WHAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR HAPPINESS?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

What has been draining you happiness? What has contributed to your Happiness?

Asked By: MadamElle (22-25, F) 28 minutes ago

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Posted by pukirahe Nov 4th, 2012 at 5:14PM

I am not happy when no new thoughts come
to my mind due to lack of continuous education.
My happiness increases when I translate my thoughts
into practice.
In recent years, I am more happy than sad, because
I can learn new things every day on the Internet.
With this increasing of happiness, I always feel
happy with family, friends and with the renewal
of the real world as well as the virtual world.
I see that education is the best way to conduct
a happy life, so I am now worrying much for
the children who are deprived of education,
especially the kids in the war ravaging countries.

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Baha’u’llah says:

 “Be not the cause of grief, much less of discord and strife. The hope is cherished that ye may obtain true education in the shelter of the tree of His tender mercies and act in accordance with that which God desireth. Ye are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean.” (Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 27)

 

HAIKU

 

Good education

Best way to true happiness

All kids need be taught

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BEING HAPPY IS OUR OWN CHOICE?

Posted on October 27, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Do you believe that being happy is our own choice?

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

I do.

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Best Answer by pukirahe (Chosen By Asker):

Oct 27th, 2012 at 12:01AM

Yes. being happy is our choice.
When we know what is happiness,
we can choose thoughts, words and deeds
that lead to it.
Blind faith and blind action cannot lead to happiness.
Briefly, happiness is self-realization,
based on learning and practice.

Reply by LostInEvilMind Oct 27th, 2012 at 12:02AM

that’s so true!!!! 😀

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Baha’u’llah says:

 “Be Thou, O my Lord, my sole Desire, my Goal, mine only Hope, my constant Aim, my Habitation and my Sanctuary. Let the object of mine ardent quest be Thy most resplendent, Thine adorable, and ever-blessed Beauty. I implore Thee, O my Lord, by whatsoever is of Thee, to send, from the right hand of Thy might, that which will exalt Thy loved ones and abase Thine enemies.”

(Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah, p. 178)

 

HAIKU

 

Having God in life

Is the greatest happiness

Beyond all things else

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ARE YOU A SORE LOSER?

Posted on October 6, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Are you a sore loser? How do you deal with competition?

Asked By: hellokittypinkxox (16-17, F) 1 hour ago

Posted by pukirahe Oct 5th, 2012 at 6:38PM

I don’t compete, therefore I am never a loser.
Life is not a gamble to win or lose,
Life is not a lottery to expect a chance.
Life is constantly living, growing, developing
physically, mentally and spiritually.
In order to know and to attain the purpose of our life,
we have to go through physical, human and divine
education without ceasing. Live and learn is a must.
The real world is becoming narrower, we are expanding
the virtual would and thinking of colonizing Mars. Education
is becoming an essential requirement for all individuals
to perform hamoniously the duty of world citizens.
Our life is not our personal possession to be wasted
or to be placed as a heavy load on any one else.

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Baha’u’llah says:

 “O people of Baha! Ye are the dawning-places of the love of God and the daysprings of His loving-kindness. Defile not your tongues with the cursing and reviling of any soul, and guard your eyes against that which is not seemly. Set forth that which ye possess. If it be favourably received, your end is attained; if not, to protest is vain. Leave that soul to himself and turn unto the Lord, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Be not the cause of grief, much less of discord and strife. The hope is cherished that ye may obtain true education in the shelter of the tree of His tender mercies and act in accordance with that which God desireth. Ye are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean.”

(Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 27)

 

HAIKU

 

True education

Under the Tree of Mercy

For all human race

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HAVING YOUR OWN VEHICLE?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Do you have your own vehicle?

Asked By: DarkBlackKnight (18-21, F) 27 minutes ago

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Posted by pukirahe Oct 3rd, 2012 at 5:51AM

I have no car, no motorbike, no bicycle.
Now walking is really best for my health.
I feel that it is more convenient if I have
a car to visit friends or to by some necessities,
but still I don’t want to think of making money,
so I am thinking more of the goodness of walking.
I may live longer and healthier than moving around
in a car. I have more time to read and to write on my
computer. Reading and writing today can also be done
on the car, but it is not so convenient as sitting at the desk.
If I beg, I believe that God will give, but I really don’t want.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “The spirit of man transcends the qualities and attributes of any natural element. It is greater in attributes than gold, silver or iron, which are single elements and indestructible. As they are free from destruction and qualified with permanence, how much more so is the human spirit free and immortal. How will that ever be destroyed? This is a subject of great importance. There are innumerable proofs in support of it. I hope we may continue it at another time.”

(Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 260)

 

HAIKU

 

Moving beyond light

Spirit needs no desk or car

It lives pleasantly

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HOW TO PLAY AS A GOOD MAN?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

If I promise to be good can I come out and play?

Asked By: vlowery1105 9 minutes ago

Posted by pukirahe Sep 11th, 2012 at 9:42PM

Yes, but not instantly.
Nobody can be saint immediately as he promises.
But to promise is better than living without a sense
of transcendance. We may fall again and again, but
the hope is still there until our last breath.
Moreover, our concept about good is changing
through time. There might moments we may see that
the reverse is true. Good to onself may contradict to
love of country; love of country may contradict to love
of the world. So a good man is not a dead person with some
definite virtues, but it is a process of struggle against onselft
to attain the summit of self-realization.
Playing is good, because it causes us to feel joy
in conducting a challenging and a promising life.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “I hope you will be the cause of opening the eyes and exalting the spirits to follow divine direction. Thus you will assist others to walk in the path of the good pleasure of the Lord. Assuredly it is not to eat, nor to sleep, nor to dress, nor to repose on the couch of negligence. Nay, it is to find one’s way to eternity and understand the divine signs; to receive wisdom from the Lord of Lords, and to move steadily forward like a great sea. This is my hope for thee.”

(Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 38)

 

HAIKU

 

Good man is living

And making steady progress

To lofty summit

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LIFE BEING SO PAINFUL?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Why does life have to be so painful?

Asked By: DreamofPowerandDeath 45 minutes ago

Life is so amazing. but its also painful. were like walking talking animals here.. we can die instantly.. and every moment we have to continually adapt to the burdens of life that make us feel pain.. and every moment we ache… you can accept the ever lasting pain of life… or expunge it with happiness….. happiness will always fade though… as we face reality.. every ones sad and we need to come together.. or drift apart and live alone.. each mans burden to be his own.

Posted by pukirahe Sep 11th, 2012 at 5:42AM

You have answered many questions of yours.
Keep on thinking and you will think out.
The more we think, the more we will become
mature and wise.
Pain is a very useful instrument reminding us to think.
Why pain, what is the cause, how to stop it?
Pain on the head? Worry? Anxiety? Restore serenity.
Pain in the liver? Perhaps because of drinking too much,
We may need physicians and quitting alcohol?
Yes, all pains have causes. The sooner we find the cause
the better our life will be protected.
Pain also gives greater value to sacrifice.
Pain also pushes the advancement of inventions.
Escape from pain is not happiness. True happiness
will never fade away: it is the incessant joy in
doing good to prevent causing pains to other people.
Then those people, of course, are not happy, unless
they choose to go through pain for the comforts of
other people.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “I pray for your health and happiness. Consider the distance I have traveled and reflect on the great desire I have ever felt to meet you. Praise be to God, through his bounty this meeting has been consummated. Happy are we to be gathered in one assemblage. My greatest happiness is the hope that we may meet one another in the kingdom of Abha, even as we meet here. May the effulgences of the splendor of God shine upon each one of us.

Praise be to God, that through the sufferings of Baha’u’llah souls are educated.”

(Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 47)

 

HAIKU

 

Souls educated

Through sufferings of Prophets

Of the One True God

 

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YOUR BIGGEST LIFE REGRET?

Posted on September 9, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

What is your biggest life regret and why? Oh…you can tell me…I won’t tell anyone else and you’ll clear your mind.

Asked By: LadyBronte 1 hour ago

🙂

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Posted by pukirahe Sep 9th, 2012 at 3:37AM

Confession to humans is not permitted
because God does not want to humiliate His
noble children. He gives to all the free will to
choose to enter the Garden of Eden or to try
reaching heavenly realms. Each step might hurt
for pride or shame.
God also endows man with great powers to
realizing all wildest dreams with His guidelines.
Each dream bears with it amazing sweetness
and strange bitterness. Up and down, near and far,
joyful and sorrowful, His children will experience
and will make due modifications. And God
promises that He accepts any responsible results
at the last breath.
Happily good angel or miserably bad ghost depends
fully on man’s choice. God is not judging, but human
beings judge themselves under His irrevocable laws.
Yes, dum spiro spero – hope stll exists with breathing.

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Baha’u’llah says:

 “58. To none is it permitted to seek absolution from

another soul” # 34 (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 193)

 

HAIKU

 

Why suffer regret

While repentance is great joy

Before our last breath?

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WOULD YOU JOIN THE REVOLUTION?

Posted on September 3, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Would you join the revolution?

Asked By: Wanderartist 1 hour ago

Posted by pukirahe Sep 3rd, 2012 at 6:36AM

We need urgently a revolution for our world.
It is already too heavy, too stressful, too miserable
for leaders as well as followers.
Among humorous people, they say that we
better place everything on “bó tay.com”
(that is ‘tied hands Website’)!
But not a revolution that shed blood,
a revolution that produces more refugees,
a revolution that enthrones new kings!
We need a spiritual revolution in all
matters of human life.
Let us dethrone idols of vain imaginings
and restore the Supreme image of God,
the Creator of all worlds.
Let each individual sees with his own eyes,
thinks with his own mind and reshapes his life
with his own hands with the divine guidance
revealed in the Holy Books.
The longer we delay in promoting and launching
this revolution in our own life, the more we will regret.
I think that no human organizations can reshape the
world, but it is reshaped by our redoing our life
with profound spirituality.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “With power and might will the proclamation of the kingdom of El-Abha found a new civilization, transforming humanity; dead bodies will become alive; the dark sky will become luminous; blind eyes will see; deaf ears will hear; the dumb will speak and the indifferent will be decorated with the flowers of a divine civilization.

May the luminous clouds of this divine civilization descend upon us – this is my hope!” (Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 57)

 

HAIKU

 

Transforming our life

Most ideal revolution

That all can involve

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HOW IMPORTANT IS SOCIAL STATUS?

Posted on September 1, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

How important is social status to you?

Asked By: NoClearPath 32 minutes ago

Posted by pukirahe Sep 1st, 2012 at 4:58AM

Social status is totally meaningless.
Today a man is top monarch, tomorrow
he is known as an assassin.
Life changes, only virtues remain.
A virtuous mendicant is far more honorable
than any pompous spiritual leaders.
God gives equal rank to all human beings
as children, servants, friends. Any one who
takes pride in any ranks might have deprived
himself of his spiritual worth.
Ranks, titles, positions are becoming more and
more insignificant in this world with all kinds of idols.
There are evidently rare saints that deserve
reverence, but that is not social status,
but it is human dignity.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “My hope for you is that as you travel through the universe of existence you will ever become acquainted with new and wonderful significances; that your knowledge will ever be increased – knowledge without limitation; then you will understand the realities existing in all kingdoms. Capacity is in accordance with striving and sincerity.

I pray that your inner sight may become clear, that you may be able to perceive things the heedless do not see, that you may understand the infinite worlds of God.” (Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 118)

 

HAIKU

 

No station higher

Than the station of humans

Obedient to God

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GOING TO COLLEGE A WASTE OF MONEY?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by joyfulwayfarer

Is going to college a waste of money

Asked By: unsure99 12 minutes ago

Posted by pukirahe Aug 27th, 2012 at 5:42PM

Investment in education is the best investment.
The higher education a person attains, the better
he will serve himself and the world.
In the past, humans serve only in local or national
administration; now more human resource is
required for international administration. So, even
college degrees are not sufficient.
More than that each individual among mankind needs
to attain high education to conduct well the life
of a world citizen.
Of course, greater efforts are required from educators
to reorganize educational systems to serve the world
in this Age of human maturity, of global communication.

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Abdul-Baha says:

 “It is my hope that you may be the means of changing this wild jungle of materialism into a fruitful orchard, this thorny thicket into a rose garden. May Europe become the divine university wherein heavenly sciences and divine arts are taught and learned!

By heavenly sciences I mean divine philosophy and spiritual teachings; by the songs and fragrances of the rose garden I mean the mysteries of the kingdom of kingdoms, the secrets of the degrees of existence and the knowledge of the results of human life.” (Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 139)

 

HAIKU

 

High education

Urgently required now

For global problems

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