WHAT IS THE POINT OF PRAYER?

Posted on October 27, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Whats the point of prayer if it doesnt do anything but waste time when you could be doing something to help?

Asked By: feraldawn (31-35, M) 2 hours ago, 2 days left to answer.

i wasnt talking to you poetic diva in my answers or comments, i actually enjoyed your responses

Good Question? (4)

Posted by pukirahe Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:57PM

Prayer is of greatest help.
that is why all prophets teach Their
followers prayers and how to pray.
More than that, today, Baha’u’llah
reveals a huge Book of Prayers and
Meditations.
Mankind in the future will get greater
and greater help from these divine words.

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Baha’u’llah says:

 “Far be it, then, from Thy glory that anyone should gaze on Thy wondrous beauty with any eye save Thine own eye, or hear the melodies proclaiming Thine almighty sovereignty with any ear except Thine own ear. Too high art Thou exalted for the eye of any creature to behold Thy beauty, or for the understanding of any heart to scale the heights of Thine immeasurable knowledge.”

(Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah, p. 88)

 

HAIKU

 

It is hard to know

Divine beauty with man’s sight

So prayers will help

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WHO GIVES YOU STRENGTH FOR LIVING?

Posted on September 30, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Who gives you a strength to keep on living?

Asked By: BrianaGotVengeance (16-17, F) 15 minutes ago

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Good Question? (4)

Posted by pukirahe Sep 29th, 2012 at 9:19PM

A poor child in Africa.
He lives in starvation, without parents, without education.
What is the use of my idle life in abundance?
This question empowers me to live more actively,
enthusiastically, hopefully to cause some significant change
on earth to make it fairer, happier and more humane.
As long as I still have my breath, that breath must be
fresh, alive, powerful. Otherwise, people may think
of helping the loudly crying me up here and forgetting
the silent child in Africa!

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “God has given us eyes, that we may look about us at the world, and lay hold of whatsoever will further civilization and the arts of living. He has given us ears, that we may hear and profit by the wisdom of scholars and philosophers and arise to promote and practice it. Senses and faculties have been bestowed upon us, to be devoted to the service of the general good; so that we, distinguished above all other forms of life for perceptiveness and reason, should labor at all times and along all lines, whether the occasion be great or small, ordinary or extraordinary, until all mankind are safely gathered into the impregnable stronghold of knowledge. We should continually be establishing new bases for human happiness and creating and promoting new instrumentalities toward this end.” (Abdu’l-Baha, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 3)

 

HAIKU

 

Why dying in life

That needs service from our hands

For a better world?

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WHAT RELIGION SHOULD I JOIN?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

What religion should I join?

Please tell me why I should join your religion. I will choose the religion that is the most logical based on doctrine, present issues, and future for me.

Asked Mr. Yin  1 hour ago

Posted by Cleth

The best religion is not my religion; it is the religion of all mature human beings.
That religion shows us how to serve the Cause of World Peace.
It shows us how to live in harmony with all people, either religious or
not religious, either well educated or illiterate.
It shows us the spiritual truth in harmony with science.
It maintains social order and protects individual freedom.
It gives solutions to solve peacefully various global problems.
It encourages the building a new world civilization and respecting
all cultural heritages.
It opens our eyes to new horizons for our unlimited progress
physically and spiritually.
In sum, it is the divine education, in it we see that we are not
subordinated to any human beings, but we receive the divine
guidance and protection of God. Nobody is trying to convert us,
but we can independently investigate the truth by ourself.
Our spiritual progress will continue eternally in a culture of learning.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “Your eyes have been illumined, your ears are attentive, your hearts knowing. You must be free from prejudice and fanaticism, beholding no differences between the races and religions. You must look to God, for He is the real Shepherd, and all humanity are His sheep. He loves them and loves them equally. As this is true, should the sheep quarrel among themselves? They should manifest gratitude and thankfulness to God, and the best way to thank God is to love one another.”

(Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 468)

 

HAIKU

 

Not new religion

But eternal Faith renewed

By the One True God

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AN ATHEIST?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

I’m an atheist. How do you feel about that?

Asked By: JoeEDangerously 20 hours ago

 

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Posted by pukirahe Aug 4th, 2012 at 3:32AM

For me atheist is just an empty label like
religious, superstitious… Such attributes tell
nothing about a person, especially about his esteem.
A man’s esteem is not in bearing or not bearing any labels,
but in his knowledge, virtue, and especially his contributions
to the progress, prosperity, glory of the human race.
Of course, I have no authority to judge labels people wear
or actions they do in their daily life.
Each individual must know about his own self and enhance
his destiny without worrying how people think about him.
People’s thinking, or even people’s interference, adds or
substracts nothing in his achievements. Man’s dignity is his
own learning and practicing the principles of divine love
and justice.
What is the use of wasting time to read people’s
comments on the Internet about this celebrity or that
celebrity. The real value of a human being is only in
doing the Will of God and concern only about His good pleasure.
This is ultimate value and purpose.

Source:

Experienceproject

 

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Abdu’l-Baha says:

 

“Today there are many melodies; from every studio divers strains are floated to our ears, but these tunes have become antiquated and covered with the rust of time. For thousands of years the same notes have been heard. They lack their original charm and purity, for the singers have grown old and decrepit and lost their voices. The song of life has lost its virility. From every direction melodies are sounded and we must needs have discriminating ears.

Let us seek the song with the sweetest strains, so that it may be taken up by the angles and carried to the supreme concourse.”

(Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 77)

 

HAIKU    

 

Labels old and new

Satisfy not skillful ears

Play new melodies

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WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF HEAVEN?

Posted on July 22, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

What is your idea of heaven?

Asked By: vicarious1 2 hours ago

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Posted by pukirahe Jul 21st, 2012 at 11:20PM

Mental state while doing the Will of God,
on earth as well as in the spiritual world,
of all human beings past, present and future.
Absence of this state is hell.
Independent study of the Holy Books will show
us Who is God and how to do His Will. Then
our own experience will tell us how this
heavenly bliss is.
Since Holy Books have been excluded from world
libraries for centuries, so today there are more people
expriencing the state of hellish fire than heavenly fragrance.
Only in recent years, Holy Books are restored on the Internet,
but not many people are aware, less are reading,
less are understanding and practicing, hence the majority
of our fellowpersons are still waiting for a revolutionay
and spiritual change, without ascertaining how and from where.
Anyhow, the available of all Holy Books on the Internet
is still our greatest hope. One day googling of one million
surfers will make tremendous change.
I believe that heaven is already come from the realm of God.

Source:

Experienceproject

 

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The Bab prays:

 

“Grant, O my God, that I may not be reckoned among those whose ears are deaf, whose eyes are blind, whose tongues are speechless and whose hearts have failed to comprehend. Deliver me, O Lord, from the fire of ignorance and of selfish desire, suffer me to be admitted into the precincts of Thy transcendent mercy and send down upon me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. Verily Thou art the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” (The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 215)

 

HAIKU

What He asks God gives

And we don’t see then wonder

How so blind are we?!

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HOW LONG DO YOU SPEND ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Posted on June 18, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

How long do you spend on your computer?

Asked By: simplysarah22 26 minutes ago

Good Question? (3)

Posted by pukirahe Jun 17th, 2012 at 5:22PM

Since I got my Blog on worpress.com, I spent
most of my time on my computer. My answers
on EP can be used to write articles for my Blog.
Through these Websites, I can present all my
thinking and making as many good friends as I wish.
Through the Internet, I maintain good correspondence
with old friends and exchange views on all matters with
new friends. All what I learn up here can be applied in
the real world, and my observations in the real world
can be shared again up here with other Bloggers.
I have the impression that the Internet is an excellent
instrument for mankind to make effective and broad
cooperation in seeking for God, worshipping Him
and serving all mankind. The virtual world is very similar
to the spiritual world. At this very moment, I see clearly
that I am simply an unknown ray of light among other human
beings as rays of one sun – God, the Sun of Truth.

Source:

Experienceproject

 

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The Bab prays:

 

“Grant, O my God, that I may not be reckoned among those whose ears are deaf, whose eyes are blind, whose tongues are speechless and whose hearts have failed to comprehend. Deliver me, O Lord, from the fire of ignorance and of selfish desire, suffer me to be admitted into the precincts of Thy transcendent mercy and send down upon me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. Verily Thou art the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” (The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 215)

 

HAIKU

 

Amazed Internet

Is best and modern Trumpet

Hailing God’s Kingdom

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