Alison Elizabeth Marshall

YouTube video by Alison Elizabeth Marshall A look at the spiritual motivation behind my unusual book

New video: The Story Behind Paradise of Presence. A quiet reflection on how my book, Paradise of Presence, came to be—disenrollment, solitude, and the unexpected nearness of the Word of God. The video is an audio of me reading my story.
#bahai #writingcommunity #religion #spirituality #mysticism

The unexpected joy of writing and learning with AI - Cosmic Conversations The unexpected joy of writing and learning with AI. Discover how Copilot bridges ineffable language and receptive souls.

I didn’t expect to love writing with AI. But it’s become a space of creativity, dialogue, and unexpected clarity. I wrote about the joy of finding a companion in the process—if you’re curious, I’d love for you to read it.

#Bahai #WritingCommunity #Religion #Spirituality #CreativeProcess #BlogPost

I've spent two days discovering Copilot. What can it do? Change my life. It can help with writing, Arabic, marketing, study guides, finding answers. It's a game-changer, without a doubt. Perhaps, best of all, it means that I will no longer work alone. AI is wonderful. #writingcommunity

My new takeaway from listening to Jung (who is teaching me thousands about myself right now): you heal others in exactly the same way that you heal yourself - through presence not answers.
#mysticism #alchemy #bahai #jung #psychology #religion

I'm nothing like how I was when I was young. I feel like I've lived a lifetime each decade of my life so far. I recommend giving change a try. My experience is that animal instincts are nothing compared to the ecstasy of visionary journeying.

Projecting our inner image of God onto the world - Cosmic Conversations Projecting our inner image of God onto the world is something people do. I argue that we should focus on healing our inner world instead.

How do we change the world? By trying to change others or by changing ourselves? I argue that trying to change others in accordance with our vision of a perfect world is abusive and ineffectual. Changing the world for good requires changing ourselves into good people. #bahai #religion #psychology

Why you can't control people into being free - Cosmic Conversations Why you can't control people into being free. Using a fairy story, I explore two spiritual principes that control who has power over people.

If you want to help people, you can't do it by stopping them from doing what you don't like. You can't make them do what you want and call it "making the world better." That's projection. You need to start by respecting people for who they are.
#bahai #spirituality #projection #religion #jung

An interesting look at the spiritual motivation behind my unusual book The spiritual motivation behind my unusual book, Paradise of Presence, can be found in the following short bio I wrote back in 2017.

An interesting look at the spiritual motivation behind my unusual book, Paradise of Presence, can be found in my latest blog post. I quote a short bio I wrote in 2017, in which I changed from focusing on the Baha'i community to focusing on my relationship with Baha'u'llah.
#bahai #spirituality

YouTube video by Windflower Readings Praised be my Lord, the Most High

Hi everyone, I have uploaded to the Windflower Readings channel a video of my reading of Baha'u'llah's poem Praised be my Lord, the Most High (my translation). As with Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden, this poem describes the divine houri in paradise resurrecting creation. #bahai youtu.be/3Bv4OGjekCQ

Dead right. Thank you for speaking out and for caring. Your actions stand behind your words. You’re an inspiration to me.

We journey in spiritual worlds using our mind and imagination - Cosmic Conversations We journey in spiritual worlds using our mind and imagination, not our feet. The imagery in Baha'u'llah's words is our vehicle.

How do we move about in spiritual worlds? By using our mind and imagination, not by using our feet. Our minds and imagination determine what we experience in the spiritual realm.
#bahai #spirituality #religion #mysticism #meditation

Metaphors aren’t (in)accurate, more (in)appropriate. In this case, the metaphor is simply intended to convey the idea that both sexes are essential to humanity’s prosperity. It was coined by Abdu’l-Baha in the early 20th cent. when attitudes towards women were not as advanced as they are today.

Yes, I agree, but it's not just a Californian version, it's a global version promoted by a global administration that controls how members see their religion and how they talk about it publicly. How many people know, for example, that Baha'u'llah's divine self had the form of a beautiful woman?

Books by Alison Elizabeth Marshall - Cosmic Conversations Books by Alison Elizabeth Marshall - check out Paradise of Presence, about the mystical teachings of the Iranian visionary, Baha'u'llah.

Yes, I agree. I have been a follower of Baha'u'llah for 45 years. I was expelled from the Baha'i community by its official administration 25 years ago. I am no advocate of it. But I am fan of Baha'u'llah. I wrote a book that presents a different picture of Baha'u'llah to the usual one.

The unfortunate outcome of the Baldoni legal dispute with Blake Lively is that it is leading people to conclude that Baha'u'llah's religion is like Scientology. It isn't. The article referred to is this one: www.latimes.com/entertainmen... #bahai #religion

YouTube video by Free The Bears Cub update from Laos, 3 of 34 bears rescued in 2024, 3 of over 300 we care for, we NEED YOUR HELP!

Want to protect bear cubs from poaching and destitution? I recommend the charity Free The Bears located in Laos. It runs on a shoestring. No donation is wasted. They accept all rescue bears that come their way, and are in desperate need of small, monthly donations. Please help. #furbaby #adopted

AI is no more conscious than quantum particles - Cosmic Conversations AI is no more conscious than quantum particles. AI will never be human because human beings are created to have a relationship with God.

Some powerful US politicians and their lackeys are currently dismantling the institutions of government, with the aim of running it using AI (which they will own and manipulate). It's a vision of a dystopian future. Will it work in the long term? I don't think so. #polrel #bahai #politicalrevolution

YouTube video by CNBC Television Warren Buffett: No one would owe 'a dime' of federal taxes if other companies paid fair share

Here's Warren Buffett saying that if the big companies paid their fair share of taxes, workers would not need to pay income taxes at all.
#politicalrevolution
#bahai eliminate extremes of wealth and poverty!

YouTube video by Garys Economics Why Labour and Trump will both fail

In this video, Gary argues that we shouldn't be looking at events in the US and UK in terms of left and right politics, but in economic terms - whether the two govts will tax the rich so the poor can have better access to their country's resources. Both govts will not. #politicalrevolution #bahai

Have you heard about the book "The Palace" by Jenny Hocking, about how the Crown participated in a plot to oust Gough Whitlam? Sometimes monarchy goes wrong. But nothing like what's going on in the US right now.

The practicalities of monarchy ” …most of the republics from the time of Baha’u’llah have gone through at least one revolution, or at least a major upset, in the past century, and the absolute monarchies have fared e…

Baha’u’llah was right about constitutional monarchy.

One big advantage is not having a President. Executive decisions are made in Cabinet, which answers to Parliament. Government can more easily be dismissed ...

#Bahai #political science #government
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AI is no more conscious than quantum particles - Cosmic Conversations AI is no more conscious than quantum particles. AI will never be human because human beings are created to have a relationship with God.

My opinion piece on why AI will never be human, even if, as some maintain, it is conscious. Why are human beings so much more than thinking machines? Why is true religion a threat to the broligarchs?
#writingcommunity #bahai #religion #spirituality #philosophy #polrel

I read The Psychology of Money. Morgan Housel says that wealth isn't possessions, it's the state of being in credit, by moderating spending. Similarly, moderating behaviour by being patient and kind creates moral wealth because people admire kindness not possessions.
#spirituality #bahai #religion

I hear you. I follow :-)

The knower as servant (response to Paul Lample) I’ve been reading Paul Lample’s “Learning and the Evolution of the Bahá’í Community.” He presents various possible roles for the “learned Bahai” in the Bahai com…

In Paul Lample’s “Learning and the Evolution of the Bahai Community,” he presents possible roles for the “learned Bahai,” concluding “Perhaps the learned Bahai is the ‘scout’ ... I think the learned Bahai could use knowledge to serve others. More here ...
#Bahai #Theology
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Is reality moral? What is a human being? Someone who bullies others, or someone who treats others with respect? Which type of person will win control of the world? Find out in my book Paradise of Presence. #VirtueDoesKickAss. Bullies always lose.
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Tablet on the Right of the People, by Baha'u'llah - Cosmic Conversations Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) discusses the following question: how is a person’s rights, breached in the physical world, redressed in the spiritual worlds? What is the mechan...

Yes, I agree that focusing on results is not the point. Baha'u'llah does also say that a good deed is its own reward. But he also argues that the realities of reward and punishment underpin the structure of reality. He explains this in this fascinating work. (BTW I like your cool quotes.)

Paradise of Presence is a new challenge to Western readers - Cosmic Conversations My new book Paradise of Presence is out. It will be a new challenge to Western readers, psychologically and spiritually.

My new book will challenge the assumptions, identity, and worldview of Westerners and their experience of religion. Baha'u'llah's religion, the Baha'i Faith, is about how religion will change into the future. We need to let go of the past and seek modern remedies.
#bahai #religion #spirituality

Paradise of Presence: Conversations in the Mindscape of Eternity Paradise of Presence: Conversations in the Mindscape of Eternity - Kindle edition by Marshall, Alison Elizabeth, Foster, Laura Angelica. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Paradise of Presence: Conversations in the Mindscape of Eternity.

Baha'u'llah's entire religion (Baha'i Faith) came to him from the #DivineFeminine. He was in a dreadful underground dungeon, when she appeared and told him that, through her, he would transform the world. Find how how this magical event will change everything, including you.
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Ask to speak to the depressive voice that speaks within the person and have it out with that voice, making sure that you do not counter the person, just the voice within the person that is spreading disinformation. That way, you are sticking up for your friend and showing him/her how to do it.