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Seeker
For me, it was like the lifting of a darkness of which I had previously been unaware. The lights were on; a new beauty and truth was in the world, and there was no going back. The journey the seeker follows to faith is not an easy one. It is really impossible to describe. For some it is completed in an instant. For some (as in my case) it can take time – a long time. It is a journey that is never really completed. And to those who haven’t made the journey, it may seem like a bewildering and impossible road. It is a search that demands something of us. It…
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Solving Problems Beyond Solution – The Book of Certitude
The goal of Bahá’u’lláh’s entire life’s work, as he describes, is to foster unity among human beings. Of his writings, the Book of Certitude plays a particular role in this purpose. Accordingly, it has been said of the Book of Certitude that by sweeping away the age-long barriers that have so insurmountably separated the great religions of the world, [it] has laid down a broad and unassailable foundation for the complete and permanent reconciliation of their followers.[1] In works such as the Hidden Words, we primarily find guidance directed to the spiritual life of the individual. In Bahá’u’lláh’s later writings, such as those published in the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, we find…
