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A prayer for Naw-Ruz

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Yesterday (Monday, 21 March) saw Bahá’ís throughout the Thames Valley mark Naw-Ruz, the Bahá’í New Year’s Day. The festival is held on the spring equinox (March 21) and symbolises the new life of spring.

It also marks the end of the Bahá’í Faith’s annual 19-day fast for adults. The 19-day fast – between sunrise and sunset – was essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual recuperation. The Naw-Ruz is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended.

Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá’ís reside around the world.  Although some Bahá’ís marked the occasion with family and friends on Naw-Ruz itself, many Thames Valley Bahá’ís will also be getting together on Saturday 26th March for a celebration which will include readings of prayers from the Bahá’í scriptures, as well as music, dance and food.

Hope for the future . . .

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Hope is the subject of the ‘Time to Unwind’ prayer and meditation devotional session being held by the West Berkshire Baha’i Community in Newbury, from 8pm to 10pm on Wednesday 24 November.

West Berkshire Baha’i Myra Erbenova said: “Hope is an important topic for Bahais.  The writings of Bahá’u’lláh themselves are a message of upliftment and hope to humanity, with unity as its central principle and ultimate promise.”

Bahais are taught to “look ye not upon the present, fiz your gaze upon the times to come.’ In the beginning, how small is the seed, yet in the end it its a mighty tree. Look ye not upon the seed, look ye upon the tree, and its blossoms, and its leaves and its fruits.”

For more information, or to find out how to join in these activities, please call 01635 552558 or email myra@khorassani.com