RE: What is the bitter book?

2005-07-02 Thread Sandra Chamberlain
Susan, Thank you! Profound insight reflected in his poetry. Lovingly, Sandra 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

RE: What is the bitter book?

2005-07-01 Thread Brill de Ramirez, Susan
Brent, Khazeh, and others interested in this thread, AllahuAbha! Youre discussion may possibly be my favorite topic in relation to the Writings and in all the religious texts with which I am familiar. The posts on this thread make me so happy to see Bahais engaging the idea of the

RE: What is the bitter book?

2005-06-28 Thread James Mock
Brent, This servant offers one perspective on the ramifications of this verse: If we take Baha'u'llah literally when He says to be detached from all things, we put things into a different perspective. Likewise, when we disregard all things current amongst men, we perceive that all that is

RE: What is the bitter book?

2005-06-28 Thread Susan Maneck
She, unconsciously, holds to the just world theory. In 1991 when I had a heart attack and in 2001 when I had a stroke, she subtly sent the message to me that if I only followed Jesus, these bad things would not be happening to me. She is convinced that I am having these bad things happen to me

RE: What is the bitter book?

2005-06-27 Thread Khazeh Fananapazir
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth

Re: What is the bitter book?

2005-06-27 Thread Mike Moum
An interpretation that I read (by a mere mortal, not the Master or the Guardian, and I can't remember where - maybe New Keys to the Book of Revelation by Ruth Moffit) was that the book is the Revelation. It tastes sweet in the mouth (when we read it) but is bitter in the belly because it