I completely agree about Ruhi and youth.
Here is my post from 2001:
http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist/m29288.html
Unfortunately from then to now there hasn't been a Book 2
offering in our community as many others became enthusiastic
and there have been several more Book 1 study circles.
It has
also been stated here in Alaska that Jr.Youth should not take
the Ruhi course but, instead take the course (patterned after
Ruhi) especially for Youth.
Dear Sandra,
I don't quite get that, nor have I seen anything like it in the lower 48. My
experience is that children as young as 10 or
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Dear Sandra,I don't quite get that, nor have I seen anything like it in the lower 48. Myexperience is that children as young as 10 or 11 grasp how to do the basicexercises much quicker than the adults do,
I think Ruhi was God-sent for my 16 yr old son. He used to be a shy, introvert
teenager with a wishy-washy knowledge of the Faith, and when he came to
meetings almost never said anything or was not engaged in any other way. He
went through all the Ruhi books and is now an enormously confident
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As for me, I sat and suffered through one session of Ruhi and was ready to putgun to my head after that. So it may not be for an old dog like me, but as Isaid it was God-sent for my son.Regards, Ahang.
My
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As for
me, I sat and suffered through one session of Ruhi and was ready to putgun
to my head after that. So it may not be for an old dog like me, but as
Isaid it was God-sent for my son.
Dear
In a message dated 1/21/2005 3:32:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,
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It
sparks a fire in youth in my estimation, and those who are not well deepened.
Those who spent years doing it the old way mostly find it redundant and
repetitive as well as having heard it
Susan:
"Exactly. And we do need to keep in mind that Ruhi wasn't designed for us,
it was designed to consolidate mass enrollments."
Dear Susan,
Why then are we encouraged and sometimes sort of forced to
enroll for these courses? Is it just to increase statistics?
Regards,
Firouz
Why then are we encouraged and sometimes sort of forced to enroll for these
courses? Is it just to increase statistics?
Nope. So we can tutor them.
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