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Fikr? I thought the word for meditation was Muraqaba and the associate practice of Dhikr. It orginate in the Jewish tradition of Merkabah mysticism, same conosonants k>q and no h>h. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muraqaba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhikr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasbih http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_meditation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkabah The Baha'i Studies Listserv I asked > some Baha'is and they assure me that psychic powers only imply healing > abilities and such. Astral projection seems very natural - just > meditate and have an out-of-body experience. > I'm not sure that is how most of us would describe what happens to us when we meditate. Keep in mind, the Arabic word translated as 'meditate' is fikr, which literally means 'to think' or reflect. It is not the kind of emptying we associated with eastern meditation, though dhikr or remembrance (such as reciting the Greatest Name 95 times) can serve a similar function. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
