susan, the question, becuase??? is in re "find it interesting."
when someone shows me an authenticated Tablet from Baha'u'llah as to "why" He
revealed the Aqdas, and such Tablet explains such things as why Baha'u'llah
"obeyed" the Bab about waiting an additional 10 years, and random other things,
the sense i get from the "eulogy" note is that we don;t have a clue what,
beyond, "Twin" is the essential relationship between the Bayan and the Aqdas.
we can have a linear sense. we can examine the Bayan for stuff ike length of
beard, nails, number of wives, where the largest jewels were being shipped, and
no doubt 19,000 other things.
the infallllible Guardian, i am assuming, is the source of the "eulogy"
comment, or else a comme nt by someone authroised to make such by an
infalllible UHJ.
that hardly indicates that we know what is meant by it.
:"the Aqdas
which replaces the laws of the Bayan had not yet been revealed." i'n actuallly
not sure that this follows, legally, logically, or theologically. any law in
the Bayan dependent on the Manifesting invalidates itself at the Ridvan.--eg,
one whould expect that as of may 1863, onion breath was no longer an issue, and
laws regardeing travel, etc had never been implemented.
at the risk of reopening the bait can of derrida et all, "Most Great" is a
fact.
"Mother" is a fact. can the Most Great be the Child of the Mother? do mothers
cease being mothers when that which they brought forth reaches 15?
the landscape architecture of Karm'El is a fact.
"should be regarded" to my simplisitic mind is an advise about pov, not
reality.
i would offer to it, "no mement but this moment, no day but today" as an
effective device for re-focus.
i would also welcome some knowledge or facts or whatever as to the degree to
which the incoming mail was begging Baha'u'llah to create differentiation from
bayani/azali/whateveri praxes.
lest i be interpreted as not giving the Aqdas or the Bayan or whatever
proper respect, i wish to add that since from my pov, the cosmos at any given
moment is a barely adequate eulogy to the Logos, the Bayan being described as a
"euology" is a given...a given that was given for the purpose of avoiding
intelelctual or historical hangups such as often plague study.
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