Passages from the Writings explored with the friends at various gatherings…

September 21, 2026

Sharing insights from various Baha'i Writings

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Subjects:

  • 1. The “’two wings’ of the soul”
  • 2. The reality of a person is his/her thought
  • 3. Next world is the "exact counterpart" of this world
  • 4. We should overlook the shortcomings and faults of others
  • 5. “Spirit, mind, soul, and the powers of sight and hearing are but one single reality…”
  • 6. Worlds of God
  • 7. “The Word of God may be likened unto a sapling, whose roots have been implanted in the hearts of men.”: - one needs to “foster its growth”
  • 8. “The fruits of the human tree”: - “upright character, virtuous deeds and a goodly utterance”
  • 9 Just like the world of the womb, this life is a preparation for the next life
  • 10. “There are two kinds of cooperation: material and spiritual”
  • 11. “The Prophets of God have come to show man the way of righteousness in order that he may not follow his own natural impulse”
  • 12. Soul and body
  • 13. The source of evil thoughts
  • 14. “The 'master-key' to self-mastery is self-forgetting”
  • 15. Religions are like branches of one Tree
  • 16. “mental faculties... are in truth of the inherent properties of the soul”
  • 17. “The Bahá'í Teachings… raise marriage to the status of a divine institution”