to change cultures we have to first change the language...
One very large issue about the English language is its preference to describe the physical realms over decades of dropping the descriptions of anything of the spiritual realm.
This is one of the main reasons Shoghi Effendi who translated the Sacred Texts of the Baha'í Faith into an older form of English because it still carried enough Spiritual content.
One huge issue, I see in todays world is that the English language being used by millions of people all over the planet objectifies everything including all living creatures that are not meant to be treated as objects...human beings treating other human beings, environments and animals the same way they treat products on shelves is a direct result of the present day English language.
Again language directs a culture and a culture guides its inhabitants behaviours.
To be able to change the way we treat other human beings, environments, and all animals we need to change our culture.
To change the culture you have to change the language and the Ruhi Institute process has been designed to shift our use of English being used in common day use throughout the world to an English full of words that hold the balance between the spiritual realities and the scientific realities.
'Abdu'l-Bahá states...
"Now, all questions of morality contained in the spiritual, immutable law of every religion are logically right.
If religion were contrary to logical reason then it would cease to be a religion and be merely a tradition.
Religion and science are the two wings upon which man’s intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress.
It is not possible to fly with one wing alone!
Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition,
whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
All religions of the present day have fallen into superstitious practices, out of harmony alike with the true principles of the teaching they represent and with the scientific discoveries of the time.
Many religious leaders have grown to think that the importance of religion lies mainly in the adherence to a collection of certain dogmas and the practice of rites and ceremonies! Those whose souls they profess to cure are taught to believe likewise, and these cling tenaciously to the outward forms, confusing them with the inward truth."
to change cultures we have to first change the language...
One very large issue about the English language is its preference to describe the physical realms over decades of dropping the descriptions of anything of the spiritual realm.
This is one of the main reasons Shoghi Effendi who translated the Sacred Texts of the Baha'í Faith into an older form of English because it still carried enough Spiritual content.
One huge issue, I see in todays world is that the English language being used by millions of people all over the planet objectifies everything including all living creatures that are not meant to be treated as objects...human beings treating other human beings, environments and animals the same way they treat products on shelves is a direct result of the present day English language.
Again language directs a culture and a culture guides its inhabitants behaviours.
To be able to change the way we treat other human beings, environments, and all animals we need to change our culture.
To change the culture you have to change the language and the Ruhi Institute process has been designed to shift our use of English being used in common day use throughout the world to an English full of words that hold the balance between the spiritual realities and the scientific realities.
'Abdu'l-Bahá states...
"Now, all questions of morality contained in the spiritual, immutable law of every religion are logically right.
If religion were contrary to logical reason then it would cease to be a religion and be merely a tradition.
Religion and science are the two wings upon which man’s intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress.
It is not possible to fly with one wing alone!
Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition,
whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
All religions of the present day have fallen into superstitious practices, out of harmony alike with the true principles of the teaching they represent and with the scientific discoveries of the time.
Many religious leaders have grown to think that the importance of religion lies mainly in the adherence to a collection of certain dogmas and the practice of rites and ceremonies! Those whose souls they profess to cure are taught to believe likewise, and these cling tenaciously to the outward forms, confusing them with the inward truth."