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...Persia in 1817, a child was born. He was named Mirza Hussein Ali and he died in 1892-in the year of his 75th birthday-as Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i religion. In North India in 1894, a child was born. He was named Merwan Sheriar Irani and he died in 1969-in the year of his 75th birthday-as Meher Baba, Avatar of the Baba-lovers. In South India in 1895 a child was born. He was named Jiddu Krishnamurti and he still lives-in this, the year of his 75th birthday-as Krishnamurti, bright mystery...
...good times with Baha'is. They embody part of a new, glowing, wonderful uniting force. A typical Baha'i meeting reminds one of the UN General Assembly. But, I suspect, that unity is more specialized and less universal than Baha'is believe. They may be one of the cradles for a new multi-racial race among other races, rather than for the kind of world unity they envision...
...Baha'is are working toward bringing the whole world under their spiritual and political jurisdiction. In their religious and civil conceptions, they stress the collective more than the individual, obedience more than assertiveness. Properly convened, their supreme International House of Justice is deemed infallible. Baha"u'llah is buried in Israel and Baha'i International Headquarters is there. At one meeting, I heard Baha'i pioneer, Dan Jordan, beamingly report a message the Israeli government once sent the Baha'is: "We love you." Well, perhaps we must courageously and plainly tell the Palestinians: "God is simply not on your side...
...McClellan, who has been a Baha'i believer for ten years, said that she and her husband had moved here in order to "spread the faith in Cambridge." She does this, she said, through public meetings and "firesides," informal talks in her home. There are presently 16 Baha'is in Cambridge...
...religion was founded in 1857, and in April, 1863, Baha'u'llah announced to his followers that God had commissioned him to unite all the nations, races, and religions of the world. He then dispatch...