tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734645058271734681.post5138147160023735864..comments2024-03-26T08:42:50.357-07:00Comments on One Baha'i's approach...: The Tree of LifeMeadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046847133963919765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734645058271734681.post-46412486687276657712010-03-10T02:07:40.486-08:002010-03-10T02:07:40.486-08:00I really enjoyed this read :)
Your son sounds won...I really enjoyed this read :)<br /><br />Your son sounds wonderful, having learnt so much of the Tablet of Ahmad! With it being such a truly powerful prayer as well :)<br /><br />There's a book I was reading a while back called "Learn Well This Tablet", exploring the Tablet of Ahmad, and since then I've had a keen interest in deepening my understandings around it! <br /><br />Thank you :)Wuling09https://www.blogger.com/profile/09498934028833278588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734645058271734681.post-75456264543805362892010-01-14T19:23:46.066-08:002010-01-14T19:23:46.066-08:00Thank you Kevin. Thatis a simle and beautiful pra...Thank you Kevin. Thatis a simle and beautiful prayer, perfect for a child.<br /><br />Adam, in reference to your question about his being outside Eden, was first mentioned in Genesis 2:7. Eden is planted in 2:8, the next verse. In 2:15, we read "God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden..."<br /><br />It seems evident that he must been outside the garden before being placed in it. A small detail, to be sure, but I find a lot of significance in details.<br /><br />In a commentary by Chizkuni (13th century Rabbi), he writes, "God formed Adam outside the gaden so he would see the world of thorns and thistles; only then did God lead him into the garden, so that he would see the alternatives before he was given his first commandment". That resonated with me, so I used it here.Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046847133963919765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734645058271734681.post-30478721291183140252010-01-14T09:49:19.381-08:002010-01-14T09:49:19.381-08:00interesting post. Don't know where you got th...interesting post. Don't know where you got the idea that Adam was created outside Eden and brought inside. It's kind of nebulous on this point. Of course, he says, after he eats, "I heard you in the garden." which is different from "I heard you" (the garden being the only thing he knows). I know of no reference to him being outside the garden, though, and knowing of its thorns, as you say.<br /><br />But, although I've read the Koran's version of this, I don't remember it well enough to say it deals with this idea either.<br /><br />Just picking up on a triviality. <br /><br />Otherwise, I agree with the sentiment of repeating things and waiting for kids to pick up on them.<br /><br />I invented a prayer for my kids. I don't know if I told you about this before, but here it is again if so. <br /><br />I wanted something that encompassed all the kinds of prayer: adoration, supplication, thanksgiving, intercession, ... asking for something for yourself - don't know the official name for this -, and forgiveness.<br /><br />Thus, here is my prayer, which our family says togther each night before bed:<br /><br />Dear God, thank you for Everything. Help me to be a good person, and help other people, too. Sorry about the bad stuff. Amen.<br /><br />Pretty short. I ended up leaving out the 'OOooo, you are so big!" that I was tempted by Monty Python to insert.<br /><br />-- KevinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050670392487339957noreply@blogger.com