Hey Tranceman, welcome to the Nexus!
Looking for a "prime mover" of consciousness or awareness reveals that 'it' is not an independently existing substratum or base from which phenomena arise. Awareness has neither beginning nor end since it lies beyond all opposites and cannot be located apart from its experiencing, no matter where you look or how you look you will not find it as a 'thing' which exists independent from what is happening right now.
The Bahai faith is exactly what it says: A faith. Faith can only take you so far, awakening is found in the direct experience of reality and not through deep-seated beliefs in some omnipotent creator or prime mover. If you find the overall framework of Bahaiism to be helpful to you and if it allows you to live a more positive, productive life then that's fantastic, but remember that it's only a framework, a conceptual model for describing the changeless change of experience.
Good luck in your adventures!
Well, I am here really because I am on a never ending search for "God", and I use that term very loosely, "God" meaning the prime mover of existence, consciousness, etc. or whatever it is you have have become comfortable referring to this idea. I have grown up catholic, but have long since abandoned the dogma of it all. I began my journey first obviously questioning my spiritual upbringing, but then began learning about Buddhism. From there I eventually became part of the Islamic faith, but of course learned what the faith is really about, which is very much contrary to what the mainstream perception "thinks" it is, from their I found the Bahai faith which is very interesting. They believe all religions are the same and all come from one source. I wasn't crazy after all...LOL!! But there is always this lingering problem for me when spirituality is institutionalized in any way. So from there the only place to go is to quantum physics, and then to first hand knowledge of spiritual experience and that is of people who have claimed to experience the other side close to physical expiration. And this is currently where I am on my journey. Funny though, it was the many experiences with substances that propelled me on journey through the various forms of faith. So now with what I feel is the final frontier of consciousness, if any of it is ever final...: ), I find myself hoping one day to find a way to experience DMT and expand my own perceptive abilities and become more deeply in love with the universe, because that is what most say when they come back from the other side, that love is what makes the universe go. Hope to meet some amazing people here. Spread the love.
