Sorry, I only saw your first response. I definitely wasn't purposely ignoring them. I assume by "the Manifestations of God" this is in the Baha'i context?
It is good to have a chat with you. Thanks for responding.
'Manifestations of God' is a new term mentioned in the Baha'i Writings. I personally see is an evolution in our understanding of those who are the 'Annointed Ones' (Christ) of God.
It has gone from a Prophet, to a Messenger to a Manifestation of God, yet they are all One in the same Holy Spirit they gave from God.
I see this is the key to the apex of Truth relative to our human condition and I explain why. (Abdul'baha gives these talks)
We are as a spiritual embryo in the womb of the world where we get a chance to grow our spiritual limbs before we are born into the world of lights. Abdul'baha explains this as a metephor of how a child in this world develops all that it requires for birth into this material world. We can then consider how much does a child in the womb understand about the truths of this world? Absolutely nothing.
So any truth we think we may find in this matrix, while we develop our spiritual limbs, is but extremely limited and only relative to our current condition.
Baha'u'llah offered this as a meditation and there are a few others that offer the same thoughts.
"...The world is but a show, vain and empty, a mere nothing, bearing the semblance of reality. Set not your affections upon it. Break not the bond that uniteth you with your Creator, and be not of those that have erred and strayed from His ways. Verily I say, the world is like the vapor in a desert, which the thirsty dreameth to be water and striveth after it with all his might, until when he cometh unto it, he findeth it to be mere illusion. It may, moreover, be likened unto the lifeless image of the beloved whom the lover hath sought and found, in the end, after long search and to his utmost regret, to be such as cannot “fatten nor appease his hunger.”..."
So much can be discussed, an exciting subject. Regards Tony
