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Tag "Tests and difficulties"

tag name: Tests and difficulties type: General
web link: Tests_and_difficulties
variations: Difficulty
references: bahai9.com/wiki/Tests; bahaiquotes.com/subjects/t; thebahaiprayers.com/subject/tests
referring tags: Comfort; Empowerment; Gold; Hope; Luck (fortune); Storms; Suffering

"Tests and difficulties" appears in:

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  1. Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018).
  2. Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2023). — 80 selections, updated August 2023.
  3. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  4. Layli Maparyan. Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections (2020). — The meanings of the metaphor "pupil of the eye;" experiences of growing up African-American in the W...
  5. Nossrat Peseschkian. Applications of Positive Psychotherapy for Marriage and Family Therapy (1983). — To understand observed behaviour, we need to consider transcultural conditions as well as those in t...
  6. Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman. Jonah Winters, comp. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin (2004). — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
  7. Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í Perspective on the Concept of "Karma" (2006-09-05). — Summary of the meaning of karma in Hinduism and Buddhism; Baha'i views on karma and reincarnation as...
  8. Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Spirituality (1997). — Baha'u'llah summons us to a realisation of our true selves, urging us to free ourselves from the ill...
  9. Paul Booth. Bahá'í's View of Disability, A (1999).
  10. Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  11. Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). — The nature of human potential, and how the Baha'i Faith can guide the process of spiritual transform...
  12. Stephen D. Dighton. Breathe Not the Sins of Others: A Tale of Suspense (2000). — Features Baha'is and their Faith in situations many will recognize as mirroring their own spiritual ...
  13. Universal House of Justice. Childhood Abuse, Ritual (1994-10-23). — Matters of psychology and healing relating to recovery from certain forms of childhood abuse.
  14. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida) (1997). — Provisional translation of an Arabic Tablet revealed by Baha’u’llah in Baghdad, before His Decla...
  15. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, comp, Pierre Daoust, trans. Compilation "L'état actuel de désordre et de confusion du monde," Centre International d'Enseignement (2020-09). — Compilation du Centre International d'Enseignement.
  16. Firaydoun Javaheri. Constructive Resilience (2018). — How the perseverance of the Baha'is in Iran has resulted in the generality of the Iranian people beg...
  17. Phyllis K. Peterson. Creating Intimacy: In the Community and With the Seeker (1998). — On how intimacy in the Baha'i community can be created, using Baha’i scriptures as guideline. We h...
  18. Jack McLean. Dimensions in Spirituality: Presentation (1995-10). — A summary of some concepts found in the book Dimensions in Spirituality: care of the soul, wisdom, p...
  19. Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). — The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer...
  20. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Mabel Hyde Paine, comp. Divine Art of Living, The (1944/2006). — Collection of thematically arranged quotations.
  21. Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. Divine Therapy: Pearls of Wisdom from the Bahá'í Writings (1986). — Lengthy collection of passages on numerous themes including coping with stress, orientation to the D...
  22. Joanna M. Tahzib-Thomas. Empowering Words (2012). — Extracts from the letters and messages of Shoghi Effendi for inspiration, guidance, and vision. Incl...
  23. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Encouragement (2006).
  24. James B. Thomas. Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, An (2002). — A description of Baha'u'llah's Fire Tablet, a dialogue between himself and God on suffering and sacr...
  25. Susan Gammage. Fear Into Faith: Overcoming Anxiety (2013). — An overview on understanding anxieties and fears, how to cope with them, and Baha'i perspectives.
  26. Bahá'u'lláh. Ali Kuli Khan, trans, Marzieh Gail, trans. Fire Tablet (1937). — Tablet of "The Hearts of the Sincere are Consumed in the Fire" (Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún).
  27. Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011-04). — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
  28. Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time, The (1986). — Excerpt from a talk presented at the "Prepare for Peace" conference, Long Beach, California, August ...
  29. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones (2018-05). — A selection of writings prepared by the International Teaching Centre for the Continental Counsellor...
  30. Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
  31. Hooper Dunbar. Immortality and the Human Soul: Lecture Series (1989/1990).
  32. Lesley Shams. Insistent Self, The: How to Nurture Our Spirit (2015). — The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering o...
  33. Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
  34. Muhammad Afnan. Adib Masumian, trans. Invocation 'Is There Any Remover of Difficulties Save God...', The (2023). — Short overview of the historical background of the Bab's invocation.
  35. Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution (1986). — Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 Fe...
  36. Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Juan Cole, trans. Letters and Essays, 1886-1913 (1985). — Treatises of "the greatest and most learned of all Baha'i scholars" about Alexander Tumansky; on mee...
  37. Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh, Kathe Richman, Janet Saltzman Chafetz. Life Crises among the Religiously Committed: Do Sectarian Differences Matter? (1984). — Study of Catholic Charismatics, Christian Scientists, and Baha'is, in terms of their perceptions of ...
  38. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia, comp. Light and Mercy: Mental Health and Tests and Difficulties (2021). — The physical and mental impact of the continuing pandemic is evident around us, and the members of t...
  39. Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
  40. Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). — Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich sp...
  41. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  42. John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
  43. Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009-2019). — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
  44. Lesley Shams. Little Book of Comfort / Librito Reconfortante (2015). — The reason for suffering and tools to transform it; words of comfort and prayers. La razón del sufr...
  45. Sidney Edward Morrison. Love and Estrangement in the Bahá'í Community, by Arnold Nerenberg: Review (1987). — On personal feelings of alienation in the Baha'i community, self image, and backbiting.
  46. Phyllis K. Peterson. Meaning of Detachment, The (1997). — Detachment as it relates to women, teaching, the media, and unity.
  47. Judith Hatcher, comp. Meaning of Suffering and the Mystery of Sacrifice, The: Selections from the Bahá'í Holy Writings (2007).
  48. Universal House of Justice. Mental Tests (1995-03-12). — Meaning of the phrase "mental tests" in the writings of Abdu'l-Baha and of Shoghi Effendi. Includes ...
  49. Peter J. Khan. Mental Tests (1995-09-17). — An address by Dr. Khan, of the Universal House of Justice, in Australia. Needs proofreading.
  50. Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  51. John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The (2023-07). — Though Baha'i teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical b...
  52. Peter J. Khan. Nature and Challenge of Tests, The (1995-09-23). — An address by Dr. Khan, of the Universal House of Justice, at the Baha'i House of Worship at Wilmett...
  53. Universal House of Justice. On the Calamitous State of World Affairs and the Material Sustainability of Communities (2020-12-03). — On concerns about the affairs of the world and catastrophic events, and whether the global Baha’i ...
  54. Hooper Dunbar. On the Study of the Bahá'í Writings (1998-10-31). — On deepening and the systematic study of the Writings.
  55. Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1937 (1937). — Essay published as a pamphlet about the goal of life, revelation and access to heaven, self-improvem...
  56. Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1956 (1956). — Some elements for spiritual success: power through prayer and nine benefits of prayer, victorious li...
  57. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Potential Calamities and Ensuring Sustainability of Communities (2020). — Guidance on calamitous events and our response to them.
  58. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: Introduction to A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif (2008). — A tablet of Baha'u'llah to one of the Babis to renew his faith before He had revealed his mission; i...
  59. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). — Essay about various prayers and meditations of Baha'u'llah.
  60. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Prescription for Living (1950/1978/2015). — Thoughts on how to weave a happy individual life and a happy, united, world life: on love and marria...
  61. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, comp. Principles of Bahá'í Administration (1950/1973). — A guide to procedure in the life and organic activity of the Baha'i community, prepared from three m...
  62. Erik Blumenthal. Problem Solving in the Family (1995). — How can we solve our problems or conflicts? We need to know and put 5 factors into practice: our att...
  63. Peyman Sazedj. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (2009-2011). — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
  64. Orcella Rexford. Radiant Acquiescence (1937-09). — "Radiant acquiescence" (rida') means not only to give up your will to the Divine Will, but to do so ...
  65. Universal House of Justice. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (2023-11-28). — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard...
  66. David Russell Garcia. Kees Poolman, trans. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) (2022). — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
  67. Hoda Mahmoudi, Nasim Ahmadiyeh. Resilience in Children: Within a Spiritual, Social, and Neurobiological Framework (2002). — Exposure to hardship and to events requiring adaptation to change allows the child to learn flexibil...
  68. Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
  69. Deborah Clark Vance. Same Yet Different, The: Bahá'í Perspectives on Achieving Unity out of Difference (2002-05). — Based on in-depth interviews with members of the Baha’i Faith [in the USA] to uncover a descriptio...
  70. Deborah Clark Vance. Same Yet Different, The: Creating Unity Among the Diverse Members of the Bahá'í Faith (2002/2003 Winter). — A study of the process by which people form a unified community from diverse cultures based on inter...
  71. Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' (2002). — Provisional translations of three selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha'.
  72. James B. Thomas. Service, Joy and Sacrifice: An Essay on Commentaries by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2004). — On the exemplary life of service to God and to humankind; choosing to change one's life from predom...
  73. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A (1976). — A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Baha'i Spiritual Assembly: some of the blund...
  74. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). — Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American...
  75. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Suffering, The Meaning of: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  76. Abdu'l-Bahá. Ali Kuli Khan, trans. Tablet To the Beloved of God in General in America (2006). — Tablet sent in response to a petition signed by American believers in 1905, including Rose Hilty and...
  77. Universal House of Justice. Tablets and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Quoted in Compilations and Letters of the Universal House of Justice (2003-07-14). — Discusses the authenticity of quotations included in letters from the Universal House of Justice, pl...
  78. Mamie L. Seto. Tests: Their Spiritual Value (1940). — Abdu'l-Baha's views on the spiritual effects of suffering and trials, and their necessity for person...
  79. Lindsay-Rose Dykema. Thankful in Adversity: Using Bahá'í Writings and Benefit Finding to Enhance Understanding and Application of Mental Health Recovery Principles (2018). — Both the Baha’i Writings and the literature on "benefit finding" can enhance the understanding and...
  80. Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
  81. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands. Tree of Life, The: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community (1993). — Compilations for a spiritualization and teaching campaign on prayer and meditation, how to be like t...
  82. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Brent Poirier, comp. Triumphing over our weaknesses (1998). — Personal compilation
  83. Abdu'l-Bahá. Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1928). — Four short talks given by ‘Abdu'l-Baha in London, December 1912. These talks have not been publish...
  84. Susan Gammage. Various Essays (2013-2018/2023). — 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Baha'i life, life coaching and counselling, ...
  85. Peter J. Khan. Victories and Crises (1995). — In this talk in the United States in 1995, a member of the Universal House of Justice speaks on the ...
  86. David Russell Garcia. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim) (2003-10). — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
  87. Youness Khan Afroukhteh. Riaz Masrour, trans. What Is "Luck"? (1952/2003). — Pilgrims' notes of words of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
  88. Michael L. Penn. Why Constructive Resilience? An Autobiographical Essay (2020). — Reflections on growing up African-American; guidance from and a meeting with William Hatcher; the re...
  89. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Kamran Sedig, comp, Jan Duchac, ed. World in Travail, A: Understanding and Responding to the Events of Our Times (2020-05). — A compilation on the maladies of the world.
  90. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, comp. World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion, The (2020-09). — Compilation of passages relevant to contemporary issues of 2020, and the appropriate disposition of ...
  91. Universal House of Justice. Yá Alláhu'l-Mustagháth": Original Source, Correct Transliteration and Translation (2001-12-28). — About an invocation revealed by the Bab, prescribed for recitation in times of trouble and difficult...
 
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