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of its peoples. They are like unto leaven which leaveneth the world of being, and constitute the

animating force through which the arts and wonders of the world are made manifest.”

The human soul lasts forever. We each have an eternal inner being, a spiritual reality that

retains our individuality, our character and our level of human maturation when we die. “…if the

body undergoes a change, the spirit need not be touched. When you break a glass on which the

sun shines, the glass is broken, but the sun still shines! If a cage containing a bird is destroyed,

the bird is unharmed! If a lamp is broken, the flame can still burn bright! The same thing applies

to the spirit of man. Though death destroy his body, it has no power over his spirit — this is

eternal, everlasting, both birthless and deathless.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Bahá’ís look forward to the transition to the next world, to our inevitable birth into what

‘Abdu’l-Bahá called “the second life.”

Bahá'í Faith, A Global Religious Community

Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Bahá'ís, in Haifa, Israel

The Bahá'í Faith (Persian: یئاهب Bahā'i) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all

religions, and the unity and equality of all people. Established by Bahá'u'lláh in 1863, it initially

grew in the Middle East and now has between 6-7 million adherents, known as Bahá'ís. It has

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