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    Death as a Ritual Passage

    hey all i personally have a hard time seeing death as a ritual passage. probably because the people i've known who are now dead didn't tend to go peacefully. they mostly died suddenly, relatively young, and violently. they would have prefered to go on living. the ritual passage usually...
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    Daily Wisdom Saying

    i'm against all forms of prejudice, even those of which i am myself guilty. do not be afraid to love. do not be afraid to be inconvenienced by love. it is easier to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.
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    Persecution of Jews

    i agree with dauer here. in europe for many centuries (though the severity of persecution varried from year to year and place to place) the Jews were often viewed as little more than vermin. their culture and religious practices were very poorly understood by most people. as a result they were...
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    prayer positions

    Vajradhara- thank you for your reply! i completely agree with you here...sometimes the most fruitful prayer positions we can take are those required by our everyday activities. thank you Vajra, and peace!
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    The Baha'i Temple or Mashriqu'l-Adhkár:

    arthra- there are a couple of Bahais who live down the floor fom me, and they're very open and enthusiatic about their faith. they give mini-discussions of aspects of Bahai belief and history every week, and there are a few of us who go regularly. for the information and the free cookies...
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    The Baha'i Temple or Mashriqu'l-Adhkár:

    hey all- one thing i find so neat about Mashriqu'l-Adhkár is that they're supposed to be built in a style most familiar to the region. there's no didactic reinforcement of one architecture style (or culture) being spiritually superior to another. i'm looking forward to seeing the Japanese...
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    Daily Wisdom Saying

    refer to sig. :D
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    misleading info on books/websites

    that's very helpful, Sassafras, thank you. and very interesting. (although not terribly hopeful for those Muslim women wishing to marry Bahai men). another question: is the Bahai Faith ok with inter-religious marriages (between a Bahai and a non-Bahai)?
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    prayer positions

    hey- :D for sitting, i tend to sit on the floor or ground, legs crossed, spine not too rigid but not too curling (don't want any scoliosis). i usually pray silently or with prayer beads. Quakers usually follow meeting house format when praying in small groups, but i don't imagine there...
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    prayer positions

    hey Persona- i wouldn't be surprised at all. studies have linked good posture and the practice of spirituality with increased alertness at work. not just 9-5 work, but any sort of work. i've heard some companies now offer their workers posture and meditation lessons. whether or not the...
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    misleading info on books/websites

    Brian- i'm not Bahai, so i can't really argue for or against your points. but with the current situation the Bahai Faith faces (and has faced) in Iran, there's a great need to validate the Faith legally and socially as both distinct from Islam and as a valid religion of its own. but i...
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    prayer positions

    Persona and Vajradhara, thank you for your replies! the Quaker prayer position (in meeting houses, at least) has the worshiper seated on a pew, often with eyes closed, and silent. hands are usually held either in the lap (clasped or not-clasped) or palm-up on either leg. the first position...
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    misleading info on books/websites

    wait, didn't Bahaullah proclim the Bahai Faith to be seperate from Islam right off the bat?
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    misleading info on books/websites

    Sassafras- thank you for your research! i agree with you- i get the impression that those Muslims who attack the Bahai Faith under the umbrella of Islam hope that by labeling it a Muslim heresy (and not an independent religion) their persecution and intollerance of Bahais will be less...
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    "What's Right With Islam"

    Semantic- thank you for your very helpful response. I am most interested in religious observance and spirituality in Islam, and Islam's perspective on our relationship to God- how we can encounter or become closer to Him. Thank you-
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    prayer positions

    hey, all this may well have been done already, sorry. i attend a few on-campus worship sessions of various faiths, and notice that generally within a group, there are similar ways of sitting, holding one's hands, or carrying one's self during prayer or meditation. how do you position...
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    Sum up your religious belief

    yeah. seems like we have alot of personal philosophies that could be ZEn at heart. :D cool.
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    "a" or "the" true religion

    hey Susma Rio Sep you're right, the last paragraph was kinda jargony. though i didn't mean to go into especially indepth reasoning. what i meant (some what cynically), is that once someone has lost faith in something that they once upheld as a truth, not going by the definition of truth...
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    misleading info on books/websites

    hey all i've been reading a number of sources on Islam and comparatice religion in general, and a surprising number of them list the Bahai Faith as a sect of Islam (specifically a Shia sect). every Bahai i've talked to has been very clear that Bahai-ism is not a sect of Islam, and yet...
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    "What's Right With Islam"

    thank you, Brian. no need for a distressed sad face. :D i'll look into your suggestions, definately. i'm also finding the internet (i know, i know. if web sites aren't biased, what is? besides, you're not supposed to use the web this way. you're supposed to go to the original texts. yeah, i...
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