Spirituality - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/spirituality/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:48:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Three Ways to Counter Your Anger and Rage https://bahaiteachings.org/three-ways-to-counter-your-anger-and-rage/ https://bahaiteachings.org/three-ways-to-counter-your-anger-and-rage/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81075 Ever feel so enraged you just want to boil over? Hit something? Lash out at the world? Well, it turns out, so do millions of other people right now. Our...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/seeing-with-spiritual-eyes/feed/ 1 Does Your Online Presence Mirror Your Values? https://bahaiteachings.org/does-your-online-presence-mirror-your-values/ https://bahaiteachings.org/does-your-online-presence-mirror-your-values/#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=50349 If you’re an adult, try to imagine the life of a young person right now. Do you think growing up in today’s culture would be harder than growing up in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-people-get-depressed/feed/ 13 The Relationship Between the Soul and the Body https://bahaiteachings.org/the-relationship-between-the-soul-and-the-body/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-relationship-between-the-soul-and-the-body/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70856 Perhaps there is no greater huri or mystery for us than our own soul. The Baha’i teachings say that our souls, despite what many people think, never enter our bodies,...

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