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Hello friends,,
how delightful to have us all back together
Here is a question
Did Meher Baba's family have a connection with the Bahai Faith;
were any in his family Bahais;
how did he look upon Baha'u'llah
thanks
Maryam
PS I love the story of Maryam, cousin of Baha'u'llah) who helped Baha'u'llah
when He came from the Siyah chal and was so very ill.
he wrote her lovely Tablets at different times of His life.
formerly Marylou from Tucson AZ
--- On Mon, 10/31/11, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. <ow...@markalanfoster.com> wrote:
From: Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. <ow...@markalanfoster.com>
Subject: ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Baháʾís
To: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu>
Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 12:44 AM
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I added the following paragraphs to my "Five Kingdoms Model" book today.
Comments would be welcome:
Ruth White was one of the so-called ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Baháʾís.
For many of them, the leadership of Shoghi Effendi, a Westernized young
man with an Oxford degree, was unacceptable. Instead of a turban, like
ʿAbduʾl-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi wore a fez (Turkish, fes). Because the
ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Baháʾís were attached to appearances, some of them drifted
away. White, however, went further. She rejected the Will and Testament
of ʿAbduʾl-Bahá, the document which appointed Shoghi Effendi as Guardian
of the Cause of God, by demanding for its handwriting to be analyzed.
Well, Ruth White had it backwards. The Baháʾí Faith does not work
that way. Individual believers do not get to make demands upon the Head
of the Faith. White broke the Baháʾí Covenant and went on to become a
disciple of the Zoroastrian gurū, Meher Baba (Persian, Mihr Bābā,
lovingkindness father). Interestingly, ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Himself was not an
ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Baháʾí. He Himself chose the name, ʿAbduʾl-Bahá (Servant of
Bahá), in a genuine, not a false, humility. As Perfect Exemplar, He
should have been Ruth White’s own example. Baháʾís are followers of
Baháʾuʾlláh, not ʿAbduʾl-Bahá.
http://fivekingdoms.bahaifaith.info/
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