Baha'i Gardens on Mount Carmel

 

This was my first pilgrimage, and Kitty's second, to the Baha'i Holy Places in Israel. It was very a very emotional for me.  On the first day I prayed at the shrines for our dear friends and relatives who have passed away. That night I had a dream that informed me that they were all O.K. and that I should pray for those that mourn them and that they feel the same absolute love of God that our deceased friends and relatives feel. The beautiful gardens and buildings made prayer easy. It was great to see the places where the Holy Family was imprisoned and the different places where they lived. Pilgrimage was a profound experience for me.

 

 

Looking down on The German Colony where Templar's established a community to wait for the Second Coming. "Der Herr es neigh" is written over the door of a home that is near where Baha'u'llah pitched his tent and instructed 'Abdul-Baha' on the layout of the World Center.  We met many Christians who live in Haifa who are waiting for the Second Coming which they believe will take place on Mt. Carmel. Stella Maris, the Carmelite Monastery (about 800 yrs. old) is on Mt. Carmel for the same reason.

 

 

From left to right, The Center for the study of the Texts, The Archives Building, The Shrine of the Bab.

 

 

 

 The Hanging Gardens behind the Seat of the Universal House of Justice.

 

 

Several of the buildings where designed with a concept called a light well that brings natural sunlight to almost all parts of the building, so you find beautiful gardens inside the buildings.

 

 

Another indoor garden.

 

 

 A view from the German Colony at the traffic circle on Ben Gurion St.

 

 

The Seat of The Universal House of Justice, the governing body of the Baha'i Faith.

 

 

 

The International Teaching Center.