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Monday, March 18, 2024
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Monday, March 11, 2024
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
The Martyrdom of Táhirih (The Pure One)
Garden of Ilkhani in Tehran
Táhirih was arrested in 1852 and sentenced to death by the Shah of Iran for teaching a new religion which included the principle of the equality of men and women.
"You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women", Táhirih responded.
Dressed in white silk, she had prepared for her death with fasting and prayers. She was strangled with a silk handkerchief and then thrown into a well, later filled with stones and dirt.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Sunday, February 11, 2024
The Paradox in the Greatness of Humility
When I see athletes, politicians, performers, or anyone who swells with pride at their influence, power or achievement, I think the story of the raindrop by the 13th Century Persian poet Saadi.
'From a lofty cloud this pure drop of rain began its descent. Soon it became conscious of its own qualities, so with pride it told itself "I am the water of life. All existence depends on me." Swollen with self-admiration and pride, suddenly it looked down and saw the vast ocean beneath it. Dumbfounded, it said, "By God, if that is water, then who am I?" Filled with remorse and utter humility, it fell on the ocean. The mighty ocean, with admiration and love, embraced the drop and made it the companion of the pearl.'
From: The Tamed Phoenix. by Darius Shahrokh. published in Windows to the Past 1992
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief. Such shall be its plight, that to disclose it now would not be meet and seemly. Its perversity will long continue. And when the appointed hour is come, there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of mankind to quake. Then, and only then, will the Divine Standard be unfurled, and the Nightingale of Paradise warble its melody.
Bahá’u’lláh: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 118
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Just one time,
I loved life.
Just one time
And that’s all.
Hope shone brightly,
The hope that illuminates the path
Of my loneliness.
Just once, my soul I entrust
With sweet and total surrender.
And, when that miracle brings about
The wonder of loving each other,
There are festival bells
That ring in one’s heart.
Monday, January 15, 2024
Friday, December 29, 2023
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
The Moon from Galileo's Backyard
These are the first detailed drawings of the moon by Galileo Galilei after he observed them through his homemade telescope in 1609.
Credit: Historic Vids
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Earthrise
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
― Edgar Mitchell
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
The Gift
"Be thankful to God for having enabled you to recognise His Cause. Whoever has received this blessing must, prior to his acceptance, have performed some deed which, though he himself was unaware of its character, was ordained by God as a means whereby he has been guided to find and embrace the Truth. As to those who have remained deprived of such a blessing, their acts alone have hindered them from recognising the truth of this Revelation. We cherish the hope that you, who have attained to this light, will exert your utmost to banish the darkness of superstition and unbelief from the midst of the people. May your deeds proclaim your faith and enable you to lead the erring into the paths of eternal salvation. The memory of this night will never be forgotten. May it never be effaced by the passage of time, and may its mention linger for ever on the lips of men."
-baha'u'llah, the dawnbreakers p. 586
Friday, November 10, 2023
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Palace of Fine Arts
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Friday, October 20, 2023
An Appointed Time
"For every land We have prescribed a portion, for every occasion an allotted share, for every pronouncement an appointed time and for every situation an apt remark. Consider Greece. We made it a Seat of Wisdom for a prolonged period. However, when the appointed hour struck, its throne was subverted, its tongue ceased to speak, its light grew dim and its banner was hauled down. Thus do We bestow and withdraw. Verily thy Lord is He Who giveth and divesteth, the Mighty, the Powerful."
(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Friday, October 6, 2023
Orion Correlation Theory
The Orion correlation theory posits that there is a correlation between the location of the three largest pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex and Orion's Belt of the constellation Orion, and that this correlation was intended as such by the original builders of the Giza pyramid complex. wiki
Saturday, September 23, 2023
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Saturday, September 16, 2023
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Monday, July 3, 2023
Friday, June 23, 2023
Morning Glory
This clip by the Indiana University shows the extreme nutational movements of morning glory vines. Climbing vines need to find a suitable support on which to grow. Shortly after germinating, the young plant begins a hunting motion.
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