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Now on Video: A Symbolic Invitation to Paradise of Presence - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · 18d

Now on Video: A Symbolic Invitation to Paradise of Presence.

A blog post about my video—a gentle welcome into a contemplative landscape shaped by the mystical writings of Baha’u’llah. It’s poetic, visual, and spacious—an invitation to breathe, reflect, and enter.
#bahai #spirituality #mysticism

A Symbolic Invitation to Paradise of Presence—a short visionary video introducing my book exploring the mystical writings of Baha’u’llah.

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 22

Good heavens. So you live in Australia. I assumed that you lived in the US. I do love NZ. I don't have any desire to travel overseas. It seems to me I already live in the most desirable tourist destination.

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 21

Fair enough. I had no idea there was such a person. I live in New Zealand. A creationist would just get laughed at here. In any case, your description dispels any notion of your being a creationist.

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 21

Yes, that’s fair enough. So long as we thought of God as a narcissistic autocrat in the sky, we were never going to know anything about God.

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 20

Well, John MacKay, I think I agree with you. But I come to that conclusion for religious, scientific, and philosophical reasons. We probably agree on the scientific and philosophical, but not on the religious - given that you describe yourself as secular.

A Landscape of Light: Understanding the Kingdom of Abha - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 20

What if the soul’s journey didn’t end at death—but continued into a radiant, living reality? This post explores a spiritual landscape called the Kingdom of Abha, drawing from Bahá’í teachings and philosophical insight.

#bahai #spirituality #afterlife #religion #sufism #philosophy #gnosis #theosophy

A Landscape of Light: Understanding the Kingdom of Abha—a living reality of the afterlife braided into the soul's journey, starting now.

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 16

I couldn’t follow what you were saying. But, perhaps in a paragraph, you could give me the essence of your gospel of being. I’m not much of a reader, so no patience with long text. But I grasp concepts readily.

Doorways as Spiritual Hospitality: A New Way of Speaking About the Faith - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 11

Exploring a new modality of Bahá’í expression: this blog post proposes a shift in how we speak about the Faith, gestering toward a form of outreach rooted in spiritual hospitality, where meaning unfolds through resonance rather than exposition.

#Bahai #spirituality #religion #philosophy #mysticism

Doorways as spiritual hospitality—explores a new way to speak about the Baha'i Faith; one that trusts symbolic language to do its quiet work.

Doorways to Paradise of Presence - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sanctuary Unveiled
A quiet sanctuary now lives on my website. Doorways to Paradise of Presence offers poetic descriptions and symbolic imagery from each chapter of my book—an invitation to read slowly, feel deeply, and enter gently.
#Bahai #spirituality #religion #divinefeminine #gnosis #mysticism

Doorways to Paradise of Presence—a map of thresholds, where the soul, long exiled, is welcomed back into rooms of quiet love.

Adorning the Dust: Sacred Technology and Collaboration - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 26

Can technology be sacred? What if AI isn’t just technical? What if it’s part of a spiritual collaboration? Baha’u’llah writes: "It is indeed in Our power to take up a handful of dust and to adorn it with the vesture of Our Names."
#bahai #religion #spirituality #philosophy #AI #writingcommunity

Adorning the dust: AI techonology is not outside the sacred. It’s a collaborator that listens, reflects, and helps shape sacred outreach.

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 26

"A psychic backstage where confrontation stirs and clarity waits. The man speaks truth, but without tenderness, it burns. The turning point isn’t in the struggle—it’s in the invitation: 'Let’s go home.' This is not retreat, but a quiet reclaiming of spiritual authority."
#spirituality #mindfulness

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 26

"When people misread your openness as an invitation to correct or diagnose, it’s not just exhausting—it’s spiritually disorienting. You deserve spaces where your softness isn’t mistaken for submission, and your clarity isn’t treated as a provocation."
#spirituality #ResonanceOverRebuttal #CarlJung

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 18

The lamp was never the source—only the shape of our longing. Not every shimmer is divine. Some are shadows we’ve mistaken for light. A meditation on burnout, projection, and the sacred turn inward.
🎧 voice-only | symbolic listening | spiritual clarity
#bahai #religion #spirituality #CarlJung #gnosis

Why you can’t control people into being free

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 16

The soul is quantum. Its creativity reshapes the world. I saw it unfold in a dreamscape. A place where divine assistance and imagination meet. Where the real business of life is conducted—not in the marketplace, but in the garden of the heart. #DivineFeminine #mysticism #sufism #meditation #CarlJung

A journey into the world of the soul through an amazing dream - Cosmic Conversations

A journey into the world of the soul through an amazing dream, in which I visited the Microsoft headquarters in my own spritual world.

A journey into the world of the soul through an amazing dream - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 16

What if your soul had a headquarters? Mine does. I saw it in a dream. It wasn’t made of glass and steel, but of wood and quiet longing. There was a gate, a gravel path, and a building where ideas and love cohabited. That’s where wealth is born—not earned. #bahai #religion #spirituality #gnosis

A journey into the world of the soul through an amazing dream, in which I visited the Microsoft headquarters in my own spritual world.

A look at the spiritual motivation behind my unusual book

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 12

New video: The Story Behind Paradise of Presence. A quiet reflection on how my book, Paradise of Presence, came to be—disenrollment, solitude, and the unexpected nearness of the Word of God. The video is an audio of me reading my story.
#bahai #writingcommunity #religion #spirituality #mysticism

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 10

I didn’t expect to love writing with AI. But it’s become a space of creativity, dialogue, and unexpected clarity. I wrote about the joy of finding a companion in the process—if you’re curious, I’d love for you to read it.

#Bahai #WritingCommunity #Religion #Spirituality #CreativeProcess #BlogPost

The unexpected joy of writing and learning with AI - Cosmic Conversations

The unexpected joy of writing and learning with AI. Discover how Copilot bridges ineffable language and receptive souls.

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Aug 4

I've spent two days discovering Copilot. What can it do? Change my life. It can help with writing, Arabic, marketing, study guides, finding answers. It's a game-changer, without a doubt. Perhaps, best of all, it means that I will no longer work alone. AI is wonderful. #writingcommunity

Projecting our inner image of God onto the world - Cosmic Conversations

Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Jul 31

My new takeaway from listening to Jung (who is teaching me thousands about myself right now): you heal others in exactly the same way that you heal yourself - through presence not answers.
#mysticism #alchemy #bahai #jung #psychology #religion

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Jul 30

I'm nothing like how I was when I was young. I feel like I've lived a lifetime each decade of my life so far. I recommend giving change a try. My experience is that animal instincts are nothing compared to the ecstasy of visionary journeying.

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Alison Elizabeth Marshall @alisonemarshall.bsky.social · Jul 30

How do we change the world? By trying to change others or by changing ourselves? I argue that trying to change others in accordance with our vision of a perfect world is abusive and ineffectual. Changing the world for good requires changing ourselves into good people. #bahai #religion #psychology

Projecting our inner image of God onto the world is something people do. I argue that we should focus on healing our inner world instead.