Tests - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/tests/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 12 May 2026 10:48:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Handling the Hard Tests and Difficulties of Life https://bahaiteachings.org/handling-hard-tests-difficulties-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/handling-hard-tests-difficulties-life/#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53107 Handling the Hard Tests and Difficulties of LifeIt seems like every day a new problem arises and confronts us with the oldest human conundrum: what should I do? How should I feel?  Should I get angry; should...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/learning-to-forgive-ourselves/feed/ 7 Why Should I Forgive? So I Can Live https://bahaiteachings.org/forgive-can-live/ https://bahaiteachings.org/forgive-can-live/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=36372 People hurt each other with their words and actions—should we forgive them? If someone hurts us deliberately, how is it possible to forgive? Basically, when we’re hurt, we have two...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/forgive-can-live/feed/ 4 My Path to Forgiveness and Emotional Healing https://bahaiteachings.org/my-path-to-forgiveness-and-emotional-healing/ https://bahaiteachings.org/my-path-to-forgiveness-and-emotional-healing/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52134 “It must be exhausting to be [this tyrant],” my anthropology teacher once said during class while I studied abroad in London. My classmates and I were shocked.  We had just...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-the-soul-deals-with-suffering/feed/ 7 Why Do We Suffer? https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-suffer/ https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-suffer/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=24057 When thou lookest about thee with a perceptive eye, thou wilt note that on this dusty earth all humankind are suffering. Here no man is at rest as a reward...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-suffer/feed/ 5 Confirmation Bias—Why We Don’t Always Believe the Facts https://bahaiteachings.org/confirmation-bias-dont-always-believe-facts/ https://bahaiteachings.org/confirmation-bias-dont-always-believe-facts/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34927 Confirmation Bias—Why We Don’t Always Believe the FactsScientists have a term for the all-too-human tendency to accept what supports our beliefs while rejecting any other information: they call it confirmation bias. You’ve heard that old saying “Don’t...

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