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im’wa, síochá, ssalāmu, salam, salama, ššālōm, šlāma, sliem, śāntiḥ, prî lâni, pāx, paco, pace, paci, paċi, pase, pags, paix, paz, püd, pīsu, ⅋ p’yŏngwa. May pe☮ce rest upon ✌ou (Arabic, السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم [MP3], ʾal•ssalāmu ʿalay°kum; or Hebrew, שָּׁלוֹם עֲלֵיְכֶם [MP3], ššālôm ʿălēyəḵẹm). Welcome to one of the largest resources of its kind: the 36 domains ⅋ 24 books with other writings of MarkFoster.NETwork Publications™ (ᗰ𐌅✧ᑎ ᖘ™).

We can turn our hearts to the shining ones (Ancient Egyptian, 𓅜 𓏥, Akhu; Hebrew, הַשִּׁתּוּף, hạ•ššittūp̄; Sanskrit, देवाः, dēvāḥ; ⅋ Pali, देव, dēvā). They occupy diverse stations throughout the limitless planes of existence. God is the innermost Unification (Arabic, التَّوْحِيدٌ, ʾal•Ttaw°ḥīduṇ; or Hebrew, הַאַחְדוּת, hạ•ʾẠḥəḏūṯ), without partnership (Arabic, الشِّرْكٌ, ʾal•ššir°kuṇ; or Hebrew, הַשִּׁתּוּף, hạ•ššittūp̄), of all beings ⅋ things. The shining ones are not then Goddesses, Gods, or nonbinary ⅋ gender–fluid Deities but reside all around us or lie deeply hidden within the observable world. Bahá’u’lláh (Arabic, بَهَاءُ الله, Bahāˁu ʾAl•Llꞌah) is, in my provisional retranslation, the Shining One of the Almighty.

As a retired (2022) ⅋ tenured full professor of sociology and founding president of The Institute for Dialectical metaRealism™, I specialize in: religious studies (the sociology of religion, the history of religions, ⅋ the sociology of language ⅋ religion), social theory, ⅋ sociological practice (clinical ⅋ public sociologies). My academic degrees, from regionally accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, are in: sociology, history, journalism, ⅋ English. Read my Antifa Manifesto ⅋ my Quora profile.

I am: a sociologist; a historian; an advocacy journalist; a left–libertarian Bhaskarian critical realist; a Post–Civilization–Localism–Mutual Aid–Maoist–Third Worldist; a Communist Bundist; a nonviolent Antifa; an intersectional Marxist; a kyriarchist; an emancipated Autist; a critical transhumanist; ⅋ a Bahá’í pioneer (un pionero Baháʼí) to the Lower Rio Grande Valley (el Valle del Bajo Río Grande) of Deep South Texas, U.S. ⅋ Tamaulipas, MX — ⅋ ƃεყøɳɖ. Hidalgo County, TX (my home); South Florida; ⅋ lowland Hawaiʿi are the only tropical areas (Climate Zone 1A) in the 50 U.S. states. México is 4 mi (6.4 km) from my condo.

My working class NYC nonpracticing Jewish parents changed the family name from Feigenbaun to Foster. I was then born in the upscale former Doctors Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. As illustrated by a thematic song ⅋ prayer, I am 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 a ⓕⓡⓔⓔ 🄼🄾🅁🄰🄻 ⒶⒼⒺⓃⓉ. In that, I would 𐒐𐒢Ꮙⵟⴽ compromise. 🅒🅗🅐🅣 🅦🅘🅣🅗 ⅋ 🅳🅸🆁🅴🅲🆃 🅼🅴🆂🆂🅰🅶🅴 me on Telegram. Here is my service: Preparing a 𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖑 Bahá’í will is quick ⅋ painless. My own will, which satisfies Bahá’í law, is offered as a template (DOCX, ODT, WPD, XPS, or RTF). A separate civil will is with my fiduciary.