July, 2007
Breakfast, spiritual and physical
I am the type of person who considers a sit-in breakfast one of the prerogaties of good life. Standing up during any meal and in particular breakfast time would be an offense on my sense of dignity. I do not like to hurry while eating and I have been known to be late for university [...]
About lofty goals and feeble servants
I am reading the following quotation from the Universal House of Justice: We hold firmly the conviction that all human beings have been created “to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization”; that “to act like the beasts of the field is unworthy of man”; that the virtues that befit human dignity are trustworthiness, forbearance, mercy, compassion [...]
Independence Day and Freedom
Today Americans celebrate the Day of Independence. As a U.S. citizen I celebrate it too. As a World Citizen and a Baha’i I celebrate the religious freedom I enjoy. The majority of the world does not have this freedom. That is why it is with both amazement and delight to see this project of interfaith [...]
