水自流

笨还是不笨 – Feb 02, 2012

玖伍贰柒 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:31:51 +0000

吃人嘴软，先在这里发布一下，也当作是这个万花筒社会的一个侧面。心里面还是有点抵触，因为传播的越广，那么这些“女歌星”的生意就会越难做，这种心态或许是属于朴素价值观的范畴。在微博上粉了苍井空，也看了一些有关于她的行为的拥护或批判的文字。看了一轮下来，是否应该对她的作为或者身份去抬高有一个每个人都能够评判的标准，就是问自己愿不愿意让自己的孩子从事这样的行为。

关于这个来自中国的歌星写的文章，只是说了这边的歌舞厅的现状，还保留着“吊花”的传统。至于为什么她要写这封信，由于是从《联合晚报》出来的消息，真实性和可靠性也得打个折扣。

23岁中国女歌星来狮城淘金，赚了钱回国，“酸”狮城老男人笨，明知被骗，却心甘情愿把钱花在跟他们逢场作戏的女歌星身上。她回中国前，亲笔写告白书，通过朋友交给本报。这则新闻引起民众热议，也有不少人奉劝狮城男人好自为之。 — 联合晚报

对了，经常将苍井空看成井苍空。

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别了，黑莓 – Mar 11, 2012

玖伍贰柒 — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:14:48 +0000

手机还是很新，但由于具备重新签线的条件，升级到3G Flexi Lite后可以免费拿到Motorola Defy+，最后还是跟上了手机上网的潮流，结束Out了很多年的状态。选择Motorola，原因无它，曾看到它有一块机器人手机外形不错，这个Defy+跟那个还是有点差别，不过看着曾经第一次摸到的手机是Motorola的份上，就选这个号称三防的戴妃。

习惯了物理全键盘的输入，也会习惯去改变。如何去同步黑莓和机器人呢，下面大概说一下，分成两大步：

1. 备份黑莓的资料。
2. 利用Google sync功能同步黑莓的地址簿和日程。先在黑莓中访问http://m.google.com/sync，根据提示下载Google Sync，再一步步同步地址簿和日程到你的Gmail账户。然后在机器人里面账户设定里面同步即可。其实，同步后还是要手工将一些相同的，不知所云的联系人处理一下，活会不少，如果你能够找到一个“活好”的人话，那么就交给TA吧。
3. ~~利用BBerIPD来读取黑莓备份出来的IPD文件，将里面的SMS记录导出成CSV文件。也可以使用MagicBerry，但MagicBerry只是支持英文短信而已。~~然后，找不到合适的方法导入机器人，只好作罢。已经花费好几个小时了。

慢慢来吧，晚安。

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亲，我正成为你所不齿的人 – Mar 01, 2012

玖伍贰柒 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:33:29 +0000

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夏虫并非不可语冰 – Jan 06, 2012

玖伍贰柒 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:47:55 +0000

最主要的是一个合格的主持人，能够调动现场的气氛，根据各个不同参与群的特色适当的“挑拨”，达到众乐乐的效果。能够恰当的掌控现场，最基本的要素就是随机应变，晚宴如战场，信息瞬息万变，很有可能一点小小失误坏了整锅汤。还有个要点则是节奏，掌握其中的高低起伏，该hold的时候就hold，改放时则放，多一分嫌肥，少一分嫌瘦。

除了以上所言，资料的准备和预备各种应急方案则能让你腰杆挺得更直。如果可以排练一下，更为上策。

一个团体的习性跟平时的言行举止息息相关，一盘散沙的集体比较难鼓动起来，平时没有较强势的标志，会演变成人人争当意见领袖。那么在玩游戏的时候，则很容易各抒己见，盯着眼前的偏好，而忽略了别人的位置。上梁不正下梁歪，要将流程理顺，需要一个能够坚持己见的总指挥。

一个巴掌拍不响，不同地区的人有不同的文化背景，有时候还要关照到总是会慢两拍的人，也会遇到不遵守规则或擦边球的人。

等到将碎片拼成完整的图案时，离找到基石的时刻不远了。

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临江近况 – Dec 05, 2011

水自流 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:06:56 +0000

壹

貳

叁

肆

伍

陸

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何处惹尘埃 – Nov 26, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:28:22 +0000

“That’s Tommy.”

“He tells people he was named after a gun. But I know he was really named after a famous 19th century ballet dancer.”

“Known him for as long as I can remember.”

“He’s my partner. Doesn’t mean we hold hands or take walks. It means I try to keep him out of as much trouble as he inflicts on me. I give him a hard time. Keeps him in check. But really, he’s like my brother.”

“Tommy persuaded me to keep the dog. I eventually agreed, as long as he took it to a vet. I couldn’t stand that squeaking anymore. The vet found half an undigested shoe, a squeaky toy and an 84-carat diamond lodged in its stomach.”

“It’s quite amazing what can happen in a week. Still didn’t shut it up, though. So, what do you do? You go see the man that knows about these sort of things.”

Then, what do you think?

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巴哈伊信仰与中国 – Nov 06, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:24:29 +0000

接上回给出的蔡教授关于巴哈伊特点的视频，在土豆上发现了另外三个有关巴哈伊信仰和中国的资料，因此在这里一并放上：

巴哈伊信仰与中国

注：里面的地名翻译跟儒僖书里面不太一样，跟着英文即可。
更新 (2011-12-16)：土豆将之前的三个视频都撤销了，只好再找出这个。

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蔡德贵：巴哈伊教特点 – Nov 01, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:48:42 +0000

上个星期收到STC发来的关于蔡德贵教授讲述巴哈伊教特点视频邮件，转贴如下。

何谓未来的宗教 – 巴哈伊教

视频简单提到巴哈伊教九大特点:

现代性
开放性
超越性
世俗性
宽容性
融合性
务实性
灵活性
创造性

详情文字版可参考蔡教授的一篇文章：

巴哈伊的特點及迅速傳播的原因 (上)
巴哈伊的特點及迅速傳播的原因 (下)

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云顶上漂浮 – Nov 06, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:53:56 +0000

趁着记忆仍旧鲜活，尿骚味仍未退去，赶来这里画地为牢。大脑里的细胞随时都在篡改历史，改成一片繁荣，或一片废墟，取决于你曾经的感受和现在是否需要慰籍。在继续下一句话时，犹豫是否只是将照片晒上来，然后再用几句话作为结束语，拍拍键盘上的灰尘收工，何乐而不为。君子有所为有所不为，就看该君子处于什么社会地位和历史环境，以及头一天晚上是否跟老婆吵过架。伪君子也有所伪有所不伪，比如这次就用流水帐恶心死你们。

月初有个Hari Raya Haji节，同事一行八人（含家属）分乘两部车半夜1点从公司启程，先赶往东甲一个同事家，换上他那较舒适坐骑。接下来两天，在他的“忽悠”下，不止驾车的累，坐车的更幸苦，因为要监督他不要做藤原。出关卡时，车辆稀少，马方入境处柜台没有入境卡，该妹妹改个印，然后在上面注明则给予放行。凌晨四点多，在东甲同事家附近用了没有更早的早餐，包括烤鸭和烧猪，记忆开始在这里有所模糊。餐厅里还有两帮人，一帮据同事介绍是要去割橡胶的工人，肤色较深，可能是印度籍同胞；另一帮则是靓女不俊男，又是据同事说东甲的女孩不敢要，因为她们很能玩，有口皆碑。不过，这些一竹竿打到一船人的做法通常都没有科学根据，毕竟你要留个船夫给你撑船才对。

清晨高速路口旁的加油站

在启程前的下午先小睡几个小时做为战略储备，尽管想着能够在车上睡一觉，。有同事自称躺了一个晚上都没有入睡，因为这个旅程本身已经在发酵成鸡血。能够在车上睡着，一方面是对外面的黑漆漆的夜晚丝毫不感兴趣，另一方面能随遇而安。经过几段并不是很弯的上升路段，不到七点来到快到山顶的蓬莱仙境。天公作美，半山腰开始周围就像情人摩挲的眼睛，迷上了一层雾。在雾的包围和风的鼓动下，蓬莱成了仙境。高耸的塔，坐落无序的观音娘娘，恐吓世人要做个好人的十八层地狱，时清时蒙的景色，一并赠送。曾想着为什么不在最高点建立这个综合性康复中心，以示对非人类的尊敬。现在算是稍为明白这里面有两个因素，一是好地段当然是人类自己霸占着，另一个好让上山送钱的信徒在庙里求爷爷求奶奶的给自己一个好运。

仙塔

仙灯

仙殿

仙人

毛爷爷教导过人多好办事，现实是人多不好商量。同事们都明白事理，在找不到预订的公寓时能够一条心的将云顶的建筑转了三圈，以示膜拜。顶的套房是一座公寓里面，左邻右舍都是在云顶上班的员工。经过脏乱差的过道进入房间，一阵寒意扑面而来，而这还是经过雾大风大温差大洗礼后的感觉。一直后悔没有将那个有四个房间，一厅一厨的套间拍下来，真个布局装修如拍鬼片的场景一般，或许潜意识里面认为拍了照片会将过往的半人类储存在010101空间里面带回来。四分之三的人挤在一个房间，还好只是一晚，一直以来的传闻把大家吓得不轻。

非公寓阳台风景

七彩楼

之后的活动变得大众化，餐馆，游乐场，赌场。可能是节日的缘故，游乐场开放到晚上9点半，寒风刺骨，但还是将票价物尽其用。不过有个同事则旧伤复发，回来后卧床两天才能挺起腰杆做人。赌场大部分地段烟雾缭绕，看不来有红光满面的人，据说如果要赢钱，要跟准对的人。什么是对的人，则是各抒己见，异中求同。本人学会了如何玩Jackpot老虎机，贡献了50马币冷气费后打道回府拍鬼片去。

自由聚赌

第二天经过多数人的民主做出决定，退房后直接下山。接下来的安排让人哭笑不得，深深体会到矮子里面拔将军是多么的无奈，大家忙于奔波在路上，深夜终于回到住处。

旅程总费时48小时。

必需品

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灼灼其华 – Dec 05, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:30:09 +0000

新历2011年12月05日
农历二零一一年十一月十一号
田心村
东经114度41分
北纬23度37分

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Baby – Nov 11, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:47:07 +0000

Eason Chan Yik-shun – Baby Song

For my baby, our baby, and your baby

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Boxing – Oct 26, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:38:02 +0000

从M手中拿过赠票，一起三级跳奔上榴莲壳演出大厅的最上层座位，还好，刚刚在大门关闭前到达。Boxing Boys没有中场休息，如果没有按时赶到，唯一的收获就是两张没有开封的戏票。看完后到现在，恕才疏学浅，还不能够用一句很简单的话来描述这出戏。海报上说这是世上第一部揉合了拳击、街舞、戏剧和爱情的默声表演，有这么多特点，出来的结果很可能就是没有特点。历史的规律是惊人的相似，这部演出就是没有特点。初一看，取材于周星驰的《新精武门》，一帮正宗训练弟子遭遇一小队跳街舞的混混。成见里面，好像是混混都在跳街舞，跳街舞的当然不一定是混混。街舞的头喜欢上了练武的女弟子，同样，女弟子也是有个倾心的师兄。最后，街舞兄还是退出了竞争。这是爱情故事。中间穿插了一些笑料和搞笑动作，一些泰式拳击的历史，算是大锅饭端给你吃。属于不推荐范围。

同样是讲Boxing，《铁甲钢拳》(Real Steel)的感觉就让人喜出望外。从广告上看，以为只是一部“揉合”了高科技，主打炫技的美国爆米花大片。跳街舞的机器人和善于谋划的小主人翁，让观众一路跟随着他们的起伏而别无他法。本人而言，每一场比赛都心跳加速，浑身颤抖不已，冷气太冷亦有贡献。Lost中的雀斑女也客串一角，在天台上露上那么两脚跟她的观想性格太符合了，野性包含着闷骚，太爱之。有人说这是部家庭片；有人说里面的谋略很值得学习；我说这是今年你一定要去捧场的电影，看看美国大叔的九阳真经现世。

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非近况 – W32-W43, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:54:37 +0000

约五分之一年，消失于江湖。

不是卧薪尝胆，不是背水一战，也不是俯首甘为孺子牛。只是平常的五分之一，跟大家的五分之一没什么两样。

事情很多，时间很少。

将进入新的阶段，也将迎来新的生命。实际情况却有如骤然转向，驶向幻想中的未来。

人世间的冷漠不时见诸于报端，只能祈求同道点亮自己的心灯，在漆黑中前行。灯或许会灭，但发出来的光却会按照自己的轨迹前行。

没有千言万语，也就没有长篇大论。

下滑的人生只能相忘于江湖。

2011/8/7
> 12:30 AM 幸亏KL的邀请，可以用Google+了，谁要邀请函的，呵呵
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011
> 2:49 PM “Don’t write anything you can phone, don’t phone anything you can talk face to face, don’t talk anything you can smile, don’t smile anything you can wink and don’t wink anything you can nod.” – Earl Long
2011/8/22
> 11:05 PM 很快就成一枝花了
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011
> 9:38 AM Another example of AVG’s unproved control of the computer if you fail to renew the license.
2011/9/7
> 7:11 PM “井水姑婆，田心岭，澄岭，炳姑婆，姨婆，中心。。。” – via 爷爷点数
2011/9/8
> 9:31 AM 大选过了，总统大选也过了，是时候跟你的子民说不引进新移民就惨啦。
> 7:41 PM 终于感冒两天了。。。
2011/9/30
> 11:22 AM 日省三身并不是让你被日三次
2011/10/1
> 3:41 PM 每个人都应该看一遍《十二怒汉》(12 Angry Man) 1957，能够一直坚持合理的怀疑不容易，能够在获知合理的怀疑确实存在后改变自己的立场更加不容易
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011
> 10:46 AM If you’re interested in Artificial Intelligence, still have two days to sign up the online course at http://www.ai-class.com
2011/10/13
> 12:51 AM Real Steel中的Atom相当于小孩在山洞中发现的九阳真经
> 1:03 AM 5天之后，终于在同事那类似无光驱电脑上安装成功XP。之前一直未成功的可能是硬盘有两个主逻辑分区，怎么来的未知
2011/10/20
> 4:46 PM 最讨厌的就是不同语言混在一起同一句话中，说明了本身对语言掌握能力的底下。（专用名词除外）
> 4:51 PM 刚才的话应该修改成“最讨厌的就是将不同语言混在同一句话中，说明了自身对语言的掌握能力底下”，才比较通顺。
> 9:01 PM me: 听到外面电视中按摩棒的声音，误以为是楼下还有人在抛光车辆 ^_#
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011
> 11:34 AM 希望小悦悦在新的世界里能够感受到同类的温暖
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011
> 2:13 PM me: ╭(╯^╰)╮

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天桥下的怒吼 – Sep 19, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:33:42 +0000

。。。
你不要侮辱我好不好～～～。。。
我没有跟TA睡过～～～
你怎么可以侮辱我呢～～～。。。
你是不是要我死给你看啊～～～
SI JI BEI。。。
你不要侮辱我～～～
。。。

跑步路过PIE上的天桥，晚上9点多，靠近天桥时听到有人在大声喊叫，开始以为是从桥上面传来。透过灌木丛，看到有个男子骑坐在挂着本地车牌的摩托车上，停靠在天桥下的紧急停车道。一只手拿着燃着的烟，在移向嘴巴的间隙中不停的往空中飞舞着。侧着身对着另一只手的电话无奈的大声喊，根据口音有点像马来西亚华人的语调，他口中的TA应该是女生。跑到另外一边时，他已发动车子离去。激动情况下驾车不安全，又如何。

在后台设定了日志发布一个月后就关闭其后面的评论。

是以为记。

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择日 – W31, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:30:15 +0000

人生分许多阶段，按照不同种族不同信仰不同肤色各有自己的标准。不管你信不信，即将进入下一个阶段，反正我是信的。

花了很大的功夫将移动硬盘和电脑中的资料整理一番，这个工程仍将继续下去。精神层面受制于物质，如何冲破则是日复一日的尝试。今天是新加坡国庆日，跟M一块在厦门街附近转转，看看老房子，最后到滨海湾看烟花。感觉上新加坡太小，只好每年拿国庆来折腾，让民众有多一个欢乐的时刻。文字不是现在的我能够掌握的，只好晒上照片。

yeah

玉皇宫

玉皇宫侧门

清真寺

客纳街。我觉得Club Street翻译成纳客街更好。

纳客街

新加坡国庆烟花

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出污泥而不染的大概只有荷花 – W29/W30, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:36:58 +0000

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011
> 9:53 AM 兄弟之抱。。。
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011
> 8:13 PM “希望ta大来不是同性恋”
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011
> 1:30 PM “It is officially a Communist country – but economic data points to a stark gap between rich and poor.” – via BBC
> 1:46 PM “Like married couples keen to renew their wedding vows, party members also go to Yan’an to renew their pledge of allegiance to the party.” – via BBC. Well, the pledge will change as the couples do.
2011/7/4
> 7:43 PM 看到电视放一个台湾片，脱口而出：“他们还在做那个愛啊？”后来发现原来是夜市人生：“原来他们已经不做爱了。”
2011/7/5
> 8:26 PM 根据族谱，俺在二十一世。。。
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011
> 9:20 PM 我说：“出污泥而不染的大概只有荷花。”

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天下父母心 – W22-W28, 2011

水自流 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:08:06 +0000

跑步回来。据不完全统计，这是第二次，在这几个星期里面，才第二次，正大光明的向着二靠拢。那么洗澡先，将后台升级到3.2.1.0.-1.-2.-3，很漂亮，就是太白了点，有点刺眼儿。

时间弹指而过，过去的事情如头顶沉默的大雁，没有留下丝毫痕迹。在这里表述自己感情的能力已经退化，也或许有更多的通道去叙述，因此才让这里荒芜已久。各自的生活继续前进，我也将想在这里打住，不要勉强空白的言语，只要过程不空白即可。有你相伴或已足够。

差点易主而居，却在外在的条件限制下寸步不移。大部分时候选择了遗忘，但这不是每个人的默认选项。前路将披荆斩棘，鹿死谁手仍未知。

过得平淡，勿念。

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XSS：结茧自縛 – Apr 23, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:19:34 +0000

4月23日星期六晴天《结茧自縛》

今天，我把蚕宝宝怎么结茧的过程告诉你们。

蚕虫先找到合适的位置，吐一些丝。接着在“自己”的周围吐多多丝，一圈一圈环绕，吐到能把自己卷起来，把自己网在网中央。也就是妈妈说的成语—结茧自缚。这些事情只用了半天就能完成了。

然后，在茧里面孵化，慢慢地它就变成飞蛾了，咬烂茧飞出来，就变成美丽无比的红飞蛾了。

呀！看起来每只蚕虫都有两次生命呀！

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临江掠影 – Jun 09, 2011

玖伍贰柒 — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:41:55 +0000

壹

贰

叁

肆

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Processing Personal Pain – A Baha’i View

玖伍贰柒 — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:10:11 +0000

Received this letter in February from Melic, it has been on the priority box for almost 4 months.

Processing Personal Pain — A Baha’i View

O God, my God! Lowly, suppliant and fallen upon my face, I beseech Thee with all the ardor of my invocation to pardon whosoever hath hurt me, forgive him that hath conspired against me and offended me, and wash away the misdeeds of them that have wrought injustice upon me. Vouchsafe unto them Thy goodly gifts, give them joy, relieve them from sorrow, grant them peace and prosperity, give them Thy bliss and pour upon them Thy bounty. Thou art the Powerful, the Gracious, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting!

This was Abdu’l-Baha’s prayer for God to forgive and bless people who had been incredibly malicious to him for many years. It is highly instructive for anyone who wishes to see how the Baha’i Scriptures urge one to process pain — in this case, pain caused by treachery.

We all experience pain — caused by loved ones who prove false; friends who hurt our feelings; disappointments with ourselves or with others; grief and longing. The natural tendency at such a time is to isolate ourselves, nurse our wounds, and numb the pain. In a letter to a Baha’i who had been libeled, Abdu’l-Baha urged him at such a time to increase his services in the Path of God, and to seek neither to be praised by others, nor to be upset by their blame:

“If one is praised and chosen by God, the accusation of all the creatures will cause no loss to him; and if the man is not accepted in the threshold of God, the praise and admiration of all men will be of no use to him. By all these it is meant that thou must not be sorry and grieved because of these things … written against thee; nay, rather trust in God and be unmoved by either the praise or the false accusations declared by people towards thee, depend entirely on God and exert thyself to serve His holy vineyard.”

Whatever its cause, pain, properly used, can be an incentive to spiritual growth. In his work “The Seven Valleys“, which describes the stages of the seeking soul in its quest for the knowledge of God, Baha’u'llah states, “if there be no pain, this journey will never end.”

In this same passage, Baha’u'llah quotes the Persian mystic poet Attar, whom I here paraphrase: Let the believer keep his faith; let the unbeliever keep his doubt. Attar’s heart seeks pain — even an atom of pain. Attar understood the preciousness of pain in the path of personal growth. This is also expressed in this prayer by Baha’u'llah, which will help to process one’s pain and soothe one’s soul:

“Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized; and were it not for the trials which are borne for love of Thee, how could the station of such as yearn for Thee be revealed? Thy might beareth me witness! The companions of all who adore Thee are the tears they shed, and the comforters of such as seek Thee are the groans they utter, and the food of them who haste to meet Thee is the fragments of their broken hearts.”

Pain, put to good use, is an incentive to change, a stimulus to draw us closer to God, and a means of purifying our motives. I have personally found that directly trying to reduce the pain is counterproductive. Rather, I embrace the pain, and work with it. I recall reading a Persian aphorism in a book many years ago: “If a moment burns — let it burn.” I have found this to be great advice. I ask myself what is causing the pain, and resolve to change within me whatever brought it about. Whether it is the pain of exposure of my own shortcomings, or pain caused by another, if I let it burn inside, and if I view it as burning away my ego, I find, without exception, that it does me no harm and causes me to grow. This is consistent with this guidance received from Shoghi Effendi:

” … suffering, although an inescapable reality, can nevertheless be utilised as a means for the attainment of happiness. This is the interpretation given to it by all the prophets and saints who, in the midst of severe tests and trials, felt happy and joyous and experienced what is best and holiest in life. Suffering is both a reminder and a guide. It stimulates us better to adapt ourselves to our environmental conditions, and thus leads the way to self improvement.”

In Marjory Morten’s description of Baha’u'llah’s daughter Bahiyyih Khanum, and her high state of spiritual attainment in dealing with pain, she writes:

“Something greater than forgiveness she had shown in meeting the cruelties and strictures in her own life. To be hurt and to forgive is saintly, but far beyond this is the power to comprehend and not be hurt.”

And,

” … if one tried to hurt her, she would wish to console him for his own cruelty.”

Sometimes the source of pain is much deeper than emotional pain, and expresses the state of a soul who has not found God. Baha’u'llah identifies this with the “Great Tribulation” anticipated by Christians. Referring to it as “oppression” in this passage from his “Book of Certitude,” in the course of his elucidation of the meaning of the signs of Christ’s return, Baha’u'llah writes:

What “oppression” is more grievous than that a soul seeking the truth, and wishing to attain unto the knowledge of God, should know not where to go for it and from whom to seek it?

The Word of God brought to earth in every age causes a tumult in the human soul. In one’s inner being and in the world at large, there is chaos before there is resolution and a higher order, as Baha’u'llah expresses in one of his meditations:

“I testify that no sooner had the First Word proceeded, through the potency of Thy will and purpose, out of His mouth, and the First Call gone forth from His lips than the whole creation was revolutionized, and all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth were stirred to the depths. Through that Word the realities of all created things were shaken, were divided, separated, scattered, combined and reunited, disclosing, in both the contingent world and the heavenly kingdom, entities of a new creation, and revealing, in the unseen realms, the signs and tokens of Thy unity and oneness. Through that Call Thou didst announce unto all Thy servants the advent of Thy most great Revelation and the appearance of Thy most perfect Cause.”

Suffering is an inevitable part of living. By identifying the source of our pain, making the necessary adjustments in our life, and striving to use it as an incentive to rendering greater service, pain can be seen as one more of the God-given tools we can use to draw closer to Him. As Shoghi Effendi’s guidance says:

“It is part of the Preciousness of this great work being done in the teaching field that it should be done through real sacrifices and not without heartaches attending it. There is a tendency in the American outlook on life at present to believe that suffering is produced by clumsiness and is not only avoidable but not a good thing, and not essential. While there is some truth in this attitude, we as Baha’is cannot but believe that suffering is often an essential part of our service. The Prophets suffered bitterly, so did all the Saints and Martyrs, and often ‘fed on the fragments of those broken hearts’, as Baha’u'llah says in one of His beautiful prayers.”

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Processing Personal Pain – A Baha’i View

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