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onepence~2

looks good to me

thanks

oneness
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brettz9 wrote:Yes, good point Bruce, and as I understand it a big advantage of a world currency would be curbing such speculation, at least on something of no real intrinsic value like currency...

Brett

i know
i know

put a lot of people out of work

speculatin of course

*wink wink*

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the following is a somewhat interesting article in which explains certain things in a numerological sense. http://bahai-library.com/essays/nineteen.response.html First, I would note that the significance of 19 as a mystical representation of physical creation and of divine "revelation" is ...

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Currency Trading Is Place to Make Your Fortune http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-15/currency-trading-is-place-to-make-your-fortune-matthew-lynn.html ... Forget hedge funds, walk away from private equity and tell the derivatives boys they can dump their baffling mathematical formulas in the du...

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Greek FinMin ATHENS, Feb 9 (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE61824V20100209 ... "From 1. Jan. 2011, every transaction above 1,500 euros between natural persons and businesses, or between businesses, will not be considered legal if it is done in cash . Transactions will have to be ...

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... I cannot think of a current noun that would translate into what used to termed "currency". the term "currency" is progressive and thus the old adage time is money but to replace the jumble of existing monetary systems with a single world currency takes more than time it take...

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New world currency wouldn't solve imbalances on its own, says King By Edmund Conway Last updated: January 20th, 2010 http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/edmundconway/100003144/new-world-currency-wouldnt-solve-imbalances-on-its-own-says-king/ ... ... King’s warning in his speech is that to hold out ...

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Iran's proposal to eliminate dollar in mutual operations with Russia politicized: experts 27.01.2010 20:27 http://en.trend.az/capital/pengineering/1627481.html ... "This is a political decision. The amounts that would be exchanged by Iran are tiny compared to the world market for currency excha...

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Yuan won't be global currency any time soon http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/forex/Yuan-wont-be-global-currency-any-time-soon/articleshow/5498317.cms ... "In the medium term, the RMB is only likely to evolve into a regional currency," Wu's paper, published in the journal 'China...

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Korean Court Deems Virtual Currency Real http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97612-Korean-Court-Deems-Virtual-Currency-Real Earlier this month, Korea's Supreme Court acquitted two defendants who were on the hot seat for buying and selling virtual currency and items with actual money in the MMO...

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Date set for seven Baha'i leaders' next court session 20 January 2010 http://news.bahai.org/story/750 GENEVA — Iranian authorities have notified the lawyers of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders that the next session of their trial will be held on 7 February, the Baha'i International Community learned ...

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Pilot diverts jet over teenager's in-flight prayer By KATHY MATHESON, Associated Press Writer Kathy Matheson, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 8 mins ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_re_us/us_flight_diverted PHILADELPHIA – A Jewish teen trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caus...

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Published: Jan. 12, 2010 at 4:30 PM http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/01/12/Outrage-over-Bahai-indictment-in-Iran/UPI-26171263331800/ TEHRAN, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- In the face of mounting condemnation, Iran opened court proceedings Tuesday against seven members of the Baha'i faith accused of espio...

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2 ... -disbelief

It took about five nanoseconds for evangelical Pat Robertson’s video verdict on the causes of the Haiti earthquake to start making the rounds in France.

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The scapegoating of Iran's Baha'is Brian Stewart http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/01/13/f-vp-stewart.html ... ... Since the Islamic Republic of Iran came to power in 1979, however, persecution has taken on an even more threatening form. More than 200 Baha'is have been executed or assassinated, hun...

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... http://www.payvand.com/news/10/jan/1102.html ... ... ... Iran's tradition of divinely inspired rule has often been debated but never before denounced in a mass political protest. This tradition has deep roots in Iranian culture and history. The tradition of God-sanctified rule dates back to the ...

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Do We Need a New World Currency? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Do-We-Need-a-New-World-Cur-by-Robert-Bonomo-100112-768.html#startcomments By Robert Bonomo ... The smoky room scenario is the most likely, but it is not the only possibility. With the internets organizational capacity, a worldwide mov...

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In The Name of God
The Source of Joy

to all mankind

"That which beseemeth Me none shall understand, nor can anyone recount."

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"Spiritual and materialistic conceptions of the nature of reality are irreconcilable with one another and lead in opposite directions."

http://info.bahai.org/article-1-7-3-1.html

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dh note: ... the following article ... Slaves of Iceland ... reminds me a lot of one possible scenario for the usa ... but instead of corporate/bank/government debt , usa may try using "personal debt along with % of gov't debt" fixed to each individual ... kinda spooky really ... and icela...

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The last time the dollar rallied in mid-2008, exotic currencies plummeted hard and fast for over six months. Anyone shorting those exotic currencies made a bundle. So please, make sure you tune in next week for our special series on how to do just that. http://worldcurrencywatch.com/2010/01/06/pro-d...

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One Golden Decade and 13 Decayed Currencies Contributed by Whiskey & Gunpowder on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:31:14 PM http://beforeitsnews.com/story/2777/One_Golden_Decade_and_13_Decayed_Currencies Gold up, Dollar down…? Not entirely… So the last decade of rising gold prices simply mirrored ...

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UN Gold Hoax Muddies The Waters Of Real Move Towards Global Currency Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, January 4, 2010 http://www.prisonplanet.com/un-gold-hoax-muddies-the-waters-of-real-move-towards-global-currency.html A recent announcement by the United Nations that it will begin to mi...

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Sarkozy says world currency disorder unacceptable Thu Jan 7, 2010 5:49am EST http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6060P220100107?type=marketsNews Disorder among world currencies has become unacceptable and France intends to make it a major subject of its presidency of the G8 and G20 in 2011, Presid...

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Rights group slams arrests of women’s rights activists in Iran Updated: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=1&id=16994 ... ... “The arrest of Shirin Ebadi’s sister is an act of hostage-taking by the state and should be strongly condemne...

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By-election announced for two members of Universal House of Justice 6 January 2010 http://news.bahai.org/story/746 HAIFA, Israel — The Universal House of Justice has announced that it has approved the requests of two of its members, Mr. Hooper Dunbar and Dr. Peter Khan, to relinquish their positions...

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How Tech Will Change Our Future Quentin Hardy, 01.07.10, 06:00 AM EST http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/06/google-sensors-privacy-intelligent-technology-future.html?partner=yahoofpapp Say goodbye to nations, sovereignty and privacy. Burlingame, Calif. -- It is that time of year for columns that look bac...

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dh note : .... google , or some entity , is trying its' best to "pull" this story ... almost every link to the "story" comes up with 404 ... odd ... also ... the use of gold/silver is more of a "local" issue more than a "global" issue ... it is likely that th...

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UN to produce bullion coins as world currency http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:TtY2TpKXC1QJ:www.examiner.com/x-32916-Vancouver-Humanism-Examiner December 15, 7:38 PMVancouver Humanism ExaminerDwight Jones The announcement by the United Nations this week that it will license the minting of silver...

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The tax wars rage on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The Hillsboro Argus http://www.oregonlive.com/living/argus/dolores_raymond/index.ssf?/base/columnist/1262776847225360.xml&coll=6 Tax wars have been raging all over the world, dating back to Biblical times. "And it came to pass in those days, t...

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Trial of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran looms 5 January 2010 http://news.bahai.org/story/745 GENEVA — Recent developments in Iran have raised grave concern about the ultimate fate of the seven Baha'i leaders who are scheduled to go on trial next Tuesday. "The Baha'i community in Iran has all too ...

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Religious Freedom Also Taking a Hit in Iran [Michael Rubin] Wednesday, January 06, 2010 http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWM0NDFhMmYzNWM2NzA0YTQ5YWNjMmJhMGM1MmEyOTA= Amidst the emboldened opposition in Iran today, and the regime's corresponding attempts to crack down brutally, religious mino...

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Whilst perusing (I love that word, lol) one of the other topics here about Baha'u'llahs photographs (http://bahai-library.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5010) I came across this quote.. And now, one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely...

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Ron Price

awesome ... awesome experience ...

what joy

to read

to be

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Iran detains Nobel laureate's sister December 28, 2009 9:23 p.m. EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/28/iran.ebadi.sister/index.html?section=cnn_latest (CNN) -- Iranian intelligence officials have detained the sister of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer and human rights activist...

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“Baha’ism” behind Iran unrest, says political analyst on Iran’s state TV Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009 http://www.televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=1&id=16876 Washington, 29 December (WashingtonTV)--The state-owned television of the Islamic Republic of Iran broa...

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Europe talks with faiths it once thought would fade By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor – Tue Dec 29, 6:28 am ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091229/lf_nm_life/us_europe_religion PARIS (Reuters Life!) – Europe, the most secularized region on Earth, has decided to launch a ...

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forgive me, but "exaggerated emphasis" feels like a bit of a slippery slope in the direction of lying. i'm not suggesting that abdul baha EVER lied!! but the idea of suggesting that he spoke anything but plain simple truth makes me feel very uncomfortable. i am with you on that. however i...

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... Any thoughts? it would appear some sort of "model" incorporating Scriptural truth as a basis for human interactions in the continuing developments of civilization will be the leaven that lifts mankind from the dross of his self imposed imprisonment. If there are at least 12 tribes of ...

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just some passing thoughts ... A Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights 194 7 http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=bic_%20human_obligations_rights ... No social body, whatever its form, has power to maintain essential human rights for persons who have repudiated their moral obligation ...

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"With all due respect to the positive aspects of culture there, it'd probably look a lot like Afghanistan." Interesting ... i was thing more in line with the Amish , but with a modern flair ! *smile* I think I will encourage people on the North America continent that reside east of the Mis...

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" Ye are all created out of water, and unto dust shall ye return. " is, according to Baha'ullah , long may HE live, is one of the most clearest ways to look at Creation , evolution , human and animal rights for the verse following is "Reflect upon the end that awaiteth you, and walk n...

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WOW

thank you

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hmm ...

perhaps the answer will be not to burn the books

instead

ship them to China

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I am interested in the study of the burning of books. I picked up a Tom Clancey book at our local library. I bought it for fifty cents. When i got it to my car i thought what an obsolete method of storing and sharing "knowledge". Books are so last Manifestation ... *soft chuckle* ... Books...

onepence~2

thank you.

I will work on them.

thank you again

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I am interested in learning to write Allah in persian .

I would also like to write Allah'u'Abha in persian .

Is there a image on the web of these two words/phrases ?

thanks

a person of oneness,

Dean Hedges

o ... i guess the correct word is in Farsi ... thanks

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i do not view fate as negative although perhaps i should i view fate more as the sun will come up tomorrow fate is also way of Understanding Order "To conclude: the beings, whether great or small, are connected with one another by the perfect wisdom of God, and affect and influence one another....

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i think i might try to learn Korean Finger-Math

thanks for the heads up

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Dajjal footnote 32 ... http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-21.html 32. “Here ends the history of the establishment of Shaykhísm, or at least of its unity, for, after the death of Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, it became divided into two branches. One branch, under the name of Bábism, flowered as foresh...

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i like prayer beads. Baha'u'llah had prayer beads. There are funny stories of believers and prayer beads. It is a little bit of a challenge for me ... I was not raised with prayer beads ... so my motion is not natural flowing ... but still *smile* beautiful hmmm ... faith the size of a mustered seed

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in reference to "He will have only one eye and on his head will be the word kufr in Arabic." this rather long page ... but worth the read ... http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/GPB/gpb-4.html.iso8859-1?query=Anti-Christ&action=highlight#gr4 The formal assumption by the Báb of the autho...

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Kawthar could be understood to be the Writings "The universe is pregnant with these manifold bounties, awaiting the hour when the effects of Its unseen gifts will be made manifest in this world, when the languishing and sore athirst will attain the living Kawthar of their Well-Beloved, and the ...

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The Importance of Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude http://bahai-library.com/compilations/prayer.meditation.html Extracts from Letters Written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi: You have asked whether our prayers go beyond Baha'u'llah: it all depends whether we pray to Him directly or throug...

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I thought i would start a new thread on Satan. See what we think about the subject I kinda have always thought of Satan as a real fallen angel ... lucifer ... yes ... ??? but ... as i have learned of Baha'u'llah ... i think my views of Satan have changed somewhat ,,, i still think of satan as descri...

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hhey ... what do you know ... perhaps a typo ...

"tranquility and cease "

i think should read tranquility and ease

yes ... {??} ...

if so someone should write and inform some dept ...

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Man has two aspects: the physical, which is subject to nature, and the merciful or divine, which is connected with God. If the physical or natural disposition in him should overcome the heavenly and merciful, he is, then, the most degraded of animal beings; and if the divine and spiritual should tri...

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yes .. very interesting ... skimmed through the web page ... i really liked the following quote As the following prophecy declares, the title of “the Blessed” will eventually become a universal title for Bahá’u’lláh: His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and...

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I was in dallas tx I when i first was learning of the Baha'i Faith . I remember for some unexplained reason also being drawn to the dallas museum of fine arts in retrospect i am sure i was drawn there for Beauty ... seeing/reading about the Blessed Beauty naturally leads one to seek find and be with...

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It was first published in English with many footnotes in French. Notice that not ALL of the footnotes were in French--just the quotations from French authors like A. L. M. Nicolas. Again, I think it is pretty clear that the French footnotes were in French because that was the original source of tho...

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hey brett thanks for all the replies a friend asked about the footnotes ... and since i couldn't easily find an answer i thought i would ask here and indeed you have been most helpful ... i am trying to understand why the footnotes where in the french language so i figured the best way is to trace t...

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hmmm .... as you grow into your experiences within yourself i hope you will find the fulfillment of what you are and Whom you seek within our community for there is this passage from The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? No...

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could you also elaborate on the history of the publication of "The Dawnbreakers" ? i think it must have been originally written in Arabic then published in ... ?? ... then translated into english by .... ?? ... with the footnoted left in french thanks for any info provided ... also ... com...

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In the book "The Dawnbreakers", why are all the footnotes in French?

http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file= ... es_english

http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file= ... sby_french

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just wait

we haven't really seen anything yet

*awesome*

it is possible that major parts of the internet will go down

leavin us face to face with our neighbors

i always try to remember

love thy neighbor as thyself

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Hi SpiritualSeeker *smile* ran across an article you might be interested in Bahá’u’lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Ṭutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat. hmmm ... haven't had a chance to review it, but it sounds imp...

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Hi SpiritualSeeker

it is a small world after all ...

if you ever need anything ...

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A spy lurks in Stoneham? Hardly By Kathryn Skelton , Staff Writer Saturday, April 11, 2009 http://www.sunjournal.com/story/312211-3/MaineNews/A_spy_lurks_in_Stoneham_Hardly/ People want to believe ... Wilhelm was born in Ohio in 1875. He was a green coffee broker and importer, according to Pollitt, ...

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a ready made archival display

http://www.midguard.org.uk/~nwestwood/images/lords.jpg

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... (12th imam of the Shia). .... yes ... i can see how that can be an issue ... it has actually been an issue since ... ??? ... the dawn of time ... *awe* yes ... since the dawn of time ... people of a mystical life knew of a Primal Point ... unknown though was where when why or how this Primal Po...

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