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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation
Religious and spiritual
There are literally hundreds of specific approaches to meditation.[62] Some
meditative traditions, such as yoga or tantra, are common to several
religions.[63]
[edit] Bahá'í Faith
The Bahá'í Faith teaches that meditation is necessary for spiritual growth,
alongside obligatory prayer and fasting. `Abdu'l-Bahá is quoted as saying:
Meditation is the key for opening the doors of mysteries to your mind. In that
state man abstracts himself: in that state man withdraws himself from all
outside objects; in that subjective mood he is immersed in the ocean of
spiritual life and can unfold the secrets of things-in-themselves.[64]
Although the founder of the Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, never specified any particular
forms of meditation, some Bahá'í practices are meditative. One of these is the
daily repetition of the Arabic phrase Alláhu Abhá (Arabic: الله ابهى) (God is
Most Glorious) 95 times preceded by ablutions. Abhá has the same root as Bahá'
(Arabic: بهاء "splendor" or "glory") which Bahá'ís consider to be the "Greatest
Name of God".[65]
1. ^ `Abdu'l-Bahá (1995) [1912]. Paris Talks. Bahá'í Distribution
Service.
pp. 175. ISBN 1870989570. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/PT/pt-55.html.
2. ^ Smith, P. (1999). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith.
Oxford, UK:
Oneworld Publications. pp. 243. ISBN 1851681841.
http://bahai-library.com/walbridge_encyclopedia_prayer_worship
Prayer and worship has alot of info in those few pages.
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From: Susan Maneck <[email protected]>
To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 3:18:56 PM
Subject: Re: Astral Projection & Lucid dreaming
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> them. As for Merkabah, I found this paragraph from Wikipedia interesting:
The question though, is does this term appear in the Writings? If so, where?
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