Groups Worldwide Why this Movement II
How the Process Works -- and Why
A Highly Effective Movement of
Powerful Spirituality & Clear Alignment
How Collective Transformation Happens...
This worldwide movement is effective because it offers what is so very needed---- Unity in diversity along with personal and collective transformation at the level of the soul. Quotes that follow are from the grassroots learning as collected and consolidated by the leaders in this effort.
In this process, “cycles of activity alternate with learning, planning and consolidation. Periodic reflection gatherings offer joyful occasions to help regulate the pulsating heartbeat of the process and clarify goals, next steps and lines of action. Then, “as learning accelerates, the friends grow more capable of overcoming setbacks, whether small or large—diagnosing their root causes, exploring the underlying principles, bringing to bear relevant experience, identifying remedial steps, and assessing progress, until the process of growth has been fully reinvigorated... In each cycle are vested fleeting opportunities for a stride forward, precious possibilities that will not return.”
"Through exchanges of this kind, consciousness of spiritual forces is raised, apparent dichotomies yield to unexpected insights, a sense of unity and common calling is fortified, confidence that a better world can be created is strengthened, and a commitment to action becomes manifest. Such distinctive conversations gradually attract ever larger numbers to take part in a range of community activities. Themes of faith and certitude surface naturally, prompted by the receptivity and experiences of those involved.” These acts of teaching others, sharing the process with its goals of unity, increased spirituality for all humanity and even the source of one's own inspiration with tact and wisdom assumes a greater place in the lives of those involved in the process.”
-- The Universal House of Justice December 29 2015 Letter to the Continental Board of Counsellors, paragraphs 7-21
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Groups that study in a sequence of spiritual courses find personal transformation, inner growth and awakening expansiveness.
“Central to the pattern of action evolving in (these groups)... is the individual and collective transformation effected through the agency of the Word of God. From the beginning of the sequence of courses, a participant encounters Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation in considering such weighty themes as worship, service to humanity, the life of the soul, and the education of children and youth. As a person cultivates the habit of study and deep reflection upon the Creative Word, this process of transformation reveals itself in an ability to express one’s understanding of profound concepts and to explore spiritual reality in conversations of significance. These capacities are visible not only in the elevated discussions that increasingly characterize interactions within the community, but in the ongoing conversations that reach well beyond—not least between the Bahá’í youth and their peers—extending to include parents whose daughters and sons are benefiting from the community’s programmes of education.” --The Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2016
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* Quotes above from The Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2016
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* Quotes above from The Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2016
