Tweaking Ancient Meditation Practices for Bahá’í Believers

Tweaking Ancient Meditation Practices for Bahá’í Believers

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Tweaking Ancient Meditation Practices for Bahá’í Believers episodes

  • Meditation on Scripture: Tender herb

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    Meditation on Scripture:  to understand and embody Scripture.  

    Meditation is on prayer from Service starting "I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance...

    The portion of the prayer in this podcast is, If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me in conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.  

    19 min
  • Meditation on Greatest Name with Breath

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    A guided meditation with two parts:  Making a connection with Baha'u'allah with the breath, and silently saying the Greatest Name with each inhalation, and each exhalation.   

    At the end I mention that if you are new to meditation and you find it difficult,  you can start with 3 minutes, or 3 minutes several times a day if you are motivated to do so.  

    25 min
  • Bringing light into the body

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    Two meditations

    1.  The sun shine an intense beam at the forehead which penetrates the forehead and floods the cranium with light

    2.  Inhaling light and exhaling stale unhealthy air.  

    3 min
  • Commune with My Spirit.

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    Bahá’u’lláh said:

    “Close thine eyes to this nether world, open them to the countenance of the incomparable Friend, and commune intimately with His Spirit.”


    3 min
  • Meditation on Greatest Name

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    In this first episode we explore one of the most powerful and ancient spiritual practices: meditation on the Name of God.  This episode uses on one way to meditate on the Greatest Name. Includes a short description and a 20-minute guided meditation. 

    23 min

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“Meditation is very important, and the Guardian sees no reason why the friends should not be taught to meditate…’'— Shoghi Effendi. 

Ancient meditation techniques are gently adapted with…