The Baha'i Studies Listserv Don, you're reading too much into the language. It's advice and opinion from some random Baha'i blog. The should is preceded by a conditional. I didn't see it as them trying to be an authority.
________________________________ From: Don Calkins <don59...@gmail.com> To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Short Healing Prayer The Baha'i Studies Listserv That is the personal belief of an individual and is not authoritative. In fact, I find the statement as made very problematical. The author is setting themselves up as some kind of authority and they are not. There is a wide range of acceptable beliefs on most subjects in the Faith. Attempts to proscribe certain of these ideas is inappropriate at best. If the author believes and wants structure her life according these precepts, that up to them. But they have no business saying that what other people should do. In this case, in my opinion, the amount of time spent in prayer and meditation is secondary to the attitude it inculcates. As Jesus said - 7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. Don C On Sep 12, 2012, at 1:55 45PM, Stephen Gray wrote: If you wish to heal yourself or others, you should memorize this beautiful prayer, meditate over its meaning, and recite it ceaselessly. It contains within its short phrases the healing of all the ills of men and women in our society. It is a great gift from God. ----------- It doesn't matter whether the sun shines if you never go outside. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-664776-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
