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	<title>Comments on: LA Study Class Newsletter [#15]</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Sigmund Effendi</title>
		<link>http://bahairants.com/la-study-class-newsletter-15-41.html#comment-61</link>
		<dc:creator>Sigmund Effendi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From almost 30 years ago in a world of free thought:

"Then it was suggested that Baha'u'llah is trying to communicate something that words alone cannot convey.

Contrary to our training and experience, Baha'u'llah does not use words to impart understanding, but instead uses them to inspire insights.

Infact, we decided, Baha'u'llah does not use words to convey meaning, but to achieve an emotional and spiritual effect -- and that effect is to inspire religious rapture."

Could it be that Baha'u'llah was always talking about attaining a state of higher spiritual insight in His discourse and sayings?

I study Rumi. I study the Sufis. I study the sayings of Baha'u'llah. I get allot out of this. This is the great spiritual thought Universe that has been with us ALL THIS TIME. It is very useful in developing spiritual insight for daily life.

Baha'u'llah wrote in the deep Mystical idioms of these traditions.

It is for each person to search this completely inner Universe. As the Prophets and Holy Avatars have ALWAYS taught: "The Kingdom of Heaven is WITHIN YOU."

But that does not count in the Stalinistic Administrative Order Faith now. Because this kind of Faith is individualistic and cannot be controlled by any Institution and the personal neurosis of the spiritually blind people driving that Institution.

Hence the amazing Ruhi Training universal spiritual suffocation!

Absolutely no personal thought and personal spiritual exploration of any kind is now allowed in any way in the planetary Baha'i Community in the top down ITC A.O. Faith.

No personal freedom of thought on anything is allowed. Discussion among people along any non-sanctioned lines can get you disenrolled if someone reports any thought that is out of line!

No personal individual initiative is permitted in teaching the Faith now either.

Nothing is permitted that cannot be controlled by the Institutions of the ITC Faith.

So no spiritual energy is going to come now in the Faith. And it is all going to die.

The World Age is being carried forward by EVERYONE ELSE on Earth EXCEPT the Baha'is now. The official Faith is it's OWN WORST ENEMY! It is a very great tragedy. Truly a pity that it all went this way.

Our only hope is that whoever inherits all of our effort, they will have basic spiritual understanding of the deep ever renewing spiritual processes of the Cosmos.

This is also what Baha'u'llah as one of the Avatars and Holy Manifestations of World Ages taught. As of now, we didn't get it.

Truly an amazing tragedy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From almost 30 years ago in a world of free thought:</p>
<p>&#8220;Then it was suggested that Baha&#8217;u'llah is trying to communicate something that words alone cannot convey.</p>
<p>Contrary to our training and experience, Baha&#8217;u'llah does not use words to impart understanding, but instead uses them to inspire insights.</p>
<p>Infact, we decided, Baha&#8217;u'llah does not use words to convey meaning, but to achieve an emotional and spiritual effect &#8212; and that effect is to inspire religious rapture.&#8221;</p>
<p>Could it be that Baha&#8217;u'llah was always talking about attaining a state of higher spiritual insight in His discourse and sayings?</p>
<p>I study Rumi. I study the Sufis. I study the sayings of Baha&#8217;u'llah. I get allot out of this. This is the great spiritual thought Universe that has been with us ALL THIS TIME. It is very useful in developing spiritual insight for daily life.</p>
<p>Baha&#8217;u'llah wrote in the deep Mystical idioms of these traditions.</p>
<p>It is for each person to search this completely inner Universe. As the Prophets and Holy Avatars have ALWAYS taught: &#8220;The Kingdom of Heaven is WITHIN YOU.&#8221;</p>
<p>But that does not count in the Stalinistic Administrative Order Faith now. Because this kind of Faith is individualistic and cannot be controlled by any Institution and the personal neurosis of the spiritually blind people driving that Institution.</p>
<p>Hence the amazing Ruhi Training universal spiritual suffocation!</p>
<p>Absolutely no personal thought and personal spiritual exploration of any kind is now allowed in any way in the planetary Baha&#8217;i Community in the top down ITC A.O. Faith.</p>
<p>No personal freedom of thought on anything is allowed. Discussion among people along any non-sanctioned lines can get you disenrolled if someone reports any thought that is out of line!</p>
<p>No personal individual initiative is permitted in teaching the Faith now either.</p>
<p>Nothing is permitted that cannot be controlled by the Institutions of the ITC Faith.</p>
<p>So no spiritual energy is going to come now in the Faith. And it is all going to die.</p>
<p>The World Age is being carried forward by EVERYONE ELSE on Earth EXCEPT the Baha&#8217;is now. The official Faith is it&#8217;s OWN WORST ENEMY! It is a very great tragedy. Truly a pity that it all went this way.</p>
<p>Our only hope is that whoever inherits all of our effort, they will have basic spiritual understanding of the deep ever renewing spiritual processes of the Cosmos.</p>
<p>This is also what Baha&#8217;u'llah as one of the Avatars and Holy Manifestations of World Ages taught. As of now, we didn&#8217;t get it.</p>
<p>Truly an amazing tragedy.</p>
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