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Human beings can be likened to spiritual websites; that is, collections of spiritual information that is put on display for those who come looking for it. A nice idea is to think of a person as a spiritual website. In this scenario, all of creation is the spiritual internet, which is powered by the Divine…

Spiritual growth on earth is all about learning to turn one’s attention away from the affairs of the world and onto the divine realities of the Kingdom. The human soul works like a mirror, which always reflects what it is facing. If the soul is turned toward the earth, it will reflect earthly realities, and…

Do you want to find some new or juicy works of Baha’u’llah to read in your mornings and evenings? Look no further than the “Translations Elsewhere” tables on my Windflower Translations website. The tables contain lists of English translations available on the Internet, with links to them and to YouTube readings of them (where available)….

I think one the most crucial sentences in the Seven Valleys comes at the beginning of the Valley of Unity, where Baha’u’llah says that the Valley of Knowledge is “the last station of limitation”: “After passing through the Valley of Knowledge, which is the last station of limitation, the wayfarer cometh to the First Station…

In chapter 36 of Some Answered Questions, Abdu’l-Baha identifies the spirit of heaven as the light rays that emanate from the Sun of revelation (that is, the Manifestation of God). It is the bounty of God. If a person chooses to focus their attention up toward the Sun of revelation, the mirror of their soul…

New video up on the Windflower Readings YouTube channel: Book of the Tigris, by Baha’u’llah. Book of the Tigris (or Book of the River) is a letter Baha’u’llah wrote for a believer who asked him about the truth of reports attributing miracles to Baha’u’llah and other Babis. The letter is, for the most part, a…

I’ve had a question in response to my blog post: God is not the essence of things. Someone asked, if God transcends all creation, then who does Baha’u’llah communicate with? That is a difficult question to answer, not least because it asks for information about something human beings will never be able to understand. However,…

Baha’u’llah often refers to hell as “the fire”, which is how the world feels when it deals a serious blow. He counsels people to stay out of the world’s affairs so that they are not caught up in its deceptions and tribulations. In the following hidden word, he makes some subtle, and very important points…

The hidden word below illustrates the difficulty Baha’u’llah faced when it came to delivering his message to his audience. Just think about it for a moment. If his message came from God, that would mean that it came from a wholly creative and innovative source. And a message coming from such a source would be…

One hard and fast principle that Baha’u’llah emphasises repeatedly is that the essence of God is unknowable to all created things without exception. Even the prophets have no access to, or knowledge of, the essence of God. The reason for this is that God’s essence transcends all of creation. In other words, God’s essence should…