Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian

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Name: Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian
Date registered: November 3, 2011
URL: http://www.medicineandspirituality.com

Latest posts

  1. Why Do Baha’i Babies Go to Prison in Iran? — May 20, 2013
  2. Science, Medicine, and Spirituality #3: Creativity and Resilience amidst Adversity — November 8, 2012
  3. Materialism and Discontent — May 11, 2012
  4. Science, Medicine, and Spirituality #1: Medicine and the Soul — November 4, 2011

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  1. Science, Medicine, and Spirituality #3: Creativity and Resilience amidst Adversity — 10 comments
  2. Materialism and Discontent — 4 comments
  3. Science, Medicine, and Spirituality #1: Medicine and the Soul — 3 comments
  4. Why Do Baha’i Babies Go to Prison in Iran? — 1 comment

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May 20

Why Do Baha’i Babies Go to Prison in Iran?

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The persecution of young and innocent children whose parents are unjustly imprisoned due to their religious beliefs is a brutal expression of the violation of human rights. May 19, 2013.  Barmaan was only one month old when his mother began serving a 23 month termi, in July 2012, in the overcrowded and oppressive women’s prison …

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Nov 08

Science, Medicine, and Spirituality #3: Creativity and Resilience amidst Adversity

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trials and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller Nov 9, 2012: Why do we suffer and what is the meaning or purpose of suffering? What does it look like to live in a world …

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May 11

Materialism and Discontent

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“Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we get.” (Spanish proverb) Abdu’l-Missagh Ghadirian May 11, 2012. What is materialism? Or to be a bit more specific, what is moral materialism? Here is what the dictionary says: “moral materialism” is “a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical …

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Nov 04

Science, Medicine, and Spirituality #1: Medicine and the Soul

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In recent years debate about the interrelationship between medical science and spirituality has been flourishing.  Modern medicine, despite its unprecedented discoveries and progress in identifying the cause and treatment of disease, has been viewed as overly “scientific”, and consequently “the healing bond between patient and physician” has been weakened (David Rosen, “Modern Medicine and the …

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