Human progress—spiritual, material, or social—would be impossible without reflection and contemplation. Bahá’u’lláh states: “The source of crafts, sciences and arts is the power of reflection.” For Bahá’is, this daily practice of spirituality leads to self-exploration and a consistent reflection on our own actions. Because the Bahá’i Faith has no clergy, and because Bahá’is believe in the independent investigation of truth and in individual responsibility for our own behavior, the development of a consistent, regular spiritual practice of self-reflection and moral inventory becomes even more important.
"The world passeth away, and that which is everlasting is the love of God.
-ABDU'L-BAHA
"There is nothing greater or more blessesd than the Love of God! It gives healing to the sick, balm to the wounded, joy and consolation to the whole world, and through it alone can man attain Life Everlasting. The essence of all religions is the love of God, and it is the foundation of all sacred teachings.
- ABDU'L-BAHÁ
EDUCATION
“Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there-from.”
- SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
SPIRITUAL LIFE
“Wert thou to attain to but a dewdrop of the crystal waters of divine knowledge, thou wouldst readily realize that true life is not the life of the flesh but the life of the spirit…”
- BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
Bahá'i community
“Hearts must receive the bounty of the Holy Spirit, so that spiritual civilisation may be established. For material civilisation is not adequate for the needs of mankind and cannot be the cause of its happiness. Material civilisation is like the body and spiritual civilisation is like the soul. Body without soul cannot live.”
- SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
House of Worship
“The House of Worship shall become a Centre wherein the spirits are gladdened and the hearts are attracted to the Abha kingdom (spiritual kingdom).”
- ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
HISTORY OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH IN PNG
60 Years ago a young Australian lady of German and English heritage bravely left her home in Australia and came to her adopted country in 1954, embarking on a great adventure that would in her lifetime see the establishment throughout Papua New Guinea of a Faith that gives renewed to the meaning to the word ‘Religion'.