The Gift of Gratitude: Reflections on the Tablet of Ahmad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Talk given by Dr. John Woodall on January 6th, 2024
Link to Tablet of Ahmad: www.bahai.org/r/508552268 • Tablet of Ahmad
Dr. Woodall is a psychiatrist, formerly on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He was Director of the State Department refugee relief effort in the Balkans after the war there. He convened the “Task Force for Accountability for War Crimes in the Balkans” at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and advised the US Senate and the International Criminal Tribunal on war crimes issues stemming from the Balkans war.
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0:00:00 - Opening Reading
0:00:36 - Introduction
0:01:09 - Talk
1:10:12 - Q/A
1:17:54 - Closing
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As someone who has been a member of the Baha'i Faith since 1985, this is the best talk ever!
Gratitude is the portal for everything good in life.
I am a moderator in the Daily Gratitude Movement room on Clubhouse which is open every day. Invite your participation, it is a training ground for focussing on Gratitude, we need to elevate conversations. Hope you come dear friends. ❤
We feel deep gratitude to your You Tube Channel. We have learned sooooo much. And thank you John Woodall as well , amazing . We are all so blessed . ❤
Thank you for this much-needed deepening. Thank you for the references.
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Thank you so much for the divine kwoledge shared to us, your channel is very helpful to every bahai like me who had been isolated...more blessings..
Excellent presentation!
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In his book R.O.B Vol 4 Mr. Taherzadeh says: "Any believer who is aglow with the love of God can impart the fire of his faith to others. The history of the Faith has recorded the names of many immortal teachers of the Cause who have been endowed with this quality" p.284.
53:54 The severed, cut off ones refers to later in the tablet to he who turns away or chooses the path to his lord. Maybe.
People give their lives for the Divine Presence how consuming it is to their life when they are sincere.
Minute mark 44:31
Meek is not passive, it is tenascious
The meek are those who carry sharp swords and know their use but keep them in the scabbard.
Thank you for this immense teaching, Dr. Woodall. To what twelve principles do you refer? I ask because you mentioned them several times as in contrast to the depth and purpose of this Tablet of Ahmad. I am wondering if you are referencing the 12 principles embedded in 12 Step programs. Could someone please respond?
Hi Anita, good day. Great question! The twelve principles are the structure of the teachings of Baha'u'llah. For example: God is one, the human race is one family, equality of men and women, the oneness of religion, a world government, a world currency etc
You mentioned in your talk 6:31 I quote " Baha'u'llah doesn't need ANYTHING from us". Could you quote from the Holy Revelation of Baha'u'llah where it says that. FYI GL CXXXVI "Arise to AID Thy Lord at all times and in all circumstances, and be thou one of His HELPERS. Admonish, then, the people to lend a hearing ear to the words which the Spirit of God hath uttered in this irradiant and resplendent Tablet. "
"Whosoever desireth let him turn aside from this counsel and whosoever desireth let him chose the path to his Lord." "Rely upon God, thy God and the Lord of thy fathers. For the people are wandering in the paths of delusion bereft of discernment to see God with their own eyes or hear His melody melody with their own ears. Thus have We found them as thou also dost witness. Thus have their superstitions become veils between them and their own hearts and kept them from the path of God, the Exalted, the Great."