Month, Day: 177, Grandeur, Power (Majesty)
Having been born and raised a Christian, I never heard of this story: Bahira. I got to this revelation in a circuitous manner. First, though, events over the past five decades bring forward a concept related to technology's child and its worldview, namely computationalism. That concept is a couple of decades old and can be called truth engineering. At its core is that psychether is part of the regular set of energies with which we can feel comfortable and use for the purposes of advancing civilization. It's about time, actually.
Having read three translations of the Quran over these same decades (now, keeping with Rodwell due to its use in several publications, including the Iqan), knowing that the Guardian noted that we ought to know Islam to its core (which would include culture), having read that psychology ought to be studied (in ways yet to be seen, to me, that implies computational modes abetted with a better understanding of our natures), being aware that some of the teachings of Islam appeal to a scientific view even if such a suggestion is shouted down by the progressive mind, and more, I finally realized that the Orientalists of the little isle that gave us the Brits (and we gave them the Guardian) are more than the few mentioned by Baha'is, and, actually, started to read some of these.
The first thing of interest was the pre-history, before the Year of the Elephant. That can be juxtaposed with my northern European ancestry which has some of the southern mixed in, from a deep viewpoint of the genes actually telling us something when coupled with psythether. Too, the seven heavens of the Night Journey have so many more meanings that we see discussed.
That Orientalists are writing is of no concern to the intuition, as the dissonance is no more than looking at the notes of Rodwell who ventures off the proper path many times. The Guardian didn't barf at that.
As a side note, that the Islamic culture was in Spain for so many centuries is a factor, to boot, in terms of the upcoming discourse. And, in the US, where was there this for the most part represented? The Southwest, and the left coast, of course. Ah, the US? Of course, these dynamics through time have elements related to locale, to boot. Yes, the flitting around can push those nuances to the background.
Let's go back, for the moment, to the Letter to AELunt. For the few who bop around in the upper realms, there are myriads whose sole existence is as backbone (or structure of sorts). Civilization would not continue without this. Envy the boppers with their jet setting? No. I know what goes into the planes and how easily they can fall from the sky (to wit, the past couple of years). On the other hand, aware of the failings that are so visible to those who look? You bet. From the ground up.
That's what can be considered a view that needs a little more elaboration: Johnny Appleseed (cuz) was real.
Remarks: 08/01/2020
06/08/2020 -- For more on AE Lunt, see Hierarchy, bahaipedia, Green Acre, New Englanders, and more.
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