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What does it mean to be a Baha’i?
There is no single model of course – every Baha’i has their own story – which implies a multiplicity of ways of responding to Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings. The vision of what it means to be a Baha’i comes from Bahá’u’lláh’s writings. It is nothing like the stereotypes that might jump to mind. In one sense, Baha’is are people who are striving to translate Bahá’u’lláh’s writings into reality and action. This idea, ultimately comes from Bahá’u’lláh’s writings themselves where he says just that.[1] At a personal level being a Baha’i implies both a belief in Bahá’u’lláh and a sincere desire to live in accordance with Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings. It is a falling in…
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George Townshend – from Cathedral to Coherence
This article needs to begin with some of George Townshend’s words – as he was above all a writer. The “Hidden Words” is a love-song. It has for its background the romance of all the ages—the Love of God and Man, of the Creator and His creature. … Strange, … that this devotional volume, so beautiful in its thought and also (it is said) in the classic purity of its style, should never have drawn to itself the attention of an English scholar and should remain after seventy years unknown to the religion and the culture of the West.[1] George Townsend wrote this in 1930, almost 90 years ago. The strangeness still persists.…
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Under One Sun
“ …We come from one ancestor, Just one forefather, And one Earth Mother, Under one sun ...” Source: ABC Radio National: The Baha’i soul of Australian singer Shameem Under One Sun features on Shameem’s album titled The Second City
