Hi there David! I see you've been thinking again... you wrote: <>Humble people often genuinely believe themselves to be of a lower station than they really are, and express views which are false.<>
My understanding of humbleness is ones ability to repress feelings of spiritual, intellectual, or physical superiority. I don't think it has anything to do with "rank" or "station" - you are injecting that into the equation; certainly not the Writings. <>Ruhiyyih Khanum thought that Shoghi Effendi had appointed her a Hand of the Cause just because she was his wife.<> I am curious where this quote originated. From Ministry of the Custodians this quote from Amatu'l-Baha: "Between March 1952 and March 1957 Shoghi Effendi appointed five more Hands to replace five who had died, and a month before he passed away he added a final, last contingent to the Hands of the Cause through raising their number by eight more, thus bringing us to twenty-seven-three times nine." She, herself, was the first of these five; being appointed in March 1952 to replace her father: Hand of the Cause of God, William Sutherland Maxwell after his passing the same month. This fact carries more significance, than that she was also the Guardian's wife, in my opinion. <>Mr. Balyuzi said that his last book was the only thing he had ever done for the Faith.<> The thought occurs to me that perhaps he was commenting on "personal initiative" rather than "serving" the Cause. When appointed, the Hands accepted service to the Cause unconditionally - to go beyond that requires individual initiative. Just my thoughts on your musings. lovingly, Sandra __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
