Resurrection Symbology

Sleeping soldiers by Christ tomb --Milesevo monastery

"(We) say that the meaning of Christ's resurrection is as follows: the disciples were troubled and agitated after the martyrdom of Christ. The Reality of Christ, which signifies His teachings, his bounties, his perfections, and his spiritual power, was hidden and concealed for two or three days after his martyrdom, and was not resplendent and manifest. No, rather it was lost; for the believers were few in number and were troubled and agitated. The Cause of Christ was like a lifeless body; and, when after three days the disciples became assured and steadfast, and began to serve the Cause of Christ of Christ, and resolved to spread the divine teachings, putting his counsels into practice, and arising to serve him,... his religion found life, his teachings and admonitions became evident and visible. In other words, the Cause of Christ was like a lifeless body, until the life and bounty of the Holy Spirit surrounded it." -Abdu'l-Baha"                                       

Grant that I be Grateful

“A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.”   --Baha'u'llah

Pigeon Point

Pigeon Point - Kevin Angelo

The Nightingale of Paradise

Study of a Bird

dated A.H. 1043 / A.D. 1634

Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi

"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." --Baha'u'llah

The Baha'i Faith and the Soviets

In "Religion in the Soviet Union" (1962), Walter Kolarz notes:

"Islam…is attacked by the communists because it is 'reactionary', encourages nationalist narrowmindness and obstructs the education and emancipation of women. Baha'iism (sic) has incurred communist displeasure for exactly the opposite reasons. It is dangerous to Communism because of its broadmindness, its tolerance, its international outlook, the attention it pays to women's education and its insistence on equality of the sexes. All this contradicts the communist thesis about the backwardness of all religions."

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A Glimpse of the Golden Age of Baha'u'llah

A Glimpse of the Golden Age of Baha'u'llah.

Queen Marie of Romania

"Should a woman who is unsurpassed in her beauty and adorned with the most exquisite and priceless jewels, travel unveiled and alone, from the east of the world to the west thereof, passing through every land and journeying in all countries, there would be such a standard of justice, trustworthiness and faith on the one hand, and lack of treachery and degradation on the other, that no one would be found who would wish to rob her of her possessions or to cast a treacherous and lustful eye upon her beauteous chastity!" ---Baha'u'llah

The Traveling Bird Feeder

The Martian Surface

"NASA's Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian surface. Composed of more than 1,000 images ... the composite contains 1.8 billion pixels of Martian landscape." There's an astonishing 2+ gigabyte download available of the image. LINK

 

Благословенны местность

The light tells me that Spring is nearing.