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Mike Shreve was a teacher of yoga at four universities. (The portrait above was drawn by one of his students in 1970.) Then a spiritual rebirth brought him into a real relationship with God and drastically changed his heart, his life and his belief system.  Read his story here.

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Bah�'��

This faith grew out of Babism, which itself developed as an offshoot of the Shiite sect of the Muslim faith. On May 23, 1844, Siyyid M�rz� `Al�-Muhammad began to proclaim in the land of Persia the fundamentals of his theology. He became known as the Bab (a Persian term meaning "the Gate"�) because he was revered as a "gate" of true revelation. He announced that various prophets of the past were divine Manifestations and that he was a Prophet and a Manifestation of God. He claimed greatness equal to Mohammed, yet identified himself only as a forerunner of an even greater Manifestation of God destined to emerge nineteen years later. A strong advocate of monogamy, the Bab preached against the polygamy so prevalent in the society of his day. Though greatly persecuted, this sect survived. In 1863 a disciple of the Bab named M�rz� ?usayn-`Al� N�r� declared that he was the "Manifestation" foretold by the Bab. He took the name Bah�'u'll�h (which means "the glory of God"�).

Bah�'��s believe strongly in the oneness of the human race and the establishment of a universal religion for all. It has no official priesthood and no system of sacraments in its belief system. There is no preaching in Bah�'�� temples, simply the reciting of scriptures from the sacred texts of all religions. Especially in its beginning years, members of this faith suffered severe persecution.

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