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Station of Gods Messengers, Miscellaneous.A warning
1/8/2008 12:33:23 PM
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Good morning to you all
I'll contunue today to dwell on the mysterious stations of the Holy Messengers.
Adib Taherzade:
"Thus, viewed from the standpoint of their oneness and sublime detachment, ther attributes of Godhead, Divinity, Supreme Singleness, and Inmost Essence, have been and are applicable to those Essences of Being, inasmuch as they all abide on the throne of Divine Revelation, and are established upon the seat of divine Concealment. Through their appearance the Revelation of God is made manifest, and by their countenance the Beauty of God is revealed. Thus it is that the accents of God Himself have been heard uttered by these Manifestations of the divine Being.
Viewed in the light of their second station - the station of distinction, differentiation, temporal limitations, characteristics and standards - they manifest absolute servitude, utter destitution and complete self-affacement. Even as He saith:'I am the servant of God. I am but a man like you'...
Were any of the all-embracing Manifestations of God to declare:'I am God!' He verily speaketh the truth, and no doubt attacheth thereto. For it hath been repeatedly demonstrated that through their Revelation, their attributes and names, the Revelation of God, His name and His attributes, are made manifest in the world...And were they to say:'We are the servants of God,' this also is a manifest and indisputable fact. For they have been made manifest in the uttermost state of servitude, a servitude of which no man can possibly attain.
This Book by Bahaullah "the Book of Certitude" (Kitab-i-Iqan) is written for a man whose background is Muslim. There are many quotes from the Qouran. It contains however explanations of terms that are in common for the Christian and Muslim Faith such as the resurrection, sun, moon, life , death, clouds, trumpet calls, Day of God, Day of Resurrection. He also addresses the Christian world.
Adib Taherzade says about this Book: "The Kitab-i-Iqan is like an ocean. It contains the innermost reality of religion and its depths are unfathomable. One may read it many times, yet each time new truths and new visions manifest themselves before the eye."'
I certainly agree. As I said before I did not understand much the first time I read it. I was not used to this language and I asked about even that. Only I sensed that this book was extraordinary, even before I started to read it. So therefore I suggest that you get hold of it, as the second book to study after having read the" Bahaullah and the new Era". This first book to read contains some passages about
the Glad Tidings
the Bab, the forerunner
Bahaullah: the Glory of God
Abdu'l-Baha: the Servant of God
What is a Bahai?
Prayer
Health and healing
Religious Unity
True Civilization
The Way to Peace
Various Ordinances and Teachings
Religion and Science
Prophesies fulfilles by the Bahai Movement
Prphesies of Bahaullah and Abdu'l-Baha
Retrospect and Prospect
You can buy this book from the net shop www. Amazon.com. I saw it there the other day.
For daily maintenance of spiritual health I suggest you read the Bahai Prayers and the Hidden Words. I have already given you the short daily prayer. This prayer is instead of the Holy Communion.
You have seen , in my previous articles exemples of the prayers and also verses from the Hidden Words.
In the second part of Hidden Words Bahaullah is addressing the opposing clergy and similar people in stern words. Hidden Words contains prescriptions for living.
It might be so, for you, I do not know, but it might be you have not been able at all to see a gathered picture of this faith, just bits and peaces. What I could possibly do for you is to try to present a very wide perspective, the widest!, some of the global outlooks and some samples of its teachings.Glimpses of its friendliness and tolerance, its patience. It might have turned out rather poorly and you might have many questions.
I might have neglected many issues that are important for many people today. But I thought last night about mentioning something that is forbidden. So here you are: alkohol and drugs, backbiting,and to interpret the teachinhgs in other ways than what is already done, by Abdu'l-Baha. To go against Abdu'l-Baha is to go against the Covenant between God and His servants, the Covenant which has been re-established by Bahaullah.
Well, priests are forbidden, because they interpret the scriptures and form sects and -you are supposed to take part of the good things all by yourself "at Gods banquet table" without anybody else interceding between you and God. This is so important.
In Sweden there is a debate about homosexuality among priests, but since we do not have priests, why should we be engaged in that discussion.? There is opposition ,( also here in Sweden for example) among certain priests to women becoming priests , but we do not have to be engaged here either.
As for homosexuality. It is recognized as something real . It is not something that can be forbidden. This is a real thing, but it should not be exposed. A homosexual person is to restrain his or her feelings for the same sex. It might be painful but (Guardian affirms) it is not more painful for a homosexual person to do that, than it is painful for a person who falls in love for somebody else, though married, to restrain his or her feelings in order to save the marriage.
The family is a most important institution to be maintained.
Sexual intercourse before marriage is strongly to be avoided. It is not good for man.
You may pursue divorce but it is strongly emphasized that you should do everything to maintain your marriage.
The family is the first unity that the child is blessed with.So it is not easily to be broken. Marriage smothens ones character and when old one have the company of each other.
How can the Bahais avoid being entangled in the difficulties, the debates and the disorder of society of today?.Are we deaf?
The answer is , we try hard, do not always succeed. We wish to offer something else instead- and we have a divine rope to cling to, we are just above the surface of the societal mess, its worries and its widespread resignation .
But we do have a very solid world explanation, so our vision is not difficult to hold on to, we have a special task or work to do, building the Bahai institutions, we have a global community and we get help, live help from Above, through the nourishing spiritual navel-string. And through the Universal House of Justice which is infallible, being guided by Bahaullah as He has promised in His Holy Tablets.
We know that Bahaullahs system is blessed, but not the nation-state sovereignty. Also the power of monarch dynasties and clerical orders are going to diminish and vanish,which they have done in part already, all since more than a hundred years . There will be nations but their governments will have to give up their sovereignty to the world government. Like old barrels,they will not be able to contain the wine of the spirit of the new international world. I'd like to use this simily too: the new World Order of Bahaullah are like the yolk in the egg and the white is just diminishing, being consumed . The chicken grows on the hidden plane, then it will pick on the shell, and suddenly, from the invisible plane,break its walls and run freely about.
So, we are confident of the old world order simply folding itself up like the white of the egg, so the New Global World Order, likened to the transforming yolk, will be revealed to mankind when the time is set for it. This is what Christ foresaw.
Since you, dear readers have kept company with me for such a long time already and should know of a certainty that the Bahai Faith is like the Sun, calling you by its warmth and clarity and broad persective, that I or we are ordinary people coming from all walks of life, you should also know of the following words by Bahaullah. That you, my friends and visitors here, may be at least somewhat prepared:
"The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief. Such shall be its plight, that to disclose it now would not be meet and seemly. Its perversity will long continue. And when the appointed hour is come, there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of mankind to quake. Then, and only then, will the Divine Standard be unfurled, and the Nightingale of Paradise warble its melody."
As I said, we are just ordinary people, and we do not interpret this saying by Bahaullah , we are not informed of what will happen. If you ever see an interpretation of this, it is not done by a Bahai. We do not know. We can guess, but it is just personal invalid wordings- guessings.And you can guess. By quoting this particular passage I just want to help. Not to know these lines would perhaps be bad, by now, since I have been with you for a long time, I do not want to withhold it from you. If it turns out that we all will not be overwhelmed, it is good, but if, then it is good to have seen these lines, OK?
So,I really hope you do not ever think we are like the priests who used to/use spoke in thundering voices about Doomsday, only- - you are my friends, so I chose to write down for you this quote by Bahaullah, that it would possibly be some sort of a support for you, just in case.
That will be all for today
Kind regards
Laila
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