Spiritual Growth

This book describes a journey of search that enabled author Viv Bartlett to navigate around the obstacles that he calls ‘materialistic minefields’. Written in a conversational style and often drawing on his personal experience, it nonetheless explores profound questions.

Among these are the views, opinions and attitudes of a society that has disconnected its thinking from higher realities, so that individuals everywhere are tending to sink into a materialistic way of life that is in the last resort deeply unsatisfying. The increase in materialistic assumptions about reality has also led to general skepticism about humanity’s capacity to rise to a higher level of civilization.

But the choice between a materialistic or a spiritual perspective is a daily personal one. Looking at history as an evolutionary process and drawing on the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith, Bartlett sees the ‘knowledge of the oneness of mankind and the fundamental oneness of religion’ as necessary and inevitable to the gradual emergence of the maturity of humankind.

Recipient of a Nautilus Book Award

Global Unitive Healing introduces a practical healing methodology for lives and nations in an ailing world. This book masterfully awakens us to collective authenticity and a unifying language of the heart for a diverse and interdependent humanity. Step by step, Dr. Elena Mustakova weaves a path toward grasping an emergent interconnected, cooperative, prosocial world informed by the way of unity - a mid-19th century evolutionary leap of consciousness, which integrates Eastern and Western spiritual thought. Using her work with patients as examples, as well as weaving the writings and teachings of the Bahá’í Faith throughout, what emerges is a new framework for approaching healing on a personal and communal level.

Men can transform their lives with this guide to living a life of integrity. Be Brave and Arise contains: mentoring and encouragement for a life quest; spiritual guidance from the Bahá'í Faith for men over age 15 in all life circumstances; real sharing and experiences of other men; practical actions to take; and questions for reflection.

What exactly do we mean by happiness? Is it attainable or only a wish? The authors make a convincing case that happiness is both real and attainable. The authors explore a variety of topics, such as the purpose of life, the practice of the presence of God, meditation, gratitude, and more.

Transformative Leadership: Developing the Hidden Dimension teaches readers about the inner qualities, attitudes, and values that equip a leader to catalyze transformation. This companion Study Guide helps put those principles into practice. Chapter by chapter, key concepts are translated into practical tools for mastery. Using thought provoking questions, individual and group activities, as well as processes for ongoing learning, the capabilities to affect personal and institutional transformation are simplified into actions we can all take to remake our lives, our communities, and our organizations.

Most books on leadership focus on skills - those visible aspects of leaders that garner applause, accolades and awards. This book is concerned with what is usually overlooked - the invisible aspects - ones that may never get noticed but without which a leader can never be truly great. This book is concerned with that inner dimension that not only enhances important skills, but determines if the leader will choose to forgo self-interest for the common good. It is those inner qualities, attitudes, and values that equip a leader to accept personal sacrifice in order to catalyze transformation. These are the leaders we need today.

Whatever your age or life circumstances, Starting with Me helps you prepare yourself for marriage and lay a solid foundation for your future. It offers wisdom from the Bahá’í teachings, time-tested guidance from relationship and character specialists, insights from everyday people on their journey, and transformative questions and exercises.

Our Seven Families explores the value of human social life – why we need human connections. Drawing on her experience as a social scientist and on insights derived from a deep study of the Bahá’í Sacred Writings, McCreary expands our conception of the nature and range of human relationships, stresses the link between spiritual activities and social transformation, and suggests creative practical solutions for restoring a sense of harmony and coherence in our lives.

Twigs of a Family Tree is a story about faith. The four chapters of this book, written by four different individuals, are connected through the bonds of spiritual ties. They make up a spiritual family, having learned of or taught the Baha'i Faith to each other. This book is for anyone who knows the path is not always straight and smooth. It is meant to encourage and inspire, and to assure others that they are not alone in their questions and spiritual tests.

Soaring in the Heaven of God’s Love is an easy-to-read exploration of the language, meaning, and symbolism of prayer found across different religious traditions, with an in-depth analysis of the words and movements of the Bahá’í Long Obligatory Prayer.