Dear Khazeh, I think it does not have to be, that that is only just now, in this present time, but that in the future, when entry by troops takes place, this will not be so strongly felt by Bahais.
A lot of young people (between 20-25) in Ireland, England and the Netherlands do not feel lonely, because they grew up together as Bahais and sometimes even went to the same schools. Then again I know of several young people inthese countries who do feel lonely because they were in communities where they were the only Bahai children and youth. I think a human being will always experience times when he or she is alone, utterly alone. When there is noone but God to turn to. I have learned to turn to my finite self or to other people in my childhood years. Society never taught me to turn to God. Baha'u'llah has taught me that, through His writings and God is teachign me that through incidents in my life. I have learned the hard way to always go back to the teachings, to pray and meditate, and to accept that on a certain level I will be alone a lot, because not many people can relate to that particular level, or are able to show forth that they can relate to that level. much love, janine van rooij dublin, ireland. much love, janine van rooij --- Khazeh Fananapazir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It can be very lonely being a Bahai. > > I wish you much strength and love, > > Janine van rooij > > > To be LONELY is almost essential in being a Bahai > > Thou seest this Wronged One LONELY in exile: > Where are the hosts of the > heaven of Thy Command, O Sovereign of the worlds? > (Baha'u'llah: Baha'i Prayers (US), Page: 217) > This Youth is LONELY in a desolate land: Where is > the rain of Thy > heavenly grace, O Bestower of the worlds? > O Supreme Pen, We have heard Thy most sweet > call in the eternal realm: > Give Thou ear unto what the Tongue of Grandeur > uttereth, O Wronged One of > the worlds! > Were it not for the cold, how would the heat of > Thy words prevail, O > Expounder of the worlds? > Were it not for calamity, how would the sun of > Thy patience shine, O > Light of the worlds? > Lament not because of the wicked. Thou wert > created to bear and > endure, O Patience of the worlds. > (Baha'u'llah: Baha'i Prayers (US), Pages: 219-220) > Again I was crucified for having unveiled to men's > eyes the hidden gems of > Thy glorious unity, for having revealed to them the > wondrous signs of Thy > sovereign and everlasting power. How bitter the > humiliations heaped upon > Me, in a subsequent age, on the plain of Karbila! > How LONELY did I feel > amidst Thy people! To what a state of helplessness > I was reduced in that > land! > (Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, Page: 89) > Through the revelation of Thy grace, O Lord, Thou > didst call Me into being > on a night such as this,(1) and lo, I am now lonely > and forsaken in a > mountain. > (The Bab: Selections from the Bab, Page: 173) > O Lord! Strengthen my back, enable me to serve Thee > with the utmost > endeavour, and leave me not to myself, LONELY and > helpless in these regions. > (`Abdu'l-Baha: Tablets of the Divine Plan, Page: > 46) > How can my lonely pen, so utterly inadequate to > glorify so exalted a station > [that of the Sister of 'Abdu'l-Baha], so impotent to > portray the experiences > of so sublime a life, so disqualified to recount the > blessings she showered > upon me since my earliest childhood - how can such a > pen repay the great > debt of gratitude and love that I owe her whom I > regarded as my chief > sustainer, my most affectionate comforter, the joy > and inspiration of my > life? > (Shoghi Effendi: Baha'i Administration, Page: 187) > > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message > body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st > News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist > Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
