Hi, Sandra, At 03:21 AM 10/31/2004, you wrote: >>Then, to my surprise, I completely understood the remaining 4 paragraphs... >>especially from a Baha'i perspective.<<..
What is your take on it? >>In the last paragraph you mention individualized spirits in the vegetable kingdom. >>I'm particularly curious how you might make a connection between the cohesion in the >>mineral kingdom (and particulars in vegetable kingdom) both of which are ordained >>through Divine will and NOT particular/individual will; and, that of the human >>species -who has yet to arrive at cohesion through "free will" alone.<< Well, of course we, as humans, do not come into existence as a result of our own wills either. IMO, the mineral substance (universally) is **itself** the particular in relation to the mineral spirit. Then different combinations of atomic substance can become particularized in relation to acts of structurization. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
