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==="THE Most Great Law is come, and the Ancient Beauty ruleth upon [|the throne of David]. Thus hath My Pen spoken that which the histories of bygone ages have related." Baha'u'llah, [|Proclamation of Baha'u'llah],[| pg 90]===

//**"O ye chosen of God and His trusted ones! Kings are the manifestors of God's power and the source of His majesty and affluence. Pray ye on their behalf. The government of the earth hath been vouchsafed unto them.But the hearts of men He decreed unto Himself. He forbade conflict and strife -- a rigid prohibition in the Book. This is a Decree of God in this most great Manifestion; and God hath preserved it from annulment and it with the broidered garment of confirmation. Verily, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! ... **//

//**"God's Will and Testament enjoins upon the branches, the twigs, and the kinsfolk, one and all, to gaze upon the most great Branch. Consider what We have revealed in My Book of Aqdas, to wit: **// //**" 'When the sea of My Presence is exhausted and the Book of Origin hath reached its end, turn you unto him [|('Abdu'l-Baha)] who is desired by God -- He Who is issued from this Ancient Root' **// //**"The purpose of this sacred verse is the most great Branch. Thus have We declared the matter as a favor on Our part, and We are the Gracious, the Beneficient!" **// //**-Baha'u'llah, [|Book of the Covenant]**//

//**[|Extract] from**// [|the Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha] appearing in [|STAR OF THE WEST]

//**[|Volume X], [|No. 7], 13 July 1919 ( p. [|144] ) :**// //**"To his honor Mr. Remey, care of his honor Mr. Roy Wilhelm, New York City -- Upon him be BAHA'O'LLAH El Abha!"**// //**"He is God!"**//

//**"O my dear son!**// //**"Numerous letters have been received from you and their contents have all been conducive to happiness. Praise be to God, thou art confirmed in service to the Kingdom, art promulgating divine teachings, art raising the call of the oneness of mankind, art detaching the souls from ignorant racial prejudices, art summoning them to the investigation of truth, art showing forth unto them the light of guidance and art offering them the chalice of the wine of the love of God. This blessed purpose of thine is the magnet of the confirmations of the Abha Kingdom."**// //**("Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, May 23rd, 1919, Haifa, Palestine)**//

**//54. O ye the faithful loved ones of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! It is incumbent upon you to take the greatest care of [|Shoghi Effendi], the twig that hath branched from and the fruit given forth by the two hallowed and Divine Lote-Trees, that no dust of despondency and sorrow may stain his radiant nature, that day by day he may wax greater in happiness, in joy and spirituality, and may grow to become even as a fruitful tree.//** //**55. For he is, after 'Abdu'l-Bahá,[| the guardian of the Cause of God], [|the Afnán], [|the Hands (pillars) of the Cause] and the beloved of the Lord must obey him and turn unto him. He that obeyeth him not, hath not obeyed God; he that turneth away from him, hath turned away from God and he that denieth him, hath denied the True One. Beware lest anyone falsely interpret these words, and like unto them that have broken the Covenant after the Day of Ascension (of Bahá'u'lláh) advance a pretext, raise the standard of revolt, wax stubborn and open wide the door of false interpretation. To none is given the right to put forth his own opinion or express his particular convictions. All must seek guidance and turn unto [|the Center of the Cause] and [|the House of Justice]. And he that turneth unto whatsoever else is indeed in grievous error.**// //**-[|The TESTAMENT] of 'ABDU'L-BAHÁ **//

//** " **////** The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the autonomy of its state members and the personal freedom and initiative of the individuals that compose them are definitely and completely safeguarded. This commonwealth must, as far as we can visualize it, consist of [|a world legislature, whose members will, as the trustees of the whole of mankind, ultimately control the entire resources of all the component nations, and will enact such laws as shall be required to regulate the life, satisfy the needs and adjust the relationships of all races and peoples.]__ A world executive, backed by an international Force, will carry out the decisions arrived at, and apply the laws enacted by, this world legislature, and will safeguard the organic unity of the whole commonwealth. __[|A world tribunal will adjudicate and deliver its compulsory and final verdict in all and any disputes that may arise between the various elements constituting this universal system.]**////** " **// - //**[| Shoghi Effendi]**// //** World Unity the Goal of the Unfoldment of World Civilization **//

[|//**Spiritual and Administrative World Center**//]

//** Announce to friends of East and West the following: furnishing Mazra'ih, completion of restoration of historic house of Baha'u'llah in Acre,(1) scene of prolonged afflictions sustained by Founder of Faith, as well as supreme crisis suffered by Abdu'l-Baha at hands of Covenantbreakers. Greatly enhanced international endowments in Holy Land in twin cities of Acre and Haifa, now include twin Holy Shrines situated on plain of Acre and slope of Mount Carmel; twin Mansions of Bahji and Mazra'ih, twin historic Houses inhabited by Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha; twin International Archives adjoining the Bab's Sepulcher and the resting-place of the Greatest Holy Leaf; twin Pilgrim Houses, constructed for Oriental and Occidental pilgrims; twin Gardens of Ridvan and Firdaws, associated with the memory of the Author of the Baha'i Dispensation. **// //** Greatly welcome assistance of the newly-formed International Council, particularly its President, Mason Remey, and its [|Vice-President, Amelia Collins], through contact with authorities designed to spread the fame, consolidate the foundations and widen the scope of influence emanating from the twin spiritual, administrative World Centers permanently fixed in the Holy Land constituting the midmost heart of the entire planet. **// **//- Shoghi [Cablegram, March 2, 1951]//**

[|//**Charles Mason Remey's Last Will and Testament**//]

//**Dott. Proc. Giuseppe Pedone **// //**Notaio in Milano **// //**20121 **// //**- via Broletto, 37 **//

//**Florence, Italy **// //**29 August 1963 A.D. **//

//**I- I, Charles Mason Remey, U.S. citizen of Washington, D.C., born in Burlington, Iowa, on May 15th, 1874, being of sound physical and mental health do hereby declare this to be my last Will and Testament hereby revoking any previous Will and Testament heretofore made by me. **// //**II- I direct that in case of my death, Joseph Pepe, Jr., U.S. citizen of Newark, New Jersey, born February 13, 1922 at Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. be the [|executor] of my [|estate]. **//

//**<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">Charles Mason Remey **// //**<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">III- I bequeath to Joseph (Giuseppe) Pepe, Jr. everything tangible **////**<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> and intangible that I possess and may be entitled to. **// //**<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">IV- As for the burial of my remains, I leave this entirely in the hands of Joseph Pepe Jr. **// //**<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">V- Any rights, outlined in the agreement between myself and the Pohick Church at Pohick, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A. which shall continue on after my death, I [transfer] onto Joseph Pepe Jr., whom I am adopting as my legal son and heir. I authorize Joseph Pepe Jr. to act in my behalf in the upkeep, arrangement or transfer of remains from the "Remeum" to any other place he may deem necessary for their safety. **// [|//**Charles Mason Remey**//]

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> Extracts[| from] ** //[|Joseph Pepe Remey]'s letter [|to Dr. Leland Jensen]// ** //**dated 24 July 1975**// > ** //". . . [Mason] listed three persons as his successor.....I will not tell you the sequence of the three names.....but I will tell you that my name appeared on that list along with [|Donald Harvey]'s and [|Joel]'s . . .// ** > //** "In order to secure the continuation of the Guardianship, he made sure there would be several possible successors. You see, Dr. Jensen, Mason was more interested in securing the successorship than of the successor himself. **// ..

> //**"Mason told me that the Guardian of the Faith must be respected and followed and upheld even if he** becomes “__gaga__”**…..that was his own expression...**// > //**"The conditions under which he [Mason] lived** __forced him__ **to make the many steps he took and thus a great confusion (in the minds of those who failed the test) ensued as a result."**// > > > More letters from [|Pepe] to [|Brent Mathieu] are available [|here]... > The following extracts are from the document [|evidence for guardianship august 31, 2009] by [|Glenn Goldman...] > //** On December 6, 1990, Pepe wrote to Glen Goldman: **// > //** Now, again, dear “boy”….can you believe that God would expect His divinely inspired minister to resort to telling LIES…. **// > //** On December 10, 1990, he wrote to Glen Goldman: **// > //** Oh, my dear boy. I could tell you such stories. **// > //** On September 17, 1991, he wrote to Glen Goldman: **// > //** My dear “boy” – yes, you are all my “boys” my “sons”. **// > //**"It is so much more urgent for the Baha'i Faith today to achieve that UNITY which would permit a spiritually healthy and sound BODY of believers to come into play for what good is a HEAD without a functioning BODY? We have already seen during Mason's Guardianship how poorly that works." (Pepe to Dr. Jensen, 24 July 1975)**// //**“Pepe told me that the one thing that got through to him in all the recent correspondence was that Mason Remey would have liked what (was) presented about him being the Aghsan. Pepe told me that if Mason was an Aghsan, so was he himself, and then naturally all the others could be put aside for the guardianship mentioning Donald Harvey in this light. He said words to the effect that if Mason Remey was an Aghsan, so was he, and therefore he would of course be the Guardian of the Baha'i Faith….he would have no other recourse than to accept his guardianship.” (Transcript of a Phone Conversation of Pepe to a believer, Sept. 4, 1990)**////** May 24, 1991, Pepe to <span class="fw_link_page">Glenn Goldman : **// > //** Nothing you have written to me previously convinced me, as this last letter did, that you are a truly spiritually oriented individual; that you have a mind of your own and free to draw your own conclusions. **// > //** You possess a very excellent mind, Glenn, capable of facing up to that challenge. **// > //**Mason was confident that in time the masses of Believers would come to the conclusion that they needed and wanted a Guardian. Had they done so during his lifetime, I should not have objected to being his successor. Mason would have delighted in**// **(the) //conclusion regarding the Afnan and Aghsan branches and if it is true that Mason was, in fact, the adopted Aghsan son of 'Abdu'l-Baha, and if that fact were to be generally accepted, then I should not be able to refuse being his only possible successor.... The fact will always remain that if the Baha'i Faith must have a Guardian to progress, then only Mason Remey could have fulfilled that role, and Mason Remey intended me as his successor…"//** > //**(Pepe, 25 July 1991, Personal names omitted for privacy)**// > //**On July 25, 1991, Pepe wrote to <span class="fw_link_page">Glenn Goldman :**// > //**"Mason was confident that in time the masses of Believers would come to the conclusion that they NEEDED and WANTED a Guardian. Had they done so during his lifetime, I should not have objected to being his successor. Mason would have delighted in Daniel Scherr’s conclusion regarding the Afnan and Aghsan branches and if it is true that Mason was, in fact, the adopted Aghsan son of `Abdu’l-Baha, and if that fact were to be generally accepted, then I should not be able to refuse being his only possible successor. If, instead, Mason’s Guardianship stands merely on his appointment by Shoghi Effendi as President of the IBC, then Donald Harvey is his rightful successor – whether Mason intended that or not makes no difference .... just as it makes no difference whether Shoghi Effendi intended Mason to be his successor or not. The fact will always remain that IF THE BAHA’I FAITH MUST HAVE A GUARDIAN TO PROGRESS. . . . then ONLY MASON REMEY COULD HAVE FULFILLED THAT ROLE, and Mason Remey intended me as his successor and named Donald on my prodding and he did so to pacify me and to placate my anxieties...**//More of Pepe's Open Statements and other complete letters are in the process of being published at the [|Joseph Pepe Webs Site]... > > [|AN OPEN LETTER] TO [|NEAL CHASE]

> //**Dear Neal:**//

> //**Florence, 10/5/91**//

> //**The opening lines of your letter: "You quote Esslemont in Baha'u'llah and the New Era, to prove your basic fact that Baha'u'llah's Revelation supersedes all previous ones and therefore Old and New Testament prophecies are no longer applicable. You state that "One may not call himself a Baha'i and go back to past scriptures". And also that Abdu'l Baha declared clearly that he was not a prophet, therefore could not prophesy."**//

> //**Let us now see how Neal Chase OPERATES to put over his "tricks" which he learned from the MASTER PRESTIDIGITATOR, Mr. Jensen:**//

> //**He claims I quote Esslemont "TO PROVE". That is false, I would never quote Esslemont to prove anything. I quoted Esslemont as REFERENCE. That is quite something else, but for individuals who create their own PROOFS, it is only natural for them to suspect others of their own guilt. While on Esslemont's book, Ch. IV, sub-title STATION OF ABDU'L BAHA…. Esslemont quotes: "Abdu'l Baha himself makes no claim to independent prophethood." This is a "reference" Mr. Chase, NOT a PROOF. The Proof can be found in Abdu'l Baha's own words from His Tablets vol. ii p.429: "No name, no title, no mention, no commendation hath he, nor will ever have, except Abdu'l Baha--Servant of Baha".**//

> //**It is TRUE Baha'u'llah's Revelation supercedes all Past Prophesies. You went on to quote ONLY A PORTION of my statement that Old and New Testament prophesies are no longer applicable. I went on to state "no longer applicable to be claimed by Mr. Jensen to put forth his "contrived" proofs that he fulfills the very prophesies that Baha'u'llah claimed for Himself. Why did you quote only a portion of my statement? If you had, you could not have come up with one of your "tricks". You prove yourself "crafty" and "dishonest" "untrustworthy" and a determined Liar.**//

> //**Old & New Testament scriptures should be read for REFERENCE and to PROVE the spiritual Station of Baha'u'llah. Abdu'l Baha, Himself stated: "This is He (Baha'u'llah) whom God promised in ALL His Books and Scriptures such as the Bible, The Gospels and the Qur'an". That is my PROOF for stating anyone who turns to Old & New Testament Scriptures to Prove Mr. Jensen fulfills Prophesy cannot call himself a BAHA'I, but a JENSENITE.**//

> //**I, myself, as has done Charles Gaines and others of Mr. Jensen's former supporters, find ample PROOF from REVELATION that JENSEN CANNOT BE the Lamb, nor the Seventh Angel or the Knight on the White Horse (plus the many other titles he has claimed). I would have no objection to Jensen's claiming fulfillment of Chapter 12 of Revelation (12) "Woe to the inhabitors of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."**//

> //**Then go on to Chapter 20, (2)"And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years".**//

> //**Conclusion: If Baha'u'llah's New Revelation is to become a REALITY and to last a thousand years before the appearance of a New Manifestation, the Devil must first be bound for a thousand years to allow the New Revelation "freedom" from "evil" of the Devil to become a REALITY. Of course the Devil doesn't want that to come about so he claims it is he who must Establish the Kingdom - his kingdom - to disorientate the people from the "straight path". And, "if by their "FRUITS" ye shall Know Them", it is enough to read the material distributed by Jensen & Chase to see they are Disciples of the Devil Himself.**//

> //**- 1 -**//

> //**You see, Neal, the difference between us is that I quote exactly what is written, while you and Jensen quote only PARTS of statements. When you find NOTHING to criticize, you make up statements of your own and attribute that statement to someone you want to criticize, then you go ahead and criticize the VERY STATEMENT YOU MADE UP, to show how clever you can be. That is not being CLEVER….that is being CRAFTY.**//

> //**You want an EXAMPLE to PROVE my accusation? Simple, just go on where I left off in the first Par. of your letter. See? We don't have to go far off: You accuse me of stating:**//

> //**"Therefore according to your definition Abdu'l Baha is not even a Baha'i because he goes back to past scriptures! What is wrong with you? Not only does Abdu'l Baha go back to past scriptures but Baha'u'llah himself has commanded us all to study the previous revelations so we can better be acquainted with His. What is wrong with you?"**//

> //**Now, let us consider your false accusation above:**//

> //**You state "according to your definition"……that was NOT MY definition at all. It is a definition YOU MADE UP and attribute to ME falsely. Why don't you give MY EXACT words, instead of supplying your own? Abdu'l Baha' goes back to past scriptures to explain His Father's Station. I would be a FOOL to object to criticize Him, in that and YOU KNOW I NEVER intended that at all. I CRITICIZE YOU AND THOSE LIKE YOU who uphold Mr. Jensen for turning back to Old & New Testament Scriptures to claim he fulfills prophesies that were claimed by Abdu'l Baha' would accept Jensen's foolish claims, can you? You have so falsely accused me of saying something totally foreign to anything in my mind, as to appear an ENEMY of Abdu'l Baha and Baha'ullah whereas, in reality, I AM AN ENEMY of Mr. Leland Jensen and his cohorts with you, yourself, NEAL at the top of the list!**//

> //**The ONLY truth in that quotation of yours WHICH I DID STATE was that: "Baha'u'llah, Himself, has commanded us all to study the previous revelations so we can better be acquainted with His". But you "craftily" quote it as if YOU said it and not I. As if to PROVE I am WRONG and YOU are RIGHT. It is the very point I base my criticisms against you and Jensen on, i.e., to prove from past scriptures that it is the New Revelation of Baha'u'llah that has been prophesied, and NOT what Mr. Jensen claims. In your letter you keep repeating (after every "trick" you play on me) "What is wrong with you?"…..**//

> //**May I please have the pleasure of asking you just once: Neal, What is Wrong with You?**//

> //**In conclusion, let me repeat for the ….upth time……**//

> //**Mr. Leland Jensen has every right to claim WHATEVER he wishes….from WHATEVER SOURCE he deems necessary to put forth his claim to fulfill prophesy. That is his affair and those who support him in his claim are perfectly within their rights.**//

> //**What I object to is the fact that in order to put forth his claims, he tells lies upon lies, makes up false stories based on his "insight" or his "ability to know what goes on in peoples minds". He and his co-writers make false accusations against Mason Remey, myself and now against the very people who have been his staunchest supporters because they have DARED to question him on very urgent issues. His newly declared DOCTRINE is so far from anything "Baha'i" to discourage even one of the most EXPERT and KNOWLEDGIBLE Connoisseurs of the Baha'i Faith living today, Mr. Charles Gaines! Open your eyes, Neal, and "see the light".**//

> //**[along the margin:] PS: Pepe has criticized only the first Par. of Mr. Chase's 12 Page letter! He assures you who read this statement, the entire letter shows the same methods used.**//

> //**- 2 -**//

> //**A Special Post Script for Neal:**//

> //**Dear Neal:**//

> //**On page 11 of your letter (dated Sept 26, 1991) you compare me to a Catholic Priest trying to explain the TRINITY. That does not trouble me since you put Charles Gaines in the same category claiming he, too, is interested in HIS TRINITY…whatever you mean by that?**//

> //**Well…now…If I am, in any way to be compared to a Catholic Priest, it can only be due to my efforts to EXORCISE you from the DEVILS that have evidently taken possession of you.**//

> //**Your writings are full of Vicious Venom, Vulgar Language, Vain-glorious spiritual self-agrandisement and Vagarities of a Vacuous minded Villian.**//

> //**(try to beat that one, Neal!)**//

> //**That UGLY statement you VOMITED from your Putrified Belly against Mason Remey - on page 4 of your previous letter - calling him "The most horrible, degenerate and horrendous violator" and that "when he violated, the stink was so foul and perverse that all the people had to FLEE from Mason to save their own lives!"**//

> //**Such a statement could only come from a demented mind or, from a person POSSESSED of deamons of the deep dungeons of INFERNO.**//

> //**(see how generous I am with you Neal? I send you to "inferno" instead of "Hell" where you send those who oppose you).**//

> //**Perhaps God has inspired me (as the Catholic Priest YOU see in Me) to EXORCISE you from the evil spirits that possess you. You must be very DEAR to God for Him to be so Concerned over your spiritual WELFARE and I consider it a special PRIVILEGE to be the CHOSEN ONE to free you because, in spite of my continuous antagonistic attacks on you, Neal, there is something very LOVABLE about you.**//

> //**The statement you made against Mason….and many others in the past remind me of a scene from the Movie "The EXORCIST" where the little girl possessed of devils VOMITS up YOUR VENOM to rid yourself of the Devils that are gnawing in the pit of your stomach.**//

> //**The STINK you accused Mason of can only be your OWN FOUL-MOUTHED BAD BREATH blowing back to your nostrils. That is why I suggested you were probably having your "bowel-movements" from the wrong end.**//

> //**My prayer for you is that "you may be rid of your devils". The devils you allowed to enter when you became a Disciple of the Devil believing him to be The Lamb. Your language cannot be that of a disciple of the Lamb of God.**//

> //**It is not Mason Remey who is "screaming in pain and suffering for God to let him out of Hell", as you stated in that ugly diatribe against him. It must be your own troubled spiritual conscience ringing out in your brain to free yourself from the bottomless pit of hell……..grasp on to my extended hand, Neal…..there is still HOPE.**//

> //**Written with "a pure, kindly and radiant heart"**//

> //**by:**//

> //**Joseph-Pepe-Remey**//

> //**- 3 -**//

> //**[Handwritten on the back of page 3:]**//

> //**Dear Brent: My purpose is to BOMBARD Neal & Leland with a dose of their own Ammunition**//

> //**Pepe**//

> //**P.S. Distribute as you see fit.**//

> //**[Handwritten on the back of page 3 of Neal's letter:]**//

> //**Dear Neal "My dear Boy"**//

> //**My purpose is to BOMBARD you & your EDUCATOR with a dose of your own Medicine. Pepe**// > > The following extracts are also from the document [|evidence for guardianship august 31, 2009] by [|Glenn Goldman...] > //** February 4, 1992 to <span class="fw_link_page">Glenn Goldman : **// > //** I have no children of my own and my purpose in life has always been to instill in the minds of youngsters who enter the sphere of my own life, something noble and fine that will help them through life, thus projecting myself into the future through them… just as Mason Remey has done with me. Mason succeeded in projecting himself through me and when I defend him, it is as if he himself were alive and defending himself. If, through some help from me, you achieve success in life and remember my contribution, you do me honor in the future. I know the pleasure individuals I have helped in the past have experienced because of my relationship to them, and the joy I experience is not for myself alone, but for themselves too because it is a glorious experience to know someone loves you and wants to help you and continue to love you even when you are far apart… even in death. **//

> //**“From what Mason told me about Shoghi Effendi's experience as Guardian and how it affected him…..plus what I experienced in the first person regarding what the Guardianship did to Mason, believe me, I wouldn't wish that role on my worst enemy.**// > //**“Nevertheless, if I were convinced that coming forth and taking a definite stand as Mason Remey's successor would result in peace and harmony amongst all the Baha'is, I should not hesitate one minute to do so…. Mason awaited the day when the masses of Baha'is (now termed sans-guardian Baha'is) would WANT a Guardian. Should the time come when those masses should turn to me, I could not refuse to fulfill the role for not to do so would be a violation of the faith and trust Mason Remey placed in me [which includes adopting and appointing his successor as son and heir].**// __His name [Mason's] must eventually be rehabilitated.__ **//A man who gave so much for the Faith and who was dearly loved by the Founding-Fathers (the Bab and Baha'u'llah) deserves something more than what has been heaped upon him in the past.//** __I am dedicated to that end__**//; not for myself, nor for the Faith, nor the Believers, but for Mason Remey. If you have any compassion for me, you should not want me to undergo the sufferings that would result as a consequence of what you ask. Faithfully, Joseph Pepe-Remey 9 May, 1992)”//** > //** May 21, 1992 to **////**<span class="fw_link_page">Glenn Goldman **////** : **// > //** I, like [doubting] Thomas, have doubted about you, Glenn, but after having SEEN and TALKED with you, my faith was restored. **//

//**On March 29, 1993 Pepe wrote to <span class="fw_link_page">Glen Goldman :**// //** At one time in the past – several years ago – when I was carrying on an active correspondence with Daniel Scherr, yourself and [|Brent Mathieu] I thought seriously that should the time come when the mainstream Baha’is might want to correct their error regarding Mason’s claim to the guardianship and ask me to succeed him, I would have had the three of you as sub-guardians – one to dedicate himself only to the WORD – one to the Administrative Order of `Abdu’l-Baha and one to the Teaching Efforts. I believe the time will come when only one guardian will not be able to handle all the chores. There may be several guardians acting in various capacities but only __one__ spiritual Head (The Repository of Divine Guidance) to oversee all and to assure that PROTECTION promised by Baha’u’llah. I was enthralled with the three of you and should have been proud to have you as my “sons.” A pity it all fell apart. You are the only one of the three who is still in communication. **//

//** August 31, 1993 to <span class="fw_link_page">Glenn Goldman : **//

//** Dear Glenn, Your wanting to share with me the good news that you surely deserved was appreciated. I read all you wrote with sincere interest. Perhaps I have no right to be, but feel “PROUD” of your accomplishments nonetheless. **//

//**“If Mason had been recognized by the masses of believers as both spiritual and administrative head of the Faith then I would naturally have fallen in line as his successor. I have encouraged confused individuals to turn to Donald Harvey (as you pointed out). I have never considered Donald the spiritual successor to Baha'u'llah.”**// //**(Pepe to Dr. Leland Jensen, 18 January 1994)**//

//** A time may come when the Administrative work may be so vast, the spiritual successor will not be able to serve as “Guardian”. He may appoint one, two or more Guardians to oversee different aspects of the Administrative order. What is wrong with that? **// //** (Joseph Pepe Remey, letter to Dr. Leland Jensen, 1/18/94, p. 6) **//

//**"I wish I could remember the exact date of Pepe's death. It was in the spring of 1994, as a result of a complication of heart valve surgery? I need to check my records to verify exactly."**// //**-[|Brent Mathieu], 1 March 2010 3:51 PM**//

To read more of Pepe's letters, most of them are in the process of being published at the [|Joseph Pepe Webs Site]...

//** [|[unitarian-bahai]] Spiritual testament, memoir and transmission of Brent Mathieu aka Hafiz **////** ... **//
 * //** From: **// || //** Brent Mathieu <bmathieu@spro.net> **// ||
 * //** To: **// || //** unitarian-bahai@yahoogroups.com **// ||  ||

//** To whom it may concern, **//

//** Invocation: **//

//** Towards the One, in all divine names and forms. Creator, sustainer and guide of all the heavens and the earths. The most loving, most compassionate, most great and most glorious. **//

//** May God unite the hearts of all people, and reveal unto us the divine purpose in love, beauty and truth. **//

//** All praise and gratitude be to that One, the source of all being. **//

//** Herein follows my spiritual testament, memoir and transmission. **//

//** I, Hafiz, aka Brent B Mathieu, testify that all begin in the sacred unity of life, and to the mystery of unity of spirit, we all return. **//

//** Introduction: **//

//** In [| the lineage of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar and Keturah], which I revere, there have arisen the faiths of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Baha’i. All believe in one God, one Supreme Being, called by many names in the Semitic languages of the Middle East. El, Elohim, Alaha, Allah. **//

//** This Great Mystery has many divine attributes or qualities. As the holy Quran states, ‘by whatsoever name ye will, invoke that One. Allah has most excellent names.’ **//

//** Ab-ra-ham, means ‘the source of many nations’ Abraham represents a patriarchal archetype of the masculine prophet, a male human friend of the divine. From his seed, have been born Ishmael, Issac, Jacob (aka Israel ) Esau, Moses (aka Musa), the tribes, prophets, kings and priests of Israel, Yeshua, (aka Jesus the christ, Issa , ruh allah, or yuz asaf) Muhammad (aka rasullillah), Siyyid ‘Ali Muhammad (aka the bab), and Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí (aka baha’u’llah) Peace and blessings be upon them all. **//

//** These are some of the masculine branches of Abraham’s lineage. They are the fruit of the monotheistic tree of human life. They are male exemplars of pious human beings, the hu-ri, the hu beings conscious and manifest ones of the earth. **//

//** Sarah, in the Semitic lineage of Middle Eastern spirituality, may be understood to represent the matriarchal archetype of the priestess of the divine feminine, the goddess, the mother of heaven and earth. Hagar, the daughter of Egypt, was her friend and handmaiden. (Refer to the thesis book: “Sarah the Priestess: The First Matriarch of Genesis” or the book: “The Tent of Abraham” for more details) The goddess has many names as well, in the ancient Middle East, the goddess was known as Elat, Innana, Astarte, Isis and more. A few of their daughters of blood and spirit are Rachel, Leah, Dinah, Ruth, Ester, Mariam, Mary, Mary Magdalene, Khadija, Aisha, Fatima, Khadijih Bagum, Tahirih, Asiyih Khanum, Fátimih Khánum, and Gawhar Khánum. Peace and blessings be upon them all. **//

//** Together, Sarah, Hagar, Keturah and Abraham co-created a multitude of nations and religions upon the earth, and a legacy both of unity and schism, a blessing and a curse. **//

//** We, all, the huri, need the masculine and the feminine in balance so that humanity may soar as a bird with two wings. **//

//** It is written in the Torah, that God made a covenant with Abraham, and blessed his descendants. **//

//** In the holy Quran, it is said that God opened Adam, the primordial hu-man, and looked upon all humanity, and asked us each and all: **//

//** Am I not your Rabb? (Rabb may translate or mean lord, sustainer, creator, provider, teacher, guide or master) **//

//** We all affirmed that we would bear witness that there was no one but that One. **//

//** This testament by Hafiz aka Brent B Mathieu is an endeavor to fulfill this covenant, and reconcile the lineage of Abraham and the hu-ri, and atone for the past. **//

//** The present day lineage of the Bahai Faith: **//

//** [|Bahá'u'lláh] (ba-haa-ol-laa, [|Arabic]: بهاء الله‎ "Glory of God") ( 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892 ), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí, was the founder of the [|Bahá'í Faith]. In a progressive revelation in the lineage of Abraham’s faith, he taught the unity of humanity and the oneness of God. **//

//** In [| his book of the Covenant], Baha’u’llah bequeathed unto his heirs a treasury of trust and resignation. He urged all to refrain from slander and to live rightly. He forbids conflict and contention. He directed his followers after his passing to turn to the one whom had branched from the root of the Tree of his life. He indicated this meant [|the A’zam] (Mighty) branch, his eldest son, ‘Abbas Effendi, known spiritually to the public as [|‘Abdu’l Baha], the servant of Baha, or Aqa, the master exemplar of the Bahai ideals. He chose his next eldest son, Mirza Muhammed ‘Ali, [|the Akbar] (Great) branch to succeed after ‘Abdu’l Baha. **//

//** [|The sons became estranged over the leadership manner of ‘Abdu’l Baha]. After [|the passing of ‘Abdu’l Baha], his apparent, [|though disputed], <span class="fw_link_website">[|Will] and [|Testament] [|cut off his half brother from the succession], and appointed instead ‘Abdu’l Baha’s grandson, [|Shoghi Effendi], as [|the guardian of the Cause of God]. **//

//** [|The Will] and Testament made it incumbent for Shoghi Effendi to appoint his successor in his lifetime, and if his first born was not appropriate, then he must choose another branch to succeed him. **//

//** [|Shoghi Effendi] [|excommunicated all the other descendents] of Baha’u’llah, and [| had no children]. He [|established an administrative order], including the appointment of an [|international Baha’I council], and the [|Hands of the Cause], his spiritual and administrative aides. Shoghi Effendi died unexpectedly in 1957, and [|no personal will and testament was discovered]. The Hands met in conclave and [|determined that Shoghi Effendi had no heir or successor to the guardianship]. His leadership of the Baha’I Faith and his estate was held in trust by the custodianship of the Hands, until the election of a “Universal House of Justice” in 1963. The international Bahai council appointed by Shoghi Effendi remained relatively inactive and was bypassed as a possible successor to Shoghi Effendi’s guardianship. [|One of the Hands], [|Charles Mason Remey], [|the President of the IBC], [|persisted in urging the Hands to seek their guardian], and[| objected to the plan to elect an international Baha’I council as a preliminary step to the election of a Universal House of Justice]. Remey separated from the other Hands, and [|claimed to be the second guardian of the Baha’I Faith] on the basis of his [|being appointed the President of the international Baha’I council] [|by Shoghi Effendi]. [|Remey was an elderly American,] who [|had been highly regarded by ‘Abdu’l Baha as his spiritual, dear son]. [|The Hands denied Remey’s claim]. [|Remey] and [|the Hands] mutually excommunicated each other. **//

//** In the early 1960s, [|Remey appointed one of his main supporters, Joel Marangella, to succeed him]. Remey anticipated an imminent world cataclysm, and desired to preserve the guardianship. Subsequently, Remey appointed a second IBC with each member as a potential successor to Remey’s guardianship if there was need and no other successor was appointed. In the mid 1960s, Remey [|adopted an Italian-American friend, Joseph Pepe, to be his son,]granted him power of attorney as his companion and care-taker, and [|made him his heir in his will and testament]. Pepe declined Remey’s desire to name him as his successor to the guardianship, and instead promoted [|Donald Harvey] to Remey. Remey dissolved the second IBC. [| In 1967, Remey appointed Donald Harvey to be his successor to the guardianship.] [|Remey died in 1974.] **//

//** Personal spiritual history **//

//** I was born July 31, 19 55, and was raised by my parents, Burtis and Anna Mathieu, in the Lutheran church in Sidney , Montana , in which I received confirmation. Praise be to God with all gratitude for the gift of life! **//

//** I was introduced to the Bahai Faith, in December, 1973, by Doctors [|Leland and Opal Jensen], naturopathic and chiropractic physicians of Missoula, Montana. Peace and blessings be upon them both. The Jensens had served as teaching pioneers of the Baha’I Faith in the 1950s, and had been recognized by Shoghi Effendi for their services as “[|knights of Baha’u’llah]”. The Jensens nominally supported the guardianship of Remey, though Leland Jensen had begun to assert his own claim to be a “promised one”, with spiritual authority to lead a reformation and renewal of the Bahai Faith. The Jensens were excommunicated with the mainstream Haifa based Baha’I Administration. As a result, I never enrolled as a member of the Haifa based Baha’I Administration. From my first encounter with Haifa based Baha’is in 1974, I have experienced many instances of being shunned for my beliefs. Counselors from the Haifa based administration informed me in the early 1990s that I was considered a supporter of the views of Covenant-breakers due to my association with the Jensens, their community and my support for the continuation of the guardianship in the Remey lineage. **//

//** In the mid 1970s, I began a correspondence with both Donald Harvey and Joseph Pepe. In the late 1970s, I was persuaded by Leland Jensen that Pepe was the valid successor to Remey and ceased to correspond with Harvey until I resumed again in 1990. In 1990, I exchanged a series of letters with Leland Jensen and his community, stating my points of disagreement with their beliefs, and my disassociation and independence from their sect. **//

//** Pepe and I corresponded often in the early 1990s, sometimes exchanging several letters each month. In August, 1990, Pepe, in response to an exchange between Leland Jensen and him, concerning a mystical experience by myself, [|wrote me a letter which included his adoption of me as his “spiritual son” and appointment of myself as his “aghsan successor”]. Pepe had a hope of rehabilitating Remey’s memory and name, as his “moral and filial obligation” to Remey with the Haifa based administration and envisioned my assistance. Pepe corresponded with other individuals from Jensen’s community, and encouraged each of us to help him in this endeavor. **//

//** Pepe, circa March 1991, proposed to Harvey that he reconsider his appointment of successor and instead appoint myself, Brent Mathieu, to be Harvey ’s successor. Harvey, Pepe and I corresponded about the proposal and my concerns, and no change in appointment occurred. Donald Harvey died in October 1991 and [|was succeeded by] [|Jacques Soghomonian]. Pepe and the Jensens each died in the early to mid 1990s. After Harvey ’s death, I contacted the Haifa based Baha’I Administration to explore reconciliation and joining their organization for fellowship purposes for myself and my children. It became clear that my support of the continuation of the guardianship in Remey’s lineage was not a welcome fit in the Haifa based Baha’I Administration’s community, and I dropped the inquiry. **//

//** An electronic archive copy of my scanned and typed correspondence with Pepe, Jensen, Harvey and others related to the guardianship has been distributed and exists, along with the originals of letters received. **//

//** Circa 1992-1993 and subsequently, I became an active supporter of Harvey ’s successor Jacques Soghomonian. **//

//** While participating in a gathering of pro-guardians Bahais in central Colorado circa 1993, I experienced a remarkable dream relevant to this testimony. Its details are recorded in my journal, and have been previously shared with a few, including Jeannie McGinley of Missoula, Montana. Without reviewing my journal, my recollection at present of the dream is that I was in a house, in a state of disrepair and weakened foundation and supports, with sagging floors and decks, with the potential for collapse. Two or three people were present urging me to help them repair the house. (I interpret these to be dream projections of the Haifa based Universal House of Justice and my contacts with Haifa Administration representatives earlier). There was a dying or dead tree next to the house, almost leafless with dead, dry, broken branches. (A tree is a symbol of spiritual or physical lineage – a tree of life nearly dead) I was standing on a sagging deck of the house, which was about to collapse, I had a choice to stay in the collapsing house, or leap to grasp a branch of the tree. I knew that the dead branch could not bear my weight and would break, yet I leaped. The branch broke and I fell to the ground. Then I awoke. The dream had some other aspects too. **//

//** Recently, the symbolism tied in with a story in Genesis about the staff of Aaron, a dead branch that flowers. It inspires a poem: **//

//** “Upon barren branch **// //** appeared a bud of life, **// //** fragrant flowers followed.” **//

//** In the late 1990s, circa 1998-1999, Soghomonian appointed me a Hand of the faith, and considered naming me his successor. In the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l Baha, the Hands of the Cause have a function of diffusing the divine fragrances. **//

//** In the mid 2000s, circa 2006, [| Soghomonian voided the nominations of those of us appointed as Hands, and appointed Mr. E. S. Yazdani, an Iranian Bahai residing in Australia as his successor.] **//

//** At present, as I have previously stated, in a letter dated Sept 20, 2007, to Jacques Soghomonian, and others within the pro-guardian community, I can not profess to be Baha’i, with a clear conscience. By most conventional and traditional Baha'i standards of belief, I do not accept what may be essential elements of the Baha'i Faith. To be brief, let it suffice that I question Baha'u'llah's central assertion in the Book of Certitude, and other of His writings, that only way to know God is through His Manifestation, and that it is incumbent to recognize and obey this Manifestation. I do not recognize Baha'u'llah's Revelation as infallible and supreme in its authority, or the sole path to God in this Day. Thus, I may not be Baha'i. **//

//** I recognize and testify that Baha'u'llah is a Manifestation of Allah, in the lineage of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah, one foreseen by sages and prophets, and that his Revelation, and lineage of succession of his sons, ‘Abdu’l Baha, and Mirza Muhammed Ali, and of the Guardianship is a Light of Divine Guidance, and a teacher of the path to God. Thus, I am of Baha. **//

//** I am convinced that many enlightened human beings, the awakened, evolved hu-ri, besides the few Manifestations recognized in the Baha'i Faith, have realized their unity with the One. **//

//** Regarding the Guardianship, I affirm that [|Shoghi Effendi appointed Charles Mason Remey to be President of the International Baha’I Council], the embryonic Universal House of Justice. [|Remey was the spiritual, dear son of ‘Abdu’l Baha.] Shoghi Effendi did not explain the significance or potential of Remey’s appointment in relation to the Guardianship. He did not direct the Baha’is to turn to Remey as his successor. The significance of Shoghi Effendi’s appointment of Remey as President, and the succession of the Guardianship is controversial and divisive. It is a subject that an individual can decide only for one’s own self. For the Baha’I’ community, it is a matter that needs authoritative decision, and the Hands [|who were given that authority in the Will] and Testament, [|concluded there was no individual successor] to the Guardian, Shoghi Effendi. [|The Haifa based Universal House of Justice, without a guardian as its head for life, affirmed their decision.] **//

//** [|One of the documents which Charles Mason Remey signed] after the death of Shoghi Effendi, included the following statement: **//

//** "[|The Custodians] shall be deemed to succeed the Guardian of the Bahá'í **//

//** Faith, His Eminence the late Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, in Palestine or **//

//** Israel Branches of National Spiritual Assemblies of various countries, **//

//** which are registered in Israel, and the Custodians may nominate one or **//

//** more persons to act on their behalf in any such Israel Branches." **//

//** Completed, sealed and signed on this 25th day of November, 1957. **//

//** Therefore, I conclude for myself that there is no definite or explicit continuation of the Guardianship after Shoghi Effendi, though I do not deny the possibility, and affirm the evident need for [|lights of guidance.] **//

//** I recognize [|Jacques Soghomonian] as the present successor in the spiritual lineage from ‘Abdu’l Baha via Mason Remey as his dear, spiritual son, and as the successor to Remey’s appointment as President of the embryonic Universal House of Justice. I recognize and affirm Charles Mason Remey, Donald A Harvey, and Jacques Soghomonian as chosen branches in the spiritual lineage of ‘Abdu’l Baha. I hereby assent to Mr E.Yazdani as the appointed successor to Jacques Soghomonian. **//

//** Personally, I regard myself as to have no authority greater than that of any other soul among my brothers and sisters of humanity, the hu-ri. I believe in the Oneness of the Supreme Being, that from One all come, and unto One, all shall return. **//

//** My aspiration is to know, love, and praise Allah, the Oneness, the Source of all Being, by whatsoever names and paths revealed to us. **//

//** Since the early 1990s I have been actively participating in [|the Dances of Universal Peace]. I may be self described as a JudeoChristianIslamicBahaiSufi Unitarian/Universalist, with great regard and respect for Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shamanism. **//

//** In April and May 2005, I made a solo, independent pilgrimage to the holy lands and sites of Rome, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Haifa and Akka, including the Baha’I holy sites of the shrine of the Bab, the shrine of Baha’u’llah at Behje, and the houses of Baha’u’llah and ‘Abdu’l Baha in Akka. It was a quest for reconciliation and atonement within myself of my spiritual lineage, and the legacy of my family ancestors, and culture upon the earth. **//

//** In recent years, several songs have been inspired out of this endeavor, my Lutheran heritage, and my participation with Ilowan’s Healing Temple, the Dances of Universal Peace, and an Aramaic Christian Sufi Peace study group. The writings and music of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Murshid Samuel Lewis, and Sa’adi, aka Neil Douglas-Klotz have been very influential and appreciated. The music and lyrics from my heart have been recorded, and performed for my community of friends and family. Among these are: The Aramaic Lord’s prayer. Do unto others. Hummingbird’s joy. Come unto me. A lover’s heart. Come on, let’s dance. **//

//** In May 2010, I accepted initiation into the Ruhaniat International Sufi Order, in the lineage of Murshid Samuel Lewis, and Hazrat Inayat Khan Chisti. My Sufi guide, Saladin, chose the name of Hafiz for me. **//

//** The legacy of the Baha’I Faith, as well as much of the JudeoChristianIslamic lineage of Abraham, and Sarah, Hagar and Keturah, has been filled with schism, discord, estrangement, and conflict. This is especially disturbing and tragic as it was Baha’u’llah’s often stated purpose in enduring his life of suffering and injustice, to promote peace, justice, love and unity among all humanity, the hu-ri. He advocated independent investigation of truth, and the harmonious fellowship among all religions and races. He declared that we, the hu-ri, all of humanity are the waves of one sea, the leaves of one tree, the fruits of one branch. Instead of the actualization of this vision of unity, his own family and followers, fell into schism and discord after his death, over the interpretation of his covenant. This cycle of schism has been repeated with each generation, and succession of authority within the Baha’I faith. **//

//** Recently, via [|the internet forum of Bahai Unitarians], attention has come to the fact that the [|covenant of Baha’u’llah], chose [|ghusn I akbar] to succeed after [|ghusn I a’zam]. Baha’u’llah’s will was that his son, Mirza Muhammed Ali, would succeed after Abbas Effendi aka ‘Abdu’l Baha. **//

//** This reminds that Remey, in his diaries of [|the Daily Observations], written in Haifa after the death of Shoghi Effendi, mused that perhaps some day the guardianship would be returned to physical descendents of Baha’u’llah. **//

//** The inspiration for this my spiritual testament came after a nine day inner retreat, and contemplation of Ya Hadi, the Arabic divine name for Allah’s quality as the Guide. Several individuals and occurrences in synchronicity contributed to its inception. **//

//** Transmission: **//

//** In the spirit of highest good and unity, for all the huri, the hu beings of the earth, and as a prayer and symbol, for the harmony of masculine and feminine, reconciliation and atonement, I, Brent B Mathieu, aka Hafiz, as a spiritual son and aghsan successor of Joseph Pepe Remey, do hereby by this document and my heart felt will, transfer and pass on any transmission of spirit received by myself from Pepe’s lineage of inheritance back now to the family of the physical descendents of Baha’u’llah. This transmission is to be received and held in trust by the great grand daughter of Baha’u’llah, [|Negar Bahai-Emsallem]. She, as a female branch as well as a leaf upon both the spiritual and physical tree of Life, of Baha’u’llah, may designate and transmit this trust and inheritance to whomsoever she chooses among the branches of Baha’u’llah. **//

//** Inshallah, as Baha’u’llah intended, let Akbar succeed A’zam as a branch upon the ancient Tree. May the branch that appeared dead, bud again and flower. May the spiritual and physical descendents join together in unity and love, and let there be light upon light. May the tree of life, for all humanity flourish, guide and shelter us. **//

//** I appeal to all concerned among the various branches of the family and faith of Baha’u’llah, to engage together in fellowship, love, counsel and action for the purpose of unity. May everyone of Baha, and of God, act and demonstrate unity to advance the vision of Baha’u’llah for the unity of humanity, and the realization of peace, justice, love and truth. Heaven upon the earth, and within the hearts of all. **//

//** In trust in life, and praise of God. **//

//** Amen. **//

[|//**Brent B Mathieu,**//] [| //**aka Hafiz ‘Abdu’l Hakim,**//] [| //**Boise Idaho, August 25, 2010**//]

//** The above is intended to be formalized by a notary in the near future. A brief statement to the above exists in my handwriting in my personal journal. **//

//[|Two thumbs up for film "Bahais in My Backyard"]//
//Two thumbs up for [|__Bahais in My Backyard__], an Israeli's view of the Bahai Faith that is presently headquartered in Haifa, Israel ("BWF"). This hour long film captures the essence of what is wrong with the BWF and how they have hijacked the true teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, distorted them and are attempting to use them to carry out their plan for world domination.// //Of course, when I say "two thumbs up", I am borrowing from the Siskel and Ebert movie reviewers, with no pun intended about the hilarious television commercial for "erection problems" that provided much needed comic relief in a piece that mostly ran chills down my spine at the palpable evil being displayed by the leaders of the BWF.// //Throughout the film, the BWF leaders appear as humorless, evasive, cold, calculating, arrogant, dark and paranoid. They are so scary they almost seem alien as if they were about to blink with more than one set of eyelids. Everyone else comes across as human, warm and trusting souls, although Frederick Glaysher, a Reform Bahá'í and outspoken critic of the BWF, came across as somewhat paranoid, not that I blame him. The rank and file members of BWF seemed like nice people but they did not seem to get it, as one woman calls the U.S. National Center in Wilmette and seems mystified that they are so paranoid about releasing information about the members.// //The film crew is escorted through the underground pathways, facilities and auditoriums of the Haifa World Center by the BWF's Secretary General, Albert Lincoln (who inexplicably could not open all of the doors with his "master key"). In an attempt to make the BWF appear in a positive light he introduces the BWF by saying: "//The Bahai Faith is the first religion in the history of the world as far as I am aware to function without a clergy and on a democratic basis.//"// //Anyone who knows about how the BWF handles dissent and critcisim knows that the BWF does not function on a democratic basis. Not only that, but I find it hard to believe that Mr. Lincoln became the Secretary General of the World Centre without being familiar with Shoghi Effendi's teachings on the subject. This makes Mr. Lincoln a bald-faced liar.// //Shoghi Effendi: "//Neither in theory nor in practice can the Administrative Order of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh be said to conform to any type of democratic government, to any system of autocracy, to any purely aristocratic order, or to any of the various theocracies, whether Jewish, Christian or Islamic which mankind has witnessed in the past. It incorporates within its structure certain elements which are to be found in each of the three recognized forms of secular government, is devoid of the defects which each of them inherently possesses, and blends the salutary truths which each undoubtedly contains without vitiating in any way the integrity of the Divine verities on which it is essentially founded.//" God Passes By, p. 326.// //Later, in a candid moment, Mr. Lincoln discusses how the BWF treats dissidents. His statements are so precious, I will quote him in full here. He would make Mussolini proud:// //"//In every organization, particularly in religious organizations, there is always some form of dealing with harmful dissidents. It certainly exists in the Catholic Church and other religious organizations. Within the context of the Bahai Faith, those who attack the authority of the Institutions, which are there to maintain the unity of the community, are expelled from the community and the community is asked not to speak with them. This is because disputes are forbidden in the community and on such a fundamental issue the best way to avoid a dispute is simply not to have a conversation.//"// //I must say hearing Mr. Lincoln speak so coldly about "dealing with" dissidents and saying that disputes are "forbidden" sent chills down my spine and I had to run to my front door to make sure it was securely locked! To hear him say these things, as if they were so reasonable, is punctuated by the fact that he is speaking in a palace situated on Mount Carmel that is purported to be the seat of a future world government. What he is really saying here is that the theocratic global State to be created by the BWF is a fascist organization. They will "deal with" the dissidents and they won't let them "have a conversation." Never mind that consultation, that is the clash of opposing viewpoints, is one of the central teachings of the Faith, and the question of the authority of their "Institutions" was never even consulted about. You don't achieve unity by avoiding the dispute altogether and just impose one view on everyone else, like it or not.// //If you don't believe that the BWF intends to set up a world government, just listen to Douglas Moore, Public Information Director, spew his propaganda. He says that "//nations will eventually give up some of their sovereignty and turn it over to a world government.//" This sounds all progressive and wonderful until one realizes that this world government he is talking about is THEIR world government, one where dissidents are dealt with. He is standing, after all, in a shrine to this world government, with the spooky buildings of world government all about him.// //The disturbing lack of candor and outright lies of the BWF leaders is highlighted by the visit made by Murray Smith, Deputy Secretary General, who is secretly taped discussing why they BWF won't admit an Israeli to membership. The guy sits there and tells him that Bahá'u'lláh Himself forbid Israeli citizens from joining their community. Never mind that the Israeli State did not exist in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. In fact, this rule comes from their bogus UHJ, which attributes it to a policy that supposedly existed from the time of Bahá'u'lláh. Mr. Smith's lie becomes apparent when he admits this rule will be eliminated in the future, as if the pronouncements of Bahá'u'lláh can simply be cast aside in the future. This man is a buffoon.// //The underground facilities of the BWF's world centre is examined by an architect who concludes that it is an elaborate bomb shelter or bunker to help a council of wise men survive through an anticipated holocaust. Of course, that is exactly what it is. The BWF leaders deny an apocalyptic vision in the film (and they elsewhere publicly denounce such a teaching) ignoring the fact that the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi are replete with references to a world embracing calamity. The deception just never ends.// //Probably the most priceless portion of the film is the interview with Nigar Bahai Amsalem, the great grand-daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, a neighbor to the BWF world center and a very nice lady who insists that she exists despite the fact that her existence is officially denied by the BWF leaders. She says: "//We are the family and they cannot say that we are not the family as they tell their people that come from abroad: 'do not talk to them,' but personally I think its very childish because what are they so afraid of us for? What can we do? Against all.... we are not interested. We are the family that are living here. The blood of Bahá'u'lláh runs in all the veins of the family. We are not doing anything against them. We are just living peacefully and doing exactly what Bahá'u'lláh told us to do. So we are Bahá'ís. We are true Bahá'ís.//"// //She needs to be careful with that "true Bahá'í talk". It will get her sued. I know why they are so afraid of her and the rest of the family. Her existence threatens their authority and power. She does not fear them at all. She fears only God. I liked her.// //It made me laugh out loud to hear Douglas Moore respond by saying that it did not matter that they are part of the Holy family. He said it was not "something of value in itself of being related to Baha'u'llah." I fell off my chair and laughed out loud because it was precisely because there was no member of the Holy family for Shoghi Effendi to appoint as his successor that the Institutions of the Guardianship and Hands of the Cause supposedly had to come to an end, and the UHJ had to be permanently disfigured as a headless body. To say that there is no significance is pretty far out there. The deception never ends.// //In conclusion, the film was highly entertaining, revealing, and had a certain gloomy sense of humor about it even as it exposed the shapeshifting BWF leadership as the agents of deception and evil that they are. I highly recommend it.// // Posted at 10:25 PM in [|sans-Guardian Bahá'ís] | [|Permalink]// //[|By Jeffery Goldberg]// //[|Hand of the Cause of God]//