Hi Susan, My take on it is this. Book 2 offered me the idea of introducing Baha'u'llahs words in a natural way in my speech. It gave me the practice and confidence to talk more freely than ever before about the Bahai teachings.
Book 6 gave me a scenario for the subjects which are most important to be brought up in talking to another about the bahai faith (I happen to agree with the importance of the subjects book 6 suggest) and also gave me a manner, a way of speakign and being with a person one wants to tell about the Bahai faith. It also made me think about what teaching is. Book 3 taught me that a bit as well, because what it says about how to treat children is very much applicable to adults. To everybody. Book 4 was fun to do but did not teach me much. I am good at story telling and holding on to facts and I knew a lot of the history already. The social aspect of ruhi, in that you do it in a group is important to me as well. The answers to a question a person gives, the going off often in pairs to learn a quote etc, helps to build personal contact. I got to know people better, because I got to know another dimension of them, a dimension they would not show so much, because it is a dimension which comes up when one is occupied with the writings. The learning for example, by heart, together, of a quote can be quite powerful, because both of you repeat the words over and over again. It forges a bond. The human resources I am developing in that is a better insight in peopel and better social interaction. The two newly declared are adding their personal capacities to the pool of capacity we have in our community. That is an increase in human resources. In our community where a lto of people have done at least 2 books, more and more activities to reach out to non-Bahais are taking place. And this has not happened in all the 7 years I have been living here, even though we always had the same sized community. It seems that quite a few find inspiration through doing the books and spiral then into activities to reach out the non-Bahai community. much love, janine van rooij dublin, ireland. --- Susan Maneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "The NSA has made cleaqr over and over in the U.S. > that the institute > process should NOT make firesides and deepenings > stop. If it is, then > attitudes need adjustment to comply with the > guidance on the issue." > > Dear Scott, > > I don't think it is a matter of 'attitude' it is a > matter of energy. There > is only so much of it to go around and right now > that energy is being > expended on Ruhi, leaving little time for firesides > and deepenings. That > being the case though, I have to question the extent > to which Ruhi reaches > its goal of increasing human resources? > > warmest, Susan > > > __________________________________________________ > 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:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net > New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com 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:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
