entry today.

I pray
saying the prayers
revealed by Baha'u'llah,
The Bab,
or 'Abdu'l-Baha
because they are the most powerful prayers
in this day.

"Intone, O My servant, the verses of God that have been received by thee, as intoned by them who have drawn nigh unto Him, that the sweetness of thy melody may kindle thine own soul, and attract the hearts of all men. Whoso reciteth, in the privacy of his chamber, the verses revealed by God, the scattering angels of the Almighty shall scatter abroad the fragrance of the words uttered by his mouth, and shall cause the heart of every righteous man to throb. Though he may, at first, remain unaware of its effect, yet the virtue of the grace vouchsafed unto him must needs sooner or later exercise its influence upon his soul. Thus have the mysteries of the Revelation of God been decreed by virtue of the Will of Him Who is the Source of power and wisdom."

Bahá’u’lláh 20 21

I meditate on the four types love
as spoken of
by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Paris Talks 22 23:
The love of God for humanity;
The love of humanity for God:
The love of God for His own Identity;
The love of the individual human being for another human or other humans.

I eat to live!
To experience another day of prayer,
and of God's love.

Footnotes
20 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXXXVI
21 https://www.bahai.org/r/994654469
22 Part Three:58
23 https://www.bahai.org/r/845069428

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April 15, 2020 at 5:26pm

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ʻIdál (Justice), 8 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Staying at Home: Wall Talk

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Optional Bonus Mystery Prompt

In the spirit of saving the best for last, let's explore life's greatest mystery - What awaits us in the after-life?
My spiritual being believes in eternal life, but scientifically speaking I struggle with the concept.

"And now concerning thy question regarding the soul of man and its survival after death. Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God, in a state and condition which neither the revolution of ages and centuries, nor the changes and chances of this world, can alter. It will endure as long as the Kingdom of God, His sovereignty, His dominion and power will endure. It will manifest the signs of God and His attributes, and will reveal His loving kindness and bounty. The movement of My Pen is stilled when it attempteth to befittingly describe the loftiness and glory of so exalted a station...."

Baha'u'llah 24 25

No one can know for sure precisely what awaits the soul after its separation from the physical body. On the material plane, the soul is in partnership with the physical body. This can be likened to the child in its mother's womb where it acquires the physical attributes it needs to survive on the material/physical plane. While the soul is in partnership with the physical body, it acquires the spiritual attributes it will need to prosper and thrive in the spiritual world.

Once the soul is separated from the physical body it is clothed in the spiritual attributes it acquired and practiced on the material plane. At the point of physical death, the soul ascends into the spiritual world and moves through the spiritual world toward the Creator. What the spiritual world, which some call heaven, looks like is unknown. Each of the Manifestations of God have given hints of its appearance, but none of them--not even Baha'u'llah (the latest Divine Manifestation)--have given concrete descriptions of it.

I believe that after death
my soul will ascend into the Abha Paradise{footnote:#}The Bahai name for heaven./footnote},
and continue its movement toward God.

Footnotes
24 Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, LXXXI
25 https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/gleanings-writings-b...

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April 15, 2020 at 10:45am

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ʻIdál (Justice), 8 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Staying at Home: Wall Talk
These walls are made for talkin’!
The popcorn’s poppin’ and we’re all rubbing our hands together in anticipation of what we’re about to read. We’re ready for the whole story, no matter how funny!
Are ya ready, walls? Start talkin!

Apartment walls are paper thin
and let all the outside noises in.

They speak to those who listen
with anticipation
to the memories concealed
beneath layers of off-white paint.

Walls cannot keep secrets,
they hear with invisible ears,
they speak with invisible mouths,
they whisper about the fears
of their present
and their past inhabitants..

Walls air everyone's dirty laundry,
they intone the wishes
and hopes
of the neighborhood.

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April 14, 2020 at 12:16pm

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Fiḍál (Grace), 7 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Mystery of the Stone Balls of Costa Rica - Dragon Eggs

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5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 5 Yesterday is history and tomorrow is a mystery. Think about your future, short-term then long-term, is it all a mystery or fairly predictable, share your findings in today's blog entry.

Thank you for playing along in this 5 Day Challenge. I enjoyed it so much I'm adding a BONUS PROMPT for Day 5.1 (April 15th)
I was going to release the prompt in this post, but then thought, No! I'll leave it a mystery.

I inhale the fragrance of life,
And give thanks for another day.

Life, like the universe, if full of mysteries, miracles, and hope. You can't be sure when you go to bed if you'll wake up in the morning. You hope you will wake up, so you take that hope as a concrete expectation. You can't be sure when you wake up if you'll live through another day, you hope you will, but you can't be sure. Each day you live you hope and expect to live another day, but there is no guarantee.

I listen to sparrows sing
I watch palm tree shadows dance
In morning's wind

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April 13, 2020 at 12:39pm

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Kamál (Perfection), 6 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Monday, April 13, 2020

Nobody Leave the Building

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Andre's Stone Ball Challenge

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Hundreds of these large stone spheres are scattered across the Costa Rican jungle and are thought to have been constructed by prehistoric humans. For years, they have baffled scientists and archaeologists as to why they are there and how they were built. The spheres range up to 2.4 meters (8 ft) in diameter and are almost perfectly round.

5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 4 - Andre the Blog Monkey helped me out with today's prompt. Andre sometimes drinks vodka to a point where he talks of stone ball drinking parties in the jungles of Costa Rica. I looked it up and it's a legit thing. I asked> Andre about the stone balls but he doesn't remember much about anything. Andre will name a drink in the bar after the blogger who writes the best explanation of ... The Mystery of the Stone Balls of Costa Rica

Dragon Eggs

The Stone Balls of Costa Rica are fossilized dragon eggs. When dragons inhabited Earth, in the distant past, they migrated to Costa Rica and the ocean around it to mate and lay their eggs. After the eggs were laid, two or three of t he golden females would remain to take care of the eggs. In order for the eggs to properly hatch, they had to be turned once a day. Sometimes one of the females would miss turning an egg, which caused the egg to fossilize and not hatch.

We hope the eggs are all fossilized. There is a rumor or a myth that every millennia or so, one of the eggs hatches and releases either a bronze male or a gold female dragon. Any egg an unmated female lays is infertile and therefore will fossilizes. Fortunately, at least for the human race, dragons only live a few hundred years. This means that the bronze or the gold dragon will die before it can mate with another dragon. Any dragons seen by humans are chalked up to either UFOs or someone being drunk. The biggest danger is two eggs hatching about the same time and releasing a gold female and a bronze male.

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April 12, 2020 at 10:41am

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Jamál (Beauty ), 5 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Sunday, April 12, 2020

Living A Universe Full of Mysteries

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5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge

Blog Prompt for Day 3 - In today's mystery blog challenge you'll write a detailed description of a MURDER scene. Da - Da - Daaaa

You'll have a victim and a cast of suspects, including possible murder weapons, motive, etc.

End your entry with this challenge to your readers. "It's up to you to solve this murder in a comment on my entry."

Merit Badges will be awarded to the best MURDER scene and the best solution to the mystery.

Nobody leave the building!

Murder is always so messy,
and its never the obvious suspect
that commits the crime.

"Murder is always so messy," Inspector Clouseau said, as he looked around the room. "Nobody leave the building! Especially those who have blood on their hands, which," he look down at his own bloodstained hands, "would appear to be everyone in this room." He took a handkerchief out of his suit pocket and wiped the blood from his hands.

Looking down at the body of mrs. Amanda Harcord, he shook his head. "Of course, the obvious suspect is Mrs. Harcord's husband Glen. However, since Mr. Harcord isn't in this room or even in the building, he's probably innocent. The next obvious suspect is Jeeve3s, the butler, but that's way too obvious. Besides Mrs. Harcord just tripled his salary, so he's not going to kill the goose that laying the golden eggs."

Taking a magnifying glass out of his coat picket, he walked around the room studying the blood stains on the walls. He returned to the body, knelt beside it, and--being careful not to leave any finger prints--removed the letter opener sticking out of Mrs. Harcord's chest. He studied it closely, and replaced it in the exact spot he removed it.

He stood up, walked over to the professional gigolo Marco St. James, and said. "I arrest you, Mr. St. James, for the murder of Mrs. Amanda Harcord."

"How... How did you know?"

"That's simple Mr. St. James, when I came into the room you shook hands with me, which is how I got blood on my hands. The other suspects got blood on their hands when they moved the body from the couch to the floor. They moved the body to distract me from the real suspect, and because you were blackmailing them with embarrassing photos.

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April 11, 2020 at 12:24pm

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Jalál (Glory), 4 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Saturday, April 11, 2020

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Bermuda Triangle

Over the last 500 years, ships and airplanes have gone missing inside a triangular section of the North Atlantic Ocean called the Bermuda (or Devil's) Triangle. This mysterious area is bounded by the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda; Miami, Florida, U.S.; and the American territory of Puerto Rico.

The earliest article to reference a disappearance was in The Miami Herald in 1950. However, the "Bermuda Triangle" itself was coined by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964 article.

Since then, scientists and amateurs have floated various theories - from sea monsters to unidentified flying objects (UFOs) - but nobody has been successful in decoding the mystery.

5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 2 - I for one have always been interested in the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. I like to ponder possible explanations for what it is. Think about it for a few moments, then share your possible (or improbable) explanation. If there is another mystery you'd rather share your thoughts on, that's okay too.

We live in a universe full of mysteries!
Some are solvable,
some are unsolvable,
Some are real,
and some are illusions.

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone."

Rod Serling

We live in a universe full of mysteries!
Mysteries that can only be solved
through an unfettered search for truth
and the use of our imagination.

The Bermuda Triangle:
An Artifact of Atlantis

The Bermuda Triangle is an artifact of the lost continent of Atlantis, which--despite rumors to the contrary--was located in the Atlantic ocean in what is now called the Bermuda or Devil's Triangle. The Atlanteans created the Artifact for the purpose of helping them travel to different planets and other dimensions. Unfortunately, the Artifact had some unforeseen and dangerous side-effects. One of the side-effects was time travel, while another caused earthquakes. These earthquakes eventually destroyed Atlantis, but not the Artifact.

When Atlantis was destroyed, the Artifact was left on. As a results, the Artifact periodically and at random intervals powers up. When the Artifact powers up it transports ships or planes to other dimensions or somewhere else in space and time.

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April 10, 2020 at 11:38am

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Unsolvable Mysteries

Istiqlál (Independence), 3 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Friday, April 10, 2020

My Happiness Jar & Taken For Granted

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Blog Prompt for Day 1 - When mystery surrounds an object, that object then becomes a clue. Have you ever discovered a mysterious item, which became a clue to an investigation? Tell us about what you found and where the investigation led to.

This happened in 2012, a few months before my mother died. She was sitting on the couch in the living room and began to cry. I ask her what was bothering her, and she said her grandfather had run away with a young woman. I couldn't get any more information out of her. I suspect she was referring to the only grandfather she remembered. Mom always said he had a long white beard. I would like to know more about this, but everyone who knew anything about it is long dead.

Another mystery I would like solved is the reason for my Uncle Roy Newland's (I think it was Uncle Roy) divorce. The marriage lasted long enough to produce a child, who was adopted by one of his sisters. I know my great uncle never married again. I don't know what happened to his wife, or why they gave the daughter to his sister to raise.

My parents and grandparents were raised at a time when family scandals were spoken of in whispers, and not around young children or even the following generation of adults.

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April 9, 2020 at 11:21am

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Istijlál (Majesty), 2 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Thursday, April 9, 2020

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Day 2096: Make a list of things you would put in a Happiness Jar.

In My Happiness Jar

Gaining a deeper understanding of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah.

Being able to express my love for His Holiness Christ and the other Manifestations of God.

Saying the prayers revealed by The Bab, Baha'u'llah, and 'Abdu'l-Baha.

Working for world peace through interaction with humanity.

Letting go of the past and forgiving myself for past mistakes.

Hearing birds sing on a spring morning.

Writing and reading poetry.

Drinking fresh brewed coffee.

Chocolate.

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