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Baháʼà Faith On Life After Death
The Baháʼà Faith affirms the existence of life after death while not defining everything about it. The soul on death is said to recognize the value of its deeds and begin a new phase of a conscious relationship with God though negative experiences are possible. Death, dying, the soul and the afterlife Teachings and beliefs The soul is not considered to be subject to natural law - rather it is subject to spiritual law as a covenant between man and God and it takes identity at the conception of the embryo, but not "in" the body, rather, associated with it like light to a mirror. The Baháʼà writings describe the mind–body dualism using various analogies to express the independence of the soul from the body. Human nature is likened to a rider on a horse or steed, a bird in a cage, or the sun shining on a mirror. Heaven is a soul being close to God, not a place but a condition, as it undergoes an eternal spiritual evolution. Anyone who learns and applies virtues and guidanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼà Faith
The Baháʼà Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the Baháʼà Faith and the unity of religion, essential worth of all religions and Baháʼà Faith and the unity of humanity, the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing Persecution of BaháʼÃs, persecution since its inception. The religion is estimated to have 5–8 million adherents, known as BaháʼÃs, spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories. The Baháʼà Faith has three central figures: the Báb (1819–1850), considered a herald who taught his followers that God would soon send a prophet similar to Jesus or Muhammad; the Báb was executed by Iranian authorities in 1850; Baháʼu'lláh (1817–1892), who claimed to be that prophet in 1863 and faced exile and imprisonment for most of his life; and his son, Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), who was released f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiritual Assembly
Spiritual Assembly is a term given by Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Baháʼà Faith. Because the Baháʼà Faith has no clergy, they carry out the affairs of the community. In addition to existing at the local level, there are national Spiritual Assemblies (although "national" in some cases refers to a portion of a country or to a group of countries). Spiritual Assemblies form part of the elected branch of the Baháʼà administration. Nature and purpose Baháʼu'lláh, Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi stated how Spiritual Assemblies should be elected by the BaháʼÃs, defined their nature and purposes, and described in considerable detail how they should function. Since these institutions are grounded in the Baháʼà authoritative texts, BaháʼÃs regard them as divine in nature, and contrast the wealth of scriptural guidance with the paucity of scriptural texts on which Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religious institutions are based. The Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼà Teachings
The Baháʼà teachings represent a considerable number of theological, ethical, social, and spiritual ideas that were established in the Baháʼà Faith by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the religion, and clarified by its successive leaders: Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá, Baháʼu'lláh's son, and Shoghi Effendi, Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá's grandson. The teachings were written in various Baháʼà writings. The teachings of the Baháʼà Faith, combined with the authentic teachings of several past religions (Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam), are regarded by BaháʼÃs as revealed by God. The Baháʼà teachings include theological statements about God, his prophets/messengers, and humanity, as well as ethical and social teachings including the equality of all human beings regardless of gender, race, nation, colour, or social class, the harmony of science and religion, gender equality, compulsory education, and the elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼà Cosmology
In Baháʼà cosmology reality is divided into three divisions. The first division is God, who is preexistent and on whom the rest of creation is contingent. The second division is God's Logos, the Primal Will, which is the realm of God's commands and grace. This realm pervades all created things. The Manifestations of God, Messengers from God, are appearances of the Logos in the physical world. The third division is Creation, which includes the physical world. Creation is not seen as confined to the material universe, and individual material objects, such as the Earth, are seen to come into being at particular moment and then subsequently break down into their constituent parts. Thus, the current universe is seen as a result of a long-lasting process (cosmological time scales), evolving to its current state. In the Baháʼà Faith, the whole universe is a sign of God and is dependent on him and humanity was created to know God and to serve his purpose. Realms Baháʼu'lláh, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aishihik
Aishihik (Also known as Äshèyi) is a village of the Southern Tutchone people at the north end of Äshèyi Män ( Aishihik Lake) in Yukon. It continues to be the home of the Äshèyi people. Champagne and Aishihik First Nations continue to use it for traditional purposes A military airfield was established here during World War II as part of the Northwest Staging Route. It was operated until 1968, and the withdrawal of military service led to the community's depopulation, except for a small number of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations people. It is from the Alaska Highway on the Aishihik Road, most of which is no longer maintained. Climate Aishihik has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ... Dfc). Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXOJ-LP
WXOJ-LP (103.3 FM, "Valley Free Radio") is a non-profit, independent community radio station licensed to serve Northampton, Massachusetts as well as the central Pioneer Valley region. The station was first licensed to Foundation For Media Education Inc. until April 2010 when it was transferred to Valley Free Radio, inc. It airs a Public Radio format on its FM radio frequency, as well as through a live streaming service on its website. WXOJ is known as the original broadcast station of the nationally syndicated radio and television program ''The David Pakman Show'' (originally ''Midweek Politics with David Pakman'') and the nationally syndicated radio program "Madness Radio," and was the home of a popular current-events program hosted by then-business owner and current Northampton City Council member Bill Dwight. The station also hosts locally produced programming at its main studios in the village of Florence, Massachusetts, such as ''The Enviro Show'', ''Occupy the Airwaves'', ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼà House Of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois)
The Baháʼà House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (or Chicago Baháʼà Temple) is a Baháʼà temple. It is the second Baháʼà House of Worship ever constructed and the oldest one still standing. It is one of eight continental temples, constructed to serve all of North America. The temple was designed by French-Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), who received design feedback from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá during a visit to Haifa in 1920. To convey the Baháʼà principle of the unity of religion, Bourgeois incorporated a variety of religious architecture and symbols. Although ʻAbdu'l-Bahá participated in a ground-breaking ceremony in 1912 that laid a cornerstone, construction began in earnest in the early 1920s and was delayed significantly through the Great Depression and World War II. Construction picked up again in 1947, and the temple was dedicated in a ceremony in 1953. Baháʼà Houses of Worship are intended to include several social, humanitarian, and edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Ring
Kenneth Ring is an American psychologist, born in San Francisco, California. He is the co-founder and past president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and is the founding editor of the ''Journal of Near-Death Studies''.Author biography in Kenneth Ring and Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino, ''Lessons from the Light: What we can learn from the near-death experience'', Needham, MA: Moment Point Press (1998). He currently lives in Kentfield, California. Biography Among his first publications was the book ''Methods of Madness: The Mental Hospital as a Last Resort''. The book was released in 1969 and was co-authored with Benjamin Braginsky and Dorothea Braginsky.Waxler, N. E. (1970). eview of Methods of Madness: The Mental Hospital as a Last Resort., by B. M. Braginsky, D. A. Braginsky, & K. Ring ''American Sociological Review'', 35(5), 951–952. https://doi.org/10.2307/2093343Wax, John. Reviewed Work: Methods of Madness: The Mental Hospital As a Last Resort by B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Association For Near-Death Studies
The International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) is a nonprofit organization based in Durham, North Carolina in the United States, associated with the academic field of near-death studies.IANDS. "Near-Death Experiences: Is this what happens when we die?" Durham: International Association for Near-Death Studies. Informational brochure REV 4/11. Available at www.iands.org.Graves, Lee. "Altered States. Scientists analyze the near-death experience". ''The University of Virginia Magazine'', Summer 2007 FeatureGriffith, Linda J. Near-Death Experiences and Psychotherapy. Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2009 October; 6(10): 35–42.Beck, Melinda. "Seeking Proof in Near-Death Claims". ''The Wall Street Journal'' (Health Journal), October 25, 2010MacDonald, G. Jeffrey. "Scientists probe brief brushes with the afterlife". ''The Christian Century'', Jan 12, 2011Lam, Stephanie. "Near-Death Experiences: 30 Years of Research — Part 1". ''The Epoch Times'', published online September 13, 2011Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (; Persian language, Persian: , 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás ( fa, عباس), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh and served as head of the Baháʼà Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later Canonization, canonized as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as a source of Baháʼà sacred literature. He was born in Tehran to an Aristocracy, aristocratic family. At the age of eight his father was imprisoned during a government crackdown on the Bábism, Bábà Faith and the family's possessions were looted, leaving them in virtual poverty. His father was exiled from their native Iran, and the family went to live in Baghdad, where they stayed for nine years. They were later called by the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman state to Istanbul before going into another period of confinement in Edirne and finally the prison-city of Acre, Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼà School
A Baháʼà school at its simplest would be a school run officially by the Baháʼà institutions in its jurisdiction and may be a local class or set of classes, normally run weekly where children get together to study about Baháʼà teachings, Baháʼà central figures, or Baháʼà administration. Baháʼà topics may be minimized in favor of a general curriculum, often with an internationalist form, with accreditation from a variety of sources. Foremost among them is Green Acre, "paradigmatic of a Baháʼà institution", founded in 1894 for exploring religious diversity seeking unity, and the first BaháʼÃs appearing there in 1901. It came officially under Baháʼà management institutionally from 1916 after several years of promoting Baháʼà ideas under Sarah Farmer. As a Baháʼà institution it began to inspire other regional schools in the United States for the religion: first came Bosch Baháʼà School becoming more formally a Baháʼà school in 1927 and another in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
