My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

"Man's fate is according to his pains." -Robert Herrick, ( English, 24 August 1591 – 15 October 1674 ) Is fasting like w...

“True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self.” — Baha’u’llah I am at the midway point of the Baha...

These days I arise before dawn for breakfast. After the sun touches the horizon, nothing passes my lips until night comes. No food or wat...

Buddhist monks outside of a temple in Bodghaya , India The time of fasting for me has begun. I am in my third day of the Baha'i fast ...

This is the last day of my annual period of fasting . The discipline requires that I give up food and water between sunrise and sunset fr...

What is the essence of love? It must be attraction, a desire to mingle and share with another. If that does not exist, then love does not. ...

I imagine I know what a prisoner feels like when he is released from confinement and walks out into the big, bright planet as a free person....

Fasting is a voluntary contraction of life that animals seldom do unless they are sick. If an animal is sick, not only does it fast, but als...

From March 2 – 20 is a time of fasting for the worldwide Baha’i community. Imagine living without water or food for nineteen days. Well, a...