Nadim Y's Blog – October 2008 Archive (2)

Happiness: Suffering, Sacrifice, Service

In the third part of this series on happiness, examining the “three S’s” above, it is proposed that the trials of suffering can make one happier. Sounds counter-intuitive. “Does the soul progress more through sorrow or through the joy in this world?” was the question posed to Abdu’l-Baha in Paris, in the early 20th century. He replied:



"The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering…His attitude in this world will be that of divine happiness. Man is, so to speak,… Continue

Added by Nadim Y on October 2, 2008 at 5:03pm — No Comments

World Economic Crisis: An Analysis

There is something clearly wrong in the economic system of the world today and it is the most vulnerable who are having to pay the price. Since the start of 2006, the average world price for rice has risen by 217 percent, wheat by 136 percent, maize by 125 percent and soybeans by 107 percent, (according to a Wikipedia entry on 2007-2008 world food price crisis). These price hikes have sparked a wave of protests around the world: from Haiti to Kenya to Indonesia to Egypt and Ivory… Continue

Added by Nadim Y on October 1, 2008 at 10:33am — No Comments

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