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Peace, Religion, Unity

Aug 12, 2020
4 min

017. Seeking Unity; a Tragic yet 'Happily Ever After' Story.

The early history of the Baha'i Faith is enthralling. It has a cast of thousands including kings and queens, great poets and illiterate m...

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016. Unity in Diversity; Viewing Humanity with Compound Vision.

Patricia Wilcox

Jul 30, 2020
3 min

016. Unity in Diversity; Viewing Humanity with Compound Vision.

Lots of people get really aggravated when others don't see things in exactly the same way - THEIR way. But if we truly hope to live as on...

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Patricia Wilcox

Jul 30, 2020
2 min

015. One God, Many Names.

Depending on where on our planet you live, the Creator of this existence - if you believe such a being even exists, and more and more peo...

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Patricia Wilcox

Jul 23, 2020
3 min

014. RELIGION: IN HARMONY WITH SCIENCE?

Back when I was a pre-teen, our national statistics showed that pretty much everyone in my country was 'religious', except for a few hard...

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013. The Poisoning Survivor Who Slid Down Hills

Patricia Wilcox

Jul 14, 2020
5 min

013. The Poisoning Survivor Who Slid Down Hills

If I asked you to tell me about a person in your life who you have deeply admired, does one come readily to mind? Often in my most diffic...

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Patricia Wilcox

Jul 9, 2020
4 min

012. Death; a Messenger of Joy.

So I’m lying on my bed in the warm summer sun, feeling blissed out by the music of Adele or Seals and Crofts, or maybe it was the Killers...

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011. My Journey from Atheism to Religion.

Patricia Wilcox

Jul 4, 2020
3 min

011. My Journey from Atheism to Religion.

One day, in a state of openness to the unexpected, I came across a new neighbour labouring in an unkempt vegetable garden. Her gardening ...

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Patricia Wilcox

Jul 1, 2020
3 min

100. TEACHERS FOR ALL HUMANITY

As a child, I collected Christmas cards. One of my favourites was embossed in gold and depicted 3 camels mounted by richly costumed figur...

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009. Discovering Guides to Our Past, Present and Future.

Patricia Wilcox

Jun 23, 2020
2 min

009. Discovering Guides to Our Past, Present and Future.

’God is dead’ exclaimed German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche as far back as 1882. Today God has often become little more than an exclam...

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Patricia Wilcox

Jun 17, 2020
3 min

008. THREE SONS OF ABRAHAM

It's Déjà vu again, as they say. Once more I make a reference in my posts to the disputed aspects of Abraham's ancient family and, within...

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007. Peace; More Than Just An End To War.

Patricia Wilcox

Jun 11, 2020
3 min

007. Peace; More Than Just An End To War.

In the space of just a few months, my fellow earthlings have found that we are no longer one another’s greatest enemy. This should be th...

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Patricia Wilcox

Jun 2, 2020
4 min

006. Fixing A Broken Family

What a contentious subject my previous article on the place of Abraham as Father of Nations proved to be! When it was first posted (this ...

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Patricia Wilcox

May 28, 2020
4 min

005. Some Family Secrets

Most people have had their own experiences of some misfortune putting an end to their plans.

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004. Gender Stereotypes a Barrier to Peace.

Patricia Wilcox

May 20, 2020
3 min

004. Gender Stereotypes a Barrier to Peace.

How did the western world in which I was raised develop its expectations about gender roles? How was I expected to choose between the two...

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003. One Family; Religion meets Interior Design.

Patricia Wilcox

May 11, 2020
4 min

003. One Family; Religion meets Interior Design.

It is only a few decades since genetic science established that we all belong to the same family, thus turning on their heads many age-lo...

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Patricia Wilcox

May 7, 2020
3 min

002. One School, Many Teachers.

My first and most important teacher was my mother to whom I will be forever grateful, although she struggled to convince me to eat vegeta...

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Patricia Wilcox

May 6, 2020
2 min

001. Our Earth Is A Melting Pot.

Recently I learned of such a thing as a 'mini-nuclear warhead'. This sounds more cute and lovable than the large economy-sized one but, b...

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Patricia Wilcox

Apr 23, 2020
2 min

100. Nothing New under the Sun.

Today as Bahai's around the world celebrate The Festival of Ridvan – the holiest and happiest days of the Baha’i year and an auspicious t...

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Patricia Wilcox

Apr 22, 2020
4 min

99. How Can We Heal Racism?

......Beyond Tolerance. I began school back in the 50's when the education of all New Zealand children discouraged the language and knowl...

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Patricia Wilcox

Apr 19, 2020
4 min

98. My Introduction to Religion..

Grown-ups often think that the process of communicating the most important truths in life must be through words, either written or spoken...

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