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A BAHA' COMPANION FOR YOUNG EXPLORERS

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Amethel Parel-Sewell — EDITOR/CREATIVE DIRECTOR C. Aaron Kreader —DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATOR

Amy Renshaw — SENIOR EDITOR

Heidi Parsons ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Annie Reneau ASSISTANT EDITOR

Foad Ghorbani PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

MANY THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS: Badi-Nur Amini - Justin Baldoni - Aneeka Bippus Lisa Blecker » Tiernan Cabot - Philip Chapman-Bell Davis - Olivia Davis « Christine Donovan

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Miller-Muro - Soraya Moritz Layli Phillips - Donna Price + Gail Radley

Dr. Stephen Scotti - SarahNur Thorpe

Samantha Vafadari - Deborah Williams-Hedges

ART AND PHOTO CREDITS

Original illustrations by C. Aaron Kreader, unless noted

By Lisa Blecker: Photos for pp. 6-7, 24

Historical photos courtesy National Baha'i Archives, unless noted

STORY AND ACTIVITY CREDITS By Amy Renshaw: 8, 11, 14, 20, 29

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By Donna Price: 3, 1, 14, 20

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Brilliant Star empowers kids to explore their roles as world citizens. Inspired by the principles of peace and unity in the Baha'i Faith, we encourage readers to use their virtues to make the world a better place. The Baha'i Faith is the second most widespread religion in the world, with over five million Bahd'is. It was founded by the Prophet Baha'u'llah (“Glory of God” in Arabic) in 1863. Baha'u'llah taught that all people are part of one human family, and all religions come from one God. Baha'u'llah’s eldest son, ‘Abdu'l-Baha, interpreted His teachings and led after Bahau'lldh’s passing. Today, Bahs'is work to bring love and justice to the world, and end prejudice and discrimination of all kinds.

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Baha’u’llah’s Life: Mission of Peace His Tablet of Ahmad makes an inspiring promise.

Nur’s Nook Create a 3D decoration for your next party.

We Are One Explore and care for the place we all call home.

Riley’s Rainforest Balance caring for yourself and others.

Lightning and Luna: Episode #76 A new mission sends our heroes over the ocean.

Radiant Stars Get to know kids who shine, like you.

Stargaze Baldoni An actor/director serves humanity with his art.

Maya’s Mysteries Learn about catalysts and make a foamy fountain.

Shining Lamp: Rahmatu’llah Muhajir He provided both physical and spiritual medicine.

Cosmo's Corner A crossword and more from our favorite chameleon

aMAZEing ADVENTURE Help narwhals navigate through icy seas.

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Kindness Rocks Find solid ways to make connections.

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Explore Your Service Style

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If you see it, bounce into action.

Lights, Camera, Adventure! 19° os

Draw yourself achieving your dreams.

2 re) Space Ace

Space scientists answer your cosmic questions.

Be an Uplifter: Checklist Challenge

Spark service with a friendly competition.

Well-Wishers of Humanity

Ponder an encouraging Baha'i quote.

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Let your skills steer you to new adventures.

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DEAR FRIENDS,

When someone you care about is feeling down, how do you lift their spirits? Chat with them to cheer them up? Play a game that makes them grin? Give a hug ora helping hand?

From your neighborhood to our global community, you can make the world a better place with caring actions. Maybe you donate part of your allowance to help fight hunger. Perhaps you collect supplies for a local shelter or offer to pet-sit for someone. Your skills and interests can guide your journey on a path of service.

In this issue, explore ways to help humanity. Quiz yourself on which style of service fits you best. Defeat your dragons of distraction when it’s tough to turn off technology. Invite friends to be Uplifters with a checklist challenge. And get to know Justin Baldoni, an actor and activist who spends his birthday putting ona “carnival of love” for people in need.

When we share our resources and time with love, we discover the joy of lifting people’s hearts.

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= 4 os ——— “A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men.” -Baha’ullah a nan island beach in Hawaii, you might our communities. In words and actions, kindness discover a newly formed rock created by a makes a lasting impact. volcano’s lava. Across the ocean, you could spot Even when life gets rocky, you can still find ways to arock that’s billions of years old. Everywhere we go, we be kind. You could do yard work for an elderly neighbor, see the story of the Earth written in its stones. bake a treat for your teacher, or senda cheerful email to Like rugged rocks, true kindness is enduring a friend who's feeling down. When you look for ways to and reliable, too. It's a solid way to connect with make life alittle better for someone else, you're writing

others, bring joy to people's hearts, and strengthen the story of humanity—and making it a happier one.

Match the word fragments to find nine words about Spreading kindness.

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plifters help the world using their superpowers action that helps people. You might befriend a lonely Li and their awesome virtues. When they focus kid or pitch in with a group project like cleaning up a 1 on helping others, they can fly, turn invisible, beach or park. | harness electricity, use super strength, and do other Your powers won't appear by magic. You can build incredible things. your strengths through practice, learning, creative Just as the Uplifters have their own special powers, _ thinking, and determination. It may be hard work to be you can use your skills and talents to assist humanity. physically, mentally, and spiritually fit, but when you is You improve your community and the world through any _try, you uplift yourself and others. NS

These Uplifters are using their superpowers in training exercises at Headquarters. Find nine items named For virtues that help them triumph.

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The highlighted area marks the time in which this story takes place.

1817 November 12 Birth of Baha'u'llah in Tihran, tran

1844 Recognizes the Bab as anew Messenger of God

ABh22_ Fair’ | Imprisonment in the “Black Pit’ of Tihran

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Exile in Baghdad, Irag. From 1854-1856, He goes into the mountains to pray in solitude.

Declares Divine Mission as Prophet-Founder of the Baha'i Faith

1863-1868 _| Exile in Constantinople (Istanbul), then Adrianople (Edime), Turkey. Begins writing letters to kings and rulers in 1867, urging world unity

1868 Last exile, to prison- city of ‘Akka, Israel

AST PVE a) Finally free to live in countryside homes: of Mazra‘ih and then Bahji, outside ‘Akka

Baha'u'llah passes away at Bahj/.

hat if a Messenger of God wrote a special prayer for you? That happened to a Baha'i named Ahmad.

As a teen, Ahmad could often be found in his room, praying. He was a devout Muslim, and he asked God to guide him to the new Messenger of God that his faith foretold. At age 20, he left his home in Yazd, Persia (now Iran), to search for the Promised One.

Ahmad lived simply and spent much of his time in prayer and meditation. He traveled to India, but did not find the One he was seeking. Eventually, he retumed to Persia and worked as a weaver in Kashan.

One day, Ahmad heard of the Bab, which means "the Gate” in Arabic. The Bab claimed to be the Promised One, and said another Messenger of God would appear soon after Him. Ahmad was determined to investigate. He walked about 646 miles (1,040 km) to meet a follower of the Bab. Soon Ahmad embraced the Babi Faith, then returned to Kashan.

The Persian authorities, feeling threatened by the Bab's fast-growing faith, violently persecuted the Babis. In 1850, the Bab was martyred by a firing squad.

Ahmad's home was attacked, the windows and doors broken, and his belongings stolen. He hid for 40 days ina ventilation shaft, an outlet for hot air to help keep the home cool. Friends brought him food and water in secret.

To escape the danger in Kashan, Ahmad moved to Baghdad, Iraq. There he met Baha'u'llah, a prominent Babi

Ahmad was born into a wealthy family in the city of Yazd, Persia, where he lived during his early years, until he felt inspired to leave home on his spiritual quest.

leader. Ahmad stayed in Baghdad for six years. “During this period,” he said, “my soul was bountifully nourished from His glorious presence and I had the great honor to live in the outer apartment of His blessed house . .. I was basking in the sunshine of Baha’u'llah's presence...”

Because of His growing influence, Baha'u'llah was banished in 1863 to Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). Before He left, He announced that He was the Messenger of God that the Bab had foretold. After just four months, He was sent farther away, to Adrianople (now Edirne, Turkey).

Ahmad couldn't bear to be so far away from Baha'u'llah, so he also headed to Adrianople. But when Ahmad stopped in Constantinople, he received a tablet from Baha'u'llah. Upon reading it, Anmad knew what Baha'u'llah wanted him to do. Rather than continue to Adrianople, he returned to Persia to share Baha’u'llah's teachings. He traveled and taught around the country, carrying the tablet with him at all times and chanting it frequently.

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Photo by lan [Page 5]The Bahai writings describe the Tablet of Ahmad as a prayer of “special potency and significance." It urges us to be obedient to God and to remain steadfast, even in the face of adversity. Baha'u'llah promises, “Should one who is in affliction or grief read this Tablet with absolute sincerity, God will dispel his sadness, solve his difficulties and remove his afflictions.”

The strength and detachment Ahmad received from this tablet helped him through his long life. He Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of Ahmad during His exile to lived to be about 100, as a devoted servant of the Adrianople, where He lived in this residence, among others, for Bahai Faith. atime.

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“The supreme need of humanity is cooperation and reciprocity.” —‘Abdu’l-Baha

t’s fun to combine paper cutouts into amazing family is planning a community or holy day event, it shapes and designs. By folding and twisting your siblings may be super at singing or sharing flat pieces of paper together, you can create a stories. Your parents might contribute delicious sturdy sculpture—even without glue or tape. desserts. You can help by making this cool 3D party Ina similar way, when we team up with others decoration. Each paper shape can represent a different in unity, each person’s skills and talents combine to talent or strength that someone brings to the group’s make a stronger service project. For example, if your _—- well-built event.

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[Page 8]re you ready to set off on a dynamic service A adventure? When you volunteer to help your community, you're like an explorer. You're scouting out the needs around you and seeing how they fit with your skills and interests. Opportunities to climb to the summit of service are everywhere. You may need to navigate some rough terrain along the way. There may be many

“A unity in diversity of actions is called for... because each person cannot do everything and all persons cannot do the same thing.” —Baha'i Writings

new things to learn, disagreements with fellow explorers, or worries about the best path to take. But if you're determined and resilient, your helpful expedition will be a success. It's a rewarding voyage that will steer the course of your life in exciting new directions.

Try out this quiz to get ideas about the next steps on your journey of service.

For each question, choose the answer that's closest to your interests.

1 My idea of a great career is...

a. Being an actor, musician, or writer b. Joining a professional sports team c. Working with computers

d. Teaching or counseling people

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a. An art supplies store or photography studio b. A fitness center or hardware store

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d. An event planning service

7 Abook I'd love to write would be... a. A fantasy or mystery novel

b. Tips for construction or remodeling c. A guide to new technology

d. Tips for making friends

8 An awesome vacation would include... a. Visiting art museums and bookstores

b. Seeing professional sporting events

c. Checking out a robotics exhibit

d. Going to a big family reunion.

9 If I helped with the school play, I'd love to... a. Write the script or be an actor in the cast

b. Help build the sets

c. Handle lights and microphones

d. Direct the performance

8 Brilliant Star % voL49 No3 [Page 9]Take a look at your answers, and see which oO: you have ideas about the direction your letter you circled most often. If you answered ... service will take, think about the details. Check out the ideas below, and circle ones that interest you. Write in your own ideas, too. These are just a start—the possibilities extend to new horizons. You might combine two or more types of service —

or you may invent something entirely new!

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Entertainment can be a tricky beast, so watch for signs of getting carried away. Do you automatically turn to screens when you have free time? Do you have a hard time stopping? Try to spend time in nature or have fun with art to give your brain a break. When we're careful about how we use technology, we can tame those distractions instead of letting them | | run wild. Then we can build our skills, stretch our : wings of creativity, and soar into service.

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We all know about recycling glass, paper, or cans, but did you know there’s a growing need to recycle clothes? In the U.S., 85% of used clothing ends up in landfills. Recycling reduces waste and conserves land, water, and energy used by the textile industry. Recycled fibers turn into new clothes or products like carpet or home insulation. You can help

by upcycling, buying used clothes, and contributing to clothes recycling bins.

EXPLoRE AND PROTECT THE EARTH AnD ITs CREATURES

“All the members of this endless universe are linked one to another.” —Baha’'i Writings

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Take It Home It's estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish! Swap your plastic sandwich bags and juice bottles for reusable lunch containers.

There are 1,500 potentially active volcanoes on Ea

not including underwater volcanoes along the mid-ocean Y ridges.

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Dr. Lesley Hughes, an Australian professor, is an expert on how climate change impacts plants, animals, and ecosystems. Since 80% of Australians live near the coast, sea level rise and flooding are major concerns. She says, “Not fixing climate change is far more expensive than fixing it.”

Found in southern Asia, these social mammals live near rivers and in coastal areas. Their short

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eing selfless and serving others is a noble goal. But does that mean that you should never think of yourself at all?

Being kind and giving doesn't mean neglecting your own needs. If you were to only tend to the needs of others, you wouldn't eat, sleep, or rest—and you wouldn't last long doing that!

“Moderation in all things” is urged in the Baha'i writings. That means not doing too much or too little of something—even something that’s really good. Giving up time, energy, and comfort to help people is wonderful. But if we sacrifice our health, we won't be able to serve anyone. Though it may sound backward, self-care can help us be more giving in the long run.

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The key is finding’a balance between caring for others and caring for ourselves. Pay attention to signals from your body and mind, and listen when it’s time for self-care. Are you extra tired or feeling run-down? Maybe you need more sleep,

better nutrition, or more exercise. Do you feel stressed out, sad, or anxious? It may help to take time to do something creative, relax, pray, or meditate. Talk to friends and family about how you feel. They may have helpful ideas about how you can regain energy and enthusiasm.

Taking care of yourself isn’t selfish—it’s a vital part of helping others. When we nurture our bodies, minds, and spirits, we feel better, have more energy, and are better able to make a difference in the world.

I>) you know? Not getting enough water can make you feel tired and irritable. A Harvard University study of 4,000 kids and teens found that more than half

of them were at least mildly dehydrated. And about one-fourth didn't drink any water at all. Drink up!

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Explore & Soar: Simple Tips for Self-Care

eep your mind, body, and Rs healthy with these simple daily habits.

o Go outside. Being in nature can boost happiness.

o Pray and meditate. Nurturing your spirit is as important as taking care of your body.

o Stay hydrated. We need water to function well. Try to drink about seven or eight cups per day.

o Get moving. Exercise gives you energy and improves your mood. Aim for an hour of activity a day.

o Read more. Diving into a good story can help reduce stress and make relaxing easier.

o Spend time with loved ones. Friends and family can help us stay motivated and give us support when we need it.

oCount your blessings. Gratitude helps us stay positive and keeps us happier.

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vo..49 N03 % Brilliant Star [Page 16]Connect with kids around the world! How are they like you? How are they

different? Each of us has a unique "

story to tell. What’s yours?

Age: | live in: | want to be:

This career interests me because:

Virtue | admire most:

Hobbies or sports:

My real-life superhero or role model is:

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Favorite Baha'i activities:

To solve a global problem, I'd invent:

If | could have any * superpower, I’d choose:

Aservice project | did:

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This career interests me

because:

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Hobbies or sports:

Favorite Baha'i activities:

Aservice project | did

Age: | live in:

| want to be:

This career interests me because:

Favorite Baha’ activities:

My real-life superhero or role model is:

To solve a global problem, I'd invent:

To make the world better, can:

Virtues | admire most:

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Brilliant Star % voL49 [Page 17]Age: 10 I live in: Connecticut, U.S.

| want to be: An actor on Broadway

This career interests me because: Ilove to sing, dance, and act.

Virtue | admire most: a Friendliness

Favorite Baha'i activities: Helping out the home- less with my charity, Hartford Bags of Love

My favorite way to uplift others is:

Make jokes and

be funny

My real-life superhero or role model is: ‘Abdu’l-Baha, because he taught the Faith even though his life was threatened to do so

Age: 11 I live in: Arizona, U.S. | want to be: An author

This career interests me because:

Ilove creating fun, unique, different stories, and 1 want to share them. Ialso love to read...andI want people to share the same loveldo...

Favorite Baha’/ activities: Firesides,* children’s classes, and Baha’i camps/conferences

Favorite animal or pet: I love all animals and organisms.

My favorite way to

uplift others is:

To help my family do things and try to help resolve little arguments between my friends

To solve a global problem, I'd invent:

Amachine to stop global warming

If | could have any % superpower, I'd choose: The power to change anything in the world, so I could stop all

problems, and make everyone happy

A service project | did: Hartford Bags of Love, a charity I started to make bags full [of] essentials for the homeless

Virtue | admire most: Honesty

My real-life superhero or role model is

My mom, Rosa Parks, Bahiyyih Khanum, and everyone who has ever stood up for what is right

If | could have any superpower, I'd choose: The ability to destroy pollution, because the only other problem we would have next is to unify everyone, and we should work together for that

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Age: 11 | live in: Washington, U.S. | want to be: Orthodontist

This career interests me because:

Ilike helping people and making people laugh...

Virtue | admire most: Kindness

Favorite Baha’i activities: Junior youth classes

Favorite animal: Koalas

Places I'd love to visit: Ilove lighthouses and

I would like to visit Maine. Sometime in my life, I want to see all the Baha'i Houses of Worship...

My favorite way to uplift others is:

To provide spiritual companioning to someone who may be alone or lonely

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and it would appear. i

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Age: 9

| live in: Arizona, U.S.

To solve a global problem, I'd invent: A cheaper, better, and

| want to be: faster way to change NASA scientist salt water into fresh This career interests me water so that people do neeatioes not die... from thirst Tlove science. To make the world better, Virtue | admire most: ean: Happiness Clean up trash...and smile [at] other people

My favorite way to uplift

others is:

Aservice project | did:

When kids at my school +My sister and 1 prepared do not have lunch, I like food packages to give to share my lunch... out to homeless people

All kids should always during Christmas, and have something toeat. [we did]...a toy drive

My real-life superhero or role model is: * My mon, because she helps me with my homework and... life. She teaches me Baha’i prayers in Farsi. My dad because he motivates

and a book drive...

and encourages me...

Amira M.

Age: 10 Hobbies or sports: ‘ |live in: Virginia, U.S. Baking, dance

lwantto be: A baker Virtue | admire most:

Humor

This career interests me

because:

A favorite food: Sushi

[Not] just... because I My favorite way to uplift have areally bigsweet _ others is:

tooth, but...becauseI _ Telling jokes and

love baking and serving making [people] laugh

to the world

To solve a global problem,

Favorite Baha'i activity: I'd invent:

Children’s classes

My real-life superhero or role model is:

A machine that creates food [in] undera second and delivers it

Preah noc « all around the world to she is an amazing people that need it baker, very kind, and To make the world better, she makes me laugh Ican:

Make someone smile

Aservice project | did: = Me and my friends made a lemonade stand to raise money to stop cancer. We got over

$90...

Shirin F. Age: 10 » I live in: California, U.S.

| want to be: An actor

This career interests me because:

Ilike that I can express my emotions ina To solve a global problem,

different way. I'd invent: A machine that could

give homeless people more food and water

Favorite Baha’i activity: Baha'i conferences

Favorite animal: Wolf If | could have any

My favorite way to uplift superpower, I'd choose: others is: Teleporting, soI could Tell jokes or do quickly go where people something funny to need the most help

make someone laugh

Aservice project | did: when they are sad ela ‘

After Halloween, my

My real-life superhero or friends and I collected role model is: leftover candy to send to Justin Baldoni,* because _ troops stationed abroad he spreads the Baha’i ... We also wrote them Faith through his work _ thank-you letters and while doing what wove an ornament to he loves 4 send them. Samantha V.

Age: 10

live in: Georgia, U.S. )

| want to be:

Fashion designer or

singer

This career interests me

because: My real-life superhero or

Tlove singing and role model is:

writing [songs] My family, because they are always there

Virtue | admire most: Unity (unifying people) Hobbies or sports:

Krav Maga, Karate (I’m a Black Belt), singing

forme

To solve a global problem, I'd invent: Peace maker

ae To make the world better, Favorite Baha’i activities:

Ican:

Feasts, doing virtues Pelee more and songs at Feast’

If | could have any

Favorite animal: Panda superpower, I'd choose:

A favorite song: Flying to spread Iwrote a song called kindness to others “Faith in Me” Aservice project | did:

My favorite way to uplift We go to [a] homeless others is: shelter to feed [people] Sing for them *K lunch...

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- Feast is a Baha'i community gathering with prayers, consultation, and fellowship.

[Page 19]“The world of humanity cannot advance through mere physical powers and intellectual Py

a ta | I n movies and comics, it’s amazing to see superheroes use their stellar strengths to save a city or rescue the galaxy! With x-ray vision, lightning speed, or other superpowers, their incredible courage and unstoppable perseverance help them conquer huge dangers. Your super skills probably don’t include leaping over skyscrapers and outrunning speeding trains, but you have many abilities. You may be great at math, science, or an

attainments; nay, rather, the Holy Spirit is essential.” —‘Abdu'l-Bahd

art. When you combine your skills with virtues such as love,

justice, and cooperation, you're a powerful force. Your strengths can lead you to missions of valiant

service that uplift you and others. If challenges get in the way, say prayers, ask friends and family for help, and find

your favorite hero’s noble qualities within you. Visualize

yourself succeeding. When you overcome your obstacles and

fears, your heroism may inspire others, too!

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Our universe is full of mysteri ysteries, and some of the most mi i i cuunes al of the mos! mind-boggling are in space. Curious ki i nt them to two Baha’ space scientists. Have questions about soa03? Send then ‘ous a ? em to us at

brilliant@usbne.org (with your name and age).

Will pollution ever get so bad that our civilization will have to leave Earth? —Soraya, age 10

Hi, Soraya,

This is an important question, because we humans are responsible for the pollution that's damaging our environment. The Earth does so much for us that there’s no better place in the known universe for us to live. It provides the exact level of gravity our bodies have evolved for. It holds on toa thick atmosphere, while plants and bacteria recycle carbon dioxide and pump NASA's flying laboratory measures the air full of oxygen for us to breathe. The Earth’s magnetic field shields over 200 atmospheric gases and us from the Sun’s harmful radiation and keeps the atmosphere from being airborne particles.

blown away by the solar wind. Earth's oceans regulate the surface

temperature and provide a refuge for all sea life, much of which we eat. The water cycle purifies water and rains

it down on land where we live. Earth and its organisms generate the soil in which we grow our food. We depend upon Earth for every aspect of our material existence.

Currently, we can only send three humans into space at atime, and only into low orbit. We can't get to the moon right now, We've never sent a human to Mars, and there’s no way either of those places could keep all ofus alive. There is no backup planet. If we want our species to survive, we have no choice but to put an end to pollution and bring our civilization and technology into balance with the natural environment.

—George

‘ NASA spacecraft named for Italian astronomer Giovanni assini (1625-1712) spent 13 years exploring Saturn and sending

RS valuable data to Earth. Among other contributions, the ss astronomer is famous for discovering four of Saturn’s moons & and a gap in its rings known as the Cassini:

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ANSWERS ON PAGE 28 [Page 21]I’ve heard that there is a ninth name and location? — Olivia, ag

Hi, Olivia, At one time, Pluto was known as the ninth planet. But because it is so small (it’s smaller than our moon), astronomers eventually decided that it should be considered only a dwarf planet. However, astronomers have found evidence that there is a ninth true planet orbiting our Sun. They are calling it Planet Nine for now, since they haven't definitely proven that it exists. They estimate that it is about the size of Neptune (which is about four times larger than Earth). Neptune is currently the farthest known planet, but Planet Nine may be 20 times farther from the Sun than Neptune. —Steve

from the Sun is called a:

A) Sun tantrum B) Solar blast

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STEVE SCOTTI is a research engineer at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia, U.S. He works to develop lighter, stronger materials and structures for aircraft and spacecraft. Watching the first astronaut launched into space inspired his interest in space exploration. He enjoys sharing his enthusiasm about science and space with kids.

GEORGE HATCHER was an avionics engineer at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., from 2004-2017. He worked onelectrical systems of the space shuttle and uncrewed rockets. He also studied planetary science at the University of Central Florida. Working in avionics was a dream come true for George. He’s aspired to be an astronaut since he was three. He’s one of 100 finalists in the Mars One Project, which aims to create a human settlement on Mars.

Images: NASA, ilbusca, Calt

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Justin Baldoni

Q: What's your favorite

A:

childhood memory?

Spending time with my nonna, my dad's mom... just being with her after school .. . Every time | would walk into her house, it would smell so good. She would always be baking something or cooking something.

What was the most

challenging experience for you as a kid?

| didn't really know how to

make friends ... | was always trying to fit in instead of being who God made me...| had a problem with... being okay with who | [was] and knowing that people would want to be friends with me for me...

hen Justin Baldoni was in seventh grade, he and his dad did something on Christmas Day that transformed Justin's life. They went out and helped feed homeless people. That kind act inspired him, and over the years, his passion for service grew. At 23, he started celebrating his birthday by serving food to those in need in Los Angeles, California. This evolved into an annual Skid Row Carnival of Love, which provides about 4,000 people with food, clothing, health services, and fellowship. Justin also serves humanity with TV and online shows. He produced the series My Last Days about young people living positively with terminal illness. The show helps raise money for charity. Justin's audience has grown along with his popularity— he’s costarred in the Golden Globe-nominated TV comedy Jane the Virgin since 2014. He recently launched the online series Man Enough about gender equality. Justin and his wife, Emily, live in California with their daughter, Maiya, and son, Maxwell.

Left: Justin, age 8, cuddles Dobie Dog, who was rescued by Justin’s dad. Right: At about age 16, Justin worked as a DJ at a radio station in Oregon, U.S.

Q: How did you get interested in acting and directing?

allow me to be of service .. . That really changed my life and led me to ... everything that | do.

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Q: Tell us about your Man Enough online series. Why is it important for men to discuss gender equality?

I've always wrestled with what

the idea of masculinity even is ... Man Enough was born... to create conversation around what it means to be aman... And also to let men know that it's okay to talk, that it's okay to share your feelings, it's okay to talk about being insecure.

It doesn't make you less of aman. In fact, it makes you more of a man. It makes you brave and ... vulnerable and compassionate and powerful.

If you had one wish for

Brilliant Star's readers, what would it be?

To wake up every day and ask

yourself what you can do to make someone else happy that day...| think... that's the beginning of how we change the world. Be kind. Make

people happy.

Above: After the 2018 Skid

Row Carnival of Love, Justin and his family celebrate his birthday. He's with (left to right) his mom, Sharon, with Maxwell; his sister, Sara; his wife, Emily, with Maiya; and his dad, Sam.

Justin with Jane the Virgin costars (left to right):

Jaime Camil, Ivonne Coll, Andrea Navedo, Yael Grobglas, and Gina Rodriguez.

Q: What's the mission of your media company, Wayfarer, and what's

A:

the concept of choccoli [chocolate-covered broccoli]?

Wayfarer's mission is to ignite the spark in hearts all over the world and inspire people to see life develop . . . Choccoli is basically this idea of, you know, you have to create something good inherently for the world, and dip it in chocolate so that it tastes good as well.

Q: What's your advice for kids who want a career in entertainment? A: To make sure that they want to do it out of service, and not just for

themselves .. . The more you want something for yourself, the harder it is, and the less likely it is to happen. The more you want something for the world, then | believe the greater the chances of that dream coming true are, because it's not an easy business...

Q: What are three things kids can do to make the world a better place? A: One is to listen... The first step to compassion is understanding and

listening. The second thing . . . is to try. The world can seem really, really big, and there’s so many problems happening everywhere, but you can try ... Maybe there's a kid in school who is . . . sick and has to go to the hospital. Send that person a note... Third .. . step outside of your comfort zone and get to know people . .. Reach out and make friends that are a... different skin color than you...

Family

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CHANGES WITH CATALYSTS!

IWMI OI EMIT O* “What is called for is a spiritual revival... But there is a need for a catalyst.” —Baha’‘i Writings

~ —— BE A CATALYST

ox of my favorite things about science is some Baha’i quotes about service, and we felt

seeing how different things work together inspired to hold a fun interfaith prayer party. to create change. Often, there’s a catalyst, It’s cool how combining prayer with our deeds can which speeds up a reaction or transformation. For transform our spirits and our world. That means we're example, enzyme molecules in yeast cause carbon catalysts, too! When we welcome a new neighbor, dioxide to be released, so my bread dough rises. donate to charity, or do other services, we can impact In life, sacred writings can be catalysts that and activate others. Check out this fun experiment to prompt us to act. My junior youth group studied see how one catalyst leads to amazing action.

N FOAMY

YOU'LL NEED — Wear safety glasses and rubber gloves plastic table cover « bowl « clean 16 oz. (473 mL) plastic bottle « liquid measuring cup * 3% hydrogen peroxide solution « funnel ¢ dish soap

3. Pour yeast into clean cup. Add four tablespoons (59 mL) very warm water and stir until dissolved.

1 With an adult’s help, in a well-ventilated area, use funnel to pour % cup (118 mL) of hydrogen peroxide into bottle.

4 Add yeast mixture to bottle, remove funnel, and watch! Enzymes in yeast release oxygen from hydrogen peroxide, causing oxygen-filled bubbles to form.

Add two squirts of dish soap and several drops of food coloring to bottle. Swirl

to combine. @

24 Brilliant Star %& oL49 Nos Avoid contacting skin, eyes, mouth, or clothing with hydrogen peroxide or foam. [Page 25]f you had superpowers like the Uplifters, what viata your strongest virtues, when you do an act would you love to do to help others? Maybe you'd _—of kindness or make someone feel special, the benefits use your ultra-vision and compassion to spot kids _ ripple beyond that person. Your good deeds may inspire getting bullied and rush to their aid. Or youcoulduse _ others to take action, and you'll feel happier, too. your amazing strength and helpful hands to break You don’t have to stop an Eraser’s devious plot to be Ay ground for a community garden. With your super an Uplifter. You can help change the world by bringing a JJ stretching ability and creativity, you could help kids in _ beam of sunlight into someone's cloudy day. Where will } your city paint a huge mural about race unity. you focus your positive powers today?

Challenge yourself and your friends to see how many ways you can uplift others in the next two weeks. Add some of your own ideas.

€> Help a friend or sibling with €} Contribute to a food drive at your ~~} Puta loving note in a parent's homework. school or place of worship. lunch bag, purse, or briefcase.

€7> Write a thank-you note to a €} Volunteer at your local animal €} Help a neighbor do yard work. teacher or librarian. shelter. €} Put out birdseed for birds. €} Do achore to help a sibling or a parent. , ) €} Visit a retirement home and sing i or play music for the residents. €> Call or write to a relative who lives ’, far away. / W f €7} Welcome a new neighbor with a

treat or a house plant.

€> Visit an elderly neighbor.

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€} Offer to walk a neighbor's dog.

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By Gail Radley

lood-sucking leeches and waist-deep muddy

water didn't stop Dr. Rahmatu'llah Muhajir

from seeing his patients in the jungle villages of Indonesia.

Rahmat was born in Persia (now Iran) in 1923 and was one of eight children. His family had been Baha'ts almost since the Faith's beginning. As he grew up, his home bubbled with Baha’ activity. Guests often visited to learn about the Faith. Watching and listening, Rahmat discovered that being a Baha't meant serving others and creating a better world.

As an outgoing youth, he brought friends to hear these ideas. He often spent vacations visiting Iran's Baha'i holy places. After high school, he taught classes for children and youth for two years. Then he began studying medicine.

But Rahmat believed that the Baha'i teachings were the best medicine for a troubled world. He interrupted his studies several times for Baha'i projects. He also encouraged others to be pioneers and move to places without Baha’ts. In 1951, before graduating, he married fran Furuitan.

In 1953, they met with Shoghi Effendi, the Faith's leader, in Israel. The visit stirred Rahmat’s passion to pioneer.

Soon, he learned that the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, needed a doctor. The couple settled there, on the island of Siberut Selatan. There he discovered jungle living firsthand. He caught severe malaria, an often-deadly illness. Rahmat provided desperately needed medical care with few supplies. He joined in villagers’ healing ceremonies

and wore traditional face paint when treating patients. He sat on the ground with them and slept ona mat. He showed respect for the islanders’ culture, and he earned their trust.

During four years in the Mentawai Islands, Rahmat treated devastating illnesses and eliminated some. Villages used healthier practices. Many islanders learned to read and write, 4,000 became Baha’s, and 12 Baha’i schools were created.

In 1957, Shoghi Effendi named Rahmat a Hand of the Cause of God, so he could guide Baha'i work around the world* That year, Shoghi Effendi died, and the Muhdajirs returned to Israel.

Rahmat traveled to all national Baha'i communities over his remaining years. He shared the Faith with large numbers of people. He aided teaching efforts in India, where some 64,500 people became Baha'is in two years. Rahmat helped start schools and Bahai centers, and he encouraged Baha'is to pioneer. When India’s extreme dust and heat caused him asthma and rashes, he told his wife, “I might have had these problems anyway. At least now I can tell God that I got them in His path.”

“I beseech God,” he wrote, “to make me pure so that I may burn like a candle in His path." Like a candle, he “OFFERED HIS ALL" to humanity, wrote the Universal House of Justice, the Faith's global governing body. In 1979, though exhausted, he attended a conference in Ecuador. On the second day, he had a heart attack, praising God as he died. The House of Justice said that around the world, people would miss his “GENTLENESS” and “ENTHUSIASTIC APPROACH.”

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A Hand of the Cause of God served the Baha'i community in significant ways, including

encouraging others in teaching and protecting the Faith, [Page 27]Well-Wishers of Humanity

hen you think about the challenges facing our world, you probably wonder what you can do to make things better. It’s a natural impulse to want to help our human family. But where do you begin? Praying is a good place to start. But to be most effective, prayers must be paired with action. In fact, the Baha'i writings

READ THE QUOTE AND SEE HOW THE PURPLE WORDS ARE USEP.

1. Solidarity

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ay you all be united, may you be agreed, may you serve

ensign of universal agreement be unfurled.

say that our prayers and actions can be one and the same. ‘Abdu'l-Baha said, “Service is prayer.”

Asking for God’s assistance can help us find our unique path of service, and sacred writings can inspire us to act. Read or memorize this quote, and use it as a reminder that we can all help to transform the world.

the solidarity of mankind. May you be well-wishers of all humanity. May you be assistants of every poor one. May you be nurses for the sick. May you be sources of comfort to the broken in heart. May you be a refuge for the wanderer. May you be a source of courage to the affrighted one. Thus, through the favor and assistance of God may the standard of the happiness of

humanity be held aloft in the center of the world and the

—Abdu'l-Baha

A. A shelter or safe place

2. Refuge B. A banner; or an example, model

3. Affrighted C. Up high, at great height

4. Standard D. Unity and support in a group

5. Aloft E. Frightened, alarmed THEN DRAW ALINE

6. Ensign F. Opened up and spread out Baretta AND ANSWER THE

7. Unfurled G. Flag or emblem

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