August 31st, 2008 at 11:35 pm » Comments (0)

Today's slice comes from Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Holy Book", the first authorized English translation of which was published in 1993, at least 120 years after it was completed: Weigh not the Book ...more »

August 30th, 2008 at 10:37 pm » Comments (0)

Today's slice is from Bahá'u'lláh's Persian Hidden Words: O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity followeth you, and grievous retribution awaiteth you. Think not that which ...more »

August 29th, 2008 at 9:59 pm » Comments (0)

Today's slice from the loaves of religious harmony was gleaned from Gems of Divine Mysteries, a work that—as a young Bahá'í studying Arabic—I dearly hoped to read someday. My prayers ...more »

August 29th, 2008 at 9:26 pm » Comments (0)

Heraclitus is not merely turning in his grave, he's haunting his inspirations. It appears that an image of a painting that was inspired by Heraclitus' aphorism the way up is the ...more »

August 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm » Comments (3)

Today's white slice of wisdom comes from The Tabernacle of Unity, a compilation of works of Bahá'u'lláh published in 2006. It advises Bahá'ís on the extent to which they ought ...more »

August 27th, 2008 at 8:08 pm » Comments (0)

I've got a pile of quotations that I don't know what to do with, so I'm going to attempt to process them by means of a new quote of the ...more »

August 27th, 2008 at 7:25 am » Comments (1)

This is a continuation of our reflections on character as destiny. We left this discussion having stripped down the self to nothing but her choices, but that was not where I ...more »

August 23rd, 2008 at 5:29 pm » Comments (0)

Man's character is his fate.—Heraclitus "Ethos anthropoi daimon." What could an old Greek and subject of the Persian Empire have meant by such a declaration? Many modern folk seem inclined to ...more »

August 4th, 2008 at 7:11 am » Comments (0)

This is a continuation of our discussion on ketman. I just read a well-timed feature article on Iran in the August 2008 issue of National Geographic Magazine, which emphasizes yet another ...more »