This website relates to important turning points in my life, turning points that led me in a direction that caused me to embrace ''The Greatest Event in the History of Mankind'' I often wonder, if certain things had not taken place in my life, would I have made my encounter with this new recent religious revelation ? This religious phenomenom has given me a new optimism on life and made me even more aware of a greater power at work. I have therefore decided to put the events that led me to it, in a format that can reach as many like minded people, people who at some time in their life's have asked or may ask themselves such questions as.
Why are we here ? Why is it that something we all want, to put broadly, Peace and Happiness. In the first instance to achieve Peace in the world we live in, there has to be World Unity.
World Unity is now possible because of the stage that man has evolved to. It means that we have the ability to have global unity. World peace cannot be achieved without world unity. This can only be achieved with the help of a greater power. In the past religions have united millions of people. Now with the progressive communications we are able to have global unity, which is essential for World Peace. This website will point you in the direction and give answers that over six million people located in every country of the world believe.
A New Universal Messenger that people of all recorded religions have been waiting for ! a ''New Religious Revelation for the age we are living in. The start of A New Religious Cycle !
Previously my understanding of other religious text was confusing, so many Holy Books with lots of truths, my overall frustration grew because of unanswered questions which played on my mind for many years. There is nothing like driving a taxi at night, over 20 years at that time, for dwelling on philosophical things. These questions peaked when I had obtained the essential things in my life, a wife who I love dearly, 3 sons and 4 grand children, and a nice home. The wife was in a well paid job whose employer appreciated her managerial skills in a printing company. The material challenges we had made, I felt had been met, yet I was far from being content.
Our own home and Taxi.
My strong feelings were that something was missing from my life, and too many questions were unanswered. My brother in law suggested that I become a Muslim. I had been raised as a Christian but had become disillusioned with religions, I felt that religions did not make sense. I did give some thought to Islam, after all I could see how content my sister and her husband seemed to But how could I justify religions that were still practicing such violence ?
My brother in law spoke to me and showed great patience with my in-accurate views of Islam. It was a great privilege when he arranged me to have a private meeting with Muhammad Ali when he visited London in 1986. It was a great experience talking and speaking with Muhammad Ali for over an hour. It was a wonderful experience especially when he did some magic tricks. The one that impressed me the most was when he appeared to elevate his self off the floor seemingly without any assistance. That I knew a was a clever illusion trick. To meet someone millions acknowledge as the greatest boxer, I need say no more. His book ''The Greatest my own story Muhammad Ali ''was signed by him.
around this time my brother-in-law gave me The Holy Qur-an. My words to him was that I would think about becoming a Muslim !
How strange it is that in spite of not reading the whole of The Holy Qur-an, I was destined to accept and believe all the prophecies written in it and all the Holy scripture's recorded before it.
1986 at The Grosvenor House Hotel.
Picture of myself Bishara Muradadeen & Muhammad Ali.
This is the book that I read in 1989.
The title of the book that has changed my life for ever was called ''Thief in the night'' by William Sears. This book was given to me by a man who had roots in the UK. He had married a Ghanaian women. Beattie Casely-Hayford gave me this book (see ref wikipedia) within days of reading this book, I declared my belief that Baha'u'llah was ''The new manifestation of God'' for the age we are living in. Finally realizing it was what I had been searching for, the answer to all my questions.
It was September the 11th. 1988 When I first visited the Baha'i Centre in Asylum Down and on the 2nd October that I registered my belief. On my first visit I stated in my diary that I was impressed with the basic principles.
By reading this book I became aware that 'The day of judgement' is when a new revelation is proclaimed by a manifestation of God. This is the time fore people to investigate then decide and make their own judgement, as to whether the new progressive teachings are from the source that all other recorded religious revelations are from. It is my belief that each one of us will one day, have to make their own judgement.
Baha'is have no church hierarchy, no preachers, the age we are living in means that each one of us can investigate the truth for our self.
On reflection, embracing this recent religion has inspired and energised my whole life which has meant that I have found new ways of expressing myself, one of which was the sudden urge to create poetry something that I had not previously thought of writing. The impulse to make known this new religious revelation inspired me to write the following poem, part of which was published in 2004 edition of The International book of poetry...
Seven tribes in confusion
not knowing which way to go
Their leaders read their scriptures
Yet still they did not know
The Bab said he had a message
the world was waiting for
He said a Universal Messenger
would very soon appear
But sadly caused the people
to turn on him in rage
So they killed The Messenger
a kind and peaceful soul
His life on earth brought to an end
He had fulfilled his role
750 Bullets tore his body to shreds
it was duly noted
no bullets touched his head
Nineteen years later
The Bab's words came true
The Prince of Peace Baha'u'llah
His life his book His teachings
are here for all to view.
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"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of service to them."
Baha'u'llah received at Bahji one of the few Westerners to meet Him and the only one to leave a written account of the experience. The visitor was Edward Granville Browne, a rising young orientalist from Cambridge University, whose attention had originally been attracted by the dramatic history of the Bab and his heroic band of followers. Of his meeting with Baha'u'llah. Professor Edward Granville Browne wrote:
Though I dimly suspected whither I was going and whom I was to behold (for no distinctive intimation had been given to me ), a second or two elapsed ere, with a throb of wonder and awe, I became definitely conscious that the room was not untenanted. In the corner where the divan met the wall sat a wondrous and venerable figure...The face of him on whom I gazed I can never forgot, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing eyes seemed to read one's very soul; power and authority sat on that ample brow...No need to ask in whose presence I stood, as I bowed myself before one who is the object of a devotion and love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in vain ! A mild dignified voice bade me be seated, and then continued : -- ''Praise be to God that thou hast attained ! ...Thou has come to see a prisoner and an exile...We desire but the good of the world and the happiness of the nations ; yet they deem us as a stirrer up of strife and sedition worthy of bondage and banishment... That all nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers ; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled -- what harm is there in this ? ... Yet so it shall be ; these fruitless strife's, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the ' Most great Peace' shall come...''
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I feel that I am truly blessed because I am able to practice my new faith without being persecuted. This is not true of the 350,000 Baha'is who are daily being denied their human rights, imprisoned and killed for their progressive beliefs, in Iran the birthplace of this new religious revelation.
When I ask myself sometimes, Why me ? why should I have this passionate urge to make known ''this wondrous system'' my answer is why not me, unlike my family there are millions of other families whose life's have been and are being destroyed, by social and by political turmoil, resulting in conflict leading to wars and the second world war.
To add more focus, my place of birth was 61, Cable street in 1934, since then through my experiences in life I know ! I have found the solution.
'The earth is but one country and mankind its citizen '
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