http://bahai-library.org/file.php?file=price_cu...

http://bahai-library.org/file.php?file=price_cu...

I hope that works for everyone else.

Ron's comments about group think are good, and his observations about bipolar disorder are interesting.

http://www.integrativespirituality.org/postnuke...

One becomes enlightened on the deepest levels by letting go of the Somethingness then going though the Nothingness to the Allness.
– Rochelle Strider

If bahai does not meet the coherence needs of the time, it will do into the dustbin of history.

Do not shoot the messenger.

http://bahai-library.org/file.php?file=price_cu...

http://bahai-library.org/file.php?file=price_cu...

I hope that works for everyone else.

Ron's comments about group think are good, and his observations about bipolar disorder are interesting.

http://www.integrativespirituality.org/postnuke...

One becomes enlightened on the deepest levels by letting go of the Somethingness then going though the Nothingness to the Allness.
– Rochelle Strider

If bahai does not meet the coherence needs of the time, it will do into the dustbin of history.

Do not shoot the messenger.

In this two year period(10/07-10/09) there have been many thousand views of this analysis, this statement on the new paradigm at the few sites where it has been posted. In addition to googling “Baha'i Culture of Learning and Growth” and accessing this article in the process at several internet sites, readers can find this article at BLO by clicking on the following:
http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php … 134&ref=mf.

Readers can also access the latest edition of this article at BLO by taking the following steps: (i) type Baha’i Library Online or Baha’i Academics Resource Library into your search engine; (ii) click on the small box “By author” at the top of the access page at BLO; (iii) type “Price” into the small box that then appears and click on the word “Go;” and then (iv) scroll down to article/document item #46 and (v) click on that item and read to your heart’s content. When your eyes and your mind start to glaze over, stop reading. The article can be downloaded free and you will then have access to a revised article, a 210 page, 100,000 word context for all this new paradigmatic terminology that has come into the Baha’i community in the last 14 years.

The statement is a personal one, does not assume an adversarial attitude, attempts to give birth of as fine an etiquette of expression as I can muster and, I like to think, possesses both candour and critical thought on the one hand and praise and delight at the process on the other. I invite readers to what I also like to think is “a context on which relevant fundamental questions” regarding this new paradigm may be discussed within the Baha’i community. It is also my intention to update this article in the months and years ahead. One of the advantages of the BLO site is the freedom it gives to a writer to update the article right on the site in an ongoing process as new insights from major thinkers in the Baha'i community and information from the elected and appointed institutions of the Cause comes to hand.

If time and the inclination permit, check it out. No worries, no obligation, just if it interests you. You may find the piece of writing too long as I'm sure many readers do. You may also find it too personal due to the fact that I attempt to answer the question: “where do I fit into this new paradigm?” I do not raise the question: “what is wrong with this paradigm?” But I do give voice to the thrust of many of the criticisms that have been raised in the first 14 years(1996-2009) of its operation. After a few paragraphs of reading, you will get the flavour of the exercise. Just keep reading if your mind and spirit are enjoying the process.