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cire perdue · 11-15-2011, 06:50 AM

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I feel embarassed and inadequate to find such cogent explanations for many of our questions which sometime reveal how grandiose I am capable of being about my own station in this world and Faith. This is again a short amount of material about this sometimes touchy subject. How little we of this world practice obedience which is usually our last resort. The last resort after we have thrown ourselves against walls, torn out our hair, and jumped up and down in our angst against an authority which we actually sorely need for our happiness. Whoever thought "no" was the answer to our problems? Well sometimes it truly, truly is the answer.

Fadl · 11-15-2011, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by cire perdue

Access to Primary Source Texts

I feel embarassed and inadequate to find such cogent explanations for many of our questions which sometime reveal how grandiose I am capable of being about my own station in this world and Faith.

Can you say more? Is there some particular source you feel deprived of or lacking in? I'm not sure I follow, I guess.

cire perdue · 11-15-2011, 07:07 AM

AFter seeing this beautiful aritcle, I have supposed and extrapolated many things that seem to be and are largely true about so many Baha'is subjects, but this short article is a gem that humbles me when I have spoken to things more with intuition and memory than with sources. She sets such a beautiful example so clearly.

arthra · 11-15-2011, 07:37 AM

....It is with such thoughts in mind that the House of Justice feels that a certain discipline is required of those individual believers who decide, for their own purposes, to publish or translate documents which they have at hand.

This entire process is made the more delicate by past experience with those who, pursuing unacknowledged agendas of their own, have wished to publish certain documents for ulterior motives, or with others who have lacked the good sense and breadth of vision to act responsibly.

You refer to the principle of the unfettered search after truth. This is certainly upheld, but it cannot imply that the institutions of the Faith have a duty to make available to each enquirer every piece of information he or she requests. We are faced here, not with wisdom prevailing over the search for truth, but with a process of organic growth, both in the world and, commensurate with it, at the World Centre of the Faith.

The Universal House of Justice has asked us to assure you of its prayers on your behalf in the Holy Shrines for the reinforcement of your devoted endeavours to advance the interests of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh.

With loving Bahá'í greetings,
Department of the Secretariat

11-15-2011, 06:50 AM	#1
cire perdue Senior Member Joined: Sep 2010 From: Louisiana Posts: 1,615	Primary Source access explanation Access to Primary Source Texts I feel embarassed and inadequate to find such cogent explanations for many of our questions which sometime reveal how grandiose I am capable of being about my own station in this world and Faith. This is again a short amount of material about this sometimes touchy subject. How little we of this world practice obedience which is usually our last resort. The last resort after we have thrown ourselves against walls, torn out our hair, and jumped up and down in our angst against an authority which we actually sorely need for our happiness. Whoever thought "no" was the answer to our problems? Well sometimes it truly, truly is the answer.

11-15-2011, 07:07 AM	#3
cire perdue Senior Member Joined: Sep 2010 From: Louisiana Posts: 1,615	okay AFter seeing this beautiful aritcle, I have supposed and extrapolated many things that seem to be and are largely true about so many Baha'is subjects, but this short article is a gem that humbles me when I have spoken to things more with intuition and memory than with sources. She sets such a beautiful example so clearly.

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11-15-2011, 07:37 AM	#4
arthra Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: California Posts: 3,058	....It is with such thoughts in mind that the House of Justice feels that a certain discipline is required of those individual believers who decide, for their own purposes, to publish or translate documents which they have at hand. This entire process is made the more delicate by past experience with those who, pursuing unacknowledged agendas of their own, have wished to publish certain documents for ulterior motives, or with others who have lacked the good sense and breadth of vision to act responsibly. You refer to the principle of the unfettered search after truth. This is certainly upheld, but it cannot imply that the institutions of the Faith have a duty to make available to each enquirer every piece of information he or she requests. We are faced here, not with wisdom prevailing over the search for truth, but with a process of organic growth, both in the world and, commensurate with it, at the World Centre of the Faith. The Universal House of Justice has asked us to assure you of its prayers on your behalf in the Holy Shrines for the reinforcement of your devoted endeavours to advance the interests of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. With loving Bahá'í greetings, Department of the Secretariat