Projecting our inner image of God onto the world is something many people do without realising it. What happens is that they read scripture, have mystical experiences of the Divine, listen to what their coreligionists say, and then come up with an image, in their minds, of who God is and what God wants. With…
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A Perceptual Shift: The Shift That Made the Book Possible
An interesting look at the spiritual motivation behind my book, Paradise of Presence, can be found in the following short bio I wrote in 2017. I stumbled on this in my Google files, and realized that I had forgotten about it. After reading it, I discovered that it outlined the spiritual shift that led to…
Exciting ways to think about the world of creation
Exciting ways to think about the world of creation—that is, all the worlds of God, not just the physical world—include likening it to our own solar system. At the centre of the solar system is the sun, and all other objects depend on it. The sun is the source of light, which reflects its light…
New video of “Praised be my Lord, the Most High”
A new video of Praised be my Lord, the Most High has been uploaded to the Windflower Readings YouTube channel. Praised be my Lord, the Most High is one of a group of Baha’u’llah’s works that centres on the activities of the houri, a celestial woman who symbolises the Divine and is the source of…
No one is actually worthy of the grace of God
No one is actually worthy of the grace of God. In The Seven Valleys, Baha’u’llah quotes Qur’an 16:61: “If God should chastise men for their perverse doings, He would not leave upon the earth a moving thing!” Baha’u’llah also makes a related point that a person who carries out all religious duties is not necessarily going to impress him….
Paradise of Presence audiobook is now available
The Paradise of Presence audiobook is now available. I published it using a distribution company called Findaway Voices, which is Spotify’s audiobook arm. Findway Voices (soon to become INaudio) distributes to all audiobook platforms globally. The audiobook runs for 7 hours. At the moment, the audiobook is available on six platforms. It will show up…
You don’t need to be clever to know God
You don’t need to be clever to know God; you only need a pure heart. Anyone can have a pure heart, no matter how clever they are. If intelligence was the quality a person needed in order to know God, then that would make God unjust. The setup for knowing God would not operate on…
The human soul is the moral agent in creation
The human soul is the moral agent in creation. Recently, Baha’i-related forums have hosted discussion on how best to respond to the increasing chaos in the world. “Should followers of Baha’u’llah,” people ask, “participate in the political conversations taking place on social media?” Some argue that individuals should not participate in these conversations but, instead,…
We journey in spiritual worlds using our mind and imagination
We journey in spiritual worlds using our mind and imagination. We do not use our feet. This means that if we want to accept Baha’u’llah’s invitation to journey into the spiritual worlds, then we need to learn how to use our mind and imagination in ways that allow for spiritual travel. In my book, Paradise…
Finding the truth about being truthful
Finding the truth about being truthful means recognising that being truthful can sometimes be a tricky thing to do. “Tell the truth!” people say, as if it is as easy as that. But what if no one else is telling the truth? In that situation, not telling the truth does not necessarily mean lying, it…