I’m thinking that some of our best poetry comes to us by means of the music we listen to. There is an admonition in the Baha’i writings: “Take heed, however, lest listening [to music] should cause you to overstep the bounds of propriety and dignity.” (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas), http://www.bahai.org/r/028875513 Nothing provokes my thinking quite like listening … Continue reading Music as a ladder for the soul
Category: Meditations
The light and the dark of us
In the dark before dawn today I arose, fed the dogs and went to watch the first glimmerings of the existence of a sun to the east. That view is quite surrounded by three story, pillored, white Georgian style buildings with black mansard roofs. The black and whites is what some locals call the buildings. … Continue reading The light and the dark of us
Origins
That which hath been in existence had existed before, but not in the form thou seest today. The world of existence came into being through the heat generated from the interaction between the active force and that which is its recipient. ~Baha'u'llah This world of existence, this endless universe, has neither beginning nor … Continue reading Origins
A Meditation
Photo by Jericha Franz Thou seest the Dayspring of Thine utterance in the darkness of creation: Where is the sun of the heaven of Thy grace, O Light-Giver of the worlds? The lamps of truth and purity, of loyalty and honor, have been put out: Where are the signs of Thine avenging wrath, O Mover … Continue reading A Meditation
Rising Over the Smoke 