Study Circles
When having a prayer book is a luxury
Yesterday provided several marvelous reasons to reflect on the power of prayer and the nearness of the spiritual world. First of all, I overslept and cut the prayer time short in order to get to work. Then I got a very touching letter from a friend who attended the Ruhi 1 study circle: Dear Mitko, [...]
Prayer Station: Free Thy lovers from the prison of the enemy
God grant that, with a penetrating vision, thou mayest perceive, in all things, the sign of the revelation of Him Who is the Ancient King, and recognize how exalted and sanctified from the whole creation is that most holy and sacred Being. This, in truth, is the very root and essence of belief in the [...]
Be Free
As tension is rising in anticipation for what promises to be an unfair trial of the seven members of the coordinating committee of the Baha’is in Iran, in the campaign to eradicate the largest non-Muslim minority of Iran, the news that more and more governments are standing up for the freedom and dignity of the [...]
Ruhi 1 appreciation
I just sent a reminder to my fellow participants in the Ruhi 1 study circle “Reflection on the Life of the Spirit”. We have two more sessions left, and I have been sending weekly reminders and updates so that those who might have missed a session are not left alone. The message our group received [...]
Humbled by the Spirit
Just as I was fuming over the crashing of my new Vista laptop, I got this marvelous email in response to the invitation for the next session of our study circle (and all of a sudden, the annoyance with Vista and its instability disappeared): What a great delight it was to be in your home [...]
Prayer Station – Open The Gate
How do you describe a day which started with an inconclusive attempt to scientifically establish truthfulness, culminated with celebrating the Birth of the Bab, and concluded with a prayer meeting and a study circle discussion which revolved around the idea that “truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues”? God is all Glorious and His [...]
Day of two visions
12. O MAN OF TWO VISIONS! Close one eye and open the other. Close one to the world and all that is therein, and open the other to the hallowed beauty of the Beloved. (Baha’u’llah, The Persian Hidden Words) What a day this has been. God teaching me on both planes: on one side with [...]
