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This is a poem I wrote last night:

The body’s deprived yet it continues to function,
Just like humanity at this critical junction.
We know we’re hungry, but for what we don’t know,
Instead of asking why, we just go go go.

We’ll do everything just to keep the status quo,
But without nourishment we will never grow.
The hunger it stabs, deep in our soul
What is the food that will fill this hole?

Only in the dark of the night,
can we see the stars so bright.
Cycles of growth from pain into light.… Continue

"The characteristics of a spiritual warrior should not be confused with any concept of earthly conflict or sovereignty. 'The heroic band of warriors of Baha'u'llah,' Shoghi Effendi explains, is 'battling in His Name and by His aid for the purification, the unification and the spiritualization of a morally and spiritually bankrupt society, now hovering on the
brink of self-destruction...'

"To play their part in this battle, youth cannot simply identify themselves as Baha'is. They cannot be conte… Continue