March 5th

Today is March 5th and yet again it was just as impactfull as visiting the shrine. We visited the Most Great Prison in Akko. This city, Akko was at many times a Prison City so the main aspect of the city was the prison. In this prison many people who have impacted history have remained contained within its walls. While I was there I noticed something that made me smile, was that there were Muslim, and Christian, and Bahai’s all visiting the prison at the same time this unity and accord of having three different religious groups in one place made me feel good inside. Maybe we are getting somewhere after all maybe we are growing maybe there is hope after all.

One of the people that was contained within the prison was Baha'u'llah. The prison was eerie majestic, yet foreboding all at the same time. Again I spent a long time praying and meditating in silence. Another place I visited was the house of Abud, the house of Abud was the place where Baha’u’llah stayed when he was released from the prison but still confined in the walls of the city. In the house of Abud He revealed many tablets. I knelt in what used to be His room and I prayed. I prayed in both his cell and the room; both were very impactfull. The day was long even if it ended at 4:00 I went back up to the hotel room to rest then I got up at 7:30 for a meeting with the international teaching center after the meeting I had the pleasantries of nodding and smiling and shaking their hands as they wanted to meet all of the pilgrims. The most exciting part of the evening was probably debating whether or not I wanted to have caffeinated tea that would keep me from sleeping when I was so tired, or did I want to have the tea so that it could keep me awake. I decided on having the tea. ;)