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World of Dreams: This state, wrapped up within each of us and hidden in the innermost reality of this world, is the portal to the Archangels (الملائكة عَلَّى, ʾal-MalāꞋikaẗ ʿAllaỳ) “between them” (بينهما, bayna-humā), i.e., the “Jacobʼs ladder” between the heavens (السموات, ʾal-samawāt) or the next world and the earth (الارْض, ʾal-ʾarḍ) or this world. These inner-dimensional, interdimensional, and transtemporal healing Beings, such as the Maiden (الحوريّة, ʾal-Ḥūriyyaẗ), are sometimes misidentified as strictly extraterrestrial. Perhaps they live both on and spirituallly within various cosmic spheres. Their omnipresence becomes evident once our physical senses are dimmed. “It would be true if thou wert to contend that this same world [experienced in dreams] is, as decreed by the All-Glorious and Almighty God, within thy proper self and is wrapped up within thee. It would equally be true to maintain that thy spirit, having transcended the limitations of sleep and having stripped itself of all earthly attachment, hath, by the act of God, been made to traverse a realm which lieth hidden in the innermost reality of this world. Verily I say, the creation of God embraceth worlds besides this world, and creatures apart from these creatures.” (Bahá’u’lláh, “Súriy-i-Vafá” or Tablet to Vafá, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas<http://bahaistudies.net/baha/tb.pdf>. Page 187-188.) Dreams are real, not the mental idealizations of psychodynamic therapists. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Portal to 29 domains: http://markfoster.net<http://markfoster.net/> Current Project: http://glossary.bahaifaith.info<http://glossary.bahaifaith.info/> Internet Radio: http://markalanfoster.com<http://markalanfoster.com/> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-800054-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
