In a message dated 10/1/03 9:39:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Come on, Susan. You teach. You know as well as every other professor that
virtually no textbook is perfect for the course you teach.
Dear Loni,
Nope. But I certainly take every care in choosing my materia
At 12:00 AM 10/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Subject: Re: As to teaching
From: "Susan Maneck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 06:55:05 -0400
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Also, Book 6 tends to be overly rigid in its conception of how
> >to teach at firesides. It emphasizes con
On 9/30/03 6:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> In my opinion it has been being 'somewhat ignored' since the 60's,
At
>> least the personal fireside, which is what Shoghi Effendi was
talkiing
>> about.
>
> Dear Don,
>
> They were re-emphasized during the eighties in I think the second
Fiv
> > -the 'fireside' method is being somewhat ignored in the recent
> emphasis
> > on Ruhi, IMO. It is still a valid way of teaching (how can something
> > recommended so highly by the Guardian become invalid?) and I suspect
> if
> > we had all opened our homes as regularly as was suggested (each 1
Also, Book 6 tends to be overly rigid in its conception of how
> >to teach at firesides. It emphasizes controlling the amount of
information
> >given to the seeker rather than answering the questions in their heart
> >which is
> >what the Guardian stressed.
>
> Only if it is improperly tutored.
De
On 9/29/03 11:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> -even those who are the most 'deepened' are never sure of their own
> ability to be constant; firmness in the Covenant does not seem to be
> based on deepening; there is some metaphysical grace of God which
seems
> to be part of the equation, whi
>
> -the 'fireside' method is being somewhat ignored in the recent emphasis
> on Ruhi, IMO.
If the Ruhi 2 course is successful, firesides are generated.
Well, Book 6 empasizes it alot, though I'm not sure how many people even get
to that book. Also, Book 6 tends to be overly rigid in its concep
In a message dated 9/29/03 8:12:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"-even those who are the most 'deepened' are never sure of their own
ability to be constant; firmness in the Covenant does not seem to be
based on deepening; there is some metaphysical grace of God which seems
> -the 'fireside' method is being somewhat ignored in the recent emphasis
> on Ruhi, IMO. It is still a valid way of teaching (how can something
> recommended so highly by the Guardian become invalid?) and I suspect if
> we had all opened our homes as regularly as was suggested (each 19 days)
> th
Some observations:
-since the 'faith of no man is conditioned by another', evidently one's
conversion is his/her own responsibility; therefore, the responsibility
of the Baha'i is to teach, not to "convert," although of course we hope
for our words/actions to assist the conversion of others
-the
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