Unrestrained as the Wind

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Unrestrained as the Wind  (1985) 
National Bahá’í Youth Committee, United States
A Life Dedicated to Bahá’u’lláh

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Foreword
1. Prayers for spiritual growth
Short obligatory prayer
Spiritual awakening
Spiritual qualities
Protection and assistance
Parents
Teaching and service
2. Relationship with God
Knowing and loving God
Faith and obedience: signs of knowing and loving God
Communing with God
Why we pray
When to pray
Using the obligatory prayers
To whom to pray
What prayers to use
Prayer and action
Fasting for love and purification
Sacrificing yourself to the love of God
3. The distinctive Bahá’í life
The call to spiritual distinction
The importance of a good character
The responsibilities of Bahá’í youth
Meeting the challenge
Transforming society by individual example
Aspects of Bahá’í character
4. Exemplary lives and heroic deeds
The vital role of Bahá’í youth
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Perfect Exemplar
The Holy Family
Bahíyyih Ḵẖánum, the Greatest Holy Leaf
Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch
The Letters of the Living
Táhirih
Quddús and Mullá Husayn
The Dawn-Breakers
Badí
Rúhu′lláh
Today’s Bahá’í youth and young adults
Sixteen-year-old boy
Muna Mahmudnizhad
Zarrin Muqimi
Ruya Ishraqi
5. Education
Transforming humanity through education
Combining spiritual education with human education
Attaining spiritual knowledge
Studying the Bahá’í writings
Acquiring human knowledge
Studying disciplines that will benefit humanity
Suggestions for studying specific courses
Balancing human and spiritual education
6. Teaching
Teaching by word and example
Talking about the Faith
Being an example
The power of love and fellowship
The responsibilities of youth
Ensuring success in teaching
Being filled with the love of God
Demonstrating love and fellowship
Demonstrating the power of the Faith through righteous deeds and a distinctive character
Deepening in and studying the writings
Consecration, dedication, and service
Attracting divine assistance
Who to teach
All humanity
Peers
Minorities
School and college students
Traveling teaching
Pioneering
7. Cleanliness and purity
Purity of character
Smoking tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs: hashish, LSD, marijuana, opium, peyote
Gambling and lotteries
Being distinguished for purity and sanctity
8. Interpersonal relationships
The relationship of children to parents
The bond of marriage
The relationship between husband and wife
Choosing a spouse
Engagement
The law of consent
The ceremony
Family relationships
Having children
Relationships among husband, wife, and children
Fostering harmony in the family
Using consultation to foster harmony
Chastity and sex
A chaste and holy life
Masturbation
Homosexuality
9. Social Relationships
Our relationship to the old world order
Obedience to government
Avoiding political affairs and activities
Nonparticipation, not indifference
Violence and self-defense
War and military duty
Membership in non-Bahá’ís religious and other organizations
Associating with social movements
Our relationship to the new world order
Forging Bahá’í communities
Supporting Bahá’í communities
Fostering unity in the community
Supporting and strengthening Bahá’í youth
Supporting the Bahá’ís funds
Participation in social and economic development
Achieving God’s holy purpose for humanity
10. Youth can move the world
Messages from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’í youth of the world
3 January 1984
8 May 1985
Bibliography
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