Re: Looking for a Quote regarding Selflessness

2009-10-17 Thread kgould
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Allah-u-abha The Hidden Words is described as the essence of all religions. O SON OF MAN! Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee, for his face is My face; be then abashed before Me. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/HW/hw-31.html "A human being is a part

Re: Murad

2009-09-26 Thread kgould
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I found this as the meaning of the name: Name:Muraad Meaning: Variant of Murad: Desire. Object. Gender: M Orgin: Muslim Name:Murad Meaning: Desire. Object. Gender: M Orgin: Muslim Best, Karen > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Who or what is "Murad" (in tablet below)?

Re: Condition of man influencing the environment

2006-12-12 Thread kgould
We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything will be improved. Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment and is itself also deeply affected by it. The one acts upon the other and every abiding ch

Re: The Covenant as Responsiveness

2006-11-17 Thread kgould
Dear Susan, Thank you for sharing this with us. The idea that responsibility pertains to having the ability to respond is to honor our inherent freewill. To recognise/respond "Am I not your Lord?" is a choice. Karen --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear friends, > > As the last announcement indic

Re: When thou reachest the threshold of the Beloved say "Aye'

2006-11-12 Thread kgould
Can someone tell us more of the meanings as given here? http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-tname-aye-fts_start- ??? (Arabic) ?() ??? ! (?) ???, ?? Thank you for the reminder that the only answer is "yes" karen --- Larry Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > On p

Re: You never really know: transsexual or gay?

2006-10-30 Thread kgould
Bob, Please share where in the Writings you found any reference to the spirit having a gender that it would have to have a body congruent to? My sense has been that the body gender is the clue to the lessons to be learned, not an indicator of spiritual gender. Please share if you have anything on

Re: Resurrection of Christ

2006-10-12 Thread kgould
Yes Susan, I am in agreement that visions are not accepted as physical matter. Was it not the misinterpreted "seeing of Him" that was understood to be a physical body resurrected, rather than the spiritual vision of spiritual "matter"? warmly, karen --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If we are talkin

Re: Resurrection of Christ

2006-10-11 Thread kgould
Dear Susan and David, I recently was presented with this topic while on a boyscout campout a fellow parent inquired "what church I went to". His interest in the Bahai Faith soon waned when it became clear that I was not interested in leaving my church to join his where "we worship a risen Christ".

Re: Spirituality

2006-10-06 Thread kgould
I find that many of the younger generation accept the concept of unity often as an given. It is being mass marketed, which is good, yet they do not know the catalyst for the release of all knowledge. I find the youth to be very gifted and accepting of their spirituality as something different than

Re: When does one cease to be a youth?

2006-09-13 Thread kgould
Thank you Susan for sharing the word ghulam. I went searching for more on this and found something that was of interest that has not been stated - that being that development is of of both body and self. As there is no end to the development of self, being a never ending journey of attaining divine

Re: The Most challanging Issue

2006-09-09 Thread kgould
I believe the most challenging issue is well addressed by the directive to "know thyself", for when one addresses the responsibility to one's own soul, one cannot see himself separated from, nor independent of those or the environment in which he finds himself. Karen --- Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Introduction

2006-08-29 Thread kgould
Dear friends, AllahuAbha, I am rejoining this list after a long absence. I am an isolated believer raising my family in a small town in Texas. I declared in 85 and served in Dallas before homefront pioneering. I am particularly interested in learning more of the writings that involve science, physi