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Comment by Neuron on December 28, 2008 at 8:20am

Nothing is possible and everything is unexplainable.

Comment by RonPrice on September 21, 2008 at 6:54am

PRELUDE: A Prose-Poem Written on the Vernal Equinox-2008
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For many years I have been interested in William Wordsworth’s famous, but now little known, poem Prelude. This great--at least to some enthusiasts of belles-lettres--autobiographical poem, written over half a century, 1800 to 1850, played a role in the formation of my own autobiographical prose-poem. I have also had an interest in the concept of prelude and the role of this concept, this prelude, in the Baha’i teaching program, a concept, a term used by the then leader of the international Baha’i community in his letter of 18 July 1953.1

The first use of the term prelude in keyboard music goes back to the late Renaissance. These preludes were free improvisations and they served as introductions to larger and more complex pieces of music. Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750) wrote many preludes which were paired with fugues.2 Fugues were written for voices or instruments in contrasting modulated keys. These fugues, a difficult term to define, had a series of musical sequences that lead successively in imitation of each other. When all the voices and their melodies were over an episode of connective musical tissue was added that lead to another series of entries and episodes in the fugue.

Bach’s two books of preludes, his famous the Well-Tempered Clavier, are regarded as one of the world’s great intellectual treasures. They were composed in two books: one from the years 1708-1722 and a second completed in 1744.2 The charming elegance of his preludes belies the difficulty of their mastery. I like to see Bach’s life and his preludes as a prelude to the life of Shaykh Ahmad(1743-1826), the great precursor whose life was but a prelude, to the Revelation of the Báb(1844-1850). -Ron Price with thanks to 1Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of Faith: Messages to America: 1947-1957, Wilmette, 1965, p.117; and an internet site on Bach’s the Well-Tempered Clavier, 19 September 2008.

And those wondrous Brandenburg concertos,
a collection of six instrumental works composed
in the years 1708 to 1721 are widely regarded as
among the finest musical Baroque compositions.

I remember one of my philosophy professors back
in 1963 mentioning them--written with those preludes
and with Bach’s production of some twenty children
before he died 100 years to the month before that
martyrdom of the Báb in the city of Shiraz in 1850.
Yes, all those preludes and fugues,1 some gloomy,
some dismal, some reflective, some happy, but all
thought-provoking, played with feeling and emotion,
very agreeable to the ear, demanding attention and
admiration on many levels, not boring or predictable
then or now for millions of humans over 260++ years.

Preludes before preludes before yet more preludes,
before the greatest of preludes, which could take
almost any form, but in the same key as the fugue
and as a preparation for the listener’s ear and mind
for what was to follow—an exposition and endless
repetitions with their connective tissue eventually
leading to a mass conversion as a result of a chain
of events, momentous, catastrophic in nature and
deranging the world’s equilibrium, reinforcing
the numerical strength of the Force I have been
associated with for fifty years since the Kingdom
of God on Earth began its slow prelude period---
unobtrusive, seductive and insinuating itself into
the sad-harrowed-up hearts and souls of humanity.

1 J. S. Bach’s Preludes & Fugues: Books 1 & 2. Each book was composed of two sets of 24 Preludes & Fugues.

Ron Price
20 September 2008

Comment by Lew on September 2, 2008 at 11:57am

mmm very good point there. I just dont know what to belive to be hounest, could there really be a god? And if not then religion sure is a effective fear controller. I bet like, 80% of people go to church because they're afraid of being punished, because i know i sure am scared =\

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Comment by djdeli on August 23, 2008 at 6:18pm

Remember that although church may help you become a better person the experience is limited it says you can only experience the world in this way and if you don't WATCH OUT you'll go to hell. Sounds similar to "if we don't go to war they will be able to attack us with nuclear weapons and if you don't believe us you are just not a real American. I don't want to open up the Love fear debate. ,but be weary of anything that gets you to subscribe through fear.

Comment by Lew on August 21, 2008 at 2:20pm

As a child (well, i'm still quiet young lol) my mother always took me to a Christian church, I was baptized and all of that stuff but i didn't believe in god, recently alot of rumors have been on the internet about the end of the world in 2012, apparently its predicted in the bible and by the mayans and some other sutff, I know this sounds stupid but... it scared me, like, really scared me. I'm terrified of the thought of death, and if i do die and there is a god will i be punished because i didn't believe in him? I don't want to experience "eternal suffering" I don't know about you, but that sure does sound like a long time lol. So last year i started attending church again, reading the bible, etc. I gotta admit, im a better person for it, it makes you think before you do something cruel or hurtful and i to be honest i haven't done anything bad that i can think of. But it makes you think, is religion something that was created to control people through fear? Even if there isnt a god, and when i die there will be nothing and we wont all die in 2012 at least i can say by living by the bible i have been as kind and generous to others as i can.

Well there just my thoughts, i don't know much so i cant go in too deep about things lol, what are your opinions? :S

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