The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 2/21/12, Mark A. Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On 2/21/2012 8:53 PM, David Regal wrote: >> I find this to be nonsense. People have dreams about people they >> think of a lot. Would it not be natural to expect we would sometimes >> have dreams featuring the Central Figures? The claim that the dreams >> must be from God carries the assumption that God would intervene so as >> not to allow someone to have a dream of the Central Figures unless it >> was from God. I don't see God as so interventionist. Furthermore, >> Shoghi Effendi said we can't be sure these dreams are from God. > > IMO, the important issue is not whether a particular dream is inspired > by God. It is, through prayer and meditation or deepening, developing a > sense of connectedness to God, to the Prophets, to various departed > souls, etc. The "hollow reed" of the heart may then be more receptive to > whatever inspirations may be available to us. > --- > Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology > Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.com > Two books: www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical: www.fosterservices.com > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-634441-2080565.74e62800577573ae18970b78170ff...@list.jccc.edu > 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]
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