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It is based on the teachings of Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), Who is regarded by Baha'is as the most recent in a line of Messengers of God that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, and Muhammad.</p> <p>Baha'u'llah taught that there is only one God and one human family, that all religions represent progressive stages in the revelation of God's Will, and that humanity is reaching its long-awaited stage of maturity, when a peaceful and just world order can finally be realized. <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/about-bahai">Learn more...</a></p></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/141" title="A Baha'i Perspective: Elena Mustakova-Possardt">A Baha'i Perspective: Elena Mustakova-Possardt</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 10, 2006 - 1:52pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/podcast" rel="tag" title="The Official podcast offering perspectives and thoughts from Baha'is around the country and around the world.">Podcast</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/19" rel="tag" title="A weekly radio broadcast produced at teh grass roots level offering interviews presenting a Baha'i perspective on life. The broadcast is on Saturdays at 10 AM on WXOJ-LP Northampton MA, 103.3 FM, the webstream can be found at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org. This show is a rebroadcast of the radio show, A Baha''i Perspective, produced by Warren Odess-Gillett.">A Baha'i Perspective</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/15" rel="tag" title="These are audio only podcasts.">Audio Podcast</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p class="audioPodcast"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060811164559/http://media1.bahai.us/bahaius/podcast/abp-021.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a></p> <p> I was at a conference called Cultivating Spirituality at the Bah谩'铆 conference center, Green Acre, in Eliot Maine. One of the presenters at the conference was Elena Mustakova-Possardt, a Bulgarian-born educator who came to the United States when communism fell in Eastern Europe, to study at the University of Mass. She focused her doctoral studies on the subject of critical conscientiousness, integrating the heart with the intellect. I was able to pull her aside during the conference to have a few minutes to interview her for A Bah谩'铆 Perspective. The interview is very "on location" so you hear the comings and goings of the conference participants during the interview.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/138" title="Bringing honey to Haifa: Baha鈥檌 pilgrims arrive as missile attacks begin">Bringing honey to Haifa: Baha鈥檌 pilgrims arrive as missile attacks begin</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 9, 2006 - 4:51pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>In the last two weeks of July, as half of Haifa's population was fleeing the besieged city in the north of Israel, 171 members of the Baha'i Faith arrived from all over the globe to take part in a nine-day pilgrimage to the Faith's most sacred shrines, historical sites and world administrative center.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/137" title="Being there makes it real: a story of Baha'i pilgrimage">Being there makes it real: a story of Baha'i pilgrimage</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 7, 2006 - 6:09pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>The word "pilgrimage" is defined as a long journey or search of great moral significance, sometimes to a sacred place. </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/125" title="Congress hears testimony on serious situations of the Baha'is in Iran and Egypt">Congress hears testimony on serious situations of the Baha'is in Iran and Egypt</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">July 7, 2006 - 7:55pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/17" rel="tag" title="Issues facing Baha'is in Iran.">Iran</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>For the first time since 1988, a representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States was invited to testify before a Congressional committee on the situation of the Baha'is in Iran and, for the first time, on Egypt. The hearing was held on Friday, June 30, before the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/98" title="Commemorating a remarkable day in Baha'i history">Commemorating a remarkable day in Baha'i history</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">June 28, 2006 - 1:34pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>On July 9, Baha鈥檌s throughout the world celebrate the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060811164559/http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-42.html" title="OLE_LINK1">Martyrdom of the Bab</a> which occurred on that date in 1850. A young Persian merchant named Siyyid 'Ali-Muhammad, and known as the Bab ("the gate" in Arabic), was the forerunner of Baha鈥檜鈥檒lah, the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/97" title="Watch video highlights of the 97th Annual Baha'i National Convention">Watch video highlights of the 97th Annual Baha'i National Convention</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">June 28, 2006 - 1:15pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p style="border: #000099 0px solid">From April 27 to 30, the Baha'i community of the United States held its 97th annual national convention to elect its national governing body and discuss global plans for the Faith麓s growth and development.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/27" title="Baha'is mourn martyr who died in Iranian jail">Baha'is mourn martyr who died in Iranian jail</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">June 16, 2006 - 7:54pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/17" rel="tag" title="Issues facing Baha'is in Iran.">Iran</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="thumbnail" src="/web/20060811164559im_/http://www.bahai.us/system/files/mahramithumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Bahai Martyr" width="72" height="100"/>In homes and community centers around the country, Baha鈥檌s are holding memorials for Iranian Baha'i Dhabihu'llah Mahrami, 59, who died Dec. 15 in a prison cell in Yazd, Iran, where he had been held for 10 years solely for his religious beliefs. </p><p>Mr. Mahrami, who died of causes that are not clear, was designated a martyr by the Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha'i Faith, because he suffered years of imprisonment and hard labor for refusing to renounce his religion. </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/node/25" title="Conquering difficulties through the power of prayer">Conquering difficulties through the power of prayer</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">June 13, 2006 - 5:31pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20060811164559/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/3" rel="tag" title="Current or upcoming featured book titles available from Baha'i Publishing.">Featured Books</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Pamela Brode discovered that praying regularly helped her cope with raising two children with disabilities and other challenges in her life, such as losing her eyesight and undergoing a number of surgeries to regain her vision. 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