I forgot one thing.
I want to ask you all, both in favour and those not in favour of ruhi, how sure you are you are objective, you follow the tablet of the true seeker in this and how ready you are to throw preconceived ideas and notions overboard. It is a question I invite you to ask yourself. My sole aim in life has always been to find out as much as I can about truth. I am in the habit of looking critically at my own opinions regularly, and hold them in the light of the writings as I understand them, in the hope that I may see more truth. And it is also in that motivation that I asked the question at the beginning of this paragraph, because some of you may not have thought of doing this before. We all are prone to take our view for granted and take that which confirms our view as truth, and overlooking that which may point out that it is not totally truth.
my present stance with ruhi is: first at last people get together in greater number to focus together on the texts of the bahai faith. Hurray! at last a little bit of what I have been craving for is happening: sharing ideas and interpretations. And people getting into the habit of reading the writings and thinking for themselves. Because that is what I have seen happening. I was appalled again at the lack of knowledge, basic factual knowledge, by bahais of many years, and those who were reared in the Bahai faith, and the amount of kitab-i-hearsay. At least Ruhi is doing something about that.
second: i have not seen yet evidence that it creates a fundamentalistic approach. I have not yet seen great success in Ireland either (don't know about other western countries). I have not yet seen that it discourages people from arriving at their own interpretation of the writings. So I am willing to give it a couple of years, and see where it will bring the Bahai community, both locally, nationally and internationally.
much love,
janine
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In a message dated 1/17/2005 10:37:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:The same when I hear glorification of things.how many people OUTSIDE the USA do you know who have gone through the ruhi books, who have done more than one?Dear Janine,If most people are being turned off by Book One such that they are not continuing with the program, might that not suggest a basic flaw in the material? Book One should be designed in such a way as to draw people into the process, I would think.warmest, Susan__________________________________________________
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