TY  - UNPB
ID  - 7453
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/hakim_purpose_creation
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Purpose of Creation, The
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A1  - Hakim,Kambiz
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Y1  - 2023
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M3  - Articles-unpublished
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LA  - English
L3  - /taherzadeh_growing_bahai_faith[The Human Soul (talk by Adib Taherzadeh)]; /lample_teachings_spiritual_reality[Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (compiled by Paul Lample)]; /mccants_compliation_life_death[A Portal of God's Grace:
Passages on Life after Death in the Baha'i Writings (provisional translations by William F. McCants)]
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AB  - Explores the nature of the human soul, and the Bahá’í understanding that creation exists for humanity to know and love God, develop spiritual qualities, and contribute to an ever-advancing civilization.
N1  - PDF below linked from clearwaterbahais.org.   Note: Some of the conclusions reached in the article, as well as the illustrations, are personal interpretation and may be speculative in nature. It is recommended to cross-check with other sources to reach your own conclusions.   The quotation that appears on page 32 (and partially on page 16) "We have proved that nothing is completely worthy of our heart's devotion save reality... your horizons will broaden until in the end they will embrace the universe", is from the 1918 compilation `Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy, pp. 135-137 (ABU1890). For this text no Persian transcript is known.    
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KW  - Abhá Kingdom
KW  - Action
KW  - Applying the Bahá'í teachings and principles
KW  - Attachment
KW  - Betterment of society
KW  - Body
KW  - Brain
KW  - Creation
KW  - Death
KW  - Detachment
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Evil
KW  - Faith (general)
KW  - Fire
KW  - Free will
KW  - God
KW  - God, Grace and bounty of
KW  - God, Knowledge of
KW  - God, Love for
KW  - God, Love of
KW  - God, Nearness to
KW  - God, Word of
KW  - Growth
KW  - Health and healing
KW  - Heart
KW  - Human nature
KW  - Humility
KW  - Imperfection
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Interpretation
KW  - Journey (spiritual)
KW  - Kingdom of names
KW  - Kingdoms, Physical
KW  - Language
KW  - Leaven
KW  - Life after death (afterlife)
KW  - Love
KW  - Manifestations of God
KW  - Material world corresponds to the spiritual world
KW  - Materialism
KW  - Meditation
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Mind
KW  - Mind, spirit, soul
KW  - Mirrors
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Power of attraction
KW  - Power of discovery
KW  - Power of growth
KW  - Power of the senses
KW  - Prayer
KW  - Progressive revelation
KW  - Purpose of life
KW  - Rational faculty
KW  - Reading the Writings
KW  - Service
KW  - Soul, Human
KW  - Speculation
KW  - Spirit of faith
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Spiritualization
KW  - Sun
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Tests and difficulties
KW  - The lower is unable to comprehend the higher
KW  - Transformation
KW  - Ungodly
KW  - Unity
KW  - Virtues and spiritual qualities
KW  - Wisdom
KW  - Womb and embryo (metaphor)
KW  - Worlds of God
KW  - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Exemplar
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