“Wert thou to attain to but a dewdrop of the crystal waters of divine knowledge, thou wouldst readily realize that true life is not the life of the flesh but the life of the spirit…” ( Bahá’u’lláh) The self that we have is composed of body and soul. To know […]
The Creator of all things is God, the One, the Incomparable, the Self-Subsisting. He has created the heavens and the earth with its mountains and valleys, its forests, meadows, deserts, rivers and seas. God has caused every living thing to come into being. He has made man and has engraved […]
God is Love! God’s Love is the origin of His creation. It is the power to hold and connect every part of His creation together. Everybody is seeking for true love in this earthly world. Where can we find it? In reality, it is through learning about God and His […]
Here let us talk about the reality of creation. We all know that bodies need healthy food, good fuel to keep them healthy and keep them operating efficiently. We learn about healthy food in school. Furthermore, a healthy body also needs discipline of diet. Some degree of self control is […]
We adopted our daughter from an orphanage when she was 6 and I was 39 years old. Since then my life has changed. In these years, I struggled and fell into deep sorrow, and also climbed to the highest point of my life, now at the point where I can see myself […]
Sometimes there are people around us who are troubled, their heart like a bottomless hole as if it can never be filled, their emptiness causes a dissatisfaction that can never be satisfied no matter what we do. In fact, each of us, when we are driven by our desires and […]
When we are troubled, we usually have two voices inside, one is positive, the other is negative. The positive idea is from the spiritual self, and negative ideas are from the physical self. In our spiritual side we show the noble qualities, and in the physical nature, desire and passions […]
This begins a series of posts that were originally published in Chinese on https://valleyofunitych.wordpress.com/. This is the Chinese language companion to Valleyofunity.org, which has been updated regularly for the past few months. Liang has been putting forward spiritual principles from Baha’i, Christian and Buddhist teachings she has encountered on her journey. […]
O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. (~ Baha’i prayer) It is very hard to explain why it is so important to know […]
To paraphrase the author Henry Weil in his book “Closer Than Your Life Vein”, spiritual happiness comes from acts of submission to the will of God. To submit to the will of God, we not only follow His teaching but do it with praise and gratitude. Further, praise by itself is […]
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